The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-02

According to the naval officials. Al
! corn says that he landed at the .issa-el,
/ where the accident occurred ana fhaf
an OF the people in the neighborhood
came down and examined the plane
while he was there Many Of those i'm
the vicinity climbed about the plane
he SAID, and if any pictures were taken
they We're made at this time. Ensign
AIcorn repeated his assertion con
/ cerning the unknown woman several
times
AFTER getting his motor fixed up En-
sign Alcorn took off and circIed over
Ihe CITY. Above Ninth avenue his mo-
Tor went bad, according to statements
og Ensign Alcorn and by James Burke
or Ninth avenue. According 70 N,
burke and other witnesses. the a,ar
was IN trouble when hesWas over tho
city ana was coaXing his plane 20 get
II 10 the water to make a landing
All witnesses to the accident agros
.hat the plane was side slipping To the
ielt When the people were killed u
appears that the plane was very loyv
"nen II started slipping and that tho
pIIot ala not have room to nose avor.
SO as 10 make a left turn and anp,.
out OF the slip. His motor was had
ana h&d he pulled his nose nm bo
"oulu nave gone into a stall and start
ed spinning, with a crash IN tho co,,
ter of the beach certain.
his only course, therefore. apnaa,ed
70 ne TO Keep his left wing down and
maintain his speed as much as r,osg.
DIE so as to make the plane slim o,,
over the water where he co,r1d r,a,...
landed without hurting anybody. H..
hdd almost succeeded in getripa. ot-,..
the water, as is shown 5y tho stat.
ments Of several witnesses. WIN, a.,
mat when the left wing did strir,o
vas IN the water and caused sevar.I
Oh those nearby 10 get VET NJ.
Annie May Way was one of these
AFTER coming ashore from the uIspa
Ensign Alcorn went directly 70 ~.
naval station. Captdin Christv sa,..,
that the officer reported bach IN ri,-
station Immediately but hat The fir,
reports Of people being killed came ~
MN over the telephone from civil an
IHorlIles. AT that time he knew Al
corn was on the station and fher.f.rl.
uld not connect him with the accidop-
thinking that second crash rn4,s,
nave occurred. Captain Chrfsty. Conn
ma diiuer Ca6anIss and Lieutenant
-N'g ''CSSt4iei WIN two OF heI. gfN
GERS, immediately came to town -.
make personal investigation. Tba,.
obtained statements from the varion,
witnesses and returned TO the uta+io.,
where a board of inquiry was ordered
assembled. The investigation win ha
completed this morning. Ensign Al
corn was at the station and was baId
there last night to appear this morn
ing.
In the meantime, the civil autbori-
Ties were making an independent in
Vestigation. Judge VIII l.. johnson
ordered coroner's jury to assemble
this morning at 10 o'clock, at which
time all the witnesses will be heard.
Police Commissioner Frank Pou
Capt. Milton Frank and other officers
of the police department also inves-
tigated the accident and the follow
ing statements concerning the acci-
dent We're made. to Mr.. Pou and Lucky
Baldwin Of The Journal:
Claude Gardner, 1912 East Belmont
street-'1 was on the beach when the
accident happened. At about 1890
O'Clock the plane, No. PASS, landed and
a mechanic got out. The flyer took