Evening journal., 1921-04-11
KILLED ON ROAD
BY JOY PARTY
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cars issued by Secretary OF state
Benson did not carry this license,
telephone call was made to Dover.
The name Of the owner of the car
was learned and at an early hour
this afternoon the owner and those
who used it yesterday were being
questioned by the detectives.
According to the garage men the
machine was parked over night by
a young man who said he would call
for it this morning.
When this Information was fur
nished the police, they had the gar
age covered at once.
Josiah Marvel. who lives at Green
vile. not far from the place where
the accident occurred, with a num-
ber of others went to the aid Of the
injured women, and had them taken
to the Delaware Hospital in the auto
of Charles Demel. 4O5 Madison ave-
nue.. Miss Wilson's head was badly
cut, her chest crushed. and her body
bruised and lacerated.
She was pronounced dead by ply
sicians at the hospital on the ar
rival of the Demel car there.
As soon as the killing of Miss Will
son was reported to the police sta
tion. Captain Wardle assigned detec-
t:ves Kempski and Mcdaniel to in
vestigate.
Miss Wilson had been visiting
Miss Krauss. who lives on Barley
Hill road and was walking home
with her from Greenhin Presbyter.
ian Church when struck. According
, to Miss Krauss. they were walking
westward on the right hand side of
the pike when the machine ap-
preached them head on. driving to-
wards Wilmington. 1t swerved over
to the left and struck the two young
women, who We're away out of the
path that a car approaching them
should take.
Miss krauss was struck on the
arm and hurled to the side Of the
road. Miss Wilson was struck fun
force by the machine and thrown a
distance.
The screams Of Miss Krauss at
tracted the attention of a number
OF people who were passing. and
/ both young women were rushed to
/ the hospital The body was taken
/ in charge of James T. Chandler and
/ the coroner notified. Miss Krauss
later was taken home.
Shortly after the accident to Miss
/ Wilson was reported, George Phil
/ lips of Marshallton, notified the po-
lice that he had met an automobile
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Wilmington at about 7.30 O'Clock
and was crowded into a ditch on the
left hand side Of the road. He said
the machine might have been a
Hudson or a Cadillac and contained
a number of people who appeared
to be unable to control the machine
Miss Wilson was the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Atwood Wilson, who
formerly resided near Guyencourt
where Miss Wilson was born. she
attended the Alexis l. DUPONT High
School and was a graduate OF tho
Class of 1918. Following her gradu.
alton at the DUPONT school she tool
a business course at Goldey's. Upor
her graduation there she accepted q
position in the accounting depart
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position she held for the past thre,
years.
Following the death OF her fathe
a year ago, Miss Wilson with hel
mother, Mrs. Sarah r. Wilson, re
moved to Wilmington. taking room
at S34 Monroe street.
She was a member Of Greenhil
Presbyterian Church, and also
memlHr OF the Young People,
Christian Endeavor Society Of tn
same church. Miss Wilson. in com
pany with Miss Emma Krauss. ha,
attended a meeting OF the Endeavo
Society. in Greenhill Church las
night, and II was while the twl
young women were on their way 1,
Miss Krauss' home. on Barley Nil
road above Henry Clay. where Mis-
Wilson was spending the week-end
that she was killed.
According to a statement mad
by Miss Krauss. who is confined q
= her home suffering from a sever
shock as the result of the accident