The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-07
PROMINENT MAN
IS MYSTERIOUSLY
MURDERED IN CAR
ON PUEBLO STREET
AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT BLOWS
OFF TOP OF MANS HEAD
AS HE RIDES IN AUTO
WITH HIS son.
(By The Associated Press)

Pueblo, June Military officials
were conducting a searching investi-
cation today into the shooting Of E. E.
Withers, prominera business man OF
Pueblo, who was killed shortly before
midnight, last night. while riding in
an automobile with his son. The top
of his head was blown off by a gunshot
wound, but his l7-year-old son, Vollier
who was riding by his side, could give
no explanation of the shooting.
A soldier walking past within a
couple of blocks Of the scene Of the
tragedy, says he heard a shot and hur'
ried to Grand Avenue, where between
Seventh and Eighth streets, he found
two automobiles, one of which had
crashed into the rear end Of the other.
The liga.s Of the second car were going
and teside the automobile stood q
youth, young Vollie, who was hysteri
cal. On the drivers seat and lean
ing partly out Of the opened left hand
door, was the body of Mr.. Withers.
The soldier Immediately hurried tC
the temporary offices Of the Associated
Press for help A correspondent ac
companied him to where the automo
bile stood in the street. By the time
they had reached the scene, younl
Withers had been taken into the hom'
Of q citizen who had heard the sho
and the crash Of the automobile collis
ion shortly afterwards.
One of the first persons to reach th'
scene after the correspondent had ar
rived was a soldier who came running
to investigate the commotion. II Wal
Mr.. wlthers' elder son.
In the meantime, young Voille man
aged to control himself long enough I,
tell the following story:
Dad and | had been to the offic'
| of the water works where dad wa
seeing about getting the city waite
supply fixed up again after the floo'
and we were returning home. Da
was driving and as We got to Seventh
street, on Grand avenue. l heard some
body shout to us TO halt,
You'd better slow up, dad said
and he stepped on the brakes. Befor
the car came TO a stop, there was
| shot from outside the Car and my faith
er fell over on my shoulder, grabbe
for the steering wheel but l could nc
prevent It's running into that othe
automobile. Then / looked down an
dad was dead"
Immediately officers OF the stat
rangers and the state guard were nc
titled and hurried TO the scene OF IN
tragedy Aicordon OF guards wa
thrown around the neighborhood an
! troopers were sent through the dis
trict with orders to inspect the pistol
OF every man on guard duty in tn
vicinity The investigation Is still 4
| progress.
r. W. withcrs, the dead man, wa
president Of the Iron City Coal Com
/ pany. which. IL IL said. suffered sever
losses In the flood He was also
member Of the Pueblo water commii
/ sion. His father is G.. G. Withers, bus
lnefs manager and part owner Of IA
/ Pueblo Chieftain
|, Colonel Hamerock, adjutant geners
Of the guard on the scene, arrive
shortly after the shooting but decline
to make an official statement, oth6
than to say that an examination OF n
body and the car Indicated that th
wound was not inflicted by any regull
tion army weapon.
Captain o. l.. Dennis. OF the stat
rangers. expressed the opinion that III
wound was caused by an accidents
discharge within the car"