Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-15
ACCIDENT TOLL
FOR WEEK-END
is Z INJURED
Eleven Mishaps Occur, Result
ing in Four Ar
rests.
BOOZE CAUSES WRECKS

automobiles damaged, one wagon wrecked
and a street car slightly damaged. Four
men were arrested on charges of operating
motor vehicles while under the influence
of liquor.
Mrs. Myrtle Robinson, 5S1 East New
York street. suffered three broken ribs
and was severely cut and bruised when
she was Gstruck by an automobile while
crossing New York street Saturday night.
The driver of the car, a negro, failed to
stop after the accident.
James Norcross, negro, 243T Northwest
ern avenue. a taxi driver, reported to the
police that his automobile struck James
Starkey, IA, 226 West Eighteenth street,
Saturday night The boy was slightly
hurt
/ The police arrested three men Sunday
night on charges Of operating automobiles
while under the influence of liquor
Jerry Key. 1912 West Washington
street, "jitney" driver, who was arrested
at Washington street and Capitol avenue
| by Patrolman Shrum, is one Of the men.
BOOZE FIGURES
IN ARRESTS.
Motorcycle Officer Shouse arrested
! Cliff POyntz, 2547 North New Jersey
street TIE policeman claims Poyntz
was driving the automobile through the
crowded traffic at Meridian and North
! streets and was under the influence Of
liquor.
Two men were arrested after the auto
mobile in which they were riding backed
into two chairs and broke the furniture
in D. II. Boby's garage, 2423 West Wash
ing street. last night. Arthur Burk.
$40 College avenue. was charged with
operating an automobile while under
the influence of liquor and disorderIy
conduct, and his brother, Frank Burk,
1859 Healing avenue, was charged with
drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
While en- route to police headquarters
the automobile in which Motorpolicemen
/ Drinkut and Bernauer were riding from
/ the Robey garage, coIlided with an aur
tomobile driven by Carl Steeb, 665 River
avenue, at Washington street. and the
White river bridge The two automobiles
were slightly damaged and Mrs. Marie
! Steeb, wife Of II. Steeb, suffered an in
( jury to her right arm. Mrs. Caroline
steeb, mother of Carl. also was slightly
I injured.
Mrs Pearl Smith of Cincinnati was
painfully injured and her daughter and
william Simpson escaped with minor cuts
and bruises when their automobile
crashed into an abutment at the Big Four
railroad and Southeastern avenue Sun
day morning. Mrs. Smith was taken to
the Deaconess Hospital.
The police were not notified but later
they found the wrecked car. 4 tire was
stolen before the arrival of the police.
/ STATE POLICEMAN
ARRESTS DRIVER.
In an accident on the National road
J east of Cumberland two men were injured
/ last night Three automobiles figured
/ In the accident. John Lott, 421 Hamilton
! nv Ia o.
/ the State police. He was charged with
driving IN the left side Of the road.
He was taken to the Hancock County
jail.
Edward Irwin, 1850 Brightwood avenue,
was thrown through the windshield Of
Lotz's car and was cut about the head
and face. William Irwin, brother of Ed
ward. AT Hamilton avenue was cut about
the face.
! Lotz was driving east on the National
road His automobile met In a headon
collision with q car driven by H. D.
/ Ellen berger, S34 North Dearborn street
! The TWO Irwin brothers were hurt in this
collision. Before the wrecked cars could
! be mo ed, an automobile driven by VII
/ liam Dngan, 426 North LaSalle street, hit
/ LOTS car. All three automobiles wera
damaged badly.
! CITY FIREMEN
/ ARE INJURED.
! Two city freulen, injured when their
automobiles was struck by touring car
/ that Knocked the city fire department au-
( tomobile into a street car, are both re-
/ ported to be recovering at the city hospt-
! tai today The accident occurred on West
/ Washington street Saturday night willis
I the fremen were making a run. Bat
talon Chief John W. Blackwell, 1884
/ South Meridian street, and Ralph Tired
way, SOC South Sheffield avenue, wehe the
h7emen. They were driving west on
Washington street. As they reached the
! HOMELAND west Of the street car barns.
big touring car crashed into the side
Of tho freman's automobile. The fire.
MATS car was knocked into a west Wash
| ington street car The driver Of the big
touring car did not stop after the accA-
dent Tredway was thrown through the
windshield.
They were en- route to the Art Gran
Manufacturing Company, 1859 West Mar
ket street, when the accident occurred.
The fire caused loss of 5000.
BAD LUCK CHAsES
/ TAXI DRIVER.
Jesse Gemerly, 1923 East Nineteenth
street, who operates a taxi from the city
TO Broad Ripple, had a series of acci-
] QenLS CdLNTudy.
His car collided with 1ightless auto
mobile that was standing at Keystone
avenue and Fifty Second street. Gemer-
I " said his taxi was damaged, but he
started in the direction of the city and
/ his steering gear broke. Then he went
/ into the ditch.
! While Gemerly and the other occu-
pants of the car were pushing it back
| into the road a north bound automobile
! side-swiped his automobile and damaged
it. Gemerly tried to start his taxi, but
another automobile crashed into 1t. Gem
erly was injured about the legs. The
automobile was wrecked and the pas
! sengeTs were brought to the city by
another car.
Vegetables were spread over Capitol
avenue at Tenth street Saturday night.
when Louis Fisher, 1882 South East
street, driving a nautomobile collided
with a vegetable wagon driven by Mrs.
Amelia Glenn, 951 Edgemont streets Mrs.
Glenn suffered a severely sprained wrist
| She was painfully bruised when the
wagon turned over.
AUTO DRIVER
/ Is ARRESTED.
/ Fisher is said to have driven away
( after the accident. BE was arrested on
the charge of operating a motor vehicle
while under the influence of liquor, fall
/ Ing to stop after an accident and assault
and battery Albert Smith who works
for Mrs Glenn, held onto the horse and
was able to stop the frightened animal
after being dragged almost block.
! Still Owners Given