The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-31
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SKID, CRASH
Dtiver Of Speeding Ma
chine Is jailed Two
Women Injured.

Two men have died, two women
IN seriously though probably not
f,tslly injured, and one man, the
driver of the speeding death car, Is
heinx held at the Davenport police
station as the result Of an accident
% Second and Taylor streets, Dav-
enport, late Sunday afternoon when
q auto skidded on the ice-coated
streets and crashed into q tele-
phone pole, hurting all five from
the car to the paving with fearful
force. The dead;
FRANK WEITZIE, aged 81,
l2s South Howell street, chest
crushed in and internal iniur.
ies. Died almost instantly.
Prank HAUT, aged 36, 19s7h
west Fifth street, right side
crushed in and internal injur-
ies. Died at 4 o'clock this
Morning ut Mercy hospital.
The injured, all Of whom were
hurried to Mercy hospital, are re.
ported improved today and it is MOI
thought that any Of the three will
de- They are:
Mrs. Emma Williams, aged
3, Of Fishertown, Davenport,
broken wrist and severe bruis-
e. At Mercy hospital.
Mrs. Kate Cottei'ell, aged 80.
widow, Of Fishertown. Daven-
port, severe bruises about body
and head, number cuts and
scratches Of moro or less se.
verify. Removed to her home
This morning.
Albert ROst0ck. lis Division
street, driver of the car, badly
bruised and shaken up. RemOv.
ed from hospital to Davenport
police station this morning.
Witnesses Of the accident sa.
that the car was travelling at a ter
riac speed west over the slipper,
pavement of Second street whel
the driver applied the brakes witt
all force at the Taylor stree
crossing. The big machine, q z
passenger touring car, skidded .
the wheels stopped revolving, tn
terrific force of its momentum car
Uing it broadside into the tele
phone pole on the corner. The sid
q the machine was doubled q
though Of pasteboard and the Av
occupants of the machine -wer
hurled headlong from the auto.
Haut and Weitzie were seated 1
the rear seat and the impetus {
the swing propelled them out {
Tho car and crashed them to th
nving with crushing force. Hau
tAe rib framework of his entir
chest crumped in, died in the ambu
lance on the way to the hospita
Weitzie. suffering injuries equal
serious, his whole right side bein
crushed. lost the fight for life 8
: O'clock this morning at Nero
hospital.
Rostock, the driver Of the ms
eaine. taken to the Davenport ia
THIS morning after spending Il
night at Mercy hospital, is suifel
ing from severe bruises but u
serious injuries. Jammed in unds
me steering wheel and contr,
levers OF the machine, the fort
.ltn which the others were throw
tfom the car was broken and
.uuered much less severely tina
ae others. He conducts q 80
etlnk parlor located at 1901 Rocl
asnAm road and was the owner
ne wrecked machine.
frank Haut, one Of the victim
n,ed With his mother at 1927.
vest First street, and had reside
~ davenport for the past IL year
ne was employed as assistant shi
uas clerk at the Iowa Furnitu
years old.
iae coroner's inquest will n
neid for several days, it v,
.sanounced today. The conditioa
~ women injured in the era!
s'.i not permit them to testify Al
saul they recover sumciently Il
.aquest will be postponed.
nostock was to be reeased th
@3efnoon under $1,000 bonds.