The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-05
GEORGIA MAN
KILLED AND
One INJURED
Car of Charles Francis
Turns Over On Tampa
Road Breaking Neck of
c. M. Ambush and In
hicting Slight Injuries
On MIR. Francis

c. NJ Ambush, of Bainbridge, GeOr-
gia, was instantly killed and Charles
Francis of the Ford House Lakeland,
was slightly cut and severely bruised
and shocked Monday night when Mr..
Francis car turned over on the curve
at the IIillsborough-Polk county line,
as the two were returning to Lakeland
from business trip to Tampa where
they went last Friday.
Those who were early on the scene
following the accident. say that the
machine had evidently been going too
fast to make the turn. and shot
staight ahead about thirty feet, struck
Il shallow ditch and turned complete
ly over Mr.. Francis states that he
did not see the curve at all, and there
fore could not avoid the accident
A Plant City ambulance conveyed
Mr.. Ambush and Mr. Francis to Plant
city. Mr.. Ambush was found to have
sustained a broken neck and is
thought to have died instantly. His
body is being cared for at Il Plant
City undertakers. pending word from
his relatives in Columbus, Georgia.
Mr. Francis was cared for at the in
Urinary OF Dr. J. w. Alsobrook. and
was able to come to Lakeland Tues
day, His worst injury is a cut on the
forehead, and he is able to be about
and is in Tampa today.
On reaching Plant City Monday
night, Mr.. Francis sent word of the
accident to c. X. Ford. of the Ford
House, who hastened to Plant City,
and was relieved to find Mr.. Francis
injuries not of a serious nature. Mr..
Francis is a plasterer, earlier reports
having confused him with Frank p
Lakeland People Saw Wreck
Returning from attendance at a
meeting of Scottish Rite Masons in
the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Tampa
on Monday evening were Frank III
Thompson, who was accompanied by
Mrs. Thompson, George j. Tolson and
Harry Brown. On reaching the Hills
borO-Polk county boundary line at the
Coast Line railroad crossing west of
Winston about 1880 o'clock, a small
crowd was noticed gathered about a
wrecked automobile. The first thought
was that it was another crossing ac-
cident but it was soon learned from
the statements of some who knew and
from the marks made by the auto, that
the machine had apparently been GO
ing too fast to make the turn, had
shot ahead about thirty feet, struck a
over. 1t was said that there were
two men in the car, one of them be-
ing instantly killed and the other
badly injured. A Plant City ambu-
lance had removed the injured to that
city. On the automobile, which proved
to be a Dodge touring car, was a
temporary Florida license tag, No.
2S66, issued on June 2S by Fay and
BOves of Lakeland. Mr.. Fay, who
was reached over the telephone. gave
Dodge to Charles Francis whose ad-
dress was given as the Ford Hotel. On
calling up Mrs. Ford it was found
that Francis had gone to Tampa and
Plant City last Friday on business
and that nothing more had been heard
from him until Mr.. Ford was called
over the telephone from Plant City
by Francis who said he had just been
in bad wreck, was severely injured
and that his friend, C. NJ. Ambush of
Georgia, had been killed.
Mr.. Ford fastened to Plant City where
he found young Francis in the infirm-
airy of DR.. j. w. Alsobrook. somewhat
cut and bruised but not dangerously
injured. The body of Ambush had
been taken to an undertaken.