Arizona republican., 1922-04-10

Bell to work the Tempe road Sat
urday nights for the past several
weeks, Undersheriff Bowers said.
This has come to be recognized as a
regular Saturday night assignment,
because of the heavy traffic on the
highway.
The statement of C. L. Caspary.
travelling salesman and the only
known witness to the accident, bears
out the theory that the two men were
chasing a speeder.
Had Speed Trap
The physical facts would indicate
that Dana and Bell, working togcth-
err, had arranged trap for speeders.
Bell had taken a position at the cas-
tern end of the trap and Dana at the
western end. Their machines We're
held in readiness for the chase some
distance off the main highway, either
in a driveway or on a cross road.
1t is believed that an early NOR
ming speeder, headed west, passed
Bell. who took up the chase. The
roar of the oncoming car attracted
Dana as it neared him and he. too,
got in readiness to give chase.
Starting his motor, he swung cut
into the highway just as the auto
mobile sped by, and directly into
the path of the oncoming Bell, whose
machine, it is believed, had picked
UP speed by this time.
Bell, Casparv said, was riding
without a headlight, as was the Gus
tom of the officers at times when
chasing speeders. Dana also was
riding without light. Though the
roadway was we'll lighted by a bright
full moon, it is believed that both
officers had fixed their attention
upon the speeding nlotorist and did
not see each other.
The collision occurred, 1t is pre-
sumed just as Dana swung his ma
chine onto the main highway from
the western end of the trap. Judg-
ing from the damage to the two
machines, the front wheel of Bells
car hit the rear wheel of Dana's car.
The force of. the impact threw Bell
several feet and clear Of both ma
chimes. Dana was pinned beneath
his machine. This would tend to i'm
dicate, officers said, that Bell was
travelling at rate of speed greatly
in excess of the rate of speed of the
Dana machine.
Brought to Hospital
The first man at the place OF the
collision was c. l.. Caspary, who
picked up the injured men and
brought them to st. Joseph's. hos
pitai Z.
Mr. Caspary said that some dis
tance east OF Twenty Second street
he had been passed by a large car
travelling at a rate of speed not less
than so miles an hour. 1t was close
ly followed by a man on a motor
cycle, presumably Officer Bell and
SuSpecting that the latter was trying
to overtake the car, Mr.. Caspary
speeded up.
There was no light on the motor
cycle, Caspary said. But suddenly he
saw ahead of him a sudden flash as
of steel striking flint and he re-
marked to his companion that there
must have been a collision.
When he drove up, he found the
two motorcycles, he said Dana was
pinned under his machine while Bell
had been thrown considerable dis
tance. Mr.. CaspaTy examined the
injured men, who were both uncon-
scious. Bell was badly cut about
the face. 1t looked as il one eye had
been gouged out. Below the right
knee the flesh had been torn away
to the bone. Mr.. Caspary could find
no mark on Dana except huge lump
that was forming at the back of the
neck. But he was vomiting blood
so that il was evident that he had
been injured internally.
1t was nearly an hour after the
men were brought to the hospital
before a physician could be secured,
Mr.. Caspary said.
Mr. Caspary believes that Dana
had been at the road side near the