Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-03
SMASHED INTO MOTOR
BIKE, iMJURIMG
TWO MEN
REPORT ONE DYING
OTHER PAINFULLY INJURED IN
COLLISION OCCURRING SATUR.
DAY NIGHT ON IVY Way
CLAIM CAR OCCUPANTS HAD
BEEN DRINKING.

Morris, H., July 3.-(SpeciaD Den
mis- Wise, aged 2S of Joliet, is making
a valiant fight for life in the Morris
hospital, while his friend and com.
paniOn Oliver Smith, aged lG of Joliet
is at st. Joseph's hospital in Joliet,
both suffering OF very serious injuries
they received on Saturday afternoon
at g.; Is when the motorcycle on which
they were riding was struck by a car
driven by John Wise, of Marseilles. AZ.
ter the accident Wise his son George
Wise. and his nephew, William Wise,
all of Marseilles, were all placed un-
der arrest for driving an auto while
intoxicated. All have secured their
release on bonds pending a hearing on
Monday of next week.
Mr. Wise was terribly cut and man.
gled as a result of the accident. Both
arms are fractured one leg is broken
the other leg has had all the muscles
flesh and ligaments cut and torn from
the bone for distance Of or 8
inches, he has five bad scalp wounds,
and his nose have been cut clear thru
The attending physicians say he has
probably recover if infections do not
set in his numerous open wounds
Young Smith has a badly fractured
arm. and his body is covered by num-
erous bad cuts, nltho his condition is
not considered critical
The injured man is not related to
the driver of the car, altho their
names are the same. The accident Oc-
cured six miles west of Morris, near
the sceuo where several very bad ac-
cidents have occurred recently The
three Marseilles men accompanied by
Mrs Iva Wise, a daughter of John
Wise. who was driving the car, was
coming toward the west in a Ford
touring car, Tho Joliet men were
headed toward the east on a motor
cycle, Mr. Wise riding on the drivers
scat and Young Smith on a rear seat
The Wise car Is said to have crash
cd into the MOTORCYCLE near the mid
die of the road The auto was badly
damaged and the motorcycle was
wrecked beyond repair, it is said
It is charged that after the accident
the party Of Marscilles people went
awav without rendering aid to the III
iured men. They secured another
auto, and comnletcd their trip home
Pas&orsbv rendered first aid TO the two
injured mon, one of whom was uncon
scious. They were taken to the Nor
ris hospital in an ambulance
The GrundY County Sheriff and a
deputy visited Marseilles on Saturday
evening and placed the driver of the
auto. his son and nephew all under ar
rest on a charge of driving an auto
while intoxicated. They were taken
hack to Morris where temporary
hearing was held A continuance of
nine days was taken to await the out
come of the injured mans condition
The bonds Of the elder Wise were
fixed at ~ 500 and of the two younger
men at $700 each All three furnished
bail and secured their release
Dennis Wise is unmarried but is the
sole support of widowed mother
and a sister.
Moon Coupe Overturns.
Three tourists, two women and a |
man, supposed to have been from
Chicago, miraculously escaped being
killed or seriously injured yesterday
afternoon when their automobile, a
Moon coupe, turned upside on the
highway Just a few miles north of
Utica. None of the occupants were
injured.
According to the driver, one of the
women. Ford automobile coming
from the west hogged the road. fore
ing her to turn to tn side AS she did
the car skidded, turning over, and
alighting in the ditch alongside the
road with all four wheels in the air.
w. H. Gish, $40 Z. Main street, OF
tawa, drove along shortly after the ac-
cident occurred and lent whatever aid
he could He helped the occupants
to get from underneath the machine.
Trpon examination it was discovered
that only one of the occupants was
injured She had cut on one hand.
others were not even scratched
They refused to diyulge their identi-
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