White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-09
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT
ON CITY STREET OF ELY

his life in deplorable automobile
accident which occurred early last
Monday morning at Au1tman and
Tenth streets, when the machine In
which he and four others were rid
ing skidded and collided with a tele-
phone pole Immediately opposite the
telephone exchange building.
Chick" Anderson, as he was ia
miliarly known, had been In this
district for a number Of years and in
life had that happy faculty of MAX
ing friends. He was not only an af-
fable young man but one who by 10y
atty and sincerity won for himself q
tender spot in the hearts of all those
with whom he came In contact and
his untimely death came as pro-
nounced shock to the entire COM
munity.
Immediately following the fatal
accident a coroner's jury, composed
of James Willoughby, C. c. Caper
ton and Arthur Knecht, was empan-
eled and from the evidence given at
the inquest 1t appeared that at the
young man was riding in a Ford car
driven by Harold Slater OF McGill.
Besides the victim of the accident
the others in the car were Deputy
Sheriff Stanley Reed, Thomas Nc
Bride and George Peterson. These
four men had been driven over from
McGill to meet Anderson in Ely and
the party was on the homeward jour
ney when the accident occurred.
Slater and Peterson were occupying
the front seat in the car. Reed was
seated on the right hand side of the
rear seat, Anderson was riding In
the middle and Mcbride was on the
left. AS the car approached the
sharp turn at Aultman and Tenth
streets, according TO the testimony
of Deputy Sheriff Reed, the officer
said to the driver, Look out for the
turn" and Slater replied, II know"
The different witnesses called tes-
tilted to the effect that tho accident
happened so suddenly that they were
unable to give any details, other than
that when the hind wheel of the ma
chine struck the post all occupants
of the car except Mcbride were
thrown out Slater, the driver, land
ed on his feet, Reed landed On his
knees and Anderson was thrown out
over him. According to the testi-
was not travelling at rate OF speed
to exceed fifteen miles per hour.
Whether Anderson was thrown
against the telephone pole CT not
none of the occupants of the car
could tell. From the nearby tele-
phone exchange aid was Immediately
summoned and within few minutes
DR.. W. w. Cook drove to the scene
of the accident In the meantime,
however, Fred G.. Baldwin, who was
driving to his home IN Central Ely
and was but short distance behind
the fated car, stopped 10 render as
sistance. Mr.. Baldwin testified that
he realized Immediately the serious
ness of Anderson's injuries but II
appeared to him that the young man
was still alive. The injured man
was Immediately placed in the Bald
win car and rushed with all possible
speed to the Steptoe hospital. but on
arrival there the physician pro-
nounced Anderson dead. Night
Marshal Charles Pedlar arrived on
the scene a few minutes after the
accident occurred. He Immediately
notified Sheriff Nicholson and the
two officers went to the Steptoe hos
pital The body was later taken
to the Wilson-Bates undertaking
parlors. where Ii was viewed by the
coroner's jury. Mr.. baldwin testi-
fled that he believed an examination
by a physician would determine that
Anderson's neck was broken. There
was evidence of a severe blow on the
right side OF the head. from which
1t was generally believed that An
derson struck the pole when he was
thrown from his seat In the car.
After hearing the evidence the jur-
ors by their verdict found that the
deceased
Came to his death by being
thrown out of an automobile
when 1t collided with a post at
the corner of said streets, death
being caused by conclusion of
the brain. We respectfully rec
ommend to the mayor and city
council that the city ordinance
regulating the speed Of motor
vehicles be strictly enforced
within the city limits so that
these deplorable accidents may
be avoided"
The popular young man was born
In Salt Lake City and would have
Is survived by his aged father and
mother. OF whom he was the main
support and upon Shom the blow
falls with greatesr severity. Six sis
ters and one brother are also left to
mourn the loss These are Mrs.
Frances Swiggard and Mrs. Laura
Hilton, both of Salt Lake. Mrs. Mel
lie Mink of Los Angeles. Mrs. Clara
Draper of Casper. Wyo.. Mrs. Josie
Coiter and Mrs. Emily Bird. both of
Butte, Mont, and William j. Ander
son of Sal. Lake City. Both Mrs
Mink and Mrs. Draper are former
residents of this district where they
enjoy a large circle of friends who
deeply sympathize With them In
their affliction.
"Chick" Anderson came to this
district about seven years ago and
for some time was in the employ OF
B. L. Walker at Ruth. He soon be
came known as young man pos
sessing all the qualifications OF true
manhood and with heart OF gold
He was an ardent sportsman and.
like all men Of his class, his tastes
ran to clean. healthfui sports. He
manifested an unusual interest In
N, infafpfup hfVn atandnrd for all