Weekly journal-miner., 1922-09-06
RALPH WILLIAMS
 KILLED BY AUT0

A pail of sorrow came over the
 little camp of the Talismau. Mining
 company on Sunday afternoon, when
 an automobile in which Ralph Will
 Hams was riding turned turtle. MT.
 Williams was pinned beneath the car
 and died before any help could reach
 him. The driver, Mr. Kellener, was
 also pinned under the car, but the
 steering wheel kept part of the ma
 chimes weight off him so that he
 was not crushed to death. Neverthe- less, how he escaped is hard to un-
 derstand by those who assisted him
 from under the car. It was fortunate
 for Kellener that he fell in such position that he could reach the horn
 on the door of the car.
 Just as the lights in the houses at
 the camp were being lit an automo- bile horn was heard honlling feverish- ly. Some one expressed the opinion that there was trouble A few min
 utes listening to the honking, and
 then the cries of Kellner for help
 were heard faintly. The few people in camp dropped whatever they were doing and hastened to the car Fred Daniels arrived first, and was soon followed by Billy Bones, Oscar Rin- go, E. F. Dehlainc and L. B. Elliott. They sprung the door of the car open, in its upside down condition and by lifting succeeded in rescuing Kellener from his perilous and pain ful position.
 Ralph Williams was lying face up wards with the weight of the car across his chest and body, the door being diagonally across his chest. He had been thrown partly out of the car as it turned over Apparent y death had been instantaneous, or nearly so. Those who drew his body | from under the machine could not | say positively that any life was left | when the car was removed. Rr. R. N. Looney, who examined the body or its arrival at Mercy hospital, said that rigor mortis had already set in and that Mir. Williams had been dead several hours. His neck and shoul- ders showed signs of severe bruises and he was probably choked to death or had his chest so compressed by the weight of the automobile that his breathing was cut off.
 After the men had removed the car from its hapless victim, it was decided to bring him to town, as they thought life might still finger and that he might survive. Mike Ryan and Tom Roach arrived later md assisted in carrying the body to l car which L. B. Elliott was sent o bring, and as it had no lights, lad to be driven over the mountain rom beyond Venczia by lantern fight, making the journey very slow The dead man was carried to the car nd placed across the laps of Mrs Williams and Fred Daniels, Mrs. Williams holding his head and MT. g Daniels the feet. c
 The agony, mingled with faint k ope that her husbands life might O ot be entirely snuffed out, which Il irs. Williams underwent was heavy. N 10 doubt Mir. Williams was dead a then first removed from the car. No z of muscles, no grooming, W 0 breathing were noticed by any of , nose who saw him after he was n lken out. c;
 Monday at 1O:3O, City Recorder J. T, h [. Robinson as coroner, in the ab- ,ncc of Coroner McLanc, empanelcd '
 coroner's jury and held an inquest
 render Q verdict on the death of pl alph Williams. The jury was com> m osed of Eli S. Perkins, foreman; 10 en Silverman, w. T. Esser, Dr. E. Ill III Swenson, J. L. Warner and Jo- CI ph Hobbs. Vo The witnesses examined were Fred ~, anicls and L. B. Elliott, who were I.
 the scene of the accident, and Dr. ooncy who examined the body at r.; e hospital. The jury arrived at rdict that the deceased came to his ,- ath by an unavoidable automobile .. cident, and that no evidence Of foul ri Ct ly was shown. ,T,, u-@- - fri, TkKEC be.