South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-24
FOUR AUTOMOBILE
MISHAPS REPORTED
TO POLICE SUNDAY
Several Cars Badly Damaged
Occupants Escape With
Slight Injuries.

-Four accidents over the weekend.
none ~ which proved very serious
70 the occupants. were reported 20
the police sunday
william Els. s73 Clinton ct. re-
cs.ved injuries about the right leg
about $50 o'clock Sunday morning.
when a machine in which ne was
riding driven by Stanley Palkowski
1852 Fassnacht av struck a yellow
Cab Co. truck al the corner Of SAM
pie ri. and Walnut 81 According 20
Palkowski. the truck was parked on
the wrong side OF the street and
had no lights, preventing him from
seeing his danger until after he had
struck TO- Els was thrown 10 tho
street. receiving slight injuries 20
bis right leg. but was able 20 pro-
coed 20 his home.
ollie Wolf 1923 y. Eddy e..
local TAXI driver. was driving his
Elkhart touring car north on Mich
gan 81. about $3.50 O'Clock last night
when no was struck by a Chevrolet
coupe. bearing Indiana license so.
2s27s0. the impact completely
wrecking the rear OF Volts car.
Wolf was conveying Mr. and Mrs
r. Neddo % their home on Corby
-. when the accident happened
None Of the occupants was injured
According TO witnesses. the coupe
"as proceeding north on Michigan
az. al a rate estimated at as miles an
hour when it struck the rear Of
VOLTS car. tearing Off the right rear
wheel and demolishing the rear.
Arrests Expected.
The driver OF the Chevrolet car.
said 20 have been intoxicated at the
time. attempted 20 drive away. ac-
cording 20 Wolf. but was unable to
operate HIS car because OF Il bent
front axle. Officers LaskowskI and
Tholander later found n quart or
wine under the scat OF tho Chevro-
let but were unable 20 End a card or
container i'm the machine.
A card bearing the name F. w
Nugent. S24 J. VI. s. bldg. given to
Wolf by tho driver or the Chevro-
let car. wes turned over % the po-
lice. The name OF the owner OF the
car viii be secured from the score.
tary or state today and arrests will
be made az that time. a. the card
given TO Wolf bore an Acme Chest
Co. advertisement.
An accident in front OF 1905 6
Franklin st. at 3.15 o'clock SUNDAY
afternoon resulted I'm heavy damages
TO machine operated by Roy Sa Der
ll02 s. Franklin St, and the arrest
OF Boyd Davis, 10 years old of 27rO
Linden av Davis was charged with
having no chaufreur's license and no
license plate on the front Of his
truck
Says Brakes Failed.
Davis was said 10 be driving a Ford
truck on the wrong side of the
street when he ran into Saber. wreck
ing Saber's car. Saber's car was
thrown against the curbIng. prevent
ing the car from turning over Davis
later explained TO the police that he
lost control Of his car when his
brakes failed 10 work. Saber escap-
cd uninjured
Albert Curran, 1884 y. Lawrence
81. reported TO the police Sunday
morning. that Ford touring car.
owned by William Roberts. ASP La
porte nv. struck his car at the cor
ner or Limerick st. and Hydraulic
Az. late Saturday night. According
20 CUrran. the Ford car was travel
Ing west on Madison ST. without any
lights. and after crossing limerick
81. into Hydraulic av. ran into his
car The front spring of Curran' =
car was broken and the front axle
was badly bent. Curran reported
the license number OF the Ford to
the police and learned that the ma
49, - --.------l L. $780,