The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-16
Struck by Automobile Driven
BY S. c. MOser on West
Thayer Street Late in the
Afternoon, Rib Piercing
His Lung Driver Rushed
Boy TO Hospital, But Little
Fellow Never Regained
consciousness.
LAST RITES FRIDAY


3-ycar-old son of Archie Dave,
MECHANIC for the Corwin Motor
Company was snuffed out under the
wheels of an automobile late ycstcr-
day afternoon. Struck about 4:30
o'clock in the afternoon the little
fellow died in the Bismarck hospital
an hour and a half later, at 6 o.
clock. His lung had been pierced by
rib.
The automobile which struck the
boy was driven by S. c. Moser. bak-
cr, at the Mckenzie hotel, who was
ou1 riding with his wife aud little
girl 1t happened op, Thaycr street,
opposite the Dave residence at 20
Thayer.
A coroner's inquest is expected to
attempt to fix responsibility for the
accident X. H. Dodds, who tried
the brakes on the car that hit the
loN. said it took about 70 to 100
feet to stop the car going at lS to
20 miles an hour, that the foot
brakes were defective and the emer-
gcncy brake held only on one wheel.
Eagerness of the little fellow to
bid mis- father goodbye again before
he went to work led to the accident.
Ernest had been playing in the yard
with Jackie Dodds. Ernest saw his
father turn the corner, and then
boy-like set out to catch him. the
two little fellows crossed the street
when Ernest's mother called him.
he ,tertcd back. As the automo-
uile approached the Dodds boy heard
u cry of his mother and turned
Nuickly back, while the little Dave
boy was struck lin the body by the
automobile. He was hurled to one
side, the car not passing over the
his body. Mr.. Dave had turned the
corner and did not know Of the ac-
cidcnt until he got down town and
doctor who met him, said he had an
emergency call t. his house.
Drives to Hospital
Those who saw the accident and
Mr.. Moser and his wife were thrown
into panic after the accident for a
moment. Mrs. Moser left the car
hysterical. The driver, also shaken
badly, went back to the boy, picked
him up and rushea him to the hos
pital, "A physician being summoned
immediately. The boy fingered on
fot an hour and half. but with no
hope Of recovery, and never regain
ing consciousness.
The boys mother was prOstratcd
H., bo ooc;I,pk NJ nouo coih fhnt
his information was that the car
which struck his son was not going
vcrx fast, Mr.. Moser. he understood,
had had his car only short time
and had not driven a car very much.
Mr.. Moscr, he said, drove the boy to
the hospital alone, holding him in
one arm as he drove, expressed
great sorrow over the accident to
the bereavcd family and offered all
assistance possible.
Chief Of Police Martincson, States
Attorney Allen and Coroner GObel
visited the scene Of the accident,
interviewing witnesses and taking
measurements. The former cstimat-
ed that the car ran SO to 60 feet
after striking the boy.
States Attorney Allen said test
was made at the place by officers
with car. Tho spot, he said, was
where car went up one hill and
down another. He said it took about
so feet to stop the test car going
at moderate speed.
Coroner Gobel called coroner's
jury to meet late this afternoon for
an inquest in the case.
Mrs. Dave last night wQs at the
home of her isister, Mrs Joseph
Kelley. The deceased boy was the
fourth generation of the family. His
grand mother, Mrs. Chris johnson,
is in California and is expected
home soon. Mrs. Mary Martineson
IL great grandmother. Ernest
would have been three years old
next week, on May 20, MIR. and
Mrs. Dave have one other child,
Wesley Leonard, aged six years.
Mr.. Mosers Version
Mr.. Moser, explaining his version
of the accident, said that he was
driving toward the downtown dis
trict with his wife and child. He
saw two little boys on the boulevard,
he said. One started as if tolcross
the street, and then stopped. Mr..
Noser said he put on the brakes
when he saw the boy 60 into the
street, and then when the boy stop
ped it appeared he could 60 on past
and he put on little gas. The boy,
he said, then ran into the street
and in front of the car. Mr.. Moser
said he swerved the car but it SEEM
cd to him as if the boy ran square
intos the car.
He said he had had the car only
week. but that he was an expert
enced driver. and had driven autos
in, several large cities. and said he
waM travelling only few miles per
hour at the time. He said he and
! his family felt exceedingly sorry that