Smyrna times., 1923-05-23

hG. LUGAtHNAN, DLACADllD,
KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH .
urs CAR RUN INTO AT ARM 'sI
Dir DsTROyGs' CORNER SATURDAY
,o.Lerman Also Hurt but Daugh-
Al''[I '[TIscapes-Elisha Dean, Driver of
~ pc h Speeding Car, Arrested
or awful automobile accident on
IL toto OF road Saturday night at Arm
u .s,,cs NOS Corner, two miles above
s,-1a. ,IsnT James c. Lockerman, a high
:. ~, seemed and progressive Blackbird
~,or was killed and his wife sew
l1,l .ir injured when a big WHY'S
~. r'isbt car. driven by Elisha Dean of
n-ls,noton. ran into their Ford car.
". W.T. 1ockerman. who suffered a frac-
-..1 skull and internal injuries, was
...+ored TO the MiseracOrdia Hospital
1T1.dolpbia, but died a few minutes
,a a.r arriving there. Mrs. LOckerman
-i -so suffered a broken nose, lascerated
s,.J and face and injuries below her
.r5t eve. will recover although she is
70 highly nervous state. Their lit
i. daughter, Mary Lockerman, who
I'd been asleep on the back seat, for
-ratelv escaped without scratch.
Elisha Dean, driver of the WHY'S
might was cut and bruised and the
,,rnants of the car, Charles S. Hur-
Io,k the owner, and Harry Barlow
.brabam Rittenhouse, all Of Philadel-
mia. suffered lacerations and bruises
Ro-b cars were badly damaged, the
Iockerman Ford car being knocked
hry or more feet from its track anC
torn and demolished, it could nO'
h towed away. Dean was arrested
and gave bail for his appearance at
hearing
LOckermans Returning From ClaytOl
Mr.. and Mrs. James c. Locker
and daughter were returning from.
delightful evening at Clayton Chau
suoua. Though a one-armed mar
he was always a careful driver. A
Armstrongs' Corner shortly afte
eleven o'clock that night, they were o
their way home and where the maca
dam road joins up with the cemen
they drove clear to the right to a
low big car coming down tn
Boulevard at a high rate of speed, t
pass them. The speedster, instead {
making the turn, left the cement t
the graded section of the new road t
be built thru Smyrna, and then a
tempted to swing on to the macada
road. It was in making this dar
devil swing that the big car struC
The LOckerman car.
LOckerman Car Was Carried 45 Fe
So great was the impact that Il
LOCkerman car was carried 45 fee
Both cars were demolished and the o
npants hurled to the road, exec
Ar, LOckerman, who was pinned u
Ger the wheel. News of the accide
vas telephoned to Clayton for phys
cans and Dr. J. S. Cobb rendered fir
aid to Mrs Lockerman and rush
M. LOckerman to the MiseracOrd
Hospital in Philadelphia. He di
within few minutes after arrivil
here. The members of the party
durOck's machine were placed in
automobile and taken to the Delawa
hospital, Wilmington. 1t is said,
Hnlock car was being driven over
miles an hour and that after the ac
aent quantity Of booze was fou
N the car, evidently giving the i
preston the driver was more or Il
Under the influence. Dean, in a sta
aent, it is alleged, is trying to s
lefe were no lights on the Lock
man car. This is not true. Lock
man not only had his headlights bu
ag' but the dash light was still bu
lg after his car was demolished.
Ease Turned Over to AttOrney-Gene
The case being one of criminal n
lgence and unwarranted speeding
Si. me part Of Dean, the driver of
SlAys-Knight car, the case has b.
'lfned over to the States Attorr
olo Is gathering all the evidence
present to the Grand Jury. The {
'usf inquest which was to have t
- place yesterday afternoon at Fal
~ lue,ftaking parlors, was not held
N. 'nls morning when the Coroner
~" castle County held the inql
H.; !: me Lockeman farm near Biz
. siI' The funeral of Mr.. Locker
% %% place this afternoon at
t., o-O'A and was largely attended.
''D'7nV was made at Townsend.