The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-16

uITcclly INTO the
path Of the approaching machine.
The girls chest was crushed. Wede-
wen reported the accident to the
police.
The child was visiting the home of
her grandparents, SS5 S. East St,
with her parents.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Tuesday afternoon. Burial
will be in Holy Cross cemetery.
Joseph Betley, "a, of IA E. Michigan
ST., a member of the World War
Veterans. was today remer bered by
his buddies as having died in an eff
fort to save the lives of others.
Betley was injured Saturday while
employed as a guard at the Hoosier
Motor Speedway, Pendleton pike and
Thirty-Eighth st. He stepped out on
the track during the race to flag other
racers away from the car of Charles
Brown, which had thrown tire
skidded and turned over on the east
turn. Almost Immediately he was
struck by a car following Brown,
driven by Ray Butcher and knocked
several feet in the air. He suffered
broken leg, arm and a badly injured
shoulder. Betley was rushed to the
Deaconess Hospital and died there
Saturday night. Brown escaped in
jury.
Betley is survived by a brother in
the Navy, a brother, John. who lives
in Massachusetts, and sister. also of
Massachusetts.
DR.. Paul F. Robinson, coroner. has
started an investigation.
Funeral arrangements have not been
made.
Driver Arrested
Bodine Fortney, 314 Eastern Ave,
was under arrest today on charges
of speeding, assault and battery and
vagrancy. The arrest was the result
of an accident at Sutherland Ave. and
Thirty-F'ifth St. in which his car
sideswiped an automobile owned by
Earl Reed, Ais w. Forty-Ffrst st.
Four children were in Reeds car,
which was parked on Sutherland Ave,
but they were uninjured.
Fortney was uninjured, although
his automobile turned over. Two
men riding in Fortney's automobile
were hurt. John Bailey, 1884 Villa
Ave. was bruised and his left ear was
almost torn of. Lawrence Sparks,
rs S. Emerson Ave, suffered a posi-
BILE fracture Of the skull. They were
taken to the Methods Hospital.
Motorcycle Rider Hurt
Robert Clay. 237 Riebolt St., was Sc
riously injured when his motorcycle
was sideswiped by an automobile
driven by Otis Lee, Rural Route o, Box
344 2. The accident occurred Sunday
in front Of 37S5 w. Washington st.
Clay is at the city hospital
When a car driven by Walter L.
Baker, 1854 Oliver Ave, collided with
an Indiana Ice and Dairy truck on the
Fisherburg pike eight miles west of
Anderson Sunday, the S-year-old son
Of Baker was thrown from the car and
1t is believed he suffered fracture of
the skull. His condition is regarded
as serious. Baker and his wife and
Melvin Richardson, the driver Of the
truck. were bruised.
Steps in Front of Auto
Lewis McFadden of SAT S. Laurel
St was taken to Deaconess Hospital
this morning after he had stepped in
front of an automobile driven by Ed
ward Brewer, PSI Massachusetts Ave,
according to police. His injuries
were slight.
An automobile driven by Alfred
Farmer. colored. 2347 Hovey ST., col
lided with a machine driven by Albert
Rogers, 80, of s. Holmes Ave, at the
Big Four crossing on Speedway Ave.
Zelrna Hastings. colored, Sixteenth and
Yandes SITS. cut and bruised, was
taken to the city hospital. Police ar
rested Rogers on a charge Of driving
without a light and Farmer on a speed
ing charge.