Evening star., 1924-07-29
MAN IN LIQUOR AUTO
IS KILLED IN CRASH
Continued from First Paxe.)


continued. the car hit it up a little
faster. Then suddenly it gave a big
Jump. He lost control, and it smashed
into that tree. 1 was SO close be-
hind that 1 could hardly get out of
the way. But 1 swerved to one side
and missed him"
The exact cause of the accident has
not been officially determined by po-
lice. But the two who pursued and
who are familiar with the roadway
at that point declared there Is
slight slope just beyond the bridge
where the surface goes into a rather
sharp decline. Travelling at the
speed they were going, it would have
been possible. they say. for the car
to have been 30 jolted by thf. de-
preston as to throw it out of con-
troll.
Seek Missing Man.
Police are securing the city for the
missing man, who in the dark eluded
MS pursuers while they were looking
to the dying man. believed to have
been the driver. Early this morning
ing along Shepherd street. not far
from the scene Of the smash-up. Po-
lice have name. They obtained it
from the owner of the car, who so
far has proved to the police a salts
factory alibi. and who said he had
loaned out his car to a friend.
The owner, as listed by the District
registry, is Melvin Gutenberg, 1243
Seventh street. He admitted owner
ship of the car to police. but, they
said, explained that he and his father
had attended an athletic exhibition
last night, while the car had been
loaned.
A strange find by police among the
broken whisky bottles of the wreck
was a beautiful leather-bound copy
Of Darwin's "Origin Of the Species"
signed on the lyleaf Gilbert Often
| berg. George Washington Univer-
sity." Gilbert Gutenberg, brother of
Melvin. denied to reporters that he
knew anything of the ownership of
the car. He was at loss to know
also how his book happened to be in
the wreck. He is a student at the
medical school, he said.
The smash up was one of the worst
here in years. The car is complete
wreck. 1t was literally torn to
| pieces or a we'll known and sturdy
| make, the heavy steel construction
| was bent and broken. while the
| wooden parts were twisted. and sliv-
| cred, and scattered to many parts Of
the immediate vicinity. The wheel,
at which it Is believed the man was
| killed, was broken entirely OF from
its supports, the side of the car was
smashed in, parts Of the rear system
| were separated from the body, the
top and cushions were thrown many
feet away.
! As evidence of the terrific speed
at which the car was going is the
distance between the tree which was
struck and the wreck. 1t is many
yards. The tree was completely
skinned Of its bark on the side
| struck, while deep scars penetrate
far into the hard and living wood.
Corn whisky saturates the ground.
mingiing with the strewn oil and
patches of blood. Splintered glass
from the windshield and from the
glass jars containing the whisky Is
all about. Strangely enough. thir-
teen one-half gallon jars came
through the wreck unbroken and
have been taken by police ~ evi-
dence. There Is no adequate esti-
n.ate on tho number OF bottles
broken.
On worcester's body was found .
drivers license. bearing his name and
address.
The chase Of the Inflated car was
started on Rggs road. From there
they turned into Blair road, and then
i speeding up, with unsuccessful efforts
i now and then OF the ofacers to stop