The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-18
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walked the floor until FIVE, when
on impulse she phoned the city
hospital, She was told her
daughter was there with q frac-
tured skull and decorations.
Then there was Norma " oodstock,
Dorothy's sister.
Norma, too had a 'date." She
met the other two couples at a
toastwich shop at Illinois and Ohio
st., before the accident happened.
The three couples were in a
quandary. The auto Of Robert Nc
Cardle. one Of the victims, was
frozen up.
Norma said to her sister:
you and Bob can go with U.S."
mo we'll go with Norman" said
the sister.
McCardle's skull was fractured. He
may die. Dorothy's condition is the
less serious of all three. Both her
arm and leg was broken.
Barthel's mother, too, had a pre-
monition her second son would be
killed.
Every time the phone rang l
thought it was the news" she said.
The other son, Arthur, 81, was
killed June IA, when his car turned
over on State Rd. 1.
When the street car and auto
came together the impact tore the
body from the chassis. The chas-
sis rolled ON 100 feet down the
street.
Witnesses told police that Barthel
was travelling between fifty and
sixty miles an hour. AS the ma
chine turned into Illinois St.. 1T
slxidded onto the northbound tracks.
Motornan George w. Dyer, 1906 w.
Thirty-First St., said he heard the
autos roar.
The four persons in the car were
thrown out. McCardle was uncon-
scious. Miss Woodstock and Miss
Fort gave their names and tainted.
Barthel died on the way to the city
hospital.
Fined Once
Barthel was fined IS and costs on
a speeding charge in city court last
May, police records show.
Police Chief R;khoff, however, said
he was surprised at the report young
Barthel had been drinking.
Il knew him-knew both him and
his father. 1 regarded him as fine
young man and opposed to drink
ing"
Jack Powell, manager of the EN-
pire Garage, said he had been with
Barthel earlier at a public dance at
Sixteenth and Illinois SITS, and that
he had not been drinking.
Barthel will be buried Monday In
Crown Hill Cemetery following
funeral services at p. m. at home
of his aunt, Mrs. John Schneider,
215 N. Summit st. 81
Miss Emily Keith of Vincennes,
sister Of Miss Ethelyn Keith, the
other auto victim, arrived today to
will be held at p. m. at Flanner
and Bunchanan funeral parlors, 800
N. Illinois st. The body will be
taken to Vincennes for burial.
Miss Keith had taught here four
years. She formerly taught at
Duluth Mimi, and Vincennes
schools and Indiana University sum-
mer school She was daughter of
Mrs. Joseph Morford, F'reelandsville.
She was member Of the D. A. r.
Mrs. Bertha Keith, 1856 N. Penn
sylvania ST., is a cousin.
Police started early on their re-
newed drive on speed.
Eight Arrested
M. Highfell. 81. of 2O15 Barth
Ave; Sam D. Dobbins, 26, of Green
field, Ind, and Clifton H. Laflem,
S3, of 2273 N. Dearborn St.; Albert
Betschey, 80, Of 1915 Hartford St.;
Ralph Hayes, 21, Of r. r.. G, Box
457; Marville Brothers, 81, of Ben
Davis, were slated.
j. w. Higdon Of 1450 King Ave-,
told police that his car parked in
front of his home was knocked
twenty feet and overturned by an
other machine, driven by Ellsworth
Emerich, 2234 Speedway Ave.
Emerich was charged with drunken
ness and driving while intoxicated.
James Kelley, colored, 1922 Hoef
gen ST., was charged with reckless
driving and assault and battery
when his auto crashed into another
driven by Fletcher Bender, 1887 w.
New York St., at Senate Ave. and
New York st. Raymond Price, 851
w. New York ST., riding with Ben
der, had his arm broken. The KEEL
ley auto, after the crash, struck a
bicycle ridden by Houston Smith,
colored, 900 Roanoke st.
Other Crashes
A machine driven by George Ba-
ker, 5636 College Ave, collided with
coal truck driven by Fred Jackson,
colored, 1922 Columbia Ave-, at
Forty Sixth ST. and College Ave.
Mrs. Velma Baker, riding with her
husband, sustained a broken right
arm 1t may be necessary to ampu-
tate. She was taken home and will
be sent to the hospital.
Jackson, bruised about the head
and injured internally, was taken to
city hospital. No arrests were made
r. e. Kiefner, motorman on an
Alabama street car, was injured on
the left hip when his street car was
struck, at North and Alabama Sts.,
by an automobile driven by Arthur
Cook. colored. 7O5 e. Georgia st.
Cook was charged with assault and
battery. AN