The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-08
Sweetheart Quarrel, Calves on
Highway, Loose Gravel
as Causes
Two Menoken Men Jump from
Truck Just Before Train
Crashes Into II

One Bismarck youth is dead, fiv,
persons are injured, two youths e.
capped possible injury, and six auto
mobiles are wrecked ~ . result o.
weekend accidents in and near Bis
marck.
A sweethearts' quarrel, two calve,
out for . walk, loose gravel, . stalled
motor, and the effects Of alleged
moonshine are given as reasons fol
the variety Of accidents.
Mike Schlosser, 20, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Sebastian Schlosser, 81
Front street, is dead and two Of hi,
companions are slightly injured ..
q result Of IN automobile accident
which occurred while the three
were returning from = dance south
Of Bismarck late Saturday night.
According to the story related b,
Joe Swartzenberger and Joe Frou
sett, the youth5 who were with Sch.
losser at the time, Schlosser was re-
turning from the dance at . terrifi<
rate Of speed, following . quarrel
with the girl whom he had accom-.
panied to the dance. The girl, the
boys said, decided to return to Bis.
marck with her sister, and the Sch.
losser youth was attempting tc
catch up to their automobile when
the accident occurred.
Az Schlosser's automobile up.
preached Falconer Hill, two miles
south Of Fort Lincoln, The two com
panions attempted to induce him to
reduce the rate Of speed at which the
car was travelling, but Schlosser re.
fused. As he attempted to take Z
corner on the top Of the hill while
travelling at the full rate Of speed,
the car slid into . sandbank, turning
over several times before It stopped.
Schlosser ls Crushed
Schlosscr was crushed under the
car, Swartzenberger received head
injuries, not seriously, and Frousett
was bruised about the face and body.
All three were rushed to = local
hospital by passing motorists whcre
Schlosser died at p. m. Sunday,
The other two were released after
being treated for their injuries.
=. ]. Gobel, Burleigh county cor
oner, announced today that no in.
quest would be made Into the death
- N wAe aatis{1ed it WAS &C.
cidental. Parents Of tho boy have
also requested that there be no in
quest.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been completed.
Calves Take Stroll
Two calves out for an evening
walk on U. s. Highway No. 10, four
miles west Of Driscoll, shortly after
s p. m. last night have brought Har-
rison Brooks, 507 Thirteenth street,
q broken collar bone and confined
him to . local hospital for = few
days.
Brooks was riding in m automo-
bile with A. B. Bergeson, 1917
Fourth street, and three members Of
Bergeson's family, when the two
calves made their appearance.
Bergeson turned sharply to avoid
hitting the calves, the car swerving
in the loose gravel and turning over.
Brooks is the only man who was in
jured. He was brought to Z local
hospital shortly after the accident
by passers-by.
The car was destroyed by . fire
which broke out shortly after the
accident due to . broken gasoline
feed pipe.
Roy Casey, 19-year-old truck driv-
er for Marcovitz Grocery company,
was slightly injured Sunday after
noon when his truck overturned =
short distance north Of Fort Lincoln.
Loose gravel got into the wheels
Of the truck and the machine
swerved into = ditch, tipping over
On its side. Casey received
slight injuries which were being
treated this morning, and the truck
was slightly damaged.
Tfsin Crashes Truck
Two men escaped injury and pos
sible death here yesterday when
they dashed from their car stalled on
The Northern Pacific tracks just .
lew seconds before No. z, crack pas
senger train, crashed into the ma
:hine ct the Ninth street crossing.
The men were Adam Schauer and
his brother, both Of Menoken, who
we're driving toward Bismarck in =
sruck when the machine stalled on
;he railroad tracks.
The men tried frantically to ret
he machine started but when al
fforts failed they leadep from the
Machine just in time to save them.
elves. The locomotive crashed in-
0 the rear end Of the car, swinging
around several times and deposit
ne It In . ditch. The car was. only
lightly damaged, however, and
fter Strengthening out the. tenders
nd strengthening the doors the men
rove on.
Precautions taken by persons ct
he Bismarck Stampede and Expo
ition Saturday night failed to keep
I'D Two Dogs, Mandan Indian, from
rsshing his car into another On the
iehway between Bismarck and the
air grounds.
According to the story told BY en-
'loyes at the fair grounds, Two
logs staggered to his automobile
lte Saturday night with his wife
nd began preparations to return q
heir home. Afraid that tho Indian
vas unable ITO drive his automobile
afely, the employees urged Two
)ogs 70 stay at The fair grounds Tor
few hours, but The Indian refused. |
hey finally compromised by hav.
1R.na, ~. :.