The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-04
ARCHEDEVER 2. IS !
KILLED; DALE SIMON
CRITICALLY INJURED
Bismarck and Mandan Cars
Crash Almost Headon, lnjur-
inq Four Other Passengers
TAXI DRIVER CHEATS DEATH
Sammy Farnam, 10, Escapes
Unhurt When Run Over il
After Hooking Auto Sl

One man Is dead, q second Is criti.
cally injured. three others are ser>
iously hurt and two niraculously es-
capped death In three accidents IA
Bismarck and the vicinity Sunday.
Archie Dever. %. Mandan. died
about $50 p. m. yesterday. two hours
after he had sustained . fractured
skull in an almost headon collision
on the Bismsrck-Mandan highway
200 yards west Of the Memorial
bridge over the Missouri river.
Dale Simon, manager OF the El-
tinge theatre. lies 1T the point Of
death In = local hospital today sur
fering from q fractured skull and
severe decorations about the face.
Mrs. Archie Dever Is recovering In
the hospital from broken nose and
shock. y
MRS. Kenneth Gibson, Mandan,
sister Of the Devers. Is In . hospital.
with q fractured Jaw.
Robert Dever. 4 year old son Of tho
dead man, Is reported recovering
from . fractured skull In . local hos
pital.
Henry O'shaw. pianist ct ths
Palace theatre In Maudan, suffered O
cut on the forehead and bruises. .
Engine Demolishes Taxi
Frank r. Ritchey. driver for Bis.
marck taxicab company, escaped
death when his automobile was de-
molished at the Third street crossing
Of the Northern Pacific railway BY
. freight locomotive about 5:46 .. m.
Sunday.
Sammy Farnam. 10, was unhurt.
except for few minor bruises. when
he was run over yesterday by m au-
tomobile driven by II. G. Trahm.A u
Three Cars In Crash
Three automobiles figured In the
accident fatal to Dever.
Simon, driving large coupe with
O'Shaw as passenger, was driving to
Bismarck. Attempting to pass car
In front Of him, the light delivery
truck driven by Dever crashed into
Stmon's car just back Of the bump-
er, according to occupants Of the
Dever car. Mrs. Dever, Mrs. Gibson
and Robert Dever. The third car
was said to be from Dickinson.
So great was the force Of the cOlli-
sion that Dever was hurled through
the windshield and catapulted more
than 80 feet into q snow bank.
simon's car rolled over on the con-
crete highway while the other mem-
bers Of Dever's car were Strewn along
the highway.
The front ends Of both automobiles
were reduced to junk while the rum
ming board Of the car which Simon
attempted to pass was stripped off.
The highway at the site Of the &C.
cident Is fenced with heavy steel
cable and Is raised approximately 10
feet above the river bottoms.
Bolter First Samaritan
Henry Bolter. Mandan, was the
first person to stop at the scene Of
the accident. He hailed car after car
which sped by but none stopped un-
til Mrs. Henry Newton. Mandan.
halted and took the Devers into her
machine. william Goodwin, Mandan.
took Simon In his car. All were
brought to local hospitals.
Bolter said that Dever lay dying
for more than Is minutes before Mrs.
Newton stopped.
Simon was conscious during tho
early part Of Sunday night but .
gradually forming blood clot In the
brain caused him to lapse into un.
consciousness.
Today Simon was reported to bo
conscious and unconscious ct inter-
walls. Doctors held out hope for his
recovery.
Mrs. simon. who left for Minneapo-
lis Sunday morning. has been in-
formed Of the accident and u ex.
pected to arrive in Bismarck tonight
Dever died from hemorrhAges o3
the brain induced by . fractured
skull.
Rites at Garrison
Funeral arrangements for Dever
have not been completed. James
Dever, father Of the dead man, ar.
rived from Garrison this morning to
take charge Of the body. He indt-
Gated that services and burial would
take place ia Garrison.
Besides his wife and son. Deveg
leaves his parents. three sisters ana
two brothers. The sisters are 1lEh
Hi1da Gibson, Mandan; Mira Colistn
Brooks. Wilton; and Mary Engenia
Anderson, In Florida. The hrothefe
erc Edward and Lalnde DeVer. both