The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
TWO KILLED, IS
HURT, is CITYS
TRAFFIC TOLL
Thomas Knox and Joseph
Kukman Fatally Injured
in Accidents.

Two men were killed and fifteen
persons injured in auto accidents in
and near Indianapolis over the
weekend, according to police and
hospital records today.
Police were seeking three hit-and-
run drivers and two men were under
arrest.
Deputy sheriffs and state police
today sought the hit-and-run driver
who killed Joseph Kukman, So, OF
756 Ketcham street, and injured his
son, Joseph Jr.., west Of Plainfeld
Sunday.
According to witnesses, the driver
of the death car did not stop after
the accident.
Funeral services will be held for
Mr.. Kukman at a. m. Wednesday
at the Holy Trinity church followed
by burial in Holy Cross cemetery.
In addition to the son, Mrs. Kuk-
man is survived by the widow, Mrs.
Mary Kukman and daughter, Miss
Mary Kukman.
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Thomas Knox, IS, of 152 North
Blackford street, died late Sunday
night at the city hospital as re-
suit of injuries he received earlier
in the day when he was struck by
an auto driven by Willie Jackson,
Negro, 300 Blake street. Police we're
told jackson was not to blame for
the accident.
Police continued their search for
the motorist who struck two autos
Sunday night and fed from a posse
of motorists and police.
Hits Two Machines
The hit-and-run driver rammed
into the auto of August Strecker Of
Detroit, Mich, parked in a filling
station in the $500 block West
Washington street. AS the driver
fed his car sideswiped another
auto driven by Rudolph Sokoloski,
1923 Goodlet avenue.
The driver abandoned his car and
was chased over railroad tracks and
across vacant lots before he eluded
his pursuers. A conditional sales
contract in the car was made out to
Peter Clements, 119 East Palmer
street. He said ne had turned the
car over to a finance company and
representatives of the company said
it had been obtained by an employe
who is out of the city.
Nelson Kelso, 1858 North Arsenal
avenue, and his wife, Mrs. Letha
Kelso, were injured today when
their auto was struck by another
driven by Ollie Hodge, at Howard
and Harding streets. The Kelso
auto overturned.
Car Hits Phone Pole
william Coburn, Lafayette Heights,
and Miss Georgia Wright, Mars
Hill, were recovering today from
serious injuries received Saturday
night when Colburn's car overturned
after striking a telephone pole.
Colburn and Miss Wright were
badly cut and bruised.
Two motorcyclistS were injured
when a cycle overturned, after
swarving to avoid striking an auto
Sunday night. The injured are:
John Davenport, 10, Of 433 South
Pine street and Ronald Reeves, Is,
of DIT North Walcott street.
An alleged drunken driver who
gave his name as Chester G. Har-
land, barber, address unknown, was
held here today to face charges Of
failing to stop after an accident
near Kentland, Ind. G. B. Fraley
Of East Chicago captured the driver.
Fraley said he saw HarlandS car
strike another driven by three girls.
Auto Hits Fire Truck
Three men whose auto struck an
other car and fire truck at Adler
street and Madison avenue early
today were sought by police.
Guy johnson, 269 North Pershing
avenue, was under arrest following
an auto crash late Saturday at Bel
mont and West Washington streets
He was slated on five charges, in
GLIDING failure to stop after an &C
cident. No one was injured.
Other persons injured, included:
Louise Sheefer, of Terre Haute, in
jured near Plainfleld, when her auto
ovrturned; Coen Lysle, 232 Dorman
street, and Othel Winninger, II, also
Of the Dorman street address; Mrs.
Betty Harris, AZ, of 1912 Shriver
avenue: Mrs. Anna Kennedy, SIS, of
1909 Brookside avenue and Gus
Schulthause, so, of 1901 Wright
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