The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-08
FOUR KILLED
IN ACCIDENTS;
MANY HURT
Youth on Outing Drowned;
Two Are Victims of
Auto Crashes.

Ifllo week emu. Ollt sdo OlON4ICN4i
one was crushed on an elevator, and
two were killed in automobile acct
dents.
The dead are Russell Stroeh, 10,
Of 25t4 Brookway street, drowned; ;
Samuel Little. go. of 20 South Brad
ley street. killed in elevator; Everett
e Unversaw. 81, of Candy, Ind,
killed in taXi-auto crash; and Cecil
Willett. Negro. killed by SIT car.
Stroeh the first drowning vic
tim OF the 3eason lost his life Sun
day afternoon in White river about
a nalf nile east of the Michigan
road bridge.
j. A. Senteney, 1901 North Ala
bama street, a former city life
guard and now an employe Of the
George Hitz & Co., commission mer-
chants, recovered the body in four
teen feet of water one hour and
fifty minutes after the youth had
drowned.
Stroeh, with William Eaks, q, of
2605 East Eighteenth street, had
left party to 60 wading.
Body Is Found
Eaks came to the shore and called
to Stroeh in time to see him go
under the water.
Senteney, motoring past the scene,
borrowed a bathing suit and found
the body in about five minutes.
The parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Emil G.
Stroeh, arrived while rescuers still
were working on the body. Other
survivors besides the parents are
brother, Lowell Stroeh, a student at
Technical high school, and a sister,
Miss Alive Stroeh. Russell attended
Technical until recently.
Others in the outing party were
Nh. and Mrs. Arthur z. Bender, 1119
North Keystone avenue; Miss Flea
nor Bender, II; Dale Fletcher, 10, of
2723 Massachusetts avenue; Miss
Hazel Goldsby, II, of 1884 North Oh
ney street: Miss June Hopper, 70, of
1877 Sterling avenue; Miss Mildred
Kintz OF Brazil, Ind, and Arthur
Collins, 20, OF 1856 Brookside avenue.
Killed in Auto Crash
Everett Unversaw, 27, OF Candy,
Ind, was killed instantly early sun
day morning at Kentucky avenue
and MCCarty street when his auto
mobile collided with taxi.
Ernest Lester, 1909 East Wash
inGton street, the taxi driver, was
slightly injured and was arrested
on an involuntary manSIaughter
charge by police. Frank Pennington
of Kentucky, and Richard Chessire
of West Newton, Ind, vino we're
riding with Unyersaw, were injured
slightly.
Police said UnderSaW failed to
stop at Kentucky avenue and ran
in front of the taxi which leaped
a sidewalk and ran down a thirty
foot embankmeut to the brink of
White river.
Funeral services for Unyersaw will
be held at 1890 p. m. Tuesday from
the home. Burial will be in Mar
tinsville, Ind, his former home.
Falls Down Elevator Shaft
Samuel Little was crushed to
death Saturday afternoon when
caught between the floor of a freight
elevator and the wall of the shaft
at the Print Craft building, 225
North New Jersey street. Little was
moving some office furniture when
his foot caught between the elevator
and the wall pulling his body from
the elevator. The body dropped five
floors to the bottom of the shaft.
Funeral services will be held at
$50 p. m today from the Shirley
Brothers undertaking establishment
Burial will be in Crown Hill
cemetery.
Cecil Willett, Negro, was killed
early this morning at Martindale
avenue and Twenty street by
a Columbia avenue street car. He
was waving his coat to attract the
attention of q passing motOriSt
wnen he ran III front of the street
car. John Campbell. 81. of 5000
East Tenth street, was the operator
of the street car. Police said the
body was hurled thirty feet, and
Willett died instantly. The body
was sent to the city morgue.
Auto Hit by Freight Car
Korah Wilkinson, 81, of 1916
East Vermont street, is in the city
hospital in a critical condition.. His
automobile was struck by a cut Of
freight cars Sunday afternoon at
New York street and the Monon
railroad. Arthur Miller. 80 OF 1918
EaSth Vermont street. who was rid
ing in the automobile was bruised
on the head and arms. Wilkinson
is suffering from a fractured skull
and internal injuries.
Police say he drove his automo-
bile on the tracks in front of the
cars and apparently stalled the en-
gine.
Others Injured
Others reported injured in week
end automobile accidents arc: Miss
Mary Ryan. 25. of 1903 South Shelf
field avenue; Peter Rankin, %. of
the same address: Howard Owens.
10. OF 1884 ReiSner street: Marion
Lasley. Is. OF 1916 Howard street:
Max Albrecht. is. OF 1914 Reisner
street. Laverne Walton. 7, OF 427
Christian street: Robert Blair. II
Of 4SIS Park avenue: Miss Helen
Harris. Is. of 1862 Carrollton ave
nue.: Howard St. Clair. 20, OF 39l7
Csrrollton avenue: Ralph Fogle-
man s Of 424 Collier street: Mrs.
Matte Williams. ~. Negro, 25l6
Columbia avenue Mrs. Edward J.
Lott. 724 North Denny street. Sam
uel L Mat7, 81, Mrs. P0thstein. IS
and Mrs 7. L Sharpen. 81. all OF
the Marott hotel: Mr. and Mrs.
John Day. SOC Division street, Mrs.
Mabel Gait 20 of Rural Route 10