The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-21
FOUR KILLED
IN WEEKEND
AUTO MISHkPS
Driver of One Death Car
Faces Charges After
Woman Dies.

Four persons were killed and
score Of persons injured in week
end auto accidents in and near In
dianapolis. according to a check of
police and hospital records today.
Police sought a hit-and-run driver
who fatally injured a man after
dragging him seventy feet Sunday
night.
The dead are:
Orville Johnson, 25, of Scottsville,
Ky.
Mrs. Charles Pruitt, IS, of Ander-
son.
Mrs. Gustave Bluemel, 40, Of 171s
Madison avenue.
Lora Brookbank, %, of els Eastern
avenue.
Mr.. Brookbank died at st. Vim
cents hospital this morning as
result of injuries he received Sunday
midnight when he was struck by a
hit-and-run driver at keystone ave
nue. and Washington street.
The driver of the car fed after
Mr.. Brookbank was carried seventy
feet on the front of the auto. Wit
nesseS told police Mr.. Brookbank
was crossing Washington street
when the auto struck him. They
said the car was a new blue Oakland
sedan. Police found a broken radia-
tor cap near Mr.. Brookbank's body.
Mr.. BroOkbank's body fell in the
center of the street. Mrs. Mary
Brookbank. his wife, said her hus-
band had been i'll, but insisted on
going to work at the Pennsylvania
railroad shops.
Attacks Officers
Mr.. Johnson suffered fatal in
1uries when the auto he was driving
collided with another driven by
George z. Ford, Is, of 2130 East
Clay street, at Twenty-second street
and Broadway Saturday night. Ford
was arrested on charges of man
slaughter, carrying concealed
weapons and resisting an officer.
Ford, after receiving treatment at
the city hospital. kicked officers
when they took him to the city
prison. A revolver and a blackjack
were found In his possession.
Miss Anna Heath, 10; her sister,
Miss Ella Heath, Is, and their
father, William Health, 48, all of 548
Warren avenue, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Chandler, who were riding
with Johnson, were injured and
taken to the city hospital.
Mr.. Johnson's body will be re-
turned to Scottsville for burial.
Car Overturns
Mrs. Pruitt died at the Methodist
hospital Sunday night after she was
injured Saturday when the car in
which she was riding from Win
chester, KY. to Anderson, over
turned on State Road No. near
Greenfield. She lived with her son,
Marshall Prui-t, at the Meridian
hotel in Anderson.
Mrs. Bluemel was struck by an
auto when she stepped from a bus
ut University Heights and Madison
road Saturday night and died at the
Indiana Christian hospital Sunday
night. The auto which struck her
was driven by Noble Aubrey, 81, of
Southport.
Mrs. Bluenei was on her way to
attend a play in which her son,
Clarence, an Indiana Central COL
lege student, was taking part.
In addition to her husband and
son, Mrs. Bluemel is survived by
three daughters. Mrs. Henrietta
Franz, Miss Gertrude and Miss
Dorothy Bluemel, another son,
Theodore Bluemel; four brothers,
Theodore, Carl, Herman and August
Rugenstein and three sisters, Mrs.
Sophie Miller, and Miss Emma
Rugenstein, all Of Indianapolis, and
Mrs. Clarence Duhn. of Beech
Grove.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Other persons injured we're: Bob