The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-01
Three KILLED
IN new YEAR !
EVE CRASHES
Speeder'S Car CruSheS Or
Two Lives; Held Under
Heavy Bond.
TRUCK STRIKES TRAli
Driver Dies in WTeCkage Of
Machine: Four Injured
in Smashup.

Three persons were killed and
four injured in New Years eve ac-
cidentS in Indianapolis.
The dead are Carl Sulkerson, 43,
of 1886 West Washington street;
William Riley Osborne. SIS, of 817
Rybolt street, and Sam Shirley, As,
Negro, of SGT West Wilkens street.
The injured are Miss Frances
Cameron, Is, of 1116 West Thirty
fourth street; Miss Margaret Miller,
Is, of 1884 Ruckle street; Eugene
Bender, %, of 2110 College avenue,
and Aldine Meyers, %, of 1909 Gem
tral avenue.
Max S. Kos, "a, of 245 West
Thirty eighth street, Apartment
ITO, was held under $500 bon.i
following an accident at Lin Hood
avenue and Washington street in
which Osborne and Sulkerson we're
killed.
Ira Holmes, attorney for Kos, had
the case continued to Jan. 25 this
morning in Municipal Judge Paul
Wetter's court. The bond was re-
duced to $4,000.
Struck While at Work
Sulkerson, foreman, and q
borne, a track laborer, were work
on the Washington street tracks
the Indianapolis Street Railws
Company at the intersection VII
Kos sped west on Washington ST.
around another automobile
struck the two men. police say.
The men we're carried on
radiator of the car for somd
tance and hurled against a
They were dead when witnes
rived. Other men raced fl
path of the speeding car
death.
Kos, who is a represer
the Travellers Insurance esonIE5a
was arrested on charges of man
slaughter, speeding, operating
automobile while under the inhu
ence of liquor and intoxication.
Some gin is said to have been found
in his automobile by police.
Kos admitted to police he had
taken a drink about p. M, short.l
ly before the accident and was or
his way to q New Years eve party
at Richmond, Ind. He was unable
to explain why he was driving west
Rush Prisoner Away
A large crowd gathered at the
scene of the accident and police
took Kos away Immediately, tel
avoid trouble.
Shirley died today in the city hos
pital following an accident at Nor.
ris street and the Belt railroad. POI
lice said he drove his truck into thi
side Of freight train, ignoring tn
warning signals of a watchmar
The truck was carried more tina
200 yards by the cars, and Shirlc
was pinned beneath the wreckae
Four persons we're injured
Northwestern avenue and Thirt
second street when an automob
driven by Edison Wood, "a Ea
Forty-third street, collided with
automobile driven by Egbert Cam
bell, 6l5 East Twentieth street.
Taken to Hospitals
All persons injured we're in Cam
bells car. Misses Frances Gamer
and Margaret Miller were sent to
the Methodist hospital, Eugene Ben
der to St. IVincent's. All are in
serious condition. Campbell was
arrested on charges Of assault and
battery and failure to stop at a
preferential street.
Charles AIcAree, d, of 2034 South
eastern avenue, was arrested for
driving while under the influence Of
liquor, when his automobile struck
a car driven by Mrs William Til
son, 48, of 4425 Guilford avenue. at
Oriental and Washington streetsM
John Jones. 81. of 1901 FqetcL& &r
avenue, was injured about the HI Id
and legs when struck by a ''hit-aI9d-
run" driver as he was crossing the
street at Madison avenue and Nor
ris stree iIonday night. Witnesses
failed to get the license number.
Jones was taken to city hospital. He
was not injured seriously.