Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-06-12
Car Damaged
By Hit And
Run Driver
Visitors to Libby Have
Accident West of
Troy.
LAW rs SEVERE
IN SUCH CASES

Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Gompf visited
Sunday with relatives here, return
ing to their new location at lone.
Washington, that evening. They ex-
perienced no little trouble in reaching
Libby.
Leaving lone at o'clock Saturday
evening, they were held by a motor
accident on the west side Of Troy, and
delayed an hour or so. 4 short dis
lance west of the Savage Lake road
the lights of their car began to trouble,
and pulling to the side of the road
Gompf was repairing this, when a car
being driven at high rate Of speed
sideswiped them, taking off the wheel,
fender, and bumper on one side of
their car and bending the axle. The
offending car did not stop, but pro-
ceeded on into Troy
Gompf was forced to wait until an
other machine came along, which he
hailed. Tommy Jewell and Hugh Hen
Messy were driving and took Gompf
into Troy. Along the road they found
radiator cap and other loose parts
of the car which had struck them.
which they picked up and took along.
as means of identifying the car.
Upon reaching Troy they examined the
parked cars there until they discov-
cred the one that had struck them.
Taking the license number, the driver
was located, and placed under arrest.
II was necessary to send wrecker
tor the Gompf car, which had to have
extensive repairing done Mr.. and Mrs.
Gompf came on to Libby early Sun
day morning, and returned to Troy en-
where McCracken, the driver of the
hit and run car, agreed to pay $50
to cover damage and repair of the
other machine.
Following is the state law in regard
TO hit and run drivers.
Section 1743-A In case Of accident
or injury to a person or persons or
property on the public highways, due
to the operation thereon of any We
hicle, the person operating or driv-
ing shall stop, and upon request of
the person or persons injured or whose
property has suffered injury, or upon
request OF any person present, must
give his true name and correct place
of residence And the registration num-
Der of his vehicle if it be motor
vehicle, and if such person operating
or driving IS not the owner thereof,
the correct name and address of the
owner of such vehicle In the event
the person injured or whose property
has suffered injury is unable to make
such report as required by this act
to the nearest sheriffs office or near
est office of chief of police within
period of "a hours after such acct
dent has occurred or injury sustained.
Any person violating the provisions
Of this act or failing to gives the in
formation required by this act, shall
be guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be subject to
fine Of not less than $500 or more
than $4,000 or not less than 10 days
imprisonment or more than three
months Imprisonment or by both such
fine and imprisonment Enacted as
Chap. IL, Laws, 1929
Section 2. If any driver of an au-
tomobile, motor truck, motor cycle or
any motor vehicle shall collide with
or injure any human being or iniure
any person or property by colliding
with another vehicle, while operating
such vehicle upon the highways of this
state, shall conceal or attempt to con-
ceal his identity by flight or shall al
ter, conceal or destroy the license tags
or other means of Identification of the
vehicle driven by him or shall fail to
report the accident, with the intention
OF concealing his identity, he shall be
deemed guilty of felony and shall,
upon conviction, be punished by i'm
prisonment in the State Prison for a
term of not less than five years or
more than twenty years. (Sec. 2, Chap
1855, L. 1929.