Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-06
CAR
IN ;OSS
TRAGEDY
Death Machine Located
By Police In Brickyard
At Riverside
REPORTED STOLEN
Well Known Local Couple
Victims of Heartless
Hit And Run Driver

LOS HNGELES, April b. tu.kJ-
Discovery of blood spaItered au-
tomobile, which had been reported
stolen, led police today to believe
they had found the car which
caused the death of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. M. Goss, of El Centro near Riv-
erside yesterday.
Besides the blood stains found on
the car, the right running board
and rear fender were damaged.
Police believe the car was aban-
doned in the brick yard on Bishop
road, where it was found, in fear
that the driver might be traced by
1t and arrested on charges Of man.
slaughter.
RIVERSIDE, Cal, April 6. (Up)-
Police searched today for hit-run
driver who crashed into the wreck
age of an automobile, that had been
in collision with another car, and
fatally injured Mr.. and Mrs. H. M.
Goss, of Ell Centro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goss were lying
helplesSly in the wreckage Of their
own car when the hit-run driver
crashed into them and then after
backing out sped away.
Goss, a painting contractor, was
dead when taken from the wreck
age, while his wife died a few
hours later at the Banning hospital.
The Goss car collided with one
driven by Mrs. D. A. Hauser, Los
Angeles, at Whitewater Junction
yesterday. A few minutes after this
accident a third machine sped
around the bend and crashed into
the Goss car. as,s.
Instead of rendering aid to the
injured the driver backed his au-
tomobile away from the wreckage
and sped Off
1t is believed by police that Ell
Centre couple was only injured in
the first accident and that the fatal
injuries were received in the second
crash.
Mrs. Charles Taft, of Los Angeles,
who was riding with Mrs. Hauser
was slightly injured while Mrs.
Hauser escaped unhurt. She re.
manned at the Banning hospital,
however, awaiting the outcome OF
medical attention given Mrs. 0oSS.
She will attend the inquest to be
held today.
Torn and twisted remains of the
Goss automobile tell mute story
of the force with which an un-
known car struck that driven by
GoSs, knocking it from the high
way, overturning it. and leaving the
occupants pinned underneath.
Officers of Southern California
today are looking for q Hudson
coach, the front end badly DAM
aged and one front light completely
smashed. The make of the death
car is all that is known. It's driver
did not stop after the accident, but
drove on at high speed, leaving
GoSs dead and his wife seriously In
jured.
Both bodies are in the Banning
Undertaking Parlor today. Hubert
GosS, son of the dead couple, left
Ell Centro for Banning yesterday.
The son Is owner of the Goss Com
plete Service station on Imperial
avenue near the city limits.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goss were driving
to Banning. How the collision oc-
CURED is not known, since Mrs.
Goss could not give an account Of
it before her death. An operation
was performed in a desperate at
tempt to save her life. The opera
ton proved futile, and Mrs. Goss
died last night.
Besides their son, Hubert, Mr..
and Mrs. Goss had one married
daughter. formerly Helen Goss, liv.
ing in Los Angeles. They had been
in Ell Centre many years, and were
highly respected by a large circle
of friends who were shocked tc
learn of the terrible tragedy.