The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-19

City Mans Body Hurled so
Feet by Impact; Dies
Instantly.

NtNAr AANAAA ia tLlA AtIlLL. SIX
feet tall. weighing 200 pounds, was
struck and killed last night a few
steps from his home at 1901 w. Nor
ris-st by a hit-and-run driver who
had just pulled away from a nearby
tavern. Mr.. Lentz was Go and the
l27th traffic victim in Marion Coun-
ty this year.
So great was the impact that the
windshield Of the car
was broken and scat
1O7 tered in the road, Mr..
III Lentz' clothing was
torn and his body was
carried for so feet.
John c. Leerkamp, 3lO1 w. Nor
ris-st. who had deposited Mr.. Lentz
across the street from his home,
heard the crash and returned to the
scene to see the death car racing
west on Morris-st.
Went to Church Meeting
Mr.. Lentz had been to a meeting
at St. Paul's Reformed Church, of
which he was an elder, and TIE
accident occurred at 1870. Nh
Lentz was a prominent gardener
and spent his entire lie in Indian
apolis. His father also was a
gardener, coming here from Ger
many in 1880 Mr.. Lentz was a
member of Murat Shrine, Scottish
Rite, Logan Lodge, F. and A. M;
Naomi Chapter, Order Of Eastern
Stars; Meridian Lodge of Odd Fell
lows, and was a charter member of
Temple Lodge of Rebskahs since it
was organized in 1900.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy
E., three sons, Walter F., Carl w.
and John E; three daughters, Mrs.
Viola Schulz, Mrs. Myrtle Rippy and
Miss Ethel Lentz; two brothers, AL
bert and Robert, and a sister,
Christiana. all of Indianapolis.
Funeral services for Mr.. Lentz,
who had had a stand at the city
market for the last So years, will be
held at the home at l Friday and
at st. Paul Reformed Church at 2.
Burial will be in Crown Hill.
Four Hurt in Mishap
Four persons were injured early
this morning when Morris Hatfield,
%, R. R. 7, Box 237. drove his Ford
into the rear end of a bus in front
OF ABB w. Westinghouse.
Mr. Hatfield. who was driving east
on westinghouse, said the bus had
no tail light or any other light he
could see. Blythe ,Corne, %, of S19
Olive-st, driver of the bus, protested
that the tail light was lit. Police
found it unlit when they arrived.
Mr.. Hatfield suffered cuts on the
head. The others hurt were pas
sengers in his car: Leland Lawson,
IS, of II N. Wallace-av, cuts on the
head: Mrs Herbert Scott, 33, of IS
N. Chester-av, body bruises and
cuts on the head; Miss Sylvia Dorm,
%, of Sc N. Chester-av, dislocated
hip, body bruises, cuts on the head.
Suffers Leg Fracture
Gus McGrath, Sc, of 919 Shelby
st. a laborer. apparently blinded by
the icy rain falling at GAS this
morning, stepped in front of an
automobile being driven northwest
on Virginia-av by Henry Zanela, So,
of 1920 E. Troy-av. Mr.. McGrath
suffered a fractured leg and was
taken to City Hospital.
Last night, Ralph Anderson, 40, of
1926 Sheffieldav, walked into the
side of an auto driven by James
Olvey, 81, Of 1857 Wheeler-st, and
was knocked down and injured
The accident occurred at College
av and 22d-st. Mr.. Anderson was
taken to City Hospital.
Yesterday afternoon, j m e S
Young, %. Trafalgar, truck driver,
was arrested on charges of drunken
driving, drunkenness and failure to
stop after an accident when, police
say, his truck crashed into two
parked cars in the 800 block, E.
Henry-st.
Arrested in Garage