Nogales international., 1939-10-07
Six Killed
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ing.
The musicians in the car contain
ing the seven men, three of whom
were killed, and all of whom wer
members of Quintero's Troubador
orchestra of Tucson, were enrout,
to play Sunday night at 9TH,
Oasis" a small night club located
, q short distance north of Carmen
Store near Tubac.
Cause OF Accident
Sheriff j. ]. Lowe said yester-
day the definite cause of the
accident could not be determine
ed until the coroner's jury COM
pIeteS its deliberations October
Is.
After the wreck the two cars
were found to be in an upright
position. Neither had Overturn-
ed. The coed auto was stand
ing against the other car which
rested against an embankment.
The coed auto was driven by Miss
Manchester. It belonged to hel
brother. The pilot of the other Cal
was Frank Olivas.
4 Killed Instantly
Miss Steele and Miss Stoppenbach
and Trujillo and Olivas were killed
instantly. Lopez died in st. Joseph s
hospital at $40 pm. Sunday and
Miss Bryan succumbed at Ills
pm. Sunday in st. Joseph's hos
pital.
The girls, members of the Delta
Gamma sorority at the university
had come to Nogales Sunday after
noon with "a other Delta Gammas
on their annual trek to Nogales.
1t is trip arranged each year in
honor of the sorority's pledges.
The Quintero Troubadors are well
known as having played for dances
each Saturday night at Kinsley's
and for a daily Arizona Broadcast
ing Company program over Radio
Stations KVOA Tucson and KTAR
Phoenix.
High Glass Students
The girls were among the higher
class students at the university.
Miss Manchester is a freshman.
Miss Steele had been one of the &C
tive members of Delta Gamma and
one of its officers. Miss Stoppen-
bach and Miss Bryan we're both
freshmen.
The wreck attracted a crowd of
Sunday afternoon motorists. Sheriff
j. j. Lowe, Deputy Sheriff j. M.
Soto, Jr., County Attorney James
V. Robins and Justice Of The Peace
Charles E. Hardy were soon on the
scene making an investigation.
The bodies of the six dead were
taken to the Carroon Mortuary.
The injured were given medical
attention at st. Joseph's hospital
by Drs. E. C.. Houle, j. S. Gonzalez
and zenas Noon, and by two or
three Tucson physicians who hur-
ried down to Nogales. First aid was
administered at the scene of the ac-
cident by DR.. Gonzalez and DR..
Carlton E. Towne of Tucson. The
latter was enroute home from his
usual weekend trip to Nogales.
Mrs. w. H. Daily, head resident
at Yuma Hall, university dormitory
where some of the girls lived, hast
ened here upon learning of the ac-
cident.
Among others at the hospital was
Mrs. Thomas L. Hall of Nogales,
who is Delta Gamma aluma. She
was asked by Delta Gamma officials
at Tucson to do what she could.
Bodies Shipped
The body of Miss Patricia Bryan
was shipped Tuesday by the Car
room Mortuary to Hinsdale, ILL.,, for
interment. The other bodies were
sent to Tucson.
Damage Suit
Blaming Miss Manchester for the
accident, three suits, each seeking
SIS 900 damages, were filed in the
superior court at Tucson Wednes-
day by widows of the three musici-
ans killed in the crash.
Defendants named were Miss
Manchester and her father, T. M
Manchester of st. Louis, Mo. The
complaints charge Miss Manchester
with reckleSSness and claim she was
driving on the wrong side of the
road.
Three men killed are survived by
families, Trujillo, about 80 years OF
age, by wife and two sons; Olivas,
also about 80, by a wife and small
Iaxy r