The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20

(Continued from Pare II

tlIIlS WSIe uOItAGO 4IVbu SIlC C2x
and the Ridley girl and Shat
tuck boy were believed killed
outright. The driver died at st.
Joseph's hospital here Sunday
morning at l0:45 o'clock without
regainins consciousness.
The body Of the girl was inn
palled, onto q projection Of the
abatement and firemen extri-
Gated Il with great difficulty.
Chief Of Police Alfred Ashley,
New Baltimore, notified the
sherifrs office here Of the acci-
dent soon after the tragedy, and
sheri9's deputies Immediately
rushed to the scene
GLASS PIERCED
Investigation disclosed that an
object had passed through the
rear left window. The hols was
similar 70 one which might be
made BY . bullet.
Those investigating the my
sterious hole were divided into
two groups, one believing the
hole could have been made when
striking Z rock when the auto
mobile turned over onto its
side.
However, the condition Of the
hole itself and surrounding glass
indicates that the object IN Ques-
tion struck the window ut q
great speed. The inside Of the
window was covered by Z flap
Of the inner binding material
suggesting the speed In which
the object was projected.
PRIOR Wild SHOTS
The second group pointed to
q similar mystery which occur
red Jan. q. when . Detroit man
reported to the shsriff's office
that q shot was fired through
one of HE automobile windows
a. he was driving alonx South
River Road.
The manfred Smith, So
told officers that the bullet en-
tered the left rear window Of
his ear, but that he had no idea
from where the shot was fired.
He said that no cars were In the
vicinity at ti1e time.
Deputies believe that the shot
was fired from nearby shrub
berry by r. practical joker"
Smith was uninjured.
CAR DEMOLISHED
The Reiter car was complete
ly demolished by the crash.
Officers believed that Reiter
lost control Of the car and failed
to negotiate q curve near the
bridge which spans Salt river.
It il believed that q shot could
have startled the driver and
caused him to lose control Of
the speeding vehicle.
The glass window pane was
removed from the car and is be-
Ing held n the sheriffs office
for further investigation.
Meanwhile the bereaved par
ents of the victims made plans
to hold funeral services for
their children.
SHATTUCK SERVICES
Funeral services for Elwood
Shattuck will take place from
the Bethel Temple In New Balti-
more Tuesday at 2 o'clock. The
body will lie In state at the re-
sidence tonight and In tn e
temple from noon up to the time
Of services tomorrow, when DR..
r. ]. Turner will officiate. Bur.
ial will be ut the Oakwood GEM
etery under the direction of the
Will Funeral Home.
The boy attended public
school in New Baltimore, and
for q number of years he had
been employed at the Mount
Clemens Pottery company.
Besides his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Shattuck, he Is sur
vived by q sister, Margaret; and
10 grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Orville Shattuck, of Mt.
Clemens, and Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Treend, of California.
RIDLEY RITES
Services for the Ridley girl
will be held from the Christie
Funeral Chapel, New Baltimore,
At IL o'clock Tuesday, and from
Otisville church, Otisville, Mich, \
her former home, at 8 pm.
Burial will be at the Otisville
cemetery.
The girl Il survived by three
sisters and one brother. Her
parents are both dead. She liv-
% with . sister, Mrs. Maynard
Ausand, New Baltimore.
11411 FUNERAL
tfod Ritter win Be buried at
Ne oakwood cemetery wednes-
I ~ S1ugWtne services q 2 D.
6 - De(hel Temple, Or. r.
TSenee oedcjatlug. Arrsnse-
0eaes. eto also under the direc-
- - u Christie Funeral
1lIA NV baltimore.
el1er II survived BY his par.
4 . 1er. ~ lorS. Pred Rsiter,
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