The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
TWoDie When
Truck dndCar
Hit Hedd-On
Fatal Accident Sat. Eve
Takes Lives of Anthony
MOrey and VIM. Booker
SIX IN PICKUP ON
LEFT SIDE OF ROAD

TWO killed, SIX seriously injured
and three suffering from shock and
bruises is the toll from the head-on
collision which occurred at 11:15
O'Clock last Saturday night The
accident happened about a mile east
of the Cedar Creek Club on U. S.
2.
The dead include VIM. G.. Booker,
%, Tupelo, Miss, who was instantly
killed; and Anthony Morey, IS,
Ural, who died about a. m. Sun
day. The Occident happened when
an International pickup driven by
Cassius Duncan, 81 of Libby met
a Pontiac sedan driven by Morey
According to State Patrolman r.
W. Riddle, Duncan. accompanied by
Booker, Dale E. Nichols, 81, Oak
land, Calf. formerly of Libby,
Donna A. Miller, 16, Libby. Annie
Boothman, Libby and Joyce Thomp-
son, Libby, had been at the club,
and was coming from there to Lib
by when they met the Pontiac sedan
driven by Morey, who was accom-
panied by Clarence w. Hoyt, II,
Ural, Ellen L. Morse, Is, Ural, Helen
Jean Morey, is, Ural, and Donald
man stated that Duncan, under the
influence of liquor, was on the left
side of the road with his 5 com
panions riding in the seat of the
pickup. Morey pulled to the ex-
IRENE edge on his side of the high
way, but the two cars struck, both |
going at high speed.
The patrolman who was cruising |
west on the highway, arrived at |
the scene of the accident several |
minutes after the crash and took
over the rescue work. He admins
tered first aid to Morey, who in
addition to internal injuries and a
crushed pelvis, received severe cuts
about the throat. He also cared for
several of the worst injured and I
arranged for all who were able, to
be conveyed to st. Johns Lutheran
Hospital in Libby. He speaks high
ly of help given him by those at
the scene of the wreck, and also
given by the Libby police force and
officers from the Sheriff's office.
Injuries received include Clarence
doyt, decorations and bruises; Ellen
Morse, fractured collar bone, head !
and abrasions, shoulder
and knee injuries; Helen Jean Nor
~, severe decorations about head
md face with Commissions, injuries
o right shoulder, left thigh and
eg and loss of several teeth; Dom
Id DeShazer, cut about head and
ace, Sprained arm and wrist. and
oss of some teeth; Cassius Duncan. a
eVere decorations of head and face t
nd possible internal injuries; Dale
Nichols, sprained hand; Donna A. J
1lller, decorations on left leg, !
prained ankle and multiple CON '
usions face and hands; Annie Booth 4
nan, slight injuries; Joyce Thomp- 1
on, lacerated face and head and l
oss of front teeth. All the injured +
Uttered severe shock. j
The body of Booker was brought X
, the Gompf Funeral home in Lib N
y. The truck and car, both com r
lete wrecks, were lowed in by u
aqueth and Charnholm. +
Booker, recently discharged from u
lie u. S. Air Service, had been in V
libby for IL days preceding his a
cath and was employed by the ]. u
ellis Lumber Company. His body a
ill be shipped to Spokane for Gre u
alton, after which the ashes will L
: sent to his mother, Mrs. w. H. F.
razier, Clarksdale, Miss. Services ;;
i'll be held tomorrow at 800 p. m. r;
ON the Gompf Funeral Home for
nthony Morey. Interment will be w
ade in the Libby Cemetery. av
A coroner's inquest was held Tues 81
" evening, the jury being COM Be-
,sed of Paul Church, Walter E. WI
lrtlow, Leonard R. Sleizer, DON pr
i G. Hargreaves, Fred H. Maurer 11
ID Harold w. Miller. The follow
g is from the jury's report.
we the coroner's jury find from Pr
e evidence submitted that Will tn,
m Green Booker and Anthony tn
prey were killed as a result of is
2 criminal negligence and under be
not excusable or tai
stifiable by law by one, Cassius lal
mean"
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