Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-09-22
Truck Hits
Bodies In
Highway
Mrs. Boyd Escapes
Serious Injury In
Route ~ Crash

Route ~ Crash
Judge c. d. Boyd, 81, of Mid
dletown and Mrs. Clara Schasuble
II, OF Hamilton, Ohio. were killed
Wednesday morning when the
auto in which they were riding
skidded into a truck five. miles
west of London on Route AZ. II
Mrs Marie Boyd, wife of the
Butler County jurist, also riding
in the car, escaped serious in
juries. She was taken to the
Springfield City Hospital by
passing motorist.
The impact of the car with the
truck threw Mrs. Schaeuble and
Judge Boyd out Of the car onto
the highway. The dual wheels of
the heavy truck passed over their
bodies, investigating officers said.
Mrs. Schedules body was laor-
ribly crushed. Judge Boyd's
body was also mutilated .by.
wheels of the truck, officers in
dicated. ss
Head Hit Truck Leo
Visible signs showed Mrs Sch
aeuble's head struck an under
part OF the truck-trailer iuSt
ahead of the rear wheels.
Judge and Mrs. Boyd and their
companion were travelling east
when the accident occurred ~
bridge No. 42-04 near. the G. III
OBrien farm home. As the oar
approached the culvert bridge. il
was travelling down grade. II
skidded with the back. end Of m
car crashing into the front of the
truck. Guard rail is on both sides
OF the bridge and the passing
area very narrow.
Sheriff Harold Bidweil wba
with Deputies Bob Allison and
n. Z. Markley joined Highway
patrolmen Monas and Garlock
90
IN the investigation of the ac.. AZ.
cident, said the bodies were living
SIDE by side and that it was OBJ
vlous some vehicle had run over
them. fypf 4
Whether Mrs. Schaeuble and
Judge Boyd met death before the
truck wheels struck them was
undetermined. The Boyd car
crashed into the guard-rail after
collision with the truck.
Highway Wet ~
Willis P. Osborne, 1455 Super-
ior, Toledo, Ohio, driver of the
All State Freight Inc, truck in.
the accident was unhurt. He said
1t appeared that Judge BOYD had
applied brakes of the car an
parently causing it to skid on the
wet highway.
He at first told officers he
didn't believe his truck struck
Mrs. Schaeuble and Judge Boyd.
but Deputy Sheriff Bob Allison
pointed out the visible marks ON
the truck he accepted as signs
OF the tragedy. The addresses ofI
Judge and Mrs. Boyd was given
as Almeda. Middletown, Ohio.
Bodies of the two trafnestjc-
TINS were removed to the Sch
lechty Fichner Funeral Home
while the officers confinQed in
vestigation of their deaths.
Judge Boyd, long identified
with Ohio Republican campaigns
was believed to- have sbe<ns en-
route to Columbus to attend the
Republican Convention in Me-
mortal Hall.
A candidate for Chief Justice
of the Ohio Supreme Court st sfbe
May Primary, he wa1s defeafs
by Francis B. Douglas. -
Judge Boydrservsd as tl1e3k
ler County Probate a11d JHkef1k
Judge from 1897 to 1857
Time Of the accidefst was ffj -
at shortly before 10 a. m. We'd
nesday. tHs'5<6 aa
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Able To Mtalt
Highway Patrolmen said they
had received radio report from
Springfield that Mrs. Boyd was
able to be up and walking about
in the hospital. They received the
report before leaving the scene
of the accident. while Sheriff
Bidwell and the patrolmen were
questioning Mr.. Osborne. driver of
the truck.
Osborne reported to, the Of
ficers that he pulled into the
guard rail on his side of the road
to avoid the Boyd car as it
Skidded.
Sheriff Bidwell said Wednesday
morning that ne had written the
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