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Show F. D- WILSON, STRUCK BY MOTOR, RELATES JOKE: BLAMES SELF Traveling Passenger Agent Perturbed About What Friends Will Say. A well dressed man about SO years of age was knocked down In front of the Salt Lake Fecurity and Truat company on Main atreet at 11:05 o'clock this morning morn-ing by a motor, reported to be the New Grand Hotel bus, driven by C. Cromer. Patrolman Schrantl and Frantr acnt the Injured man. who was unconaclous. to the smergency hospital at the city lall. Hs recovered consciousness on the road to ths emergency hosrltal. He was not inclined to take the matter seriously, and when Inspector t'arlson asked him how he fell, h said: "l feel Jut like the negro that u about lo be hanged. He was standing on the scaffold, blindfolded, and the trap wa about to be Jerked. a 'Have you anything lo s'-ty. demanded the executioner of the negro. 'Well I liopc thl will be a leason to me,' replied the negro." When the injured man told thla arir Ihe solemn faces of the policemen brokt out Into broad grin. Th patient added: "I don't want anybody to know about thl. If my wife ttnd out It will be. Be. 1 told you so. You neer watch whei-you're whei-you're aotng.' And then think how the hoy will kid SMI ''Nothing doing.'' was the nawer lo ln-UUlrtea ln-UUlrtea concerning Ids Identification. fine il he t-aid ills nam was ssvtca Montgomery, but he didn't sa) it In i way to make the police belle e tL No I don't blame the a)vr. It waa all my fault. I am lliankful I wan t killed continued the Injured man. which . ertsllil " was contrary ... i..-statement i..-statement of persons run down by aut'-mohilea aut'-mohilea "I didn't even heat It coming and if it had been going fat It would hate been the last of ma." By dint of liard work the poll.- learrs-s) that he was F. D. Wilson, traveling trav-eling fielglit ate! passenger uii-.il for the Oregon Short Line. He was going t t" bank 10 deposit a check when lilt. ur. Spmgue examined hia Injuries Thev ate slight, but the bruises are pa.nful. "Well. I guess I couldn't have kept It from niv wife, anyway. said Mr Wilson am he tried to stand on his right leg. whli h was basjly bruised Tl be lorved to liobblr around a lew days on this peg-" I. S. stpenc-r. asstatant general pa-eenger pa-eenger agent, sent a man to the emer-ge.un emer-ge.un hoeplul lo poeltlvely identify Wilson. Wil-son. Win ii !i entered Mr. Wilson gsaed on him a minute and then broke forth. "Well, you've got a lot to do. Tou cer-latfsly cer-latfsly are a busv bunch How did you ttnd out at tue olfl t was ine I dldn'l went am one to know about this. Mr. Wilson went homo In an aul" |