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Show LEU! BOY RUN DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE DIES WITHOUT REGAINING CON-SCIOUSNESS. CON-SCIOUSNESS. DRIVER OF CAR APPREHENDED IN MURRAY. Stovon Turner, U-yoar-old-son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles Tumor of tho Third Ward, died Tuesday ovcnlng at 8 p. m. o'clock from Injurlos rccolvcd rc-colvcd whon ho was struck by nn automobile an hour provlous near his homo on tho Stato road. Immediately Immediate-ly following tho accident tho boy was brought to tho Lohl Hospital but fall' od to regain consciousness. According to witnesses tho lad was driving tho cows homo and tho car was proceeding north at a high rato of speed. Tho car wag on tho loft side of tho pavomont and tho boy was on tho samo sldo. When ho saw tho approaching machine ho ran to tho other side of tho road but tho driver turned tho samo way. Tho right front sldo of tho car cauglft tho boys log, throw him undor tho ma-chlno ma-chlno whoro ho caught nnd drug for a short distance. Tho accident occurred oc-curred in front of John Collodges homo and he was near whon It happened. hap-pened. Mr. Colledgo ran to tho moving mov-ing car and endeavored to get on tho running board to stop tho driver but (lie car speeded up throwing Mr. Colledgo Col-ledgo off. Howcvor ho secured tho mini- her of tho car. This was tolophoned to Murray whoro the mnn was arrostod. Tho car was a Hupmobllo roadster and was driven by James PapocoBtas a Crock. Whon npprohended tho man declared ho was afraid of bolnc lynched lynch-ed it ho had stopped hero and so did hot stop nnd assist in getting tho injured in-jured boy to a doctor. Ho also claimed claim-ed to havo tried to stop. This was partly verlflod by marks on tho road, according to' witnesses. Marshal John S. Evans wont to Murray yostorday and brought tho man back. Ho is now lodged in tho bounty Jail at Provo. Examination of tho boy disclosed numerous Borlous Injurlos. Ills lower Jaw was broken, his chin badly cut, tbo no3o and faco crushed, uppor teeth all knocked out, part of lower teeth out, hip fractured, log between ankle and knoo broken and flesh on tho leg badly bruised. A fracturo of the. skull was said, to havo caused his death so quickly. Tho boy did not como to ntter ho was struck. Tho child was always afraid of nutomobllos nnd always kont out of tholr way tho family say. Funeral services will bo hold today (Thursday) at 2 p. m. in tho High Antlltnrdim |