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Show of the car had been smashed. Sees Hat Fly Into Air. Alder SchefUer, a hoy. living at 237 Fourth avenue, says be observed tho agd man's hat fly into the air about SO feet from where the body was removed re-moved from the rails. Tho next thing be noticed, he says, was the car coming com-ing to a quick stop. Ho says he heard the brakes appliod. The car i was running down grade at considerable consid-erable speed, he affirms. i Mrs. Orvin Morris had accompanied the aged man to the front steps of her home when be departed and was standing there when the accident oc-currc-d. She could not tell how it , happened, however. When the car I stopped suddenly she apparently realized real-ized that something was wrong as she screamed. Her terrified cries aroused several of the neighbors. A hundred persons living in the vicinity vi-cinity of Fourth avenue and B street rushed to the scene of the accident. Indignant exclamations as to the manner man-ner In which the street cars have been handled upon that particular grade were heard on all sides Persons Per-sons who have lived in the neighborhood neighbor-hood for a long time declared that the cars have always been run at a greater speed than necessary on B street, and an accident has always been looked for. It is said that a number of dogs have been run over, near where the accident took place Wednesday night by street cars trav-ellng trav-ellng at high speed Williams' remains were taken to the S. M. Taylor undertaking rooms. Williams la taUl to t.e an uncle of Mrs. Ernest Schettler, 233 Fourth avenue. ave-nue. He Is known to have other relatives rel-atives In Salt Lake City. For some time ho has not been actively engaged engag-ed In business. He built one of the first tanneries In tho slate on tho Redwood road. STRUCK By CAR Al jS CELLED Salt Lake, Dec. 1. William D. Williams, Wil-liams, 70 years old, a retired tanner, living In Poplar Grove, was run over and killed by Sixth avenue car No. 353 in front of the residence of Dr. W. F. Beer, 1S1 B street, Wednesday night. The aged man's watch was picked up about o" feet from where the body was pinned to the rails. The wntch had stopped and the hands pointed to 9; 17 o'clock. Williams had been to the home of Orvin Morris. 21G IJ street, for dinner. din-ner. He had left the horse on his way home a few minutes bet.ie the accident occurred. The supposition Is that Williams slipped while attempting to bonid the car and was thrown under the wheels. B. F. Stack. 772 Cast Fourth South btreet, tho niotorman, was tx much agitated to speak of the accident. "Don't ask me anything, for I can't tell," he said, trembling, when questioned ques-tioned Conductor P. B. Jones, 3is West Sixth South street, also refused to make a statement, saying that the street car company did not allow Its employes to talk at the time of an accident. Wheels on Man'6 Neck. Dr. W. F. Beer was one of the first persons to hurry to the car tracks. He requested the niotorman to move his car so that the body could be picked up. The niotorman refused. Dr. Beer says that the wheels tf the car stood on the aged man's neck for at least 20 minutes. When Captain of Detectives Beck-stead. Beck-stead. Patrolman Potter and Patrol Driver Browu arrived, Captain Beck-stead Beck-stead ordered the car moved. He had to speak te the street car men sevcrnl times bfore his orders were given any attention. Whn the car was finally moved Williams' body was carried to the R'd of the street and covered with blankets. Williams had apparently been caught by an ircn on the brake beam when he wus thrown under tho car and dragged, possibly, 90 feet bv tho brake beam. HU bead was crushed between the front wheels of the front truck. An unoxplalnahle feature of the accident was that Lno headlight |