Show WOMAN IN CAR CAR SA SAYS YS LARSON KiLLED CHILD Mrs Isabel Passenger in Death Car Talks Freely of Fatal Accident I I Harry A. A Larson L' of owner of the Hal Oil company com corn pany drove the death car which killed Lola Pla or 6 at ninth Fifty-ninth South and the Redwood road Friday Fri day afternoon according according- to tb Information mation matlon given ghen Millard l county out dais calR Saturday night Mrs Isabel of or Beaver clerk of the Millard county board of education admitted that she was the tae mysterious woman In the black veil en mentioned prominently by I eyewitnesses to the tragedy This is s the second time Larson has driven his Maroon Death Roadster to a killing On August 13 1922 according to police records records rec rec- olds Harr Harry A. A Larson driving a a. specially built bunt Hudson bearing li license 11 cense 25 ran down and killed an unidentified Mexican near the tho viaduct vad at Third West and North i Temple Larson at that time gave his address as West Vest Third North street Eyewitnesses s declared de do do- do the accident unav unavoidable and I Larson was released LARSON BROUGHT BACK I L Larson was returned here Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day night hIght from Milford where he lie fled Friday night b by Sheriff D D. D 5 S. S Sherwood At the Salt Lake county coun coun- I ty Jail he neither affirmed or de denied dent de- de nt nied nd d. d his identity as the death car driver stating only that ho he would not talk at all an until he had c con consulted cOnS n- n tilted his attorneys iff He admitted however howo that he lie was wa's was the Larson wha ran down a l an In a a. t rain rain- at 8 45 o'clock one ne night last Jast August S Identification of Mrs drs 5 s as asI I the woman In the black veil was wasI I made by Sheriff Sherwood late S Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- t- t night after atter the tho Investigation of Larson had failed tailed to gain an admission admission admission ad ad- mission from him as to any of or his actions ins Friday afternoon Sheriff Sherwood established that Mrs Irs had been In Salt Lake and after affer telling Larson of ot her wish to visit isit her brother Robert Burke at Bingham had accepted his offer to drive her bar to the c copper camp Burke Butke by telephone c confirmed the tM fact of the visit and ard that Mrs with left the tle Burke Burk home borne some ome time between en 3 1 3 I and 4 o'clock on th the return to SatI Salt t I Lake Lahe Lola Lola- was run down iown about 3 50 o'clock about fourteen en I miles front from Bingham LEAVES FOR MILFORD It was was' then established that Mrs Irs who had been hero heto for the past week left for Milford on the morning train south Saturday Sheriff Sherwood notified his deputy deputy deputy dep dep- uty Har Harvey II Hedges at Milford to int interview rew Mrs as as to her movements Friday Hedges found Mrs with fr friends In Mil Mil- ford or When asked directly If it she had ben berf with L Larson and if Larson was the driver who ran down the Pla Player or gIrl Mrs freely admitted both facts and antI offered explanation of r the circumstances according to tog tottie g the Millard county deputy Mrs T c declared la etl that Larson was not traveling at an ali excessive peed according to Hedges She recited how Jiow they had visited her brother at at Bingham and then st started back to tho city I EXPLAINS ACCIDENT lAs As we came down the road a lit little lit lit- tj tle girl ran out from behind a aagon afa fa agon on Hedges quoted Mrs Dit Dit- mers as saying It was Impossible to mist miss her she is IS' said to have declai ed Asked Asked as to wh why they fled the scone scene Mrs rs Is s said to have declared that Larson Larou did so 80 out out of for tor her health She stated slated that sho she had been here under medical attention That the tho tragedy s BO so affected her that Larson raced t the nearest streetcar line lino and put her aboard the car so that sho she c could uld get back to the hotel and nd prepare prepare pre- pre pare to go home She was not asked why neither Larson nor herself re reported reported re- re ported the accident to td officials here Mrs Irs according to Hedges was extremely remorseful over the tragedy but she insisted that Larson was not to blame and could not have ha avoided hitting the Pl Player girl Larson Is In tIme in-tIme the Salt Lake county Jail Sheriff Harries Berries denied him admission to bail In interrogating Larson Laxson Sheriffs l Harries arrI s and and Sh Sher r wood went over circumstantial evidence then In hand which seemed slowly but surely to be drawing the lie net of ot guilt about the prominent oilman onman Larson re remained ro- ro unshaken however howo replyIng replyIng reply reply- rePly rePly-I Ing only that he would not talk tan until after ater consultation with hIs ills 1 Mrs Is In She will wUl probably be returned here hero as a am ani ni m material witness It Is said sad Whether charges will be placed against her herfor herfor for failing falling to report the tho killing has hils not been determined ned I i Funeral services for Lola will be held bold In n the Bennion ward chapel at 2 SO o'clock this after after- I noon CAR IS IDENTIFIED I Positive Identification of the death car cur a a. specially built maroon Hudson speedster which ran down and killed Lola Friday at ninth Fifty South street I In and n nd Redwood road was wu made late lato Saturday by several witnesses who i saw raw the machine on the Redwood I road Friday morning Just before noon and later In the da day not long before the fatal clash The automobile which many ninny persons persons per per- sons are ore sure cure Is h the car which hit the child was vac on exhibition all Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- afternoon at t the city and county building and was 39 inspected by several se men who were po positive that It as this machine which apPeared appeared ap op- ap- ap on the Redwood road rand andone and one went so far tar to say My that ho saw Continued on pago WOMAN IN CAR Continued from page 1 the speedster run down do the tho girl Th e ecar car which is in the hands of the sheriff i is tl the e pr property perty Of Larson The license is for 1922 1022 and on the number is 25 A. A L. L Peterson driver river for th the Denhalter B Bottling company company who was delivering delivering- soda water at Foxs Fox's store on Redwood road when the speedster passed and a few seconds later struck the child was the first person to reach the mangled form of the girl He lie was positive Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day that th the machine held by the sheriff was as the car which he he saw flash past him and run over over the Player child The noise of the carand carand car carand and speed at which it was traveling attracted his attention Peterson said and he looked up and watched the automobile as' as it hummed by A second later he saw a form stretched out but on the tho pavement several sev SOY eral erat hundred and he hurried hurried hur hur- ried ned to the to-the the scene cene to give aid Peterson Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son provided a piece of ot can canvass ass to wrap the body in for removal to the undertakers SAW CAR IN MORNING O. O L. L Miller an automobile sales I man who was delivering a Ford car I I near the scene of the accident saw the maroon automobile no lIe on n the tho Redwood Redwood Redwood Red Red- I I wood road Friday morning about 1130 30 o'clock he said At that time the alleged death car was occupied by a man and a woman He lie paid I I particular attention to the car be because bo- bo cause caum of or tho the sped and the fact that I Ithe the rear rear fenders and other attachments attachments attach attach- ments were inclined to rattle attach I Another witness who reported l to the identified the car as the I I he lie saw on the tho Redwood road Friday Ho lie Is J J J- Glasgow Harmony Harmon court and was cleaning his spark plu plugs s when tho the car passed palled him He lie heard hard the car approaching he said and amI looked up while It passed He Tie I particularly noticed the white triangle tri tn- I angle on the front of the he car which I is the distinguishing mark of ot a Hudson Glasgow was not sure that ho he could Identify the man at the wheel lIe He was sure however ho r that thata a a. woman woma rode beside the driver Saturday Sheriff Harries henries made known the fact that tho the car ar now in his custody had be bc been n partially dismantled Friday evening The top and ond rear license plate plat which was Jo 10 o the left rear fender had been removed A spare wire wheel I carried on the tho left running board I i also alRo had been discarded The top topI and nud spare wheel were located at the I Warm Springs service station where Larson appeared d late Friday afternoon and had his brother help I I him remove the top I II SEARCH STARTS EARLY I Search for the tho death car and Its Us I driver was tas begun beun Just eighteen minutes min mm- utes after atte the e killing Tho The child I I I I I I I was run do down n at 3 50 l Friday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- I noon and at o'clock Chief Deputy Deputy Deputy Dep Dep- uty Sheriff E. E II H. Doherty and two I deputies were on the scene The J deputies helped In placing the mangled body In a canvas canvas to I be removed to the George A. A Jenkins mortuary S When Sheriff Harries Harnie was was ua notified notified noti noti- fied fled a a few minutes later he organIzed organized organized organ organ- his deputies deputies' for a thorough combing of the city and county for trace of the car and its occupants Every garage gaage and service station in Salt SaIt Lake Lale city and county was notified notified noti noti- fied fled to be on the for a red or maroon Hudson or Buick speedster Shortly before 7 30 Friday night I Larson appeared at the automobile painting shop of ot Holgerson and Brool Brooks s at the rear t Of r East South Temple street and said that he wanted to leave his car there thereto to be painted According to Sheriff Sher Sher- iff Harries Holgerson s said id that Larson cautioned him to say ay that the car had been in the paint shop all all that day Hol Holgerson erson had no room for the and drove it to the Randall-Dodd Randall garage on Second Second Sec Sec- ond end East street for overnight stor stor- age Immediately the night man at atthe atthe Ithe the Randall-Dodd Randall garage communicated communicated I with the sheriff I SHERIFF TAKES POSSESSION I 1 Tho The car taken to the garage answered answered ans ans- I ans-I the description of the tho death machine The rear license had been r removed moved and the top the top detached The sheriff notified the garage keeper I Ir that he would take possession of the car Saturday morning A guard was placed in charge of or the machine I overnight Early Saturday morning I it was removed to the city and I county building where it remained i on inspection all all day until late in inthe tho the aft when when it was driven to the scene of or the accident where It I IVas j was Vas further Inspected by witnesses to tho killing The sheriff Is depending on four other witnesses to connect the maron maron maron ma ma- I ron roadster with the killing The They I IaN aro aN Hulon NIchols 14 years of or age who was near the scene on a bi bicycle bicycle bl- bl I cycle Joseph J. J Smith 24 Sarah Newl Newbold old an 11 elderly and Alice 16 I SPRING BRINGS THREE DEATHS BY AUTOS I We Ve have only had a few days of ot spring w weather and yet ct the number I In traffic accidents accidents acci acci- of ot persons injured dents has Increased alarmingly acI 1 said Sergeant J J. J II H. Warden Varden No Noone Noone 0 one has been killed in Salt Lake this year ear but there has been three I deaths recently froth from traffic accidents accidents acci ned dents in the county Wo 0 ar are going I to seo see that traffic laws are obeyed In Salt Lake City I According to police records record sIxteen sixteen six six- teen persons were killed In traffic accidents In Salt Lake last year A I little care according to Sergeant I Warden arden and many of ot these would be alive today Even Kven that that number is two less than the fatalities fatalities fatalities fatali fatali- ties of ot 1921 Wo Ve are going to arrest every er speed speeder r we can catch said the ser ser- geant Th There re are approximately eighty special police officers servIng serving sen ing without t pa pay pa These men will observe infractions of or the traffic rules rule and notify me b by postcard With our wide streets and ex excellent excellent ex- ex traffic provisions there thero is absolutely no excuse for lor any fatali fatali- ties Hes Pedestrians should look first to the tho left and when half halt way across the street to the right In order to watch for or approaching automo automobiles One rule rul which we are going to enforce to the letter Is in regard to toI children playing in the streets street Parents Parents Par Par- must not allow the children to tomake tomake tomake I make a pla playground ground of a busy thor thor- I J Parents who do not heed hed I I this warning will be haled before the he juvenile court and we will rec- rec j I that they be bo punished It Is I certainly a sad sight to see an anguished anguish an ar- d mother weeping oyer her her mangled child in the the hospital hospital hos hos- pital but the saddest part vart of It Is that she is often orten m more re t to blamo blame than the driver who has hats run rup over the b babe be which she a allowed lowed to play with death I The number of or automobiles Is rapidly increasing and we are goIng goIng go- go Ing lag to be more than ever We W plan to rate with the sheriffs sheriff's sheriffs sheriff's sher sher- iffs iff's of f alI all times Umes in iii enforcing the traffic laws and speeders speeder SHERIFF WARNS OFFICERS OFFICERS' TO 10 DECLARE R. R Harries announced Saturday Saturday that the automobile speedster speedster auto traffic violator auto ordinance and lawbreaker has had hi his da day s so far as Salt SaIt Lake county is Is- Is c Sheriff Harries In Instructed In- In te his deputies Satur Saturday ay to tob begin b gln immediately with the strict enforcement of every law and regu- regu aa as It affects automobiles gin gin- Ing special attention to speed fiends in particular Here are a few of the Instructions handed to deputies by Sheriff Sherif Harries Harries Har Han ries rice Satur Saturday Go after tl ttA speed hounds Dont Don't warn em Lock em up Make no exceptions Put earin emin ear ent entIn In Jail and make em dig up ball bonds Watch for tor the fellow without lights and the fellow whose headlights headlights head head- lights are not adjusted according to the law Lock him up too Watch the fellow who disregards any my other law so far as the auto is concerned Lock em up I IlInd Mind lInd now dont don't warn em Lock Lockem Lockem em eat up |