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Show FATALLY ENJUREO BY SPEEDING AUTO Parker Fant Run Down and Killed on Main Street of Ogden. NEITHER AUTOMOBILE NOR ITS OCCUPANTS IDENTIFIED t . I Machine Rushes on Jts Way After Impact, Without Even Halting. Special lo The Tribune. OGDEN, .Ion. 1. Without regaining consciousness, Parker Paul., an employe at the local race track, aged 00 years, died at the Cave drug store this afternoon after-noon a few minutes after being run down I13" a spocdiug automobile ucar tho corner of Twenty-Third and "Washington "Wash-ington avenue. Leaving the dying man in the street, where he had been thrown by the forco of the impact, tho automobile automo-bile continued on its way south on Washington avenuo at a. high rato of speed. Although the police have boon working work-ing incessantly on the case, the identity iden-tity of the occupants of the ear had not yet been learned at a late hoilr tonight. to-night. Is Terribly Injurod. Eye witnesses to the tragic occur-rene'e occur-rene'e say that the machine was traveling travel-ing about fifty miles an hour and had crossed to tho" wrong side of the street just before it struck Mr. Paut, who was walking dingonally across to the cast sido of Washington avenue. The victim of the accident was hit on the right side and sustained several fractured ribs, internal injuries and compound fractures of (ho skull. Immediately Im-mediately after Pant was struck he was pick'ed up and taken to the Clave drug store, where Dr. .T. W. Pidcock was called to examine him. From the eye witnesses to the fatality, fatal-ity, the police say that the machine which caused Paul's death is a White steamer, as steam was seen to leave the escape valve at the time of the accident. ac-cident. Machine Not Identified. Only two machines of this make were taken from Browning's garage this afternoon. These belong to William Howell, a local merchant, and Hugh Woods, an Idaho stockman. Both Jj-. Howell nud Mr. Woods, with the occupants occu-pants of their machines, were 'questioned 'ques-tioned closely at tho police station but dcuy positively that they aro responsible respon-sible for Pant's death. They also deny that they were, on Washington avenue at the time of tho accident, which oc curred at about (1:30 o'clock. Faut's hat was not folind where the nccident occurred, and is believed to have lodged in the running gear of Mm automobile. Eye witnesses say that it was too dark to distinguish tho numbor of the machine, ma-chine, Tho body of tho dead man was taken to Lindquist's undertaking establishment, establish-ment, where an inquest will be held tomorrow. to-morrow. Paut leaves a widow and several children. chil-dren. His home was near the race track |