Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-11-23 | Page 10 | Mechanician Says Machine Was Right

raici sis 1C1EIS1II Declares That Johnstone's Fatal Fall Was Not the Fault of Aoroplane. tilCNVKR. Nov. '22. "The accident which resulted in Italph Johnstone's death at. Overland park," said Mechanician Mechan-ician T. C. ISIchstajodt yestorday, "was not due to any fault of the machine. Others have had their say, and now I want to declare that all reports about carelessness arc untrue. "This machine was In Al condition before be-fore it was taken from the tent. John-stono John-stono himself supervised tho examination examina-tion lo ace that It was In good condition. condi-tion. "I had bcon with Jolmslono several weeks and there novcr wan a man so careful to see the. machine In perfect condition before he started." Klehstacdt described several of tho perilous positions from which Johnstono had extricated himself. Ho said: "Johnstone, In St. Louis, lu making a. short, spiral such as ho attempted hero, after going about seventy-five feol felt his machine crumple and ho fell, breaking break-ing hla wrists, and tho doetor said ho could not fiy within n. week. I took charge of him and In two days had him back on the machlno again."