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Show I, DECLARES DEATH OF ISBSIDJOBETOLD Special to Tile Tribune. OGDEN, .May 18. Exceeding a speed of thlrtv milc8 per hour and norm too strict attention (o tlio driving of the cur arc probablv responsible for tne fatal automobile accident at Marriott early this morning, when Chauffeur Joseph Murray, driving Ileber Seowcroft's machine, was Instantly killed and Arthur Brown sustained sus-tained painful, although not dangerous. Injuries. This developed today from tho stories told by Miss Ruth Shaw, the third occupant of tho car, and by Brown. Another feature, and one which probably prob-ably will be Investigated by tho uuthod-- uuthod-- ties, was brought out by Miss Shaw, who declares that Brown had been learning1 to drive the car during the earlier part of the trip. She Insists, however, that ' Murray was at tho whoel when the anto-- anto-- mobile left the road and turned turtle, pinning both tho drivor and Brown ne-ncath ne-ncath It. , , Murrav drovo the ScowcrofL car In the retail clerks' parade and, after taking the girls to their homes, was driving along Twentv-flfth street toward "Washington "Wash-ington avenue when he met Brown and ' Invited him to take a ride. "1 sot In the car and we wcro going along Wush-lnrinn Wush-lnrinn ilvmhih when we wcro hallod by I Miss Shaw. She asked ua to lake her Homo and got In tho rear seat. After riding a few blocks somebody suggested that wo ride around town for a llttlo , whilo. Wo finally turned onto Wost Twelfth street and rode down to Marriott." Mar-riott." Brown declares that ho noticed the road was somewhat convex. Ho remembers that Murray turned his hoad to say something to tho girl in tho rear seat and it was then that the car left the roadway and plunged down tho slight em-banktnont. em-banktnont. Brown states that ho did not Iihvo time to jump. He was able to drag himself from bcnealh the car and then lost consciousness, after which ho was carried lo the home of .lames Rceder, in front of which tho accident occurred. An hour later both he and Miss Shaw were brought to tho city In one of the aulos which made a trip to the scene after I the accident had been reported. Although the accident occurred outside tho city limits. Sergeant A. O. Mohlman, Officer Peter Naylln and Detective Thomas Thom-as Burk went out to Marriott anil assisted as-sisted tho Injured people back lo the city, Tliev also brought the body of Murray to tho Llndqulst undertaking rooms after reporting llif case to the county authorities. authori-ties. Mrs, Murrav was hysterical when . notified bv the officers of the fatal accident. ac-cident. Her first words were a declaration declara-tion that the prophecy made by a fortune teller last February had come true. She slates that the fortune teller prophesied the violent death of her husband before the following .Inly. In addition to the wife and a -1 -year-old daughter, the dead chauffeur Is survived sur-vived by the mother and two sisters, all of whom reside in California. Previous to entering the employ of .Mr. Scow-rrofi. Scow-rrofi. Murray hail been employed by the Mecraft garage, and nt ill earlier as a signal maintainor and launch driver on tin; hike, for the .Southern Pacific, company. com-pany. The widow was paid $500 today as the fa'v value of an accident Insurance policy tukm out bv her husband only last Wed. nesday. |