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Show JOY RIDERS HII OVER GIRL; IRK 10 ESCAPE Machine Overturns After Striking Tree, One Killed and Two Injured LOS 4AGELF.S Cal Dec '4 En deavonng to make the r escape after running down and ser ou lv injur ng a woman according to police reports Charles Herron a niof on p cture actor was killed and h s two companions James J Gormby a chauffeur and Du challu Dalton an amn al trainer were injured here ton ght when the r automo bile overt rned Gor nby was placed under arrest at the emergency hosp tal M ss Florence C Wh tman years old a stenographer was struck by an automobile as she al ghted from a street car near her home her arms f lied with Chr stmas presents As witnesses hur ed forward the automob le t was charged speeded away and after a chase of several blocks by other ma ch nes o erturned aga nst a tree in round ng a corner Herron was killed almost nstantly Dalton and Gormby were hurled to the the s dewalk severely cut and bru sed Gorn by was found in an apartment house a short d stance away where off cers said he fled after the second acc dent |