Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-02-29 | Page 1 | Son of U. S. Senator Admits Killing Man

SON OF U. S. SENATOR ADMITS KILLING MAN SAN DIEGO. Feb. 28. William Alden Smith, Jr.. ot Grand Rapids, Mich., son of United States Senator Smith of that state, testified at a coroner's Inquest here today that he was driving an automobile which crashed into a wagon late Satur-lav Satur-lav night, as a result of which W. p. EUls of Los Angeles suffered injuries which caused his death. Smith, who came to the Inquest voluntarily, volun-tarily, said he had not realized that he had "struck the wagon hard enough to damage it and that he did not know of the accident until he read an account of it In the papers the next morning. Howard Henderson of Hackensack. N. J who was with him in the machine, told the same story. Both were re-