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Show GHILD IS Kl LLEO ii m isit Wynloo Pinkley, 7, Run Over by Machine Driven by C. A. Ahlquiot. Injuries to her chest, sustained when she was struck and run over bv an automobile driven by C. A. Ahlquist, 10-14 South Eleventh Kast street, in nhich his daughter, Miss Agnes Ahlquist, Ahl-quist, was a passenger, fifty feet south of the intersection of Thirtenth South and EJeventh Kast street on Eleventh East street j'esterday afternoon at l:3u o'clock caused the death of 7-year-old Wynloo Pinkley, only daughter and child of Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Pinkley, 1325 South Tenth East street. She died within a few minutes, after crawling crawl-ing from underneath the Ahlquist machine, ma-chine, her chest crushed and bleeding internally. The little girl had been to a neigh--bor's house to inquire about her Sunday Sun-day school work for today, and was re-turmingi re-turmingi to her home. While crossing cross-ing Eleventh East street from east to west, she failed to notice the approaching approach-ing Ahlquist machine. Before the driver could bring his machine to a complete stop, the collision occured. She was struck by the fender and a wheel passed over her chest. Dr. J. U. Giesy 1334 South Tenth i East street, who witnessed the accident, acci-dent, in a statement last night said, to his belief, the whole occurrence was unavoidable. Dr. Giesy said: "I was trailing Mr. Ahlquist 's car about 1U0 feet and saw every phase of the accident. Mr. Ahlquist' was travelling trav-elling at a moderate speed when his ear struck the child. Only the front left wheel passo.1 over the' child' and the car was brought to a full stop before the back wheel touched her. I saw the child leave the curb and with her head down dash across the street and into tho path of Mr. Ahlquist "s car. He did everything possible to avoid a collision with the child. "The child , got up unassisted and before Mr. Ahtlquist, his daughter or myself could reach her she started to run. She had only gone a pace or two when she collapsed and fell against the tire rack. Miss Ahlquist had alighW almost immediately and caught the child in her arms before she could sink to the pavement. Air. Ahlquist vas in no way to blame for tho accident." acci-dent." Detectives B. H. Peager and C. A. Williams, who investigated the acci-1 acci-1 dent, stated last night that as far as j they could learn from witnesses, Mr. Ahlquist was traveling between fifteen I and eighteen miles an hour while ap-! ap-! proaching the scene of tho acciiVnt, and that when tho accident took place he stopped his automobile within half its length. Shocked by the unfortunate occurrence, occur-rence, Mr. Ahlquist was taken ill and confined to his bed. JVmbcra of the family in the machine at the time of the accident, beside Mr. Ahlquist, were Mrs. Ahlquist .jind their two daughters, Mrs. A. L. Bcrgniau and Miss Agnes Ahlquist. Exactly one year ago yesterday yes-terday rows was received by the Ahlquist. Ahl-quist. family that their son and brother, a soldier in France, had met his death, i |