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Show II SPRINGVILLE BABY KILLED ' INAUTOWRECK Manslaughter Charge Sworn Out Against John F. Clark Of Pleasant Grove A charge of manslaughter has g been filed against John F. Clark S of Pleasant Grove, formerly branch s manager of the Wm. M. Roylance i company of Pleasant Grove, as a result of an auto accident at Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Friday evening in which e on Infant was killed, one woman seriously injured and five minor ' children and a woman badly bruised. At the preliminary hearing in the city court before, Judge George S. ' Bailiff Thursday, Clark was bound over to the district court. The date of the trial will be se(t Saturday. ' Clark ia out on bonds of $1,500. The Dead Beverly Beal, seven months old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Nelson s Bcal of Springville; fractured skull. Seriously Injured (Mrs. Florence Greenwood, Nephl, widow of E. M. Greenwood, former-, former-, ly seminary teacher in Nephl ; three ' ribs broken and a probable Internal injuries. The Other Injured Mrs. Nelson Beal, Springville, sis-ter sis-ter of Mrs. Greenwood. Mrs. Nelson Beal, Springville, sis-tcr sis-tcr of Mrs. Greenwood. Ncdra Beal, Springville, 4. -! Lynn Greenwood, 17.- Afton Greenwood, 12 I Morgan Greenwood, 7. .. a Boyd Greenwood, 4. j Mrs. Greenwood and Mrs. Beal 1' and their children were on their way to Salt Lake City to visit rein-id rein-id Uvea over the week-end. Mrs. Green-if Green-if wood is teaching school at Nephl. e About a block and a half west tf the Bank of Pleasant Grove on , the state highway, the touring car K driven by Lynn Greenwood wns run ,,lnto by a roadster driven by Clark. R'lth him was Ben Holman of Pleas-. Pleas-. out Grove. According to the story told by 8 Holman to the officers;, he and 1 1 Clark, had been drinking heavily ' during the day. On their way from "American Fork. Holman had urged ' Clark several times not to drive so fast. Lynn Greenwood declares that he '"was driving with both the right it wheels of his car off the paved 11 highway. According to Sheriff J. D. f Boyd, who investiguted the acel-dent, acel-dent, Ihe tracks on the side of the )i pavement bears out this statement, er For some uunccountable reason It Clark is said to have driven his large roadster into the left front - wheel of the Greenwood car, completely com-pletely upsetting it. All of the Injured In-jured were taken to the home of Alex Gray, near the scene of the accident. The Beal baby died there at 9:30 o'clock Friday night, about two hours after the accident. The father of the child was notified of the accident and arrived iu Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove before the child died. Shortly after the accident, Pres-ton Pres-ton G. Peterson of the state road h commission arrived at the scene on I his way to his home in Provo. j. He placed Clark under arrest and j, notified the sheriff's office. He S also Instructed Marshal Arthur Winters to place Holman under ar-ji ar-ji rest. As Boon ns Holman had assist- ed In eitricatlrig the injured from j Ihe wreck, ho left the scene ton his h home. Clark and Holman were brought to the county Jail by 8ueriff Boyd, nnd Deputies Otto Birk and George 1 Davis who investigated the aocl- I dent A charge of intoxication has been preferred against Holmnn. |