Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-10 | Page 2 | Ex-Salt Laker Dies in Crash

SAlT X-SAlT LAKER V VI I DIES IN CRASH Killed When Auto Upsets Up Up- V sets let in n e Loose Gravel 4 V I I BE BEAVER v n Oct 10 Special o A A former Cormer ormer Salt Lake man was killed and fo four r persons were r J Injured N ed at 4 4 p p. p m m. Thursday when the tho automobile automo automo- bile bUe ilc In they were were riding overturned oyer- oyer over over- 1 turned as it struck some som loose grave gravel gravelon on n a sharp curve cur V fourteen miles I south of ot here 1 tM Wa was Leo V W V. V Sperry 36 a n r member et of the thc Los Jos Amgeles Arr Am- I geles police force and former Instructor instructor In- In at at the t gymnasium at tit Lake Salt Th Tho injured v are arc V Mrs Sperry a old year arod son and Mr an and 1 Mrs M. M MM M. M S all of Lo Los Los' Angeles Mrs Sperry a and d the child are re In Inthe Inthe the hov hospital h here re suffering from Continued on page 3 3 SALT EX-SALT LAKER LAKE DIES IN CRASH Continued from page paga 1 cuts bruises and pJ probable bahle Internal Injuries The woman regained consciousness consciousness con con- for or the first time early this morning Her Ilea condition is con cOli considered d serious Mr 1 and Mrs Saxton escaped csC with superficial injuries The five were en cn route to Salt Lake to attend the funeral of or Crelghton Creighton G G. G King ICing Mrs Sperry and arid Mrs Mis Saxton are arc sisters of or Mrs King who formerly was Alice Allee Ed Ed Edvard wards vard s. s Mrs Sperry was driving the tho machine machine machine ma ma- chine at a a. rapid rate of ot speed when it struck the thc loose e gravel ravel shoulder should r roC of oC the l. l road ad occupants of oC the toe ca' ca car said She Slie lost control of or the m machine ma machine ma- ma chine and it overturned A passing stage took the injured to tp the hospital here and Sperry's body was rem removed ved to lo the Southern Utah mortuary ary at Cedar City Head injuries were responsible fo for his deaths death an examination revealed WAS GYM GYM- INSTRUCTOR i iSper Sper Sperry y was a native of ot Salt Lake and for many years ear was an in instructor in- in at the Deseret gymnasium In-I In He In fn the aviation n c corps corpa dur- dur ur- ur rig lug the tho World the World war and in 1923 loft IoU C Los for r Los where he hc Joined the police force Surviving Sur arc his WI widow Jow two children David and Allen Sperry a a half brother Thomas B. B Sperry of ot Salt sai Lake a half sister Florence Florene FloreneS' FloreneS S S. Sperry Salt Lake and his lila step stel- mother Mrs Jessie K Sperry Salt rae