Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-16 | Page 2 | Driver of Death Car Quizzed on Accident Cause

DRIVER OF F DEA DEATH 18 CAR QUiZZED ONA ON A ACCIDENT CAU CAUSE County Prosecutor Seeks Seeks' to Determine Charges to Be Filed George H. H Greenhalgh 21 of Reed avenue driver of the automobile automobile automo automo- bile bUe that struck and nd killed Frank W W. Nixon ixon 59 9 secretary of the Independent Inde I pendent Coal and Coke company early Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day morn morning ing was int in- in t e err r r by County I Attorney John D. D Rice Monday to e determine ine if 0 c criminal r r i m i n al I charges will willbe willbe be filed in inthe inthe iny y the 0 casei case a s Co CoP i P Police olice o lice re report reports reports re- re ports port of r the tragedy also I were placed in the hands of th the county county coun coun- ty tor by Traffic Traffic Traffic fic fic fic Officer 4 Walter WI W. W I 41 Jukes Juices G Green Green- r e e 1 I Frank W. W Nixon xon was arrested by Motorcycle C. C J J. Larson and C. C H H. H Olson at the tho Le Grand ward chapel of or th the L. L D. D S. S church tw twelve hours after the accident and reo readily adr admitted driving tho death car lie 1 was was as placed in In inthe tho the city jail on nn an Q nen en CU charge but bat t wits was was released by byr r Traffic Sergeant J J. H. H Warden Varden when h ho lie explained Iila 1111 mother was was was' se c- c ill m of or heart trouble DID eID NOT KNOW LAW LAWIn In relating Iris Ills version of t tho fa fatality fa- fa the thc young oung man said Pf I 1 did not Know lenow I Iva v a waS supposed to re report report report re- re port to the police pollee Alvin G. G Boyd d of or I West Fifth So South th street a 1 passenger er in tho the Grec Greenhalgh machine told police poUce officers of or- ricers that h he asked the thc driver after tho the crash II IZ ho ought n not t report to the police He Ho quoted Greenh Greenhalgh as ns' ns assaying Ba saying Do you OU think so 2501 I WaS was driving west on South Temple street Greenhalgh ox- ox when I y first saw v a 0 man mannear near nea Second J East street I honked Ute tile horn rn and he stopped d then he started ted to tc run I turned tho iho car sharply sharp but the tire rIght light rear rear Lender fender struck him I I stopped at once and ran back DROVE HOME AFTER MISHAP d and I Another car stopped helped put tho injured man Inan Into It The Tho driver said he would take him to the emergency hospital I did not know how badly ho was hurt and th thought there thero was was was' no n need ed to tor r report port to th the police I then drove droye nn mv Trw compu companions nus Boyd Bod and Chick ChickI Duckworth of ot tr to their I homes and then ln v ent nt home c. c Mr Nixon died led en cn route to the hospital of ot a 1 skull kuIl fracture Ho also suffered a brok broken Jef left heft arm and anti numerous s. s cuts u J and bruises ulses when hen itis it itis is he Iw struck snuck I his head on on the Iho car rail as he fell Greenhalgh was apprehended on information furnished by Robert flobert Hurst Hurst n F Hast East st Fo Fourth rth South J. J Hardy P P po street and anti George Georgo Walk Watkins ins 1137 Her Herbert t e ave are nue They stopped topped at the scene o oCth of oC th the accident assisted Mr Nixon to the hospital and obtained d tho license number of ot ho hl death car as it was driven away a RESIDENT HERE 20 Y YEARS ARS Mr 1 Nixon bbs hn been a resident of Salt Sail Lake about about twenty years jeal coming comins here hero lIm Newhouse Utah Ii Ho became connected with the In Ind Independent Independent In- In d dependent pendent Coal COllI and arid Coke Cok company with its organization in In 1912 and since Ho MO lo lowas' lowas had served ser as s secretary was waz was was' a member of ot Acacia lodge No 17 1 V. V and A. A M. M and was an officer In the Put PurchasIng chasing Agents tion Hon SU Surviving is a daughter Miss lIss lIssI Frances Nixon n who is teaching I Funeral school chool at Ca Casper per Wyo Wo arrangements will bo ho made mad on ar arrival arrival ar- ar rival of ot Miss Nixon