Show VICTIM TELLS OF AIR CRASH 4 i Mo May 8 UP uP A A graphic description of or the final minutes mm rain min utes aboard the T T. W. W As A.'s luxury liner Sky Chief before it crashed I with a death toll of ot live five was wac given givena iven I a coroners coroner's jury today by by William WilliamI Kaplan motion picture representative tive who whose e wife was killed Kaplan his ankle broken gave ga his version of ot the fight through fog tos bed Hearings Hearings Hear Hear- and aid rain from froth a hospital ings lags were adjourned until tomorrow after ater he testified Kaplan said at least he and C. C B. B Drew realized the pilot was in dif dif- a minute or two before the crash Drew was wa sitting opposite me Kaplan said Suddenly Pat said Say did you ou sec see that We had just passed over ver a very white house apparently missing IL it We almost hit that house Pat said and I realIzed realized real real- bed we were flying at not more than thano 50 o or 75 feeL leeL We Hew flew that way for perhaps fla a minute and a half and then the light flashed on on instructing us to tighten our belts I noticed that the riding lights were not on Then the crash crach came Kaplan said that after arter the plane passed Sed ov over r Wichita he fell asleep and that when he awoke Mrs D. D L L. of ot Kansas City remarked that they were about due into Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas as City When we didn't land I figured the fog was too thick and that thet the pilot was trying for a another other field Kaplan said Once I noticed lights and the pilot headed down but he away apparently de deciding he could not get gd down at that point Manvel Davis attorney for lor the ther T T. W W. A. A was ask asked d by by Dr W. W H. H G G-coch G x ch coroner to have Mrs brought back from Kansas City Davis Dav said this couldn't be done b because be cause Mrs was now in a hos host pital She is the wife of a T. T V. V W. W A. A pilot and suffered only minor injuries injuries in in- juries in the crackup |