Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-22 | Page 1 | Aged Man Hurt in Mysterious Road Accident

Aged Man an Hurt HurtIn In n Mysterious Road Accident Only within the mind of an el elderly elderly elderly el- el derly unconscious man in a Lehi hospital Tuesday was the answer to the riddle of how he suffered serious injuries 30 miles away from a convalescent home in Salt Lake City William Hodgson 73 a patient in in a convalescent home at East First South street was was was' found unconscious s on the highway highway highway high high- way two and one-half one miles north of Lehi Tuesday at a a. a m. m He was discovered lying at the side af of their the j adby Allen Johnson an and l J lpt Bennett Bennett of P Provo ovo and f of tin were driving home from their work work-in Murray Believing him dead they hurried hurried hurried hur hur- ried to notify Sheriff John S. S Evans in Lehi Sheriff Evans anda and a deputy took Mr Hodgson 1 tp to the Lehi LEhi hospital An examination revealed he had suffered a long laceration on his jaw and throat a fractured right arm and cuts and bruises on the head From the nature of the injuries it appeared that that he had been sideswiped by an an n automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile or struck by the protruding ing rear end of a truck Sheriff Evans said According to Mrs John L. L Monson operator of the home where Mr Hodgson was a patient patient patient pa pa- tient he left the house Monday afternoon saying he would return after taking his customary walk wall Mr Hodgson had no known relatives and it is believed he was formerly employed bya by-a telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone company as a lineman