Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-07-20 | Page 1 | Maimed Flier on Way to Starting Point of Journey

11 May Fly to Rome I S SA A I n. n n nM M M. M R. R DAUGHERTY Maimed Flier on onWay onWay Way to Starting Point of Journey Legless and One Armed 5 Ocean H Hp p at New York PASSAIC N. N J. J July 20 APA APA AP- AP A legless and one armed aviator who hopes to fly to Rome today had only a short hort jump from Passaic to Roosevelt field New York before before be- be fore reaching g the starting point of his transAtlantic trans adventure Morris R. R Daugherty tax tn assessor assessor as- as sessor ot of Wetzel county West VIrginia Virginia VIr- VIr ginia and amateur aviator was forced down here last night by low visibility after a f forced landing at Newark He the spent night in ina a small tent set up alongside the plane by field officials Daugherty who has been forced down several times since the he took oft off from New Martinsville W. W Va landed in a Newark golf course earlier in the day when after atter circling circling cir cir- cling over New York City and Long island he was unable to pick out Roosevelt field All Ali I 1 could find he said was some island over that way with a alot alot lot ot of tall buildings on it I 1 guess it must have been New York but butI I couldn't find any place to land in that mess of tall buildings Daugherty never had seen New NewYork NewYork York before He is making the flight to Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose- Roose velt field in his own airplane but buthis buthis his backers in New Martinsville are areto areto to furnish him with a craft for the ocean flight Daugherty lost his limbs In a railroad accident several years ago