Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-11-20 | Page 1 | One is Killed; Three Injured

ONE IS KILLED; THREE INJURED Tom Cooper, Noted Bicycle Rider. Meets Death in an Auto Accident; Had Fortune For-tune of $70,000. -VEtf YOEK, Nov. 20. Tom Cooper, a iwll-kaowB bicycle rider and auto-motiliatwas auto-motiliatwas instantly killed last night in an automobile accident ia Central park. While riding at full speed on the drive in the park near.8eventy-seventh street In company with ' Miss . Helen Leavitt of Jersey City, and Miss Helen Lambert of this eity, his automobile ran into an automobile standing still on the drive awaiting a supply of gasoline. Cooper was hurled twenty feet and struck upon his head. His women com- paaions were thrown out also and seriously seri-ously injured. They were taken to Boosevelt hospital. Miss Lambert was very low at an early hour today, and her recovery was said to be a matter of grave doubt. -' Daniel Backalow, another vieUm of the aecident, was also reported -in a . serious condition. . The other -woman hurt in the wreck gave the name of Virginia Vernpn, left Boosevelt hospital early today in care of friends. . She suffered only from cuts and abrasions and from a sprained ankle. Before she left she told the hospital. authorities that her name was Helen Leavitt. - The ear with which Cooper's automobile auto-mobile collided is owned by BichaTd A. Strong.' He had been driving through the park with a friend when the supply of gasoline gave out. Mr. Strong sent his chauffeur for a supply, snd it was while his ear stood stranded in the road. that the collision occurred. Mr. strong and his friend, who bad been taken to a police station, were allowed al-lowed to go after the police and Coroner Coro-ner had heard their stories. It was riven out that the accident-was caused by Cooper losing control of his ear. Cooper was born la Detroit and entered en-tered the ranks as a professional bicycle bicy-cle rider in 1895. As a professional he top" rapidly to the first flight and was eti.! 'Tie of the speediest paee followers ' in A Heriea when he announced his at-tenti!i at-tenti!i of becoming a racing chauffeur. Coiner, it was said, was worth from 60,0t)0'to $70,000, all of which was made out of his profession as a bicyele irider.and a driver of automobiles.