Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-02-16 | Page 21 | Driver of Death Auto Arrested

DRIVER OF DEATH AUTO ARRESTED Man Says He Thought He Struck Car - Police said Tuesday Sing Hall. 18, negro, 472 H West Second South street had admitted being the driver of an automobile that struck and killed Mrs. Rhode Graves, 72, and seriously Injured her nephew, James B. Grave. 47, at Seventeenth South and State streets Sunday night Hall, arrested In a car near the Intersection, previously denied connection con-nection with the accident, which occurred oc-curred as Mr. Cravea was helping his aunt to cross the street Inspector O. B. Record and Pa-. Pa-. trolman C H. Christensen said Hall finally made the admission, but that he contended snow prevented htm from seeing the victims and that ha thought ha bad struck another automobile. Patrolman Christensen went to the county attorney's office to learn whether charges would be filed. Mr. Gravel waa In "fair" condition at the I D. 8. hospital Jennie Gill, 31, Park City, seriously seri-ously Injured In an accident Saturday Satur-day night was In "fair" condition at Holy Cross hospital. Deputy sheriffs and police Tuesday Tues-day searched tor a small coal truck allegedly Involved In a hit-run traf-fic traf-fic accident Monday night near Thirty-third South and State streets. The truck, according to a report filed at the sheriffs office, crashed Into a passenger vehicle driven by E. W. Clark, 27, of 454 Fifth East street resulting in Mrs, Clark, wife of the driver, suffering bruises and shock. The Clark car waa traveling travel-ing south and the truck, which allegedly al-legedly failed to atop at the scene ef the crash, was northbound In a "sig-xag course," the report stated.