Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-04-17 | Page 1 | Struck by Auto Lose Life

LD fu STRUCK OJ BY mfR'S DIERS AUTO AUlD f lIf LIFE I ed eo Speeder Runs own Pair on First South Street J JEY I iY GIVES CHASEE CHASE E Powers Placed Under Uder- Arrest Gunn 3 son of ot Mr Ir and nd Gunn of 96 Baddley i ir the St St. Marks Mark's hospi- hospi I ts serious c condition ion his moth moth- from body b bruises i fohn E. oh h E. E Pow Powers rs 33 33 a sol a-sol- sol Fort FoIL Douglas who was vas a ar ac- ac after he Dl made de a dash for L machi machine c after st jl t two o. o is js in th the the- coun jail i with driving ln dri while under ruen mence e of liquor l ThO just cast cael of Regent o South street at lock dock Saturday evening Mt Mr ll B Gunn with with- the little bo boy tempting the cross the street IC side ide tp rea l their thel- en the machine driven by the mother other and and he the The The boy oy was was was' hurled Several ral eral feet d a treet car The mo r. r locked d down f J TREET REET CAR r r 7 5 who ho was tr traveling at af a a a- to ot of f speed sped his auto and struck the re reaf r r end J t. t streetcar aCcording to a gor in to I Sheriff S S. D. D br Beck d the accident After l the car Powers still tried t Knue- Knue nue on hI his his' way but was was bhe heavy traffic at keet reet The officer who took chase hase h Se on foot captured d himi shim him i int t. t spas as arrested and placed jan Jail The child and her were iF-were were rushed pushed to the The child suf- suf badly crushed skull a sel set se- se t l on ii his chin a a fractured d dr r and nd possible internal In in- in lH not expected to live say Bother iother suffered red ohly bruises body and leg The f lather her ther without hout injury R TELLS ELLS STORY toting the story to the po- po Gunn said that he and J aad rid child W wore were re crossing et from a store where they shopping As they step step- from alongside of the carser cars Were er parked by the curb hi li driven by Pow Powers r bore em The father hesi- hesi i hen n he saw the machine and child continued cont farther arther Mr Gunn had his groceries lf-groceries groceries and was un- un rao l.-rao rab either the child or his r sheriff Beckstead said ers era was was traveling between forty miles an hour first hit a machine just just- be- be struck the child and his the officer said