Show THORNTON KILLED BY SPEEDING AUTO I I Post Ambulance Driver Dies DiesI I From Concussion of Brain lIlt Hll b by an automobile aC tiC o'clock last night Frank Thornton an ambulance ambul ance driver from Crom Fort For I Douglas Doulas died lied of concussion of th the brain at 1 o'clock this at the thc post pot hospital While speeding along Brigham street at nt a high rate rat last night C. C W W. general manager of oC the time American Smelting Refining compan company com corn pany pan drove his l auto Into the tue ambulance lance In front of oC the residence of R. R A A. ham Brigham street The I machine struck th the front wheels of or tile the I ambulance Just as us Driver er Thornton was wa turning Thornton W was thrown thrown out an arid and landed handed on his head on the time I asphalt pavement I In ten minutes Thornton regained consciousness and was tal taken en to tho the I fort ort In another ambulance lIe He suffered suf su- a relapse l and died lied at u 1 I He lIe had hud suffered d several bodily In In in- juries jUIles S Because the tile police had not been officially of of- nC notified of Thorntons Thornton's death no arrests an were wen made last night Torti Miles I lies a nil mm I l HO Hour General General General- Manager tI e- e ewas was sas spee speeding along Brigham street headed headed head head- ed ell east cast He lives at the lie Bransford apartments State Statu and Brigham str streets ets As he netted neared the time ambulance in him front of oC the time Keyes Kees residence on th the south southside southside side of oC the street he lw was driving the tile machine at the rate ate of or forty or ci forty forty- I live miles an nn hour according to the statement of Robert Hankin messenger messenger messen messen- ger No o. o 1 at the Western estern Union who saw tho the accident Driver Thornton had hall just JuK discharged ed ell Captain Brooks and a party parly at nt the thc Keyes resl residence ence und anti turned just In time to get the full Jolt of or the auto Manager h It Ie seeing the danger tried to stop the machine but It had hall gained such hea headway wa the brakes could not nol work III In time lime julie The auto fit struck ruck the ambulance in III remit front and the time driver r cr pitched forward on hl Ills his head There were wore others In the auto but no one ono was wa hurt hurl and the tIme machine was not badly damaged Manager Whit Whit- I icy ley refused to tell reporters who was tas In the auto all and requested led that the story bo be sUI suppressed rime Tho ambulance team ran away avny and amid was caught in ill front of or the Bransford apartments The file patrol was called culled and lg accompanied It to lo the th ScOur c lW of the tho accident A physician attended the time Injured man and It II was thought at first that he lie was dead but hut he lie recovered Manager was wag asked to lo go goto to tu I the thC I police station an and amid t thought though he was not ilOt arrested h ho lit was lectured for toi forat fas fast at t tl driving 1 lib |