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Show BOY KILLED ON STATE ROAD BY AUTO ACCIDENT Tho untimely death of Fred Black, turn Iloblson, who una Instantly killed kill-ed In un nutomoblle accident on tho Stiito rond near Pleasant (3roe, Bat-I'rday Bat-I'rday morning wan a Very sad muling mul-ing of a pleasure trip. Foung Iloblson, 17 jcara of age, a or Mrs. Sarah Blackburn Bob-Ison, Bob-Ison, 172 West Clh- South street, Suit Luke City, was riding In tho car with Lcc Dowty, a)so of Salt Lake. They were going to IJndon, where Mr. Dowtj wns goln? to buy eggs for n'arketlng. .Mr. Dowty had asked lhiblson to accompany him on tho IrJr down hero merely for pleasure, uuil upon, being questioned ns to tho ciii'se of the accident, stutcd that he must havo fainted, as. ho had no roc-o'.r'ctlon roc-o'.r'ctlon of nnyth'lng happening; not even how tho car swerved off the main rradwny nnd ti ashed Into a telephone rl'Olo. , Deputy Sheriff li K. Price of Salt Ijike, came along soon alter the accident ac-cident occured, ana W. Dr Stewart o, American Fork nnd others woro witnesses to the accident, and said the car wus not going over ID miles re hour. Upon rushing to the scene tiny found the Iloblson boy unconscious uncon-scious death following In n few moments. Odlclal Investigation was mudo. Dr. J. F. Noyes removed Mr. Dowty to his pfilec and cared for his Injuries, which consisted of a badr$cut eye, n broken collar bone, a lacerated car nnd tho lift side of his face badly scratched. U was found that Roblson's, skull was fractured, his neck and both .firms broken. Tho body -was removed to the Anderson Undertaking porlors. and tnken to Salt Ixiko Sunday Mr. Dowty was returned to Salt Iko by ar.lomobllo Saturday ovcnlng. Fred ,Roblspn was, born In l.oa, Wnyne County., ahd had resided with' hH mother and stcpfathcr In Salt I uko Ibr tho past ton years. Besides thr- mother ho Is survived by ono brother, ono Rlstcr, ono hnlf-brothor, nnd two half-sisters. The Jury, appointed by Mayor West of Pleasant Grove, to hold nn Inquest consisted of Dr. Mncbuugh and two clh'ern. However, upon tho arrival of Shorlff Boyd, County Attorney Straw niu! Judgo Tucker, It wns found that an Inquest was not necessary. Tho accident occured near tho placo whero the Salt Uike Iloute tracks ci oss tho county road It was tho opinion op-inion of tho Shorlff that tho driver rr.'ght have boon looking back to seo If n train was coming when ho ran oft tho road and crashed Into tho telephone tele-phone polo. Mr. Dowty claims, however, how-ever, that ho must have fainted, as hn remembers nothing nt all about low tho accldont occured. Tho car was demolished. |