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Show ' ffft am tSl Sk a sm - : i tumors 4 p. m. IB. S. WOTHERSPOON KILLED IN ACCIDENT I A & A A a. SHTH FOLLOWS I CB OF HOCK I . fflJCICLE I Veteran Employe of Scow-croft Scow-croft & Sons Meets Unexpected Un-expected Death POLICE PROBING CASE Victim Brother of President James Wotherspoon of North Weber Robert S. Wotherspoon, a well-to-do citizen of Ogden and head of the IhOS department of the John Scow-croft Scow-croft & Sons company, riding to work on his blccle yesterday morning Ihed into a light mo...r truck at the foot of the Twenty-sixth street hill and received injuries to his head which ' csused his death several hours later. I Mr Wotherspoon was coasting down Twenty-suctb street hill, a light truck driven by- a man named Stovens of Rlverdale, whom the police have not fully Identified started to turn toward to-ward the Ivy apartments rom tho south. The bicycle crashed Into the truck and Mr. Wotherspoon was thrown to the pavement CARRIKI) TO PHARMACY Clifford Burton and William Kr-show Kr-show of the Blnford-Klmball garage witnessed the collision. Thcv rushed to Wotherspoon's side and carried him into the Sullivan drug store. 1-ater the Injured man was removed .to the hospital where It was learned I that he was suffering from concussion Mm lot the brain- Dr. E. R. Dumke at-tended at-tended him. Mr. Wotherspoon never regained consciousneF. dying at 2 20 n m BSBBBB BORN tv SCOTLAND. Tie leaves a widow and two diugh-j:er. diugh-j:er. two hrothers. John Wotherspoon and President James Wotherspoon and I tors, Mrs- Thomas w hits and Mrs. j v Jenkins. MM Mr. Wotherspoon lived at 264 Jef-ferson Jef-ferson avenue. He had been an em-ploye em-ploye Of the Scowcroft firm for twen-ty twen-ty vears with the exception of a short time he operated a billiard hail In the O'Neill block on Twenv-flfth street. Ho was born hi Paisley, Scot- MM land, 11 years ago and came to Utah MmM The police are making an Invesfl-Igation Invesfl-Igation of the accident. Thev said Mr. j Wotherspoon's bicycle was undamaged" MMM Although if appears that the accident was unavoidable. Stevens will be ques-Itloned. ques-Itloned. oo |