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Show REJECTS BLAME IN AUTO CRASH Nortli Ogdenite Gives Version Ver-sion of Fishburn Accident Giving his version of the automobile automo-bile accident on the North oden r:il Monday morning, in which K. I. Elsh-burn, Elsh-burn, Brigiiain merchant, waa severely severe-ly Injured. K .1 Marshall of North gden today Issued ;i slgn- d siMii mcnt in which lie disclaimed any responsibility. re-sponsibility. Marshall was driving the Ford ear which the Briffham man as- ; erted wavered from one aide f the i road to the other and thus led to the , , Smash up Fishburn Is still ul the I .- hospital , ' ku I faring with u r nurtured shoulder, blade and other Injuries. He was re-1 re-1 ported doing well today. Marshall's statement follows Answering the arlii les In your issue 1 1 1 August 2n and 29 regarding the auto accident on the North Ogden highway on the morning of September ; I 2H will say tho undersigned is the un- ! Identified man drilng the small oar , spoken or I was going south to i g ' den when the ear that was wrecked t mi , came up to me on the east side and j .j! I 1 passed at BUCh an excessive rate of ji'! r , peed that lij must have lost con- j , i trol of his car and run partly off the trade in attemPtlns to get tin car j. ' hack on the road the driver evidently 1 turned too quick and shot across the pavement in front of my machlnt and on to the street car track. By the time the car had stopped 1 had passed pass-ed at least a hundred feet and could not see the other machine very plain and. not thinking any damage had been done. I did not stop. As to the young lady who was riding with me making the statement to the Officers j thHt In answer to h-r unestion If 1 was not going to stop and help the ' ' victims. I replied, no. it is not so, iji ' I because no such conversation took ,;! I place between us The first 1 knew i f, j of the accident was When I rcud. the . ! account of It in your paper that . en- I I Ing 1 went tO the sheriffs office the 1 next morning and told them about It. I I think if there is any arrest made for reckless driving. It should be those , J who were wrecked, who were driving j I at a reckless rate of speed I COn- j , Bldei myself lucky that I was not hit ' i j: by the other machine becsvuse'vthey did not sound any warning 1 was not off ! tli o pavement nor 1 did not trotvd the J other car off the road. They had :; j plenty of room to i.,ss me. |