Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1911 — Reckless Ante Drivers Caused Bad Spill Near Aix Sunday. [ARTICLE]

Reckless Ante Drivers Caused Bad Spill Near Aix Sunday.

Two men giving their names as George Miller an! A. W. Robbins, And who were traveling in an Abbott,Detroit automobile en route from Chicago to Indianapolis, ran into a buggy in which Mrs. J. A. Lucas and Mrs. Jack Reeder, of Union township, were riding, last Sunday afternoon, near Aix, 7 miles north of Rensselaer. The buggy was upset and badly demolished, although Mrs. Lucas escaped injury and Mrs. Reeder was very slightly injured. It is reported that the men did not stop after causing the accident, but undertook to make their escape. Persons who saw the accident telephoned to Marshal Mustard and he and Sheriff Hoover were on the lookout for the men at the north corporation line, but they did not put in an appearance. From DA, Washburn it was learned that a car answering the description, was stranded about two miles north of town. The sheriff and marshal went the place and there found the men working with the car, which had a broken axle. The officers did not have a warrant for the arrest of the men and did not care to proceed without one. They talked with the men about the matter and they at first denied that they Were the parties, claiming that they had come by a different road. Later, however, the men practically admitted that they were the parties.

As neither Mrs. Lucas taor Mrs. Reeder came to town, there was no way to positively identify the men, and their husbands did not want to take a chance in the matter.

Squire Irwin was out of town and Judge Hanley did not want to issue warrants unless the affidavits were properly made by responsible persons. The men telephoned to Chicago for repairs for their auto. The repairs were brought down by another man on the early train Monday morning. The officers got Mayor Meyers up at 3 o’clock and the mayor called fity Attorney Leopold. The sheriff called County Attorney Williams and Lucas called Attorney Parkinson. It looked like the injured parties were more intent on collecting damages than they were in having the men punished, and the mayor, on advice of Attorney Leopold did not issue the warrants. While all were discussing the project the men were busy repairing the machine and they finally got rigged up and went through town like a bat from a belfry, exceeding the speed limit about three to one. Lucas was determined to have something done in the matter and went to Indianapolis Monday, hoping to be able to make the men pay for the damage they had done.

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