Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1913 — AUTOMOBILE DRIVER KILLED IN ACCIDENT [ARTICLE]

AUTOMOBILE DRIVER KILLED IN ACCIDENT

Two Others Were Injured When Alco Machine Was Wrecked Near Wolcott Saturday.

Harry Martin, the mechanician on the Stutz No. 2 car in the Indianapolis speedway race, was killed 9 miles south of Wolcott Saturday afternoon while driving a 6-cylin-der Alco automobile. The Republican understands that the death occurred in the following manner: The owner of the Alco car had driven it as far as Lafayette enroute to Chicago and Young Martin had taken the wheel upon leaving Lafayette. A race was started between the Alco car and a Mercer roadster and the two machines were tearing along the country road as fast as they could be driven. The Mercer was a short distance ahead as the S-turn in the road 9 miles south of Wolcott was reached, and the dust from it made it impossible for Martin to see the second turn in the road until too late to make the turn. The car turned over in the ditch and Martin was caught beneath the steering wheel and his life crushed out. Aside from minor bruises the other men in the machine were not Injured. The car was righted and was not badly injured and the owner was able to drive it into Wolcott, from which point the dead driver’s body was shipped- to his home at Louisville, Ky. Young Martin was engaged in the automobile business in Louisville and was on his way to Chicago with friends.