Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1913 — Motorcycle Runs Amuck In a Crowded Street [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Motorcycle Runs Amuck In a Crowded Street

CHICAGO. —A riderless motorcycle dashed up LaSalle street the other afternoon. t ‘ • When the police had finished clearing up the street the motorcycle and its owner were in the Central police station and two victims were In the Iroquois Memorial hospital- The person who started the machine on Its lonesome "joy ride" could not be found. E. C. Gage, a negro, rode Into the loop tn Jackson boulevard. The engine of his motorcycle "heated" and stopped at Jackson and La Salle street Gage was tinkering with the machine. A white man he did not know volunteered to start the machine for Mm- He did. The negro said the stranger started the machine north at about forty miles an hour. He rode about fifty feet and jumped off. The motorcycle, speed Increasing continued up LaSalle street It failed

to get the signals of Traffic Patrolman F. J. Arens at Adams street and first struck William Goodrow of 4 Elisabeth court, Oak Park, a manufacturer. He was knocked down and a six-inch scalp wound resulted. over Goodrow the motor* cy.gle reached Joseph Barton, 1533 South Hamlin avenue. He was thrown down and a finger was broken. Then the motorcycle went over on Its side and gave a realistic imitation of a pinwheel. Gage was taken to central by Pa trolman Arens and locked up. T'” » ' * -r-