Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1917 — LAD HIT BY AUTOMOBILE [ARTICLE]

LAD HIT BY AUTOMOBILE

TOURISTS HIT YOUNG MAN AND ATTEMPT TO GET AWAY. Tuesday afternoon about half past three o’clock, Elvin Snyder, the sixteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snyder started to his home on his bicycle from the Shafer garage and just as he turned the corner of Cornelia street to go north on McKinley avenue he was struck by a large automobile going south on McKinley avenue and pretty badly injured. The young man’s ankle was badly fractured and he had a large gash cut in his left leg, requiring that ten stitches be taken to sew it up. Young Snyder had just burned himself pretty badly at the garage and had started for his home to have the bum dressed. His home is in the northeast part of town. He claims to have been on the right side of the road and that the party driving the automobile was entirely to blame. The automobile belonged to C. E. Carr, of Toledo, Ohio, and besides Mr. Carr there was another man and lady in the car. After hitting the bicycle the car stopped and picked the boy up and took him to the hospital. They did not give their'names there nor did they offer to pay any of the expenses necessary to take care of young Snyder. After remaining about an hour to have some repairs done on their automobile the party left town. While here A. E. Shafer, of the Main garage, had taken the number of the machine and the matter was taken up with Sheriff McColly, who had the parties arrested in Lafayette, where they left SSO to pay for the bicycle and other expenses. No release was signed for this payment and they will undoubtedly be required to pay an amount considerably more than the fifty dollars.