Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1909 — FAST RACING CAR KILLS BOY [ARTICLE]

FAST RACING CAR KILLS BOY

Chicagoans Carrying License No. 2313 Held In Highland Tragedy. Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 6—A big seven-passenger Chicago touring car. carrying the unlucky number “2313 Illinois,” instantly killed a seven-year-old farmer boy named Trieker on the ridge road near Highland. The car was being driven by two Chicago men. named Swarthout and Cummins, said to be employes of the Chicago agency of a Chicago automobile company. It is alleged that they were racing when they struck the boy.