Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1916 — Automobile Crashes Into Store Window. [ARTICLE]

Automobile Crashes Into Store Window.

H. B. Tuteur performed a stunt with his Chevrolet runabout Monday noon. He was on his way home to dinner and when along in front of the I. O. O. F. building, G. H. McLain, in his auto which had been standing at the curb, was }u«t starting home. Mr. McLain did not see Herman, and his auto struck that of the latter, throwing the rear end around so that it headed for the sidewalk in front of Rowen’s It. was running too fast for Herman to stop the critter, and up over the curb and onto the walk it dashed, crashing through Mr. Rowen’s fruit table display in front of the west window and into the window itself, smashing the large plate glass and the lower part of the window frame and base before it could be stopped. The auto was not damaged to any extent but it will probably cost SSO

to $75 to repair the damage done to the store window, and as both were in a measure to blame for the accident Mr. Tuteur and Mr. McLain will share the expense of the repairs fifty fifty. The hypnotist, who is holding forth at the Gayety this week, had put his girl assistant "to sleep" Sunday evening in the show window of Rhoades & Son ward ware store next door west, and she was peacefully reposing on a cot therein at the time of the accident. Hal the collision of the cars occurred 20 feet further west Tuteur’s car would have crashed into the window where this girl was sleeping instead of the grocery Store window.