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thAS EVIDENCE FAILasinchcaAiI (Continued from Page One) otorfllbn recoroshoptowianbugrwcO’apricthrow it to one side. | fi*At least fifty machines stopped toat the scene of the accident in the j jn course of 15 minutes, according to 1 Ai Mrs. Sayre. 1 WiW. McKay, a shipbuilder ofBrem. lhmerton. Wash., and the first motor- lh 1st to arrive on the scene of the . accident, testified that Mix passed ; ^him at a high rate of speed about 1000 feet from the intersection.40 Miles An Hour, Claim He was going at least 40 miles an hour at the intersection,’’ said McKay. I stopped about 50 feet the other side of the itnersection and inquired if the woman in the car was hurt. I then followed Sayre toward Mix’s car. Mix appeared to be angry and refused to give his name.Mr. Sayre asked him for it twice.Mix did not offer any assistance, nor did I hear him ask if anyonehad been hurt.”Mrs Alma Myers, wife of Traffic Officer Vernon Myers, and proprie-Mix’s attorney closely questioned Mrs Myers as to her knowledge of speeding cars.Quinn declared himself to be a little dense on speed laws and stated that he came here for information.Well, you've come to the right place,” said Deputy District Attorney Thompson.William D. Ttuirr.er, of Los Angeles, the last witness for the prosecn-tion, testified that he picked up an aluminum step which Mix t*ve from his car and threw away.Mix on Stand.The state rested and then Attorney Quinn called Mix to the stand.He said that he was traveling north in a white Stutz car, with a right-hand drive and outside emergency f P® brake; “I saw the other car approachingthe intersection, said Mix. The ! driver appeared to hestitate. I j thought he saw me and 1 went into | the intersection. Suddenly his car seemed to leap forward. I saw hewas about to hit me so I ‘sctepped| on it’ and tried to dodge him, buthe hit me in the center. Mr. Sayrewag driving west. It was late in the | afternoon and the sun must have been shining in his face.“A spare wheel on the right side of my car is what saved my arm,” j continued Mix. I had my right hand on the emergency break when thethmlt;chbejuicieofnenaagdaEWCmprlt;su;gr;daRflthnoort.hidedo
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Santa Ana Register
Santa Ana, California, US
Mon, Sep 12, 1921
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