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B. F. GABHART RUN DOWN AND RUN OVER BY MACHINE DRIVEN BY EDWARD HEFPNER SATURDAY NIGHT.IS. F. Caliban, or So. 13 South Pike street. was run down and run over Saturday nfght about 7:30 o'clock !»' the automobile driven by Kdwa.nl Heppnor, of No. 114 West Jackson street, (fabhart was briiiseU and cut about the head and body. No bones were broken but it is thought that he is injured internally. The accident nrciirrei near the intersection of Broadway and Pike streets, at a fjofnt a short distance west of the Intersection.(biiihart was passing along the street toward the east, pushing a cart loaded with kindling. He said that all at once he heard a sound as of a inpldly approaching automobile behind him. As he turned to look be says ho was struck and knocked down. The machine ran over his body.Several person? along tin* street saw the accident anti went to ihe assistance of the in jnrrd man. Hepp*,ner returned with his nnchine and helped the man iti his home. Dr. W. j \\\ Tindall was called anti rendered medical aid. lleppner was arrested .Sunday night hy Sergeant ToJen and | Patrolman Farrell, his shadow, on thoi chnrge of assault and battery.^driving an automobile without a llrdnsc and driving in the city limits without lights, lie hnd an auto number on the back of his machine, but ii was nor one of the 1912 tags that are now required.Persons who were near at the time of the accident say that the machine had no lights according to the joJic?, but Mr. Heppnor insists that he ind two coal oil lights burning in tin* front of the car. but thal he did not see the man and the cart because ho was looking at a building along Broad-way as he passed. The police say that the law in regard to the lighting of autos will be strictly enforced here in ihe future. The owners of the machines will be forced to burn their tail lights as well as Ihe front glimmers
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Shelbyville Republican
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Mon, Sep 22, 1913
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