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alatruethetheb£-ath?ar.08-theth.ranic'afarra*rhownpie,FINED FOR HIS FOOLISH ACTJbhn Decereval Pays $100 for Reckless-Driving—His Sister Is Seriously Hurt.£One hundred dollars, the maximum fine permitted by the city traffic ordinance. was assessed agaipst John Decereval in police court yesterday when the defendant pleaded guilty to a reckless driving charge following the collision of i his automobile' with a team of mulesE.driven by Clifford Allen. The collision | Vj[Liadentiin-er-re-is*forsedm-tnna cst . portoccurred under the First avenue viaduct shortly before 8 Tuesday morning, Decereval crashing into AUen'a outfit day when traveling at the estimated spec 1 41 lt;of 45 miles per hour. Decereval escaped r ' « without injuries, but Allen was severely bruised and Decereval'* nster, Mrs. | ,tj t'j Theodore Janetski, 610 Second avenue southwest, was severely shaken nnd sljgbtly cut by glass from the shattered windshield.Decereval was taring with another machine when he struck the team. The1 two cars were aeen crossing the tracks on the west side at terrific speed, the same rate being maintained much of the way acroas the First avenue bridge. At the east end of the bridge the machines continued their contest, Decereval'* opponent reaching the viaduct in the lead.Just at the west entrance, Decereval. thinking he would steal a march on the other car. turned abruptly to the left end thundered under the viaduct on the north side. Allen's team which was owned by W. R. Gray, was standing rgainst the north wall of the viadu.’t. the driver havinc drawn up there nnd ►topped while he rolled a cigarette. Decereral'a car had room to pi sg, but it evidently got beyond his control and he btruck one of the mules kcad-on.Allen eaid iu court that as nearly as he could tell the mule waa knocked down, the machine passing lengthwisein*hisnouiTheraciianddidDEivest.asinCl vooa ent I of tl Sprii Grea Tl sitesover his body. The tongue and neckvoke ! were broken and a front wheel waa torn ,'i' ' off the Wagon. The mule that was K;r struck was injured so badly that it will n '* have to he killed, according to the state- j ment of a veterinary to the owner. Allen tbot that he owed his life to the fact that he had stopped to roll a cigarette. , Mi Had his team been in motion and in the 1 dent center of the roadway, as would have 'as be.*n probable, the car would hare been ^J°t carried by its speed oter the mules and *bly onto the wagon. As it was. Allen was ; Mrs. hurled to the pavement between the mule* by the force of tha collision. \V clt; Mrs. Janetski was carried to another M**» automobile and hurried to the Deaconess | wft hospital, but it developed that her in- S*T|VI juries were only superficial. Later in JJ1 the day ube was at the police station ,*ai|n to see her brother nnd apparently had Ci*1** suffered no serious consequences lroin * f*r., her experience. Decereval s error. i:d ?«.. . ditional to that of driving at stub h gh , .ir!' speed, iu the fact thit he puHed into ^M, ^ ' the viaduct on the wrong a .do. In police 1 i.-l*,. «ourt he offered ni e/plauati ii »nyitig 11.'thing to the ningisr-rte except tin* two words: I'm guilty. lie appeared to l-e considerably agitated and was in a nervous state nil the time the magistrate | was enquiring into the cause of the alt;--j cident. He was uninjured.A ci\il suit will be immediately In-,h- stituted it was stated yeste-diy to re-ral cover for damage done to the team, hir irr aeas nnd wagon. Five bun*.red dollars j Irrigi , vill be require 1 to cover the loss a cord' ' valblen■t-blyoy.itytthm-ichonrilllie1enMdArHeflowipn.ptinch
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Great Falls Daily Tribune
Great Falls, Montana, US
Wed, Jun 25, 1919
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