Oakland County MI Archives News.....TWO REFUSE TO GIVE NAMES June 21, 1910
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THE PONTIAC PRESS GAZETTE June 21, 1910
TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED IN 
ACCIDENT NEAR ROCHESTER

FEARED ONE MAN HAS CONCUS-
 SION OF THE BRAIN

WAGON DRAWN BY AUTO OVER-
  TURNED IN DITCH.

Contained Shooting Gallery Outfit-
  Tester Who Drew Wagon
      Disappeared.
 
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  Rochester, June 21.- An unknown
man lies in a critial condition at the
Detroit House and another man is
suffering from severe cuts at the same
place as the result of an accident
which occurred near the Stone school
house south of this village yesterday
afternoon. The parties to the accident
have refused to divulge their names
and as they are strangers their names
and addresses cannot be learned.

  At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a 
tester in the employ of one of the
automobile plants at Pontiac brought
the two men into this village and
hurried them to the home of Dr. B.
C. H. Spencer. They were bleeding
from severe cuts in the face and 
scalp and were laid out on the lawn
in front of Dr. Spencer's house un-
till their injuries could be dressed.
One man, about 35 years old, was un-
conscious. It required 50 stitches to
close the gaping wounds in his head.
The other was not in such bad shape
but was severely cut about the face
and head.

  The auto tester and a young man
who was riding with him explained
that the party left Pontiac earlier in
the afternoon bound for Rochester.
The testing car was drawing a cov-
ered wagon in which was contained
the paraphernalia for a shooting gal-
lery the men were about to open here.
The auto tester said he had been hired to 
haul the wagon over to Rochester.
Near the stone school house the wag-
on struck a rut in the road while
traveling at a rapid rate and over-
turned in the ditch throwning the two
men out. The third man rode with
the tester and was uninjured. The
men were hurried at once to Roches-
ter for medical attention and as soon
as their injuries were dressed they 
were taken to the Detroit House. The
older man was unconscious most of
the night. It is feared he is suffer-
ing from concussion of the brain.

  The utmost secrecy is being main-
tained by the whole parties to 
(next few lines unreadable due
to a break in the newspaper)
indentity known and are not registered
at the hotel. The tester also refused
to give his name for fear he would
get into trouble with the firm who 
employed him.

  It was learned this afternoon that
the tester who met the men at Birm-
ingham is Frank Hill, who was in
the employ of the Cartercar company.
One of the injured men, it is stated,
is R. B. Botsford, who formerly ran
a shooting gallery under the Davis
block. Botsford's place was locked to-
day and it is said he has not been seen
here since, Saturday evening. The 
identity of the other injured man
has not yet been learned.

  The accident was caused, it is stat-
ed, by the breaking of the tongue of
the wagon. Hill's action was strictly
against the rules of the company and
he has been discharged.












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