Hicksville Man Hit and Is Believed to Be Fatally Injured.
Others Painfully Hurt.
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| John Barleycorn = liquor K. of P. = Knights of Pythias bastille = jail Amaden Hospital = precursor to the current hospital in Hicksville |
Tuesday night Hicksville underwent an exciting experience such as the town has not known for years.
The reason therefore is directly traceable to John Barleycorn. While High street was lined with people admiring and enjoying the splendid drills and exercises being put on by the Sampson K. of P. team and members of the band from Butler, Ind., who were here as guests of the Hicksville K. of P. lodge, an automobile came up High street from the direction of Payne and, without any signaling, drove right into the crowd without a moment's warning. The car contained Sim Howard, who was driving, and Joe White, Harry Bricker, Alf Ginter, and Winfield Felger.
The automobile struck the crowd with such force that J. J. Dock, the new owner and manager of the Hicksville Handle Company, was thrown to the pavement and rendered unconscious. He was immediately removed to Amaden hospital, where an examination indicates he is possibly fatally injured. Mr. Dock came to Hicksville only last week from Three Rivers, Mich.
Besides Mr. Dock, several other men were injured, but not seriously.
Howard, the driver, was immediately placed under arrest and locked in the city bastille. Whether there will be any more arrests will depend on developments. Condemnation was heard on all sides over the reckless affair, and the last days of the 'booze' business in Ohio are being marked in Ohio by an unusual number of drunks on Hicksville streets."
The followup article appeared the next day, both articles from the Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana - May 21 and 22, 1919.
"DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED BY HICKSVILLE MAYOR
Hicksville, O. May 22.
Sim E. Howard, the man who drove a car into the crowd on High street Tuesday night, seriously injuring J. J. Dock and bruising other men, was before Mayor Richards Wednesday morning and was assessed a fine of $25 and costs, the charge being for driving a car while in an intoxicated condition.
This does not preclude the probability of a damage suit against Howard for the injuries sustained by the men struck by the car. Winfield Felger, who was with Howard, was assessed a fine of $5 and costs also on the charge of public intoxication. So far no action has been taken against the other occupants of the automobile at the time of the accident. Mr. Dock, who was the most seriously hurt, is slowly improving at the hospital here."
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