Crash at Greencastle Recalled When Jury Hears Stephen M. Rowley

THREE CRUSHED TO DEATH
The Coroner’s jury impaneled October 28, to inquire into the death of Mrs. Thomas J. McClintock, of Harrisburg, one of the victims of the fatal auto accident at the overhead railroad bridge at Greencastle on October 24, in which three other people lost their lives, met last week in the Franklin County Court House, and after hearing testimony of Stephen M. Rowley, of Harrisburg, driver of the death auto, returned a verdict the Mrs. McClintock met her death as the result of the accident, caused by the driver of the auto temporarily losing control of the car. The deliberations of the jury had been held upending receipt of additional information in the case.

Rowley, still suffering from an injured arm and hand, result of the accident, testified that as he was making the turn at the bridge the steering gear of the auto apparently locked and the car dashed over the precipitous embankment to the tracks of the P. R. R. He said that he had never made it a habit of carrying on conversation while driving an auto and that he had never been arrested for reckless running or on a speeding charge. He stated that at the time of the accident the auto was going about 20 miles an hour.

The Gettysburg Times – Gettysburg, PA., Monday, December 30th, 1920 – Third Page

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