Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Holmes County Resident
Wyler Bilderback, who lived a mile and a half west of Millersburg on the Danville road, was instantly killed at 9 o’clock last night when he was struck by a hit-skip driver on Route 39, a quarter mile west of the Holmes county seat. He was 54.
His body was discovered in the ditch by Dale Elliott, Millersburg, who made a search after finding a hat in the center of the highway. Elliott immediately notified Holmes County Sheriff Harry Weiss, who began an investigation at once.
At 10:30 p.m. Walter Tressel, Millersburg, was arrested by Special Deputy Gordon Barton, after Tressel’s Chevrolet coupe was found to have a smashed right front fender. He is alleged to be the driver of the death car, and is being held pending further investigation.
Coroner W. B. Wilde, Holmesville, returned a verdict of accidental death due to a broken neck.
Mr. Bilderback was born Feb. 14, 1884, the son of David and Anna Uhl Bilderback, and spent his entire life in Holmes county. He was a well-known figure in the vicinity of Millersburg.
He leaves three brothers, Walter, of Wayland, Ohio, and Arthur and Lawrence, both of the home, and two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, also of the home. He was not married.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hunter funeral home in charge of the Rev. H. H. Creager, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church in Millersburg. Burial will be in Millersburg cemetery.
Wyler Bilderback, who lived a mile and a half west of Millersburg on the Danville road, was instantly killed at 9 o’clock last night when he was struck by a hit-skip driver on Route 39, a quarter mile west of the Holmes county seat. He was 54.
His body was discovered in the ditch by Dale Elliott, Millersburg, who made a search after finding a hat in the center of the highway. Elliott immediately notified Holmes County Sheriff Harry Weiss, who began an investigation at once.
At 10:30 p.m. Walter Tressel, Millersburg, was arrested by Special Deputy Gordon Barton, after Tressel’s Chevrolet coupe was found to have a smashed right front fender. He is alleged to be the driver of the death car, and is being held pending further investigation.
Coroner W. B. Wilde, Holmesville, returned a verdict of accidental death due to a broken neck.
Mr. Bilderback was born Feb. 14, 1884, the son of David and Anna Uhl Bilderback, and spent his entire life in Holmes county. He was a well-known figure in the vicinity of Millersburg.
He leaves three brothers, Walter, of Wayland, Ohio, and Arthur and Lawrence, both of the home, and two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, also of the home. He was not married.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hunter funeral home in charge of the Rev. H. H. Creager, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church in Millersburg. Burial will be in Millersburg cemetery.
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Holmes County Resident
Wyler Bilderback, who lived a mile and a half west of Millersburg on the Danville road, was instantly killed at 9 o’clock last night when he was struck by a hit-skip driver on Route 39, a quarter mile west of the Holmes county seat. He was 54.
His body was discovered in the ditch by Dale Elliott, Millersburg, who made a search after finding a hat in the center of the highway. Elliott immediately notified Holmes County Sheriff Harry Weiss, who began an investigation at once.
At 10:30 p.m. Walter Tressel, Millersburg, was arrested by Special Deputy Gordon Barton, after Tressel’s Chevrolet coupe was found to have a smashed right front fender. He is alleged to be the driver of the death car, and is being held pending further investigation.
Coroner W. B. Wilde, Holmesville, returned a verdict of accidental death due to a broken neck.
Mr. Bilderback was born Feb. 14, 1884, the son of David and Anna Uhl Bilderback, and spent his entire life in Holmes county. He was a well-known figure in the vicinity of Millersburg.
He leaves three brothers, Walter, of Wayland, Ohio, and Arthur and Lawrence, both of the home, and two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, also of the home. He was not married.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hunter funeral home in charge of the Rev. H. H. Creager, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church in Millersburg. Burial will be in Millersburg cemetery.
Wyler Bilderback, who lived a mile and a half west of Millersburg on the Danville road, was instantly killed at 9 o’clock last night when he was struck by a hit-skip driver on Route 39, a quarter mile west of the Holmes county seat. He was 54.
His body was discovered in the ditch by Dale Elliott, Millersburg, who made a search after finding a hat in the center of the highway. Elliott immediately notified Holmes County Sheriff Harry Weiss, who began an investigation at once.
At 10:30 p.m. Walter Tressel, Millersburg, was arrested by Special Deputy Gordon Barton, after Tressel’s Chevrolet coupe was found to have a smashed right front fender. He is alleged to be the driver of the death car, and is being held pending further investigation.
Coroner W. B. Wilde, Holmesville, returned a verdict of accidental death due to a broken neck.
Mr. Bilderback was born Feb. 14, 1884, the son of David and Anna Uhl Bilderback, and spent his entire life in Holmes county. He was a well-known figure in the vicinity of Millersburg.
He leaves three brothers, Walter, of Wayland, Ohio, and Arthur and Lawrence, both of the home, and two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, also of the home. He was not married.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hunter funeral home in charge of the Rev. H. H. Creager, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church in Millersburg. Burial will be in Millersburg cemetery.
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