HOWARD VARNER HIT BY AN AUTO WHILE ENROUTE TO WORK
Death Occurs Instantly, While Driver Speeds Away Without Offering Assistance
ONE EYE-WITNESS; OFFICERS INVESTIGATE
The hit-run driver who last night caused the death of Howard Varner, along the highway in South Huntingdon, at noon today communicated with officers working on the case by phone that he would submit to the charge and give himself up to the authorities this evening at 5 o’clock. The name and address of the party is withheld by the officers until the arrest actually takes place. The young man, however, is a resident of this immediate place,
Howard Varner, of 615 Fourteenth street, an employee o the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory, was instantly killed at 11:15 last night while enroute to his work. He was the victim of a hit-run motorist, who made his escape following the accident, but State Police offices from the Huntingdon substation have hopes of bringing the guilty party to justice, and an arrest may be made at any time. Mr. Varner reports for duty at the Reformatory at 11:50 o’clock and he was walking along the edge of the Road on the north side in the vicinity of the Magsam Service Station in South Huntingdon. Jefferson Beck, a son of E.E. Beck, who resides on the Reformatory farm, was directly ahead of the car which killed Mr. Varner. The young man heard a crash and in an instant the driver of the car steered around him and sped away. Mr. Beck stopped to investigate, and found Blair C. Shenefelt, who resides in South Huntingdon, the only eye-witness to the fatal mishap, rushing to the assistance of Mr. Varner. The spark of life was extinct when the man was picked up, death being due to a broken neck. The body was not thrown any distance but was lying along the curb. Several pieces of glass from a broken headlight were found on the road near the place where Mr. Varner was hit.
Both Mr. Shenefelt and Mr. Beck were unable to secure the license number of the automobile but described it as a new Ford roadster with the top down. Troopers Verbecken and Boyle at the State Police sub-station were notified and gave chase but were unable to overtake the hit-run driver, but the officers are satisfied that the clue is sufficient to lead to a solution of the case. Highway Patrolman will conduct a separate investigation. Corporal Varner informed the Daily News today.
Coroner F.L. Schum, of Huntingdon, was notified and directed that the body be turned over to a local undertaker. An inquest will be held at a date to be announced later.
Howard Varner was born in Huntingdon, October 3, 1874, hence was aged at the time of his death 54 years, three months and seventeen days. He was a son of William Varner and Hannah Latchford Varner, both deceased. On March 20, 1905, Mr. Varner entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory as a fireman, and yesterday ended twenty-four years service with the institution. He was a highly respected citizen and was held in high regard by the employees and officials at the Reformatory. He is survived besides his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Cassatt, of Huntingdon, by one daughter, Phyllis at home. He was a member of the P.I.R. Death Benefit Association and of the Fifteenth Street Methodist church.
Funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Brown’s funeral home, conducted by Rev. O.B. Poulson, of the Fifteenth Street Methodist Church. Interment will ne made in Riverview cemetery. The remains may be view at Brown’s up until the funeral hour.
The Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa
Thursday, March 21, 1929 pg1
NOTE: Howard's mother is Margaret Frances Sheterom Varner NOT Annie Latchford.
Death Occurs Instantly, While Driver Speeds Away Without Offering Assistance
ONE EYE-WITNESS; OFFICERS INVESTIGATE
The hit-run driver who last night caused the death of Howard Varner, along the highway in South Huntingdon, at noon today communicated with officers working on the case by phone that he would submit to the charge and give himself up to the authorities this evening at 5 o’clock. The name and address of the party is withheld by the officers until the arrest actually takes place. The young man, however, is a resident of this immediate place,
Howard Varner, of 615 Fourteenth street, an employee o the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory, was instantly killed at 11:15 last night while enroute to his work. He was the victim of a hit-run motorist, who made his escape following the accident, but State Police offices from the Huntingdon substation have hopes of bringing the guilty party to justice, and an arrest may be made at any time. Mr. Varner reports for duty at the Reformatory at 11:50 o’clock and he was walking along the edge of the Road on the north side in the vicinity of the Magsam Service Station in South Huntingdon. Jefferson Beck, a son of E.E. Beck, who resides on the Reformatory farm, was directly ahead of the car which killed Mr. Varner. The young man heard a crash and in an instant the driver of the car steered around him and sped away. Mr. Beck stopped to investigate, and found Blair C. Shenefelt, who resides in South Huntingdon, the only eye-witness to the fatal mishap, rushing to the assistance of Mr. Varner. The spark of life was extinct when the man was picked up, death being due to a broken neck. The body was not thrown any distance but was lying along the curb. Several pieces of glass from a broken headlight were found on the road near the place where Mr. Varner was hit.
Both Mr. Shenefelt and Mr. Beck were unable to secure the license number of the automobile but described it as a new Ford roadster with the top down. Troopers Verbecken and Boyle at the State Police sub-station were notified and gave chase but were unable to overtake the hit-run driver, but the officers are satisfied that the clue is sufficient to lead to a solution of the case. Highway Patrolman will conduct a separate investigation. Corporal Varner informed the Daily News today.
Coroner F.L. Schum, of Huntingdon, was notified and directed that the body be turned over to a local undertaker. An inquest will be held at a date to be announced later.
Howard Varner was born in Huntingdon, October 3, 1874, hence was aged at the time of his death 54 years, three months and seventeen days. He was a son of William Varner and Hannah Latchford Varner, both deceased. On March 20, 1905, Mr. Varner entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory as a fireman, and yesterday ended twenty-four years service with the institution. He was a highly respected citizen and was held in high regard by the employees and officials at the Reformatory. He is survived besides his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Cassatt, of Huntingdon, by one daughter, Phyllis at home. He was a member of the P.I.R. Death Benefit Association and of the Fifteenth Street Methodist church.
Funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Brown’s funeral home, conducted by Rev. O.B. Poulson, of the Fifteenth Street Methodist Church. Interment will ne made in Riverview cemetery. The remains may be view at Brown’s up until the funeral hour.
The Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa
Thursday, March 21, 1929 pg1
NOTE: Howard's mother is Margaret Frances Sheterom Varner NOT Annie Latchford.
HOWARD VARNER HIT BY AN AUTO WHILE ENROUTE TO WORK
Death Occurs Instantly, While Driver Speeds Away Without Offering Assistance
ONE EYE-WITNESS; OFFICERS INVESTIGATE
The hit-run driver who last night caused the death of Howard Varner, along the highway in South Huntingdon, at noon today communicated with officers working on the case by phone that he would submit to the charge and give himself up to the authorities this evening at 5 o’clock. The name and address of the party is withheld by the officers until the arrest actually takes place. The young man, however, is a resident of this immediate place,
Howard Varner, of 615 Fourteenth street, an employee o the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory, was instantly killed at 11:15 last night while enroute to his work. He was the victim of a hit-run motorist, who made his escape following the accident, but State Police offices from the Huntingdon substation have hopes of bringing the guilty party to justice, and an arrest may be made at any time. Mr. Varner reports for duty at the Reformatory at 11:50 o’clock and he was walking along the edge of the Road on the north side in the vicinity of the Magsam Service Station in South Huntingdon. Jefferson Beck, a son of E.E. Beck, who resides on the Reformatory farm, was directly ahead of the car which killed Mr. Varner. The young man heard a crash and in an instant the driver of the car steered around him and sped away. Mr. Beck stopped to investigate, and found Blair C. Shenefelt, who resides in South Huntingdon, the only eye-witness to the fatal mishap, rushing to the assistance of Mr. Varner. The spark of life was extinct when the man was picked up, death being due to a broken neck. The body was not thrown any distance but was lying along the curb. Several pieces of glass from a broken headlight were found on the road near the place where Mr. Varner was hit.
Both Mr. Shenefelt and Mr. Beck were unable to secure the license number of the automobile but described it as a new Ford roadster with the top down. Troopers Verbecken and Boyle at the State Police sub-station were notified and gave chase but were unable to overtake the hit-run driver, but the officers are satisfied that the clue is sufficient to lead to a solution of the case. Highway Patrolman will conduct a separate investigation. Corporal Varner informed the Daily News today.
Coroner F.L. Schum, of Huntingdon, was notified and directed that the body be turned over to a local undertaker. An inquest will be held at a date to be announced later.
Howard Varner was born in Huntingdon, October 3, 1874, hence was aged at the time of his death 54 years, three months and seventeen days. He was a son of William Varner and Hannah Latchford Varner, both deceased. On March 20, 1905, Mr. Varner entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory as a fireman, and yesterday ended twenty-four years service with the institution. He was a highly respected citizen and was held in high regard by the employees and officials at the Reformatory. He is survived besides his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Cassatt, of Huntingdon, by one daughter, Phyllis at home. He was a member of the P.I.R. Death Benefit Association and of the Fifteenth Street Methodist church.
Funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Brown’s funeral home, conducted by Rev. O.B. Poulson, of the Fifteenth Street Methodist Church. Interment will ne made in Riverview cemetery. The remains may be view at Brown’s up until the funeral hour.
The Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa
Thursday, March 21, 1929 pg1
NOTE: Howard's mother is Margaret Frances Sheterom Varner NOT Annie Latchford.
Death Occurs Instantly, While Driver Speeds Away Without Offering Assistance
ONE EYE-WITNESS; OFFICERS INVESTIGATE
The hit-run driver who last night caused the death of Howard Varner, along the highway in South Huntingdon, at noon today communicated with officers working on the case by phone that he would submit to the charge and give himself up to the authorities this evening at 5 o’clock. The name and address of the party is withheld by the officers until the arrest actually takes place. The young man, however, is a resident of this immediate place,
Howard Varner, of 615 Fourteenth street, an employee o the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory, was instantly killed at 11:15 last night while enroute to his work. He was the victim of a hit-run motorist, who made his escape following the accident, but State Police offices from the Huntingdon substation have hopes of bringing the guilty party to justice, and an arrest may be made at any time. Mr. Varner reports for duty at the Reformatory at 11:50 o’clock and he was walking along the edge of the Road on the north side in the vicinity of the Magsam Service Station in South Huntingdon. Jefferson Beck, a son of E.E. Beck, who resides on the Reformatory farm, was directly ahead of the car which killed Mr. Varner. The young man heard a crash and in an instant the driver of the car steered around him and sped away. Mr. Beck stopped to investigate, and found Blair C. Shenefelt, who resides in South Huntingdon, the only eye-witness to the fatal mishap, rushing to the assistance of Mr. Varner. The spark of life was extinct when the man was picked up, death being due to a broken neck. The body was not thrown any distance but was lying along the curb. Several pieces of glass from a broken headlight were found on the road near the place where Mr. Varner was hit.
Both Mr. Shenefelt and Mr. Beck were unable to secure the license number of the automobile but described it as a new Ford roadster with the top down. Troopers Verbecken and Boyle at the State Police sub-station were notified and gave chase but were unable to overtake the hit-run driver, but the officers are satisfied that the clue is sufficient to lead to a solution of the case. Highway Patrolman will conduct a separate investigation. Corporal Varner informed the Daily News today.
Coroner F.L. Schum, of Huntingdon, was notified and directed that the body be turned over to a local undertaker. An inquest will be held at a date to be announced later.
Howard Varner was born in Huntingdon, October 3, 1874, hence was aged at the time of his death 54 years, three months and seventeen days. He was a son of William Varner and Hannah Latchford Varner, both deceased. On March 20, 1905, Mr. Varner entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory as a fireman, and yesterday ended twenty-four years service with the institution. He was a highly respected citizen and was held in high regard by the employees and officials at the Reformatory. He is survived besides his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Cassatt, of Huntingdon, by one daughter, Phyllis at home. He was a member of the P.I.R. Death Benefit Association and of the Fifteenth Street Methodist church.
Funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Brown’s funeral home, conducted by Rev. O.B. Poulson, of the Fifteenth Street Methodist Church. Interment will ne made in Riverview cemetery. The remains may be view at Brown’s up until the funeral hour.
The Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa
Thursday, March 21, 1929 pg1
NOTE: Howard's mother is Margaret Frances Sheterom Varner NOT Annie Latchford.
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