LINSLEY, MARPLE

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Marin Journal
Thursday, August 4, 1921
Page 1

Two Killed In Tragic Auto Wreck

A tragic accident which resulted in the death of George Linsley of Sausalito and Robert Marple, of San Anselmo, and the injury of Frank McCann of San Francisco, and Severence Merrill of Kentfield, occurred early Sunday morning when the machine in which the four were riding crashed into a tree in Baltimore canyon.

The young men had attended a dance at Kentfield and, after leaving two girls at their homes in the canyon, were returning to the state highway. Within 100 yards of the highway at a sharp curve, the machine struck a tree. Merrill was at the wheel. The opinion of those who saw the wrecked machine was that the car must have been going at a great speed around the curve.

Linsley was instantly killed. Marple was thrown against the tree and rendered unconscious by a fracture of the skull. Merril and McCann, while bruised and cut, were not seriously hurt. Merrill was able to summon help. These two, with Marple, were treated at Ritter’s Sanitarium by Dr. Harry O. Hund. The doctor at once pronounced Marple’s injuries fatal. The bodies of Linsley and Marple were removed by Coroner J. Ray
Keaton to the parlors in San Rafael and the parents were notified of the accident.

The dead boys were p opular and higly respectable young men. Linsley, aged 21, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linsley and was employed with his father in the Bank of Sausalito. Marple, of the same age, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Marple of San Anselmo. He was employed by the Spanish-American Bank in San Francisco. McCann resides at 230 Sixth avenue, San Francisco. He was also a bank employee.

Funeral services were held for Linsley Tuesday at Sausalito, with services at the Star of the Sea Church. Many hundreds of people attended to pay their respects to the popular young man. Services were held yesterday for Robert Marple at the Sawyer Company’s parlors here. They were under the auspices of the De Molays, of which the deceased was a member.