PLEASURE TRIP AUTO BURNS.
Miss McCourt, McPherson, Kas., and
Friends Return on Street Car.
A pleasure trip came to an abrupt end for Miss Gertrude McCourt and party of friends who were riding in an Oldsmobile touring car late Monday night, when the car caught fire and was five miles south of Rosedale. Miss McCourt, who lives in McPherson, Kas., refused yesterday to give the identity of her friends.
"I want to spare them the publicity," she said. "The engine simply went dead and when I got out to crank it, some gasoline caught fire and in a moment everything was a blaze. We came to the city on the electric line and abandoned the ruined machine.
G. L. McCourt, the father of the young woman, died several years ago. He at one time represented McPherson county in the legislature.
