Erick Benson, about 40 years old, was run down and killed by an automobile near Park place tonight. The man, who was carrying
an I.W.W. card from the Seattle local, was struck as he dismounted from the rear of an auto truck on which he had been riding to
Colton, Or., in search of work.

The driver of the big touring car, when he saw that he had struck a man, backed off the body and drove away in his machine at
high speed before either his companion or the driver of the truck could ascertain the number of the touring car.