Mystery Car Wreck Probed by Officials
October 25, 1934
Officers of the Lassen County unit of the California Highway Patrol today are seeking Rita Silva, Susanville and William Case, Westwood, following the disappearance of the pair after a car crash on the Susanville – Westwood road Saturday night on Clear Creek hill.
An investigation was started after the wreck was reported by passing motorists. Traffic officers declare Miss Silva and Case were riding in the car in company with Hugh Tribe, also of Westwood, when the car left the highway and overturned.
Miss Silva and Case were taken to Westwood after a passing motorist kicked the windshield in and extracted them. Tribe, unconscious in the rear seat, was left behind.
Another passing car took Tribe to Westwood where he regained consciousness. He was not badly injured. Neither Miss Silva or Case were believed to have been injured.
Efforts of officers to locate either failed. They disappeared after the crash and relatives were unable to determine where they went.
Miss Silva was employed in a local home while Case is reported to have family in Westwood.
