The Topeka Daily State Journal Thursday April 18, 1918 Aged Topekan Killed. Jake Dennis Struck by Car Driven by Kansas Citian. Jake DENNIS, 412 Kansas avenue, was almost instantly killed at 7 o'clock Wednesday night by an automobile driven by Frederick HOLDER, 3719 Washington Street, Kansas City, Mo. The accident occurred between Fourth and Fifth streets on Kansas avenue. Dennis was nearly 70 years of age and was janitor at the Salvation Army headquarters. He came to Toepka many years ago from Lancaster, Pa. Dennis was crossing Kansas avenue in the middle of the block after eating dinner at the Ever Gloss cafe, 416 Kansas avenue. Myer Scrinopskie, Ernest Bowker and E.J. Broaddus, eye witnesses, whose names were gathered by Holder, all testified that the car was not exceeding the speed limit and that the old man stepped in the path of the machine. Holder declared he stopped the care in its own length after the front wheels had passed over the old Topekan's body. Holder was arrested and his Buick machine was held as a guarantee of his return to a coronor's inquest. Holder is a salesman for an Oshkosh, Wis., overall concern. A coroner's jury this morning returned a verdict of accidental death and released Holder. The inquest was held in the court of Topeka.