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<br />r8/27/01 10:39 FAX 305 593 1901 <br /> <br />DADE COUNTY PBA <br /> <br />tal 005/008 <br /> <br />left leg and knee cap and possible internal injuries. (Miami <br />Daily New~, 6/11/1928) <br /> <br />Langworthy's leg was amputated "in an effort to save his life" <br />early Sunday at Allison Hospital on Miami Beach but he died at <br />9:00PM. <br /> <br />THE PERPETRATOR <br /> <br />There was no perpetrator in this case. Inspector Prince told <br />Deputy Sheriff George Bing, "investigator of the state attorney's <br />off ice," how the accident happened. It appears that Langworthy may <br />have been driving his motorcycle in the wrong lane as the headlines <br />in the Miami Daily News noted that the "Fulford Marshal Blamed for <br />COllision From Which He Died." <br /> <br />The Miami Daily News reported on June 12 that the customs <br />vehicle was not at fault in the tragedy indicating that Langworthy' <br />alone was at fault. The initial article about the accid~nt in the <br />June 11 Miami Herald had suggested that the customs vehicle may <br />have been at fault as it reported that the auto "swerved from the <br />right side of the road to the left and into the lane where <br />Langworthy was riding." Neither newspaper reported the result of <br />the investigation by Deputy Sheriff Bing and neither mentioned a <br />coroner's inquest. It appears that no one was charged in the <br />accident. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />THE OFFICER <br /> <br />Ralph George Langworthy was born on Oct. 9, 1891, in Lawrence, <br />MA, to George A. and Lucy E. LaBin Langworthy. <br /> <br />,/ <br /> <br />Little is kno~ of the young Lan~orthy until he enlisted in <br />the U.S. Army on Aug. 16, 1917, at the age of 26. He listed his <br />prior occupation as machinist. Ralph served with Company E, 101st <br />Engineers and served in France during World War I. His military <br />record indicates that he served in France for most ot 1918 and <br />participated in the "Argonne Offensive" from Sept 26 througb Nov. <br />11 of that year. A Miami newspaper reported that Langworthy <br />..served 18 months with the 26th Di vision overseas. It He was <br />honorably disCharged in MA as a Sgt. on April 28, 1919. <br /> <br />Ralph G. Langworthy, 29, married Elizabeth Woodbury Eaton, 20, <br />on Oct. 8, 1920, at Beverly, MA. After the marriage Ralph worked <br />as a vendor on the Boardwalk at Salisbury Beach, MA. The couple's <br />son, Peter Eaton Langworthy was born on Salisbury Beach on Sept. <br />28, 1924. <br /> <br />The family moved to "Fulford by the Sea" (now N. Miami Beach) <br />in 1926. Ralph Langworthy was one of the thousands 'who Game to <br />Miami during the boom years of the'mid-1920's. He became marshal <br />(or city Police Chief) of Fulford in 1927 and had been in that <br />