New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-26
JOHN JAY SERIOUSLY HURT.
KNOCKED DOWN IN THE STREET By CAB
THE NECK OF HIS RIGHT rEMuR BRoKpN-Nor

THE NECK OF HIS RIGHT FEMUR BRoKN-NoT
FATAL, BUT PERMANENT rNJUREs.
John Jay, ex-Minister to Austria, met with q
serious accident in front of the Grand Central
Station yesterday. He had come down from his
home. Katonah Woods, in Westchester, to attend
the Diocesan Convention Of the Episcopal Church
in the Church of the Holy Trinity at Madison-ave.
and Forty-second-st., and shortly before noon he
left the church and walked down to the Grand
Central Station to take Strcet-car downtown.
He got on crosstown car, but quickly seeing
bis mistake, stepped Of and stood in the middle
of the street to wait for Maaison-ave. car. A
cab came rapidly down the street, and before
Mr. Jay could get out Of the way he was knocked
down.
1t is thought that he was hit by
the horse or by the shafts Of the cab.
The injured man was carried by policeman
with the help of the bystapders into the baggage
room of the New-York, New-IIaven and Hartford
Railroad and word was sent to the convention.
Bishop Potter was in the middle Of an address
when the messenger arrived at the church door and
told one of the ushers what had happened. The
usher whispered the news to the Bishop, who
stopped in his address and requested that two per-
sonal friends Of Mr.. Jay meet the messenger at
the door. Among the friends who Immediately
went with the messenger to where Mr.. Jay lay was
Superintendent Baker, Of st. Luke's Hospital. He
found Mr.. Jay perfectly conscious but suffering
great pain. His clothes were torn and muddy
and he was extremely pallid.
"How badly are you hurt?' asked Mr.. Baker
II don't know said Mr.. Jay, "but pretty
badly
Something was said about arresting the driver,
to which Mr. Jay replied Il don't know that it
was his fault I should have gone back to the
curbstone to wait
As Mr.. jays apartments in the LenOx, in Fifth
ave-, were vacant, the family being at Katonah,
Mr. Baker decided to take him to st. Lukes Hos
pital carriage was called and Mr.. Jay was made as
comfortable as possible for his ride to the hos
pital After reaching the hospital be was allowed
to rest for q timc and then the surgeons made an
examination of his injuries. 1t was found that
the neck of the right femur had been fractured
When Tribune reporter called at the hospital
last night Mr.. Jay was resting quietly. lie is
portly man, scventy-three years of age, and while
no fears were entertained last night of fatal
result from the injuries, it was said that the
process of recovery would be slow and tedious
Of his life Colonel William Jay, Mr.. Jays son,
Is In Europe The man who drove the cab which
ran down Mr.. JAY was arrested soon after the
accident He proved to DC Nichods Sroney a tssn on
before Justice TaintOr, who was at the lorkyllle
Police Court, and was held in $1,000 bail to
await the result Of Mr.. jays injuries
and j. Moore the superintendent of those stables,
went bail for him Mr. Jay has been so long
prominent in public life and is so much respected
Germ to many of those who heard Of it last night:
Mr.. Jay is q grandson Of John Jay, the first CHIEF
Justice of the United States.