New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-01

| his wife and drove away in a Panhard machine.
| About hour later he. with Denzer, was ar
| rested.
Albert r. Shattuck president of the Automo-
| bile Club, which organization held the meet,
] was much disturbed over the accident He said
, he felt very sorry for the victims adding that
| he hoped the misfortune would not injure the
| sport OF automobling. One friend OF the club,
who did not wish to give his name, said:
THAT freak machine should never have been
entered. 1t built especially for the world s
| record. do not think 1t was properly supplied
with steering gear. 1t looks as If the thlns
went wild simply because 1t could not be
handled at such tremendous speed. When II
passed me it hardly touched the road It looked
more like a flying machine"
Mr. Baker explained to the reporters that the
speed of the automobile was so great that his
gear unmanageable.
District Attorney Edward S. Rawson of the
Borough of Richmond saw the speed test
Asked why the borough permitted fast autono-
billing, he said:
Il suppose the Board Of Aldermen thought it
would do the borough good in the way of adver-
Using to have such sporting events here Long
Island and New-Jersey have thought dlffer-
entity These tests were legally made. The club
had per1nisson@ to hold them the boulevard
When such permission is given, 1t would seem
to include the RISKS incident to such tests l
don't see how Mr.. Baker and his chaufeur can
be crmnalIy prosecuted with success. L saw
Mr. Baker little while ago He told me that
the road was rough he could not handle ms
. machine.
II do not think the course was properly po-
Iced There should have been more men. |
the road at the point Where the au LUZ s
made its las. sharp turn-that there. the crowd
pressed agairs st the ropes ana may nave lrIsh'-
ened the chauffeur.
Dave H Norris chairman of the racing
committee of the club complained that the
notice themselves disturbed the drivers by re-
manning on the at the point mentioned
Another theory of the disaster was that the
chauffeur lost control of his machine because
of the sudden leap It made when crossing the
tracks. AS these tracks were Wen coVereu
with dirt. the theory held few supporters
While the marks of the disaster were still
freshest a wagonlCad of musicians playing at Il
lively rate came down the T9ad from the east
They were made to stop playing, but not betore
the music lent an unwelcome air of gayety to
the place, where Drs. Eugene J. Callahan,
George Mord and William Bryan and j. L
Sprague of the Department of Health. We're
working.
Thomas A Edison was one of those who saw
the wreck and the trial tests.
UNABLE TO GET BAIL.
From the time Mr.. Baker was locked up with
his chauffeur in the Eightieth Precinct Head
quarters, at Stapleton. O'clock their friends
made every effort get their release on bail, but
their efforts We're defeated owing to a contict or
authority between the police and the District
Attorney, on side, and Coroner George r
Schaefer, the other. Mr.. Baker was arrested
at a MOTEL on the Richmond read at which he
had been staying.
Coroner Schaefer the ground when the
accident happened. and issued a warrant for
the arrest of Mr.. Baker and Denzer, and sent
it to the police station. Soon afterward Mr..
White brother-in-law of Mr.. Baker. with George
B. Adams, of the Ohio Automobile Company.
and John w F'Iagler of Brooklyn. reached the
coroner's office, and after delay they OBJ
tained counsel and arranged with the coroner
to give bail for the two in $1,000 each. with
Mr.. Flagier and Charles w. Alexander, a Sta
pieton business man. sureties.
When the police requested to produce the
prisoners at the coroner's office they refused
Then DR.. Croak. who had been retained. went
to the station, and was permitted to enter the
cells where the men were confined to get their
signatures to the bail bonds When these We're |
presented the police took the position that the |
prisoners were not in the custody of the cor
oner, but were police prisoners, and must be ar
ra1gned before a magistrate. The courts were !
Closed magistrate could not be found who !
would open court or interfere, and for more |
than three hours the wrangle between the police |
ana coroner over the question of Jurisdiction |
was Kept up. 1t was brought out that the |
ponce were acting under the direction of Dis
trlct Attorney RawSon~ and that he was pre-