The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-02
COUNT ZDOROWSKI KILLED.
FORMER NEW YORKER VICTIM
OFAUTO ACCIDENTIN FRANCE.

Fourth OF His Family TO Meet Sudden Death
We'll Known Here a. Darins Sports.
man-His Wife an American Woman
the Divorced wife Of Baron de stuers.
Special Cable Despatch 10 TIE SUN
! MONTE CARLO. April Count Elliott
Zborowsh Of New York was instan
killed to-day while taking part in an auto
! mobile race from Nice to La Turbie. Zbo-
rowsh was a well-known automobilist.
He finished fourth In the Paris Vienna
race last year.
Baron Delasague, who was an expert
motorist, was acting as Count Zboro wski's
| chauffeur. His injuries proved fatal later.
The accident occurred on the same spot
where Bauer. German automobilst, m 1T
his death on March 80, 1000. Count Zborow-
ski WIS the fifth startsr He drove a Mer-
cedes car which IL manufactured by the
Daimler company, In which he was a large
stockholoer. The Count said he was de-
termined to win. but 1t was noticed that he
appeared nervous at the start.
The car took the first turning too fast
and smashed into a rocky wall The ma
chine was shattered to pieces
Count Zborowski's death must have been
painless. His skull was crushed in fright
full manner and his neck was dislocated.
The course chosen for the race was a
very difficult one. II included a number
OF sharp turns and steep inclines. The
fatal bend was practically a right angle.
1t seemed to the onlookers as IL Count
Zborowsk either did not attempt or was
unable to turn the machine. which appeared
to be travelling sixty miles an hour.
Countess Zborowsh was waiting at La
Trubie for the conclusion OF the race. and
had arranged to take luncheon with her
husband there. The racing was imme-
diately abandoned.
Countess Zborowski was gayly chatting
with friends when the news Of the accident
was told to her. Her grief was pitiable
when she realized that her husband was
dead.
Previous to the accident to Count Zborow-
ski. another competitor. Baron Gastaux,
met with a disaster. When approaching
the same corner his machine skidded and
he and his chauffeur were hurled into the
air. When they fell they lay motionless |
and the spectators thought they were dead. !
but neither Of them was seriously injured
Mr.. johnson, secretary Of the Automobile |
Club Of Great Britain. witnessed the acct
dChs W Souht LDOtONsht dtITlDuIes
the disaster to the Count not having suffi-
cicnt opportunity to gauge the speed Of
The machine. the result being that he mis-
Judged the pace at which the angle could
DO taken. Mr.. johnson did not think the
,orner dangerous IL properly taken. but
t was a physical impossbility at the speed
Count zborowsh was travelling to stop
he machine.
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be accident those who had started ahead
II Count 1borowski finished. not knowing
What had happened. The winner, NJ.
created record for the oourse,
which was 1871 kilometres long and nearly
VI up hill. covering 1t In II minutes 20 sec
'nds. The cars were started at two-minute
intervals.
The death Of Count Zborowski Is the
ourth Of a series Of sudden deaths that
ave come to an interesting family.
The Zabriskies. as they commonly call
here. are supposed to be direct
descendants OF King John III. of Poland.
he progenitor Of the American branch,
rho called himself Albert Soborowski,
anne to this country about 1850 and settled
n the east bank OF the Hackensaok River,
pposite the present town OF Hackensack.
he name OF the family changed to various
,rms until it became Zabriskie. Three
rothers Zabriskie became well known In
ew York nearly generation ago. They
ere Christian Andrew, John Jacob and
Iartin. The latter was Count Zborowski's
'ther.
There Is a story, probably wholly without
TO the effect that an Irish Lord
ice called upon heaven to prevent any
ale Zabriskie from dying In bed. Strangely
lough, the Counts father and two unoles
d meet sudden deaths. Christian A. Ia
-iskie was killed by a New York. New
aven and Hartford train on July 10, 1879,
ar his home in Morrisania. John Jacob p
rs drowned in his own millpond in 1877. A
e was one OF the first Croton Board Com IL
issioners. Martin was stricken with O
'oplexy when he appeared TO be in the best h
health and died before physician could d
ach him.
Martin Zabriskie before his death had v
resumed, according to his ei
.ims-the name Zborowsky. He had in n
Dased largely the fortune left him by his al
her. His marriage TO q descendant Of
Morris had also added to his m
'alth, and his large estate at his death O,
GUIDED lOO acres ana manson at Mount
,pe. He also owned properties all over m
3 city. among the holdings being the fl
IT on which the Broadway Theatre stands. b.
,rtin left only two children. One was ar
daughter, Anna, who married Charles, 10
unit of Monsaulnin. Baron of Fonteniy. ~
French Deputy from the Department OF ne
or. To her Martin Zabriskie left 500, 600 tn
d some Of his New York real estate.
,st Of the rest OF his real estate went to
> SON William Elliott.
William Elliott, or Elliott, as he called ~,
nself and was called by his friends, was ~
member OF the Newport set and became
II known as one of the most daring riders
all the hunt clubs around New York vi
the sos he bought a country home at =,
'lton Mowbray in England and aston OF
ed everybody by his feats of horse bi'
Inship. Once he got up an electric light ap
epechase over a mile course on his or
n estate. The race was won by Fred a.,
rnaby, the war correspondent. %
About ten years ago he married the di- ne
reed wife Of the Baron de Stuers, who be
5 in 1892 Minister from Holland to France. an
2 il an American woman, the daughter of
James Carey of Sioux Falls, s. D., and | r.
Of William b. Aston. Ztor- 81
ski met her at Newport and soon after
1 the Baron de Stuers obtained divorce In
IN her Here marriage to Zborowski aw
owed. Ub