New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-05
AUTOMOBILE KILLS BABY.
MOTHER AND CHILD HURT
Hen Try to assault DriUer-He
Lost Control of Vehicle.

Margaret Vohn, one year old, Of No. 60 West
End-ave., was killed and her aunt. Mrs. Charles
Faulkner and Helen Faulkner. two years old.
OF No DO West End-ave., were made uncon-
scious yesterday by an automobile delivery
wagon Of the Metropolitan Express Company,
al Sixty-ninth-st. and West End-ave.
Mrs. Faulkner was giving Mrs. vohn's baby
an airing in baby carriage. and Helen Faux
ner was walking by the side Of the carriage
AS the party started 20 cross West End-ave.. at
sixty-ninth-st the automobile attempted to turn
east into Sixty -ninth-st
PatrolInan Townsend was standing IN the
doorway OF the Sherman Square stables. He is
the driver OF the West Sixty-eighth-st. station
patrol wagon and was OF duty. According 10
the policeman, George F. Meagher, Of No. 647
Tenth-ave., the driver Of the vehicle, seemed to
be having trouble with the automobile. and sud
denly 1t darted forw ID.
With one hand Juggling at the controller, while
with the other he attempted to steer the ma
chine, Meagher shouted at Mrs. Faulkner and
the child to run for their lives The woman
turned and apparently becoming bewildered.
stood still in the middle Of the avenue.
The automobile struck Mrs Faulkner from be-
hind and tossed the baby carriage about ten
feet away. Mrs Faulkner was thrown against
her daughter and their heads struck the curb
stone. The automobile did not stop until the
front wheel rested on the vohn baby's neck.
Meagher sat OF the front seat wringing his
hands and moaning that the controller would
not work.
About ten men sprang to the seat and one Of
them dealt a blow at Meagher's face. Town
send grabbed TIE man and threw him into the
street while at the same time he drew his club
and beat back the other men who were attempt
ing TO get at the driver The policeman then
her tr rim as "a Sf he int rha
stables. Meagher did so, followed by the police
man. who shut the doors in the faces OF the
angry crowd.
One Of the witnesses OF the accident was Oliver
Fleming, a colored man. of No. 331 West Sixty
linth-st. He is six feet in height and power
fully built. Immediately after the accident
Fleming got underneath the automobile and,
with the help of two other men at the wheels,
lifted the machine that the child's body
could be extricated.
A Presbyterian Hospital surgeon, on his ar
rival said the baby was dead. Mrs Faulkner
and her daughter were cut and bruised about
the legs back and head.
In the meantime some one had told Mrs vohn
OF the accident. The mother rushed into the
street in a wrapper and saw the body Of her
child lying on the sidewalk with a handkerchief
over its face. She threw up her hands and
dropped fainting 10 the sidewalk She was
carried into DR.. Keoae's Office, at No. 206 West
End-ave. and revived, after which she became
hyste-caL
Townsend telephoned TO the station for the
patrol wagon and four policemen They arrived
soon afterward and kept the crowd back while
Meagher was put in the wagon. He declared
that he was unable TO control the automobile
the time Of the accident, and collapsed when
taken into cell. Magistrate Flamrer. in the
bn1I y
that the killing Of the child had been accidental.
Patrolrnan Townsend who took the prisoner to
court telephoned to Captain Kemp. OF the West
sixty-eighth-st station. for Instructions. The
captain ordered him 10 take Meegher 10 the
coroner's Office.