The sun., 1904-08-10
AUTO NEARLY SCALPS WOMAN.
HAIR CAUGHT IN GEAR As SHE
cor OUT AT PARK CASINO.
Crowd on the Nerandas liOrrined by Her
Shrieks-She slipped and Fell in
\lightinE Spark Quickly Turned on
saves Life OF woman from Rochester.

An automobile containing driver,
two young women and man in evening
dress was driven up to the entrance Of
the Central Park CasiRo last night at $50
o'clock. when the broad verandas were
crowded with diners. Both of the women
were in dinner gowns and wore no hats
The first of the occupants To alight was
one of the young women, tall brunette.
In getting out she placed her right hand
on tho mud guard and doing 30 lost
her balance and fell to the roadway. Her
head struck the side of the car and her
hair instantly caught in the crank shaft
that protruded at the side between the two
wheels The crank shaft, although the
auto had been brought to a stop, was re-
volving rapidly and the young woman's
hair was wound and twisted in the gearing
Her shrieks brought the many diners to
their feet and tables were soon deserted.
The driver Of the machine had climbed
out of the automobile and was tinkering
with some part Of the gear on the other side
of the car He jumped into the auto and
quickly shut off the spark, thus stopping
the engine and the revolutions of the shaft.
BY this time the machine was surrounded
by patrons of the Casino and people who
came running from all directions. Tho
woman was unconscious by the time the
driver managed to stop the machinery.
Policeman keenan,, on duty at the entrance
Of the Casino, had run up, and he summoned
an ambulance from the Presbyterian
Hospital Mounted Policemen Kane and
Borner had heard the shrieks Of the woman
some distance away and they galloped TO
the Casino. Together with Keenan, they
set about getting the young woman from
beneath the machine, where her body had
been twisted and dragged. They found
it impossible TO extricate her without
cutting her hair and even parts OF her
scalp with penknife and shears.
As soon as the woman was liberated she
was carried into one of the parlors Of the
Casino She was still unconscious when
Dr. Lathrop arrived with an ambulance.
byterian Hospital.
Meanwhile there was great excitement
among the gay crowd who had been plan
ming things to eat and drink when the
accident occurred. Three women seated
at table on the veranda near the entrance
tainted. Many others were 80 distressed
by the sight Of the accident that they left
for their homes at once.
1OllCttndu hcerldn tlIsSllone'l tuoSe WIZ
were in the machine as to their identity.
The man in evening clothes at first refused
to answer questions and seemed in hurry
to get away. He finally said
-The young lady who is injured is Miss
Smith Of 1928 Riverside Drive. The other
young lady Is her sister. am Frank Ed
wards and 1.-Two at the Riverside Drive
address
The last number on Riverside Drive
is in the four hundreds Policeman Keenan,
reminded Mr.. Edwards" that the address
was fictitious, The man made no reply,
but jumped into a cab and followed the
am bulance to the hospital
The other young woman, who is a blonde
became hysterical and was hurried away
in the automobile The driver before leav-
ing said he was John johnson of 1913 South
Fourth avenue, Mount Vernon. The auto
mobile, he said, was owned by j. j, Hickey
of l20th street and Seventh avenue. Police
man keenan, examined the automobile
and found the license number was 1l4O6.
Hickey keeps an automobile stable. He
owns the automobile, bit he was not in it.
At the Presbyterian Hospital, the injured !
young woman was revived soon after |
being placed in the emergency ward She |
said she was Miss Mary Dougherty sales
30 years old, Of 3l8 North street. |
N. Y. Edwards" told the hos
pital authorities that he was James Farley. |
and gave his residence as the Hotel Man !
haitian. He was registered as the nearest |
friend Of Miss Dougherty.
Tho doctors at tie hospital said the |
condition was not very serious, |
alt hough she had several severe scalp |
and had lost the greater part OF |
her hair.
At the Manhattan Hotel, the name James
Farley was not on the register last night.
but in the alphabetical index was n card !
which read as follows
III Mr.. Farley OF Newark is called for,
send word to Mr.. Hone RooE, 404, or phone
he Murray Hill Hotel"
The Mr.. Hone of Room LJ4 is registered
Is "F. NJ. Hone, Rochester, N. Y" He
arrived at the hotel on Sunday. The hotel
attendants said that he had written the
ard in reference to Farley.
They said he was seen around at 8 o. clock
,ut had left after a few minutes, taking his
Iey with him
At the Murray Hill Hotel it was learned
hat man without baggage registered
Ibout $50 o clock as James Farley, Newark,
Y, j. He paid for his room in advance,
he clerk said He had a man with him,
o whom, in the clerks hearing, he said
about an automobile accident
The James Farley at the Murray Hill
Hotel would not answer his telephone last
light nor respond to knocks on his door,
John j. Hickey is in charge of the auto
mobile exchai ee ard storage stable at
3s West Thirty eighth street. he man
n charge there said late last hight that
inox car Of the same number as the one
hat drove up to the Cash o, had been hired
y man named Smith early in the evening
he car, he said, had been returned and no
MENTION Of the accident had been made
ROCHESTER,. Aug. 9.-Miss Dougherty,
ljured in the New York automobile aoci-
ent, is en-. .oyed as a clerk in this city.
he is daughter of Mrs. Helen Dougherty
nd lived with her mother at Sle North
treet. She went to New York last Satur-
ay. Her mother refused to state the
bject OF her visit and declined to give
ny information whatever about her
aughter, She had not received any
'ord about the accident.
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