New-York tribune., 1904-08-05
MISTAKE, SAYS CORNELL
Denies HaUing 4dUised Shotgun for
4utOmObilists.

In response TO the decision OF the Automoohe
Club of America to prefer charges against hin'
Magistrate r. c. Cornell gave out long stste-
ment in which he denied having ever advised any
one 10 shoot speeding automobiles. He says that
the Long Island deputy sheriff who shot at a
motor not only did not act on his advice out
had never heard Of him.
The magistrate says in part:
In the first place 1 never advised anybody to
shoot at anybody else but in the case which mas
been so much quoted unwisey made slde re-
mark 10 bicycle policeman which deserves eX-
PLANTATION. The case this: One day last month
erai gears as straighfforward and reliable man
aTTagned an autoIno6ilist before me, |h", no ,tnIo
bile saIesrooms. and charged him with driving an
through Thirty eshth-st and in doing so he forced
hanson cab in which there was WPnn tbe rans
There were also number Of pedestrians, pass
flee to adioining stoops to avoid being run over.
1t was then / said TO the bicycle policeman that In
injured should not have blamed them very much
intended for publication. but was side ramark 10
The next day was visited by reporter at my
country place said that. while not al autQmo,
bisis yioiatea me iaW; y9' IN my & Ses
where outrageous things had been done by fast go
case cas- Where man in an automobe almost drove
me and IT my wife into ANOTHER M me To Ia
behind on the right side narrow road. l told
and as usual no heed was paid to that and the
automobIlist disappeared in a cloud of dust Then
only thing that would have stopped that automo-
Being asked then If that was my idea Of rem
edy against people OF this said decidedly no.
top reckless fast dVng % %o@d be- to let the
owner of the machine provided he Were present
in the machine at the time Of the violation suffer
imprisonment for short time.
/ was shocked to find. the next day, that the IN.
tervew had been ColOred so. that II appeared as II
l had advocated shooting as legal remedy. Ana
unfortunately. think on the same day appeared
an account OF deputy sheriff who shot pistol
at the tires OF automobile at Patchogue: Now
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supposed to have given. when the fact is. and
have a letter TO prove 1t. that the young deputy
or seen the article, and he did IT entirely on his
While vas on my vacation last week, at South
give to trs governors Of his board my version Of
1 could not give version TO his club.
Automobsts all town yesterday were &C.
lighted with the explanatiO? Of the magistrate and
thought that the Automobile Club OK America
would drop the charges a result
W. W. Niles counsel of the Automobile Club OF
America when shown ths magistrates statement.
said that it gave much better face to both OF the
interviews TO which he referred. He said:
fear it comes too late however. to stop the ac.
Americe. the charge to be preferred against the
MAGISTRATE. but il may be- IN view Of his deni9is as
board, OF governors may decide TO reconsider their
action.
that his language as reported was shocking' ana
that he admits that he shocked by II. II IS
nors OF the Automobile Club of America TOOK OF
the utterance of Magistrate Cornell
When asked II the club had witnesses. hs replied
II had
Winthrop F. scarritt seemed much pleased with
the magistrates statement.