The sun., 1904-11-11
WOMAN KILLED; COUPLE FLRD.
AUTO DRIVER CAUGHT, mon
WANTED TO KILL HIM.
Men Lifted Heavy Cab and vietini Nas
Taken From Under Hheels-Disd en-
street--Cops Have Hard Fight with
Cro~d-Who Arc Mr.. and Mrs. Soils,

street--Cops Have Hard Fight Wtth
Crord-Nho Arc MIR. and Mrs. soiiss
A woman was knocked down and run
over by an electric hanson cab at Twenty
ninth street and Seventh avenue last night
at 7:so o'clock. Her body was pinned be-
meath the machine and dragged some feet
before the cab was brought to stop. A
man and q woman in the cab jumped out
when the automobile was stopped and
ran through Twenty-ninth street toward
Broadway. 80 -.,' =
Seeing that he had run down woman,
the driver Of the machine left his seat
and sprinted. Policeman OConnor, who
Witnessed the accident, chased the fec
ing driver and caught him after run Of
two blocks.
big crowd quickly gathered and strong
men tilted the hanson so that the uncon-
scio,s woman could be lifted to the side
walk. An ambulance was summoned from
the New York Hospital and DR.. Burdick
was soon working over the woman. De-
spite his efforts, she died In half an hour.
By this time an enormous crowd had
gathered in the street. Their attention
had at first been centred on the unconscious
woman, but when DR.. Burdick stepped
back and said she was dead the mob made
a rush for the driver. who was being held
by Policeman O'Connor. Cries OF Lynch
himl' and Get a rope!' were heard and
the crowd surged about the policeman and
his prisoner.
The mob was 50 great that trafic on
Seventh avenue was blocked. O'Connor
drew his night stick and, beating a lane
through the frantic mass Of men, he made
his way to the west side OF the avenue and,
backing the driver against brick wall,
fought back thoss who were pre- ssing for
ward intent on injuring the prisoner. The
arrival Of four cops from adjacent pests
checked the onslaught. The five police
and took the driver to the West Thirty
seventh street station.
The prisoner said that he was William Van
derheyden ,c6 years old of l7oAcademy street.
Jersey City. He said that he worked for the
New York Electric Transportation Com
pany yanderheyden was asked who the
couple in the cab were. He didn't know,
he said, but produced an order blank which
showed that he had been sent to the Barnard
apartment house. Seventy-first street and
Central Park West. to take party to the
Cafe Martin. At the Barnard it was said
that no electric hanson had left the place
before O'Clock.
The woman who was killed appeared to
have bean about 30 years old. She was
5 feet 5 inches In height and weighed $50
pounds. Her hair and eyes were black.
She was drcssed'In . gray akift end black
Jacket. No ono in the neighbofhocd knew
her and her body was taken to the Weet !
Thirty-seventh street station as unidentit'
fed. ., ....' r'
Policeman o'Connor, Who Witnessed the
accident, says the woman was going wost
through Twenty ninth street and became
bewildered when the automobile came
toward her. O'Connor, however declares
that the driver didn't sound warning bell.
Later the driver was released on bail
He exhibited an order blank for the un-
fortunate trip directing him to 60 to the
Barnard to pick UP 'Mr. Cash" This is
the form used when the name OF the party
calling a vehicle is unknown and the fare
is to be paid TO the driver.
The police Of the West Thirty-seventh
street station said last night that the man
who hired the cab was Mr.. j. N, Soils.
who lives at the Waldorf Ast oria. There
is a guest OF that name at the hotel. He
was called UP on the telephone and some
body who replied and said he was Mr..
Soils admitted that he had been in the cab
which ran over the woman, He said he
had been accompanied by a friend