The evening world., 1905-07-24
NOT so
SURE AS TO Boy
KILLING AUTO
Said They Had Machine Lo-
Gated, but Later Began
to Hedge.

Though the police announced with
satisfaction to-day that they had a
splendid clue to the identity Of the
owner of the green automobile that
crushed out the life of eleven-year-old
Frederick Busching, o. No. 1856 Will
lsins place. last Friday afternoon while
racing a Subway train, when 1t was
learned that the green car under sus-
picion was owned by p. II. Heaney &
Co.. wealthy contractors M brick deal
ers. they made several reservations.
An Evening World reporter saw James
Mclean, one of the partners OF the
firm, this afternoon. He admitted the
Arm owned a big touring car answering
the description of the machine that
killed the Busching boy. but denied
positively that this car had done the
killing. He had driven the machine
along the Southern Boulevard several
hours before the boy was u down.
This he could prove by . number OF
Witnesses, he said.
Mr.. Mclean said further he had not
had two men and a woman with him
In the machine. His brick yards are at
Ono Hundred and Seventy-sixth 'stree.
and the Bronx River. and his car Is
well known IN the Bronx. He says. how
ever, that there ara other green cars
with yellow running rear. and that the
persons who saw the accident and
seemed TO think II was his machine are
in error.
When Capt. Ferris. OF the fremont
avenue station. was asked about his
clue this afternoon he would not dis
cuss the matter. Sc said his men had
looked at the Heaney & Co. car. had ex-
amined It carefully after getting a de-
scription from those WHO had witnessed
the staying OF the boy. They were not
prepared at present. however. TO go be-
yond Mr.. McLean's statement about his
ride along the Southern Boulevard sew
eIal hours before the lad met his death.
Inspector Mcciuslsy. who mas charge
of the investigation. declared early
in the day that his men had
traced the green car until they
hers practically certain who f!s omAvr
IS ana who the three men and women
who were In 1t are. Coroner Berry, who
Will conduct an inquest into the killing
OF the little boy, also announced that
certain intorna don MAD been obtained
as the result OF a systematic search or
every garage In ths city.
Ihe case ~ Y peculiarly aggravated
one. NOT only was the bag green ma
chine ,iying over the boulevard at fully
| forty miles an hour when II struck the
boy, but at the sight OF the little body
| being hurled In the alr the men and wu-
men in The car laughed as IL the tragedy
were line sport, and they did not turn
back 10 ofier aid IS the child; body
WAS crushed Into q shapeless mass
against one OF the steel pillars OF tho
| elevated structure Of the subway.
Though the car spsd away from the
scene OF the killing like the wind
there were half a dozen persons who
had witnessed the Staying and noted
the color and general style OF the auto
with sufficient attention to detail 10
enable them to. Identify It. It was q
big machine With a green body and
yellow runniag gear. 1t had q cover
made fast TO the body with straps ana
the tire q the rear right wheel seemed
With these facts inspector Mcclusky
assigned several detectives OF his Der,
sonai stan 10 the case. and Capt. Far
ris, OF the fremont station. sent a hail
dozen men to visit all the gara0es M
the city. On Saturday. v day after the
accident, the police announced that
they had a clue that. the green auto
beionged to q millionaire Harlem
brewer. They would not state TO-DAY
whether or not this clue had failed.