The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-26

MARTINS LIFE CRUSHED
vile Saw Him KilIsd-Nx In Big
Psnhsrd Touring Car Injured
Chauffeur Held.

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racing al = mile = minute past . fu'
neral procession 10 overtake the auto
mobile of his sou that James ~ Mar.
tins great ffy horsepower ranhari
tsna-d turtle AZ broadway aud White
stone road. Flushing. sunday even
ins. instantly crushing the lie out "
its millionaire owner aud injuTing 90.
cry on- Of the ala persons wbo had
bern his companions Ia The Wild racr.
Mr.. Martin. IN her son's car. who
saw her husband Guns beadlons
through the air 60 fell under the wrcck'
agc ~ the somsrsauiiins car. l. Ia q
criticai condition from shock aud pros
uation. and the tragedy may have
douby tragic sequel
Tho victims Of the disaster are;
james y. Martin Of Sc fifih avenue.
retired banker and brother Of Bradley
Martin. skull crushed: dead. Daniel
Bacon. back badly hurt. injured In
tcrnally. Mrs. Daniel Bacon. legs cut
and bruised. Mrs. Edward A. Ala.
nice. the famous golfng expert. coSiu.
sions about body aud head. Stacy
CLARK. back. shoulders. head and les
bruised and cut Mrs. J. Allen Town
send. inccrations aud Commissions. Alex.
andcr faurc. chauffeur. bruised aud
cut about the head and shoulders.
AFR and Mrs. Martin had Just given
n luncheon nc the Oakland Golf club
nc BaysIdc Nr. Martin and his wife.
who was Florence Ilrokaw. sister 60
w. Gould Brokaw. were notable auto
mobile enthusiasts. spending much
time In tours on Long Island and fire.
qucntly going back and forth between
their town house and their country
residence.
The Martins were joined AT the club
house after luncheon 10y their son.
James T.. Martin. Jr. and his wife.
who was Miss Gladys Robinson. The
younger Martins had been NJ luncheon
at the house Of Cord Meyer. Jr.. nj
BaysIdc.
The whole party left the clubhouse
bound TO New York In three automo-
biles.
In his Mercedes ear Mr.. Martin. Jr.,
with his mother beside him. was lead
ing the way. He had gained n consid.
cradle lead. Mr.. Martin. Sr., ordered
his chauffeur. n man used 10 daring
the dangers Of the road and race track.
to let tue Panhard out and take the
lead. The son, detecting the move,
opened his lever to the last notch.
There was funeral procession In the
road. but the laboring automobiles
swept past the carriages and the
hearse like wheeled whirlwinds. going
10 the very edge Of the macadam to
avoid collisions. The Panhard, by all
accounts. was travelling sixty or sixty
five miles an hour.
On Broadway the older Martin told
his driver to pass the Mercedes ut
once.
At this place an open ditch four feet
deep ends just beyond where the two
autos were drawing abreast.
Faure In swerving to the left ran the
left front wheel Of his car against the
soft earth where the trench had been
filed In.
That wheel thudded against the edge
OF the trench and sank almost to the
hub In the soft earth. The effect of this
and of the high momentum was to send
the huge car up in the air poised on
that unlucky left front wheel. For one
dizzy instant 1t hung in that position
and then fell down to the left of the
road.
According to some accounts, the au-
tomc5ile turned one complete somer-
sault and part Of another. Anything
travelling mile minute or better is
likely to do unusual things IL suddenly
and violently halted.
Mr.. Martin was flung high in the air.
He dropped with tremendous force I'M
der the upturned machine, and it set
tied on his head
His wife, looking back from the other
car, saw the whole thing. She scream
ed and tainted
Faure was taken prisoner to the
Flushing hospital. There he was held,
the police charging him with homicide
In that, as they asserted, he had caused
Mr.. Martins death through negligence