New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
LICENSE FOR DRIVERS
BROKAW,S SUGGESTION.
Martin Fatality Starts Discussion
Chauffeur Not IN Court.

Chauffeur Not an Court.
William Gould Brokaw. brother-in-law Of James
E Martin vino killed on Sunday in an auto
mobile accident in Broadway, Flushing. made the
following statement yesterday:
There have been altogether too many people killed
during the last six months IN automoole driV i
and believe something should be done to rehi i5S
myself. and think that all chauffeurs should pc
operate In France, where the automoone
is in the highest state Of perfection and great
every chauffeur is licensed and has to pass very
rigid examination before he is allowed TO take
We should have the same law in this country.
lives in their hands without having previously
passed kind of an examination? Ihere
locomotive engineers are examined Their eyesight
an8 6ef in heh any on es can be blamed the
chauffeur like the engineer, should be heId re-
sponsibe. The laws should be similar for both:
In accident where there is neglect on the part
Of the chauffeur he should be punished Gy GRIM.
inaI action think if such an examination we're
had and such law passed It would 90 n i 1t, TO
country or course; the law coulo net De 5iL
to interfere with the owner OF an autotnoDi,e' 0a
proper manner.
Mr.. Brokaw said that the chauffeur in charge OF
the machine in which Mr.. Martin riding met
with a similar accident Long Island last sum
coach ahead Of the car this chauffeur ditched his
machine, throwing Its occupants 10 the grouHo.
believed the accident could have been avoided II
the chauffeur had applied the brakes when he first
saw the coach ahead
MR. sCARRITT OPPOSED TO PLAN.
Winthrop e scarritt ex-president of the Auto
mobile Club of America, when told last night of
Mr.. Brokaw's suggestion that licensing chaufeurs
would prevent many serious accidents. said:
wholly disagree with Mr.. Brokaw: What differ
license? 1t is merely case of shifting the blame
F t6 of oTd not suG6 op reckless driving Many
Of the accidents that have occurred have been
Frenchmen who are skilled drivers. excellent me.
chanics and thoroughly understand the running OF
cars Couldn't these men easily get license under
remedy, as have said before, that would prob
revoke temporarily drivers State certificate when
the first offence period Of two weeks for the
o0s e driver wond eVdeny learn by this
means that he was taking the bread and butter
iessness. I recently had a talk with Police Com
missioner McAdoo and made such suggestions to
pened have been caused by the drivers taking out
be a misdemeanor, and punishment for such an
offence would do much to lessen the number OF
While I am very sorry for the terrible accident
ma eS u hf di!s 70 s+ snaadinS No vnu can,T
chauffeur had taken ten successful examinations
MR. MARTINS FUNERAL TOMORROW.
The funeral of Mr.. Martin will be held at his
5th-ave home tomorrow morning at Ii o'clock
The burial, which will be private. will be at
Trinity Cemetery. It was said last night that
Mrs. Martin doing well as could be ex-
pected, although still suffering from the shock.
The persons injured III the accident which caused
Mr. Martins death were said last night to be
getting along nicely. AT the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Bacon, No. 15S West 57th-st. it was
learned that both confined to their beds, but
that no complications had set IN, and they would
probably be about in few days. Mrs. Edward
A Manice and ]. Allen Townsend were both up
and about, and, with the exception of few slight
bruises, the worse for their experience.
CHAUFFEUR NOT IN COURT.
Alexander Faure the chauffeur Of the automo-
bile which overturned Sunday afternoon, caus-
ing the death Of Mr.. Martin, failed to appear in
the Flushing police court yesterday morning to
answer the charge of criminal negligence made
against him by Mounted Policeman Lawrence j.
Mcmahon of the 18th Precinct. There was
crowd of spectators in the courtroom when the
chauffeurs was called The case was set
aside for a time and just before the court ad-
tourred at noon 1t called again, but
Faure not present and there was no one
to represent him Mcmahon, who arrested taure
as soon as he learned that Mr. Martin was dead,
in court ready to give his testimony he
was released on bail Sunday night he complained
that his legs seemed stiff and that he was sore
The complaint filed against Faure and which
with "wilfully unlawfuy and carelessly running
an automobile on public highway and attempt
without sackening speed and thereby causing
The form of the complaint is decidedly different
from that made out for the usual automobile viola
inv for the accident that caused Mr. Martins death
mobile party is directly charged against the G1auI-
feur The regular form Of proceedings Woud al
carelessness on the part of some one and leave
to the cororers jury the duty OF placing the re-
Thomas 5. wInets. who lives in Broadway.
CURED furnished bali for FauTe in the Flushing
police station on Sunday night. MAGISTRATE CON
statement and the facts in case. be would take
no steps 10 cause the rearrest OF the cnauTe4r RuI
morning He said he felt entirely satisfied that
his physical condition and TO 10 other reason
AUTOMOBILE BADLY DAMAGED.
The wrecked automobile was taken late Sunday
night to the garage of H. D. Aldrich. No. 1O7
Broad way, Flushing. Mr.. Aldrich made thorough
examination of the machine yesterday and found
that it's greatest injury was on the left side The
body of the machine had decided list TO the left
and the mud guard of the front wheel on that side
WAS gone and Soe Or me @ e} fo5t %e
was wrenched so that it will have TO be replaced.
story of the accident. Fully one-half of them
were cut away on the inside, which indicated that
came repeatedly in contact with some OF the ma
that the wheel. IN all probability. had been TANNED
many times against the steering gear. MI Aldrlch
said that It would cost probably 500 to make the
repairs The automobile is of the 1906 model. and
the trip Sunday was its first.
Broadway was measured yesterday at the point
where the accident occurred. and It is sixty feet
wide. There sidewalks. There is q thirty
foot strip of macadam the centre of the highway.
The cutters originally about five feet below
the crown Of the street. Some two months ago the
gas mains extended from Flushing 10 Bay
side, and the pipes were laid in a trench along the
south side of the road. The earth in the trench Is
still soft, and that which caused the auto
mobile oYerturn. The course followed by the car
peculiar. When Faure swung to one side TO
pass the automobile ahead of him. he evidently mis-
calculated the distance An examination of the
marks In the soft earth yesterday indicated that