The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-23
AUTO CARNAGE GROWS
IN NEW YORK SINCE JAN. 793 PERSONS KILLED OR INJURED.
Small Fine Only Penalty--No Guilty Owner or Driver Yet Punished for MansIaughter-Heartl
 is Shown.
New York Special.

New York Special.
 No longer need the jugger- naut of Pagan India hang its head in shame. Its horrors are mild in comparison with the slaughter of the innocents by the modern juggernaut of the auto in this Christian land of America. Since January 1, the auto mobile accidents in New York and vi- cinity have numbered 793. Of these forty-three were in the week just elapsed. In sixty-two cases men, wo- men and children were done to death. From the whole number may be select ed between fifty and seventy which have rendered their victims permanent cripples.
 And yet no guilty owner or driver of a murderous automobile has been pun ished for manslaughter The severest penalty has been @ moderate fine, and many have even escaped paying this blood money.
 Of the sixty-two fatal accidents fif- ty-three of them took place when the owner of the automobile was in the car. It is an awful list which presents these facts, but the record is just the bare truth. In twenty-seven of those fatal cases the owner was at the wheel. Those twenty-seven cases were repre- scented by twenty-three members of li- censed clubs, which offer their standing as an objection to legislation adverse to automobile interests,
 Reckless Millionaire.
 In the list of accidents referred to is the record of one millionaire whose machines have killed two men. This millionaire's automobiles have figured in thirteen accidents. in which. in addi- tion to the two killed, nine persons have been injured, five permanently. He Is proverbially the most reckless driver in New York He is a member in high standing of one of the automo- bile clubs. has been an officer since its formation and Is a member of it's inn portant committees. He has been ar rested since Jan. 1 of this year five times. No case has come to trial. There are, however four cases pending In which he is held in bonds from $500 to $1,000. He is an active advocate Tn the automobile clubs for enforcing the penalties against speeding on the high ways. Out of the five times his ma chines were pulled up this year he was at the wheel himself four times. The fifth time he was In the car.
 Reginald Vanderbilt is a sample of the fast driver. though he has killed no { one. He has been arrested four times since Jan. 1-once in Rhode Island. once in Connecticut, once fin Long Is- land and once in Greater New York. Tn Rhode Island he deposited the bail of $20 and let the charge go by de- fault In Connecticut he paid the fine exacted, $10, and went his way. In Nassau County he did the same, but be- Ing held in Manhattan he appeared be- fore the Court of Special Sessions. pleaded guilty, paid $10O fine and drove on.
 HenrtIessness is shown.
 There have been every now and again accidents which are aggravated by the utmost heartlessness. The other day a man was run down in Brooklyn by an automobile in which in addition to two men were two women. One of the wo- men shrieked out. Get on, Harry, you have killed him." and the automobile fled, leaving the victim dead on the ground. The occupants of the car es- capped. A few days before that party fin a touring car and apparently under the influence of liquor pursued an eouestrienne up Central Park West, footing their horn. The horse ran away and threw it's rider violently, dis locating her shoulder and breaking her ankle bone. The tourists went laugh