The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
KILBDBYB.F I. SHEPARDSC CAR
r. L. GRUNER or PASSATc. ". j..
MEETS INSTANT DEATH.
car SkIdded at krug's Corner and Caught
Gruner Panic In the Crowd-Leg o. q
NOrwalk boy Crushed Badly b. Tracy's
Machine m The Oyster Bay Road.

WI ANN - ~ W MN4CN :
Machine on The Oyster Bay Road.
One man was killed and two boys in
uued. one seriously, in accidents in the race.
Elliott r. Shepard'ecar killed Curt L.. Gruner
nj Passaic. N. j.. at Krug's corner. Ralph
Baldwin, son Of a dentist In Norwalk. Conn.
had his leg crushed on the Oyster Bay road
bv the car driven by Joseph Tracy. John
Brooks, a lad, was badly shaken UP st
Spinny Hill by the accident which put
out Or. Weillschott's machine.
Shepard's car skidded into the crowd
shat pressed upon the course just east Of
the railroad crossing near Krug's corner,
Mineola. II struck Gunner and hurled him
dead and mangled into the crowd Of specta-
tore. A woman who was struck by the body
tainted and others became hysterical.
The accident occurred in the sixth lap.
Shepard had made the sharp turn at KruR's
corner at p:26 o'clock in the fourth posi-
tion. making the lap in thirty minutes.
In The previous lap he had. passed Krug's
at $50. He was now just twelve minutes
behind Jenatzy, who had passed the turn
o. Ola o'clock in the third position.
Having passed the, railroad crossing
a few hundred feet east OF the turn, Shepard
forced his machine to the highest speed.
The racer bounded and whipped from one
SIDE Of The course to the other, while many
Of the spectators with the fascination OF
speed madness upon them stayed in the
middle Of the road up to the very limit
of safety. in spite Of the warnings OF the
officials of the course.
In one of the plunges the rear of the car
whipped close to the left side line and the
left rear wheel struck Gruner. He was
Nhirled to the ground and tossed against
the crowd. A severed human foot shot
twenty feet into the. air and dropped into
the road. The ans left DOT was cut OF,
his skull crushed on both sides and nearly
every bone was broken. Death was instant.
Postal cards in the dead mans pockets
were addressed to Curt l.. Gruner, box
272, Passaic, N. j. Another address found
was in care of the Andrew McLane Com
pany cotton mills, Passsio, N. j. He was
aforeman in the mill and lived at 1853 Hope
avenue in that city. He leaves a wife
and two children. He was 50 years old.
Deputy Sheriff c. W. Hewlett took charge
of the body and notified DR.. F. F. Sohick
Of the Nassau County Hospital, who was
At hrug's corner with ar ambulance, but
nothing could be done, Coroner j. +.
Remsen of Roslyn was also notified.
Coroner Remsen OF Mineola said last
night that he would arrest Elliott F. Shepard
for running over Gruner as soon as he
could get around to it. He said he would
probably take Shepard into custody to-day
if he could find him.
Shepard continued on his way after the
accident, but at East Norwich notified
W. X. Vanderbilt OF his withdrawal from
the race owing to the breaking Of the
crank shaft of his racer near Norwich
Corner.S
After he withdrew from the race Shepard
was asked about the killing of Gruner.
while making the turn at Krug's Corner"
said Mr.. Shepard. "a mar ran in'front Of
my car. l tried to swerve out Of the way,
but succeeded only partly. My left front
wheel struck him and threw him into the
air. He turned a summersault l went on.
! did not know how badly he was injured"
BOYS LEG CRUSHED BADLY.
The second serious accident of the day
occurred almost at the same moment Gruner
was killed. Tracy came down the Glen
Cove and Oyster Bay road at OPT o'clock
with terrific speed. He had Just COM
pleted the course in slightly more than
20 minutes and apparently did not
lessen his pace 20 take the almost
rectangular turn from the Glen Cove
and Oyster. Bay roa into the North
Hampstead turnpike until he was almost
upon it. At the last moment he made a
mighty effort to turn his machine, but too
late. Instead Of turning he dashed along
the Glen Cove and Oyster Bay road, knock
ing down a boy and almost amputating
his left leg. The crowd had been cheering
Tracy but at once scattered. The acct
dent did not stop Tracy. He. made a wide
detour and. just grazing a egraph pole
by a few inches, continued 0NDhis way.
The injured boy, Ralph Baldwin, was
standing with his father, a dentist Of Nor
walk, Conn and his uncle, in a crowd on
the Oyster Bay road at the junction with
the North Hampstead turnpike. When
Tracy, losing control of his car. headed for
the crowd on the corner the older members
Of the party jumped to ono side. The boy
jumped also, but, not being fast enough,
he was knocked down by the right front
wheel Of the car, and run oyeNby the hind
wheel Of the same side. When picked up
it was found that his leg had been broken,
the bones ~protruding through his stocking.
4 drunken man who had just been en-
Evening the crowd on the corner with his
remarks was knocked Town at the same
time, but escaped injury. He was sent
rolling across the road in a cloud OF dust.
Mrs. Charles Sherwood Fox Of Bridgeport,
Conn, was standing on a fence not six feet
from where the boy was struck. h fell
10 the ground fainting and was carried
to a nearby cottage and revived.
The local constables found it almost inn
possible to force the crowd bach from
the spot where the boy lay. A space was
cleared after awhile and DR.. A. II. Baldwin.
the uncle Of the hoy, had him carried into the
front parlor of the Norwich Hotel, which was
turned into an emergency hospital. Dr.James
,. Hall Of Oyster Bay, VINO had charge OF
the American Automobile Association I'M
hulance. was upon the scene almost as soon
az the accident happened, and wa joined
by Drs. G. W. Fuller and /. F. Barnes OF
Oyster Bay and by DIR. F.. B. Baker Of Nor
walk. Conn II was found that the boy
had sustained a compound fracture. The
five doctors held a consultation and IL was
decided not to amputate h leg. 1t was
dressed and placed in a temporary splint.
Young Baldwin was then carried to the
ambulance, and, accompanied by DR.. Hall
and by his father and uncle, was driven to
Oyster Bay. where he was taken on board
the steamer Victor, which left for Norwalk
Immediately after the races. He will be
treated in the Norwalk Hospital.
JOHNNY BROOKS SHAKEN UP.
The injuries to the other boy hurt occurred
when DR.. Weillschott's machine was put
ont Of the race on the North Hampstead
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