Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-15
DIED LIKE A HERO
CHAUFFEUR LOSES LIFE RATHER
THAN KILL OTHERS.

A dlSpatch from Central valley, N. T..
says: Dashing in a runaway automobile
down the Snake road. which winds over q
dizzy ledge Of the Ramapo mountains. with
sheer drop Of one hundred feet to the
valley below and finding his pathway
blocked by another automobile containing
Miss Cutting daughter Of r. Fulton Cut
ting and friend. Louis Lieber yesterday
afternoon. to avoid a collision that would
be almost certainly fatal. threw his own life
into the balance and was killed.
AS he rounded a sharp curve on the steep
descent at express train speed Leber saw
the Cutting landaulet climbing the noun
tain road just short distance below. In
stantly he reached his courageous deter
mination and acted. He damned the ener-
gency brake on tight, ripping the machinery
to scrap iron and throwing the heavy car to
the right about. But its momentum was
not to be arrested and 1t skidded to the out
side edge of the road struck boulder and
threw a somersault pinnng Lieber in the
wreckage.
Moment Of Terrible Suspense.
The high-powered landaulet in which Miss
Cutting and young woman friend were
climbing the tortuous road on their way
home to Tuxedo Park from Central Valley
was driven by a chauffeur named Dunn.
They had no warning Of danger until Lie
ber's runaway racing car whfrled into sight
from above coming at terrific speed.
There was no chance of the two cars
passing, and 1t seemed to be question OF
whether the driver of the flying racer would
send his car crashing over the ledge into
the valley below or would smash the Cut
ting automobile from his path.
Chauffeur Dunn also acted instantly He
shouted wildly to Miss Cutting and her
friend to hold on for their lives, and, apply
ing full power, sent the big landaulet crash
ing through the rocks and underbrush up
the mountain side until 1t swerved against
a tree and was held there by the axle OF
one of the front wheels.
Car Suspended at Edge Of Road.
The wrecked racing car was lying bal
anced over the valley on the edge Of the
road below, within a few feet Of where the
Cutting automobile had left the road but
moment before, and Lieber, even at the sac
rif1ce Of his life, had prevented a greater
tragedy only by fraction of second.
w. A. Mcclellan, treasurer Of the Arden
runaway car go through Arden at speed
of sixty miles an hour and take the Snake
road at its fearful speed, telephoned
warning to Turner's and then. with David
Marcum, jumped into his touring car and
gave chase, certain that some accident
would happen.
He could not overtake the runaway, but
arrived at the scene Of the accident, near
e. H. Harriman's estate, minute or two
after it occurred and just as Miss Cutting
and her companion were being assisted
position on the mountain side.
Find Lieber Crushed.
Mcclellan and Marcum went to the as
sistance Of Lieber. crushed and bleeding
from a wound in his temple and another
in his side, while one of the Misses Cut
ting, realizing that all danger was not
over, stationed herself in the middle Of
the roadway above the wreck just in time
to warn Mr.. Russell Young, who came
laundering around one Of the dangerous
curves in a powerful touring car.
ALI present then joined in immediate
measures of relief and in efforts to clear
the road. Mr.. Young assisted Mr.. McClel-
Ian and Mr.. Macrum in releasing Lieber
from beneath the wreckage of his car, with
Chauffeur Dunn succeeded in releasing the
Cutting landaulet which was only slightly
damaged, and bringing it back on the road.
AS soon as this had been accomplished the
injured man was placed in the Cutting au-
tomobile and Dunn drove up the mountain
road to Tuxedo Park.
Dunn carried Lieber to the Office Of DR..
H. E. Wise, but the brave man died In his
arms.
care the Ladies Safer"
Lieber had regained consciousness for a
brief moment when the wrecked car was
lifted from his body. He looked about him
and asked: Are the ladies-safe?" in a
voice that sank to a whisper. Then he re-
lapsed into unconsciousness. He probably
died without realizing that the two cars
had not crashed together, an end that ne
had sacrificed his life to prevent
After the wreckage of the heavy racing
|, car had been pulled to a point on the road
where 1t was longer menace to travel
Mr.. Young took Miss Cutting and the other
young woman in his car and drove them to
their home in Tuxedo They were slightly
bruised and were suffering from nervous