The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-23
gDpT N DIAMOND JIM'S AUTO
MISS HARRIET W.ATERS'S SKULL
BtELY FRACTURED.

n lI'f4ll'Sl4V
a. Rrady and three Of his friends was
'tad on the Merrick road between
s.I4rin and Rockville Centre, L. I.
a.,erday afternoon, One OF the party
e.. Harriet Waters. whose address
~as given az 2os West Fifty-ffth street,
,.oeiyed a compound fracture of the skull
~ was reported to be dying in the Nassau
uosoital at Mineola late last night,
ntbers IN the machine we're Fred Hous-
.ar NJ the banking and brokerage firm OF
Housman & Co., and Miss Edna R.
Hn..rley. who lives at Columbus emit
'I saventy-frst street, All Of these and
sLa driver, Hugo Dotzer OF SOL West Forty
s,.h street. we're thrown out of thakmaohine
and badly shaken up.
The party was proceeding east along
, ia Ne rick road and the car was travel
In, at high speed. About half way be-
.~ssn Rockville Centre and Baldwin the
NV shot across a small bridge and then
sred down a steep incline in the road, At
tba foot Of the hill there was a slight de-
r,ssslon caused by the recent laying of a
drain pipe. The front wheels landed in
his depression. throwing the steering
gear around
The 0ElNtl, DONDCAp VI Oa W
,Ms bv swinging the machine quickly to
,be right. The steering wheel answered
,ore easily than he thought it would. The
machine shot to the right side of the road
and crashed into a telephone pole.
An hands we're hurled out on h hard
nscadam turnpike. Brady, who was
..atad In front with the driver, landed
,Iopsaide Of Housman, who was the first
"A regain his feet after the spill. Hous-
man found he had escaped injury, but
Bradv was stunned for a time. Miss Waters
had landed on her head and lay uncon-
.dors in the roadway. Miss Macauley,
although stunned for a moment and badly
.bsken up, had escaped other injuries.
The driver OF the machine landed on the
sde Of the roadway and wasn't even
scratched.
All hands devoted their attention i'm
\ nsdiatelv to the unconscious young woman,
The accident occurred almost directly in
fropt Of the country place Of George A.
Barker and word was t~elephoned from there
n the nearest hospital, the Nassau, in
vineola. DR.. William j. Steele of Bald
win was also summoned and he ADVISED
that the injured woman be taken to a hospl-
raj as speedily as possible.
The party then called out to assing
automobiles, asking that some one take
the injured woman to Mineola. They say
! that the inhumanity of these Automobiles
vas astounding. as at least ten cars passed
by, the occupants saying they didn't lave
1 -ms 10 s,op. Finally a man, who Is said to
i've az the Waldorf Astoria. came along,
with a big car and offered his services.
Miss Waters was placed in this car and
/ ,,companied by Housman and Dr. Steele
ne was hurried toward Mineola. About a
mile and a half from that place they met
the Nassau Hospital ambulance and the
unconscious woman was transferred TO II.
Holsnan continued on to the hospital
and ~telephoned for his private physician
Or John A. Bodine Of 9 East T~hirty-ninth
greet, The latter said he you'd hurry to
| Wneola as fast as an automobile could
axe him.
DR.. Louis Lanehart. the chief surgeon OF
he Nassau Hospital, examined the INJURY
N Miss Waters and said that she nad sus-
4 aimed a compound fracture Of the Skull.
] He held out little hope for her recovery.
Brady's car, which was 4 big Mercedes
In4 Valued at $1,000, was completely
wrecked. Brady t%elephoned to this city
for another machine to bring him, Miss
Macaulev and the driver back to town
A. first an attempt was made on the part
n Brady and his uninjured companions to
conceal their identity. At the Nassau
E3srital it was said that a request had been
made that the m of the injured woman
and those who had been in the machine
] with her be not made public, and that as
I the Younger woman was a private patent
the bospital authorities could give no in
formation.
Dotzer, the driver of the machine. was
taken before Justice Archer Wallace and
Questioned concerning the occupants OF
the machine. He was placed under oath'
and stated that one of them was his en-
ployer. James B. Brady of ! West Eighty
sixth street, this city. The drive declared
that he didn't know who the others were,
Is he had been in the employ of Brady
only for the last six weeks, and therefore
did not know much about his friends or
associates.
At Brady's residence in this city the
butler said that he hadn't been informed
Of the accident. All that he knew was
that Mr.. Brady had gone for an
rde on Long Island with a party OF friends
It was said in Mineola last night that
the injured woman was in the millinery
business in Fifth avenue.
The car, when it struck the telephone
POLE, smashed it go that b wires were
orn down.
Diamond Jim Brady is one of the pic
tlresque characters Of New York. he
Is well known in sporting circles, especially
On the racetracks. He owns the crack
thoroughbred Oiseau, for which he paid
800. Brady is the vice-president Of the
Standard Steel Car Company, with ot1ces
At 10 Broadway. He is also director IN
the Mdgnus Metal Company. He is a
taniliar figure around the theatres and
UPTOWN restaurants. He got his sobriquet
oFing to a marked fondness he has for
diamonds, He carried a cane the handle
o. which is studded with the stones, an
umbrella similarly adorned, and has dia-
nonds in the buttons of his waistcoat.
tsady is a large, robust man and very popu-
ar In many circles.
Houslnan is a familiar figure in Wall
Steet and among sporting men,
EDNA Macauley lives with her sister at
West Ssventy-first street.
MI The address piyan for Miss Waters is