The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-01
POLICE NOT
BLAMED BY
SUPERIORS
Escape Adverse Action by
Board at Inquiry Into
JacObS'S Death.
BAN ON SPEEDING AUTOS
Motor Cycle Squad Will Be on
the Alert for Violators..Ne.
cessity of Better Safe
guarding Pedestrians Is
Emphasized.
BAN ON SPEEDING AUTOS

Provisions were made yesterday
afternoon by the Police Board to es-
tablish q motor cycle squad of four
men to prevent over-speeding on the
part Of automobile drivers in this city.
The squad will be placed at streets
and where auto drivers are
known to be violating the speed law
and endangering life and limb with
their reckless driving.
This was decided upon by the board,
at a meeting at which Mayor Hauss-
ling had asked that action be taken to
abate reckless driving of automobiles
in this city. The board held a long
secret session and afterward an open
meeting, which was a sort of a public
investigation into the facts of the kill
ing of Marcus ]. Jacobs and what the
police did in the matter.
So far as the investigation went the
police were absolved of all blame as
to the arrest of the guilty party that
run down and killed Mr.. Jacobs.
Captain Carroll was asked IL he had
not done all in his power to apprehend
the four men in the automobile which
ran down and killed Jacobs, and he
said that he had. He said that the
police had notified all the nearby towns,
but no mention was made of Metuchen
either by the board or the police.
Captain Carroll said that he was
first notified of the accident at eight
minutes of S. He said hat this was
about % minutes after the police of
the First Precinct station lar received
word that an ambulance was needed
at the corner of Broad and West Park
streets.
Asked if this was a delay Carroll
| sale 1t was not, as it would take easily
% minutes for an ambulance to get to
st. Barnabas's Hospital and back to
the First Precinct station with the re-
port of the mans condition.
Acting Captain Caffrey said that he
had notified headquarters of the acct
dent as soon as he learned of it through
the policemen hat were on the spot.
Acting Captain Caffrey, of the First
Precinct station; Acting Captain Ebert,
of the Second Precinct station; Captain
Christie, of the Third; Captain Vogel,
Of the Fourth, and Captain Ubhaus. of
the Fifth, were present at the inves-
tigation. Fash in turn was asked what
Had been done toward carrying out the
law with respect to ~overspeeding in
their precincts. Captain Vogel said
that he had four or five men fined $40
in his precinct for violating the speed
law.
Captain Ubhaus declared that his
mounted policemen tried to stop the
speeding on Central avenue, but the
one arrest made resulted in a discharge
for the autoist charged with breaking
the law. Captain Christie said that
since he assumed command of the
Third Precinct station no complaints
had been made to him of over-speeding.
President Bladder asked each of the
captains and acting captains if an orr
der a been read to the men warn
ing them about the speed of automo-
biles on their posts. All said such or
ders had been read from time to time.
Satisfied with this the board went no
further in questioning the captains.
Commissioner Kane was very in
sistent thai the police officers do some
thing to try and stop the violation OF
| the law by auto drivers. You must
get the numbers on the machines"
said Commissioner Kane. ''If you in
struct the men to order the auto drivers
to halt, 1 think that they will, n In
the event of their refusing it is a sim
Pile matter to get the numbers"
Captain Carroll vas then questioned
for about five minutes about his di-
rection of the work to get the men in
the machine that ran down Mr..
Jacobs. He aid that only two of the
party were not under arrest, but that
the police expected them tc surrender
as soon as they can get bail. DR.. w.
"A. McFarlane, Captain Carroll said,
is being sought and will be arrested
whether he has bail or not. The man
known to the police as Myers has
| not been caught yet, but Carroll said
he hoped to have him soon.
The captains of the five precincts
were instructed to place bicycle police
men at the points where the speeding
has been going on in their precincts. AS
soon as the motor cycles arrive the
bicycle policemen at these points will
be replaced by mon mounted on motor