The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-28

himself up with Morris last night, hav-
Ing gotten as far as the West Twenty
third street ferries. which was the last
place Morris had seen him, he told the
police.
There is no denying that the autoists
had been drinking when they struck
Jacobs. say the police, who have heard
Of their presence in several saloons. Nor
ris and all of the men in the auto knew
that they had struck Jacobs. One of them
wanted TO stop and see how badly he was
hurt. Who this man was Is not known.
Scott. who is still locked up at headquar-
ters. after being arrested early last night
at the Morris home in Woodside avenue.
SAYS that he thinks 1t was Meyers who
said: Let us stop"
Scott, the negro in the automobile party,
told the police he stood up to see how
badly Mr.. Jacobs WINS hurt. and Meyer
also looked back after the collision.
WAS he hurt much?" some one asked,
to whic Meyers replied that he was
killed.
stop and go back there said one
voice. "but no attention was paid to IT,
said Scott.
Scott does not know who 1t was that
urged Morris to stop, but Is certain thai
some one did.
III WASH l my Iaull, WIS tHe teJohiuoA
Morris made as he let the machine con-
tinue its fast pace down Broad street.
If the mayors authority is sufficient
no expense viii be spared to apprehend the
others in the party. now believed 10 be IN
hiding in New York, and no precautions
that are possible will be in future too
costly to make the streets of this city
safe for pedestrians.
Chief OF Police Corbitt admits that a
mistake was made in not communicating
with Metuchen when Elizabeth, New
Brunswick, Trenton and other places along
the line had been communicated with. The
chief WAS emphatic In declaring that the
death of Mr.. Jacobs was mansiaughter and
thut the guilty parties should be appre-
hended and given the laws limit. The
chief also condemned the nonobservance
of speed regulations and other disregard
for human life displayed by many auto
drivers.
He said that he recognized the fact that
Broad street, especially. Is a thorough
fare upon which pedestrians should be
protected.
II have again and again instructed the
mounted men detailed along Broad and
Market streets to particularly see TO II
that automobiligts are made to observe
the speed laws said the chief.
To show the rate at which the automo-
bile was travelling the force Of the collision
threw the derby hat worn by Jacobs into
the automobile when 1t struck him. De-
tective-Sergeant Kuhn found the hat late
last night at SCOTS home after the negro
had told how he had discovered a hat In
the automobile and had worn 1t back tC
Newark. Scott said that his own head.
gear WAS lost and that the initials wv,
J." or I'M. j." were I'm the derby which
he found In the auto. The hat taken tc
headquarters by Sergeant Kuhn has the
initials IN. j." and was bought from
n halter on Eighth avenue, New York
That 1t was owned by Mr.. Jacobs appears
from the statement made by the under
taker who prepared the body for burial
He says that no hat was among the effects
taken by him from the hospital after Mr.
Jacobs's death.
Prior IL the arrest OF Scott the
police and Marshal Fouratt discovered
the Morris automobile abandoned close tc
the Edison Works, at Menlow Park. The
machine had been driven into a path hid
den by foliage, and showed evidences OF
having been occupied as sleeping quarters
during the night. This is apparently 50
from the statement of the negro Scott,
who declares that he was sent from Me
tuchen to Elizabeth to search for an auto
mobile repair shop. DR.. Morris and The
others said they would stick to the ear
until Scott returned with another automo-
bile TO tow them home.