The Democratic advocate., 1907-11-29
AUTOMOBILE CASE.
Two Teams Run Away-Man Injured
and Horse Killed - Arrested at
Hotel - Hearing Before Justice
Shriver-TrIp to Littlestown.

Hotel - Hearing Before JuStiSe
Shriver-TrIp to Littlestown.
On October 21 astFrank l.. Carter and Will
liam j. Arrison were arrested at the Hote
Westminster on their way to the AUTOMOBILE
Show in New York. They were driving two
cars of the Carter Motor Car Corporation, o
Washington, d. c., which were to be exhibited
there. Word had been telephoned from Mt
Airy that in violation of law they had fallee
to stop their cars upon signal OF VIM. r
Cashour, whose team had been frightened by
them and the result was the running away OF
his horses, the death of one and the severe
injury of him.
After being arrested money was put up fol
their appearance before Police Justice Shriv
er, and The case was finally heard on Friday,
November 22. From the evidence it appeared
that the cars were not running at all, out that
the horses became frightened at the cronking
of one ofthe cars preparatory to starting. AS
there is no provision of the law relating to
the frightening fteams by automobiles while
at rest the prisoners were discharged.
Practically the whole Carter Motor Com.
pany was in the cars when the chautfeurs were
arrested, and they all appeared at the hearing.
That they had a strenuous time and were most
unfortunate in frightening horses appears from
the following interesting account OF the trip
from Washington to New York, which was
written by Mr.. Thomas S. Rice, the sporting
editor of the Washington Times, who accom-
panied them, and which appeared in Its issue
of October 81:
At Mt Airy there was halt to replenish
the supply of gasolene and scrutnize the new
engines. The neighbors gathered about, dis,
cussed the propositions under the hoods, and
gave advice about the route to Westminster.
Horses passed back and forth in The NINA.
ture plaza, the cars being drawn up to the
extreme right of the highway. When We were
ready to leave, Frank Carter gave one twist to
the crank, and the engine started In the red
car at a moderate rate, although the auto was
not set in motion. Meantime. nothing at all
had been done in the way of cranking the
black.
HOW ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
1t so happened that when Frank Carter
turned the crank there was passing at that
time a four horse team attached to big farm
wagon, and with man named VIM. Gosnel
riding the near-pole horse. With one leap
the four horses lit out. Turning to the lett,
they dashed into narrow road with slight
downward grade. At first, it was not realized
that the team was running away. Horses tre-
quently show little sprightliness when hear
ing an auto and almost Immediately quiet
down but after Cashour' steeds had gone about
fifty yards he and the spectators understood
his charges were beyond control.
Here, those who saw the accident most
clearly, state Cashour jumped, and IN dong so
caught his foot in a rem, which hurled him to
the ground and battered him up some. The
team, now crazed with the fear of its own
noise, swung to the left and hit the corner OF
IA barn, which brought it to sudden stop,
demolished the wagon and killed one of the
horses.
NOT BLAMED THEN.
Cashour, when he had recovered his breath,
sprung to his feet, went to the rescue of his
ratified equines, and did not appear seriously
hurt Other honest yeomanry aided him and
we thought comparatively little damage had
been done. We did not hurry away, but waited
to see whether anyone would charge US with
the accident.
Our only interrOgator was woman, VINO
sidled alongside the red car and asked:
(Which one of you all blew that horn p
She was told that nobody blew the horn,
which was positively true, and she retired dis
comfted. What she had to do with the case
was not clear, and her question did not ex,
plain matters.
As no one showed any inclination to blame
the automobiles. we bade Mt. Airy CHEEKY
adieu thinking the excitement was all over
which it wasn't.
From Mt. Airy to Westminster is Il hllly,
rocky run, in which you climb steep grades
and descend sleeper ones. It's bad enough
going and would hate to come back that
way.
ANOTHER RUNAWAY.
Halt way between the two towns another
l. ,fDll tor
less buggy in which were two women, one
young and one middle, aged. Both machines
slowed down, the women got out, and the
elder of the TWO grabbed her horses head.
To show how gallant he could be, the trusty
machinist aligated and told the fair one in
distress he would show her how to control
fractions animal; whereupon she let go. The
black car passed without a sign from the
horse, but as the red one slowly moved by he
pricked up his ears and made slight prance.
Not until then was it known that the ma
chinist knew even less about horses than the
guide books know about the shortest way to
New York. The rise of the nag torefoot in
a bluff at being frightened was enough tor the
knight of the monkey wrench. He released
his hold On the bride and jumped back.
Having nothing else to do, the animal went
off through the woods, taking branch road
IL
that wild-eyed Dobbin was rough work. The
only man who went the distance was Selby
Burch, who used to break records in TIE
Washington high schools. He shed most OF
his raiment by degrees and continued the pur-
suit.
The rest of us stayed behind and gossiped
about the machinist. In this we were assisted
by the older of the Two women, who delivered
a continuous performance mOnologue on Incl.
fciency of that young man as hostler ana
the peril of autos to lone females on the high
way. The holy cause of temperance received
a big boost from the fact there there was no
saloon within 10 miles Stirred to action by the
pointed conversation of the indignant female,
we set out aimlessly and hopeessly on the trail
of the fleeing nag the fleet Burch, and the
determined younger woman, who had also
disappeared through the trees.
Three quarters of a mile from the starting
point we met Burch driving back, with the
young woman comfortably and coyly occupy
ing the other half of the seat. He had over
aken the hurrying buggy, climbed over the
back, then climbed out on horse. and brought
it to a stop, for the reins had been broken.
Turning about, he had picked up ihe maiden
and was driving back to receive due recognl-
ton as the hero kid. Yet, some folk say
athletics in the high schools accomplish no
good results.
THE LOST Is FOUNh
Greeting Burch with loud acclaim, we In.
formed him he was the best that ever hap
pened, and all hastened back to the main road (,
to assure the conversationalist everything Was
al! right. She seemed pleased, but not hap,
py She had said she estimated that outfit
minus herself aud the girl-at 1876, and its
return should have brought her great comfort.
Instead, she began roofing around in the
buggy. and before we could get away, an
Further, she stated, as she took running
jump into the interrupted monologue, that if
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