New-York tribune., 1908-08-15
F. R. THOMAS INJURED
s-TO RAMS 4 CARRIAGE.
Former Bankers Leg Broken at
Long Branch.

r-,nch " J. Aug. 14-E- r Thomas.
- banker and racehorse owner. whose
x-.iai troubles have appeared In the public
=. more or less Of late, was seriously injured
;er. ,n this town. when the automobile in
-,icr he was riding struck and wrecked a car
containing several New Workers. who were
,-,-.,,z at Cedar and Ocean avenues The
so-<.s attached TO the carriage were both in
81 killed. the occupants of the carriage
-, =, all directions and Mr.. Thomas and
-. chauffeur hurled twenty feet to one side of
the roadway
. ,,x feet but Mr.. Thomas lay stunned in the
..,s.sv and on examination il was found that
-. left leg was broken at the knee and that he
70. suffering from many contusions-
The occupants of the carriage all escaped seri
- ,r,u-v. with the exception of Daniel Con-
Ii. the driver. whose colarbone was broken.
According 10 witnesses Of the accident Mr-
--ho,,es who was driving the car. was trav
.uins az sixty miles an hour. After the acci-
ss,+ .he chauffeur was arrested and had not
,ssn hailed out az late hour tonight.
The Mace where the accident occurred is near
,.ve-a1 OF the largest bathing beaches. and
.houssud focked TO the scene The carriage,
which is owned by Erniel Seelig who conducts
= boarding stable at No. 22S West oath street,
New York. had been hired by the day by Hyman
rnhsn. New Yorker, who is spending the sum-
-,e- here with his family, occupying the cottage
,znea bv ex-Police Superintendent William
Murrar. Of New York
Mr. Cohen, with Tobias Holman. Mrs Cohen,
Mss Cohen and the driver. had driven TO
hsthbouse, and after leaving his wife and
saurhter had started for drive and had
reached Cedar and Ocean avenues. when the
,ocident occurred. Mr.. Cohen and Mr.. Holman
,rsre sitting in the rear seat of the carriage,
which is two seated affair. and Connolly
had turned into Cedar avenue, when the auto
mobile which contained Thomas and his chauf-
feIr struck him.
Cohen and Holman. sitting on the rear seat,
escaped the full force of the collision, but were
tossed out Of the carriage. Connolly was not
90 fortunate and was jammed in between the
horses and the carriage Both horses were
thrown high in the air. The automobile which
is owned by s P. Lewis, badly damaged
When seen later at the police station here
Johnston said that Mr.. Thomas had been driv-
ing the car. and that they were on their way
from Lakewood. where Mr.. Thomas had trans
acted some business. He also said that just
before the accident Mr.. Thomas had COM
planned Of having soemthing in his eye. and
when the accident happened was removing his
glasses and had intended to slow down
Nj Thomas has figured in automobile troubles
before. On February Il, 1903. while driving his
automobile at Convent avenue and 130th street.
he ran over and killed Harry Thies, and was
suedsfor $4,000 2 verdict of SS,125 being award
ed against him ON numerous occasions he has
been arrested charged with speeding, breaking
the traffic rules. and using and having conflict
ing numbers on his machine on one occasion
he incurred the ire of Magistrate Crane, who
gave him a long lecture about the rights of
persons who did not own automobiles.
On February p Of the last year, with Orlando
F Thomas. he was indicted for manipulating
the funds If the Provident Savings Life Assur
ance Society for their benefit, in violation
Of the state insurance laws He also figured
as defendant in suit brought by the Ma
tional Bank of North America to get control of
valuable property in Newport, r. /. supposed
10 be owned by Thomas in order to liquidate
claim against him. accumulated during Charles
" Morses administration Of the bank.