New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
AUTO KILLS PHYSICIAN
DR T. p. FLINT VICTIM.
Seabnght On. j. Chaufeurs Joy
Ride" Ends IN jail.
rRv relepraph 10 The tribune. ]

seah-seht. Y J. July 25-Dr. Carleton p Flint
Of No I97 West 18Th street. New York. died here
early to-day from injuries received from an auto
mobile owned by John W. Masury. paint manu-
<art,,rer of New York. The car was driven oy
Mr.. Nasiry's chauffeur. who had previously been
carrying a servant girl and a bootbiack IN the
machine The chauffeur Louis lie Francois oi
No las West Io4th street, New York waived eA-
..,ins.ion To-day on charge of manslsughter'
ana was committed tie county jail at Free
hold in default bail A special grand jury VIII
b. inape-elled handle the case
d. Flint received his mortal injuries in front
of .ta railroad station He had been with DR.. w.
Gill Nylie at a professional consultation at water
witch and was on his way back TO New YORK.
DIR Wvlte took tim to the station in his auto
-nrhIle They left the car. and Dr. Flint started
across the road TO the station. with Dr. "Fhe
shor, distance behind him. 1t was then that the
car driven bv lie Francois swept past the sta
tion at what some OF the spectators say was a
for1y-rnile pace.
The car passed between the two physicians but'
while il missed striking DR.. Wylie, one OF the
fr-ans caught DR. Flint the hip. and the I'M
nact hurled him twenty feet ahead He fel! di-
rectIy in the path OF the car, and when 1t reacned
hin, he was caught beneath IN the gearing ana
dragged eighty feet before the chauffeur could
stop the machine. The accident occurred at Iz'i-
O'clock this morning. and DR. Flint was earned
unconscious TO Dr. wylfe's summer home. where
he died an hour ,ater. His head was crushed ana
his ankles were fractured.
Te Francois who is only nineteen years OLD, was
arrested and then the circumstances OF his night
driving were ascertained. He has been employed
hv Nfr Masury for about year. and last night
according TO the story that he told TO Coroner
William E Mcdonald he took out Mr.. Masur9 s
car 70 carry 10 the railroad station Kate Corrigan
a servant AT the station they met George Beiletier
the station bootblack AS Belleter and lie FRANCOIS
slleEe the bootblack had said there were no more
trains 10 New York and the girl had asked to be
taken 10 the home Of Gus" Anderson TO spend the
night This was done and Belletier SAID ne Fooe
along with and the chauffeur TO sho" the
the way Both agreed that they mac IeI' t'ie
woman at the Anderson house and tnat theg III
du'red in a 10y ride back TO the station. "heh
the accident happened
A. tf7e preliminary hearing this afternoon oeIoIe
Mavor P Hall Packer. the bootblack was heIo Al
gao hail as a witness. Meanwhile Coroner MeDon-
aid erpaneIled jury. which viewed the oooy aho
:, ,,er,n,r 1yas then issued for it's removal
T,sSrtte the fact that Mr. Masury was IN court
.r5 the r7,nor that he would bail out LIE FRANCOIS,
,ha-s WAS a story current that the chaufeur hao
,s,s, ,ba car without the owners consent hao
,t,. hea, so he would be liable 10 fine Of 500 OF
sronrisonment for not more than sixty days asioe
,ro v-tateyer might be decision in the matter
20 h,s resnonsbilitv for killing DR.. Flint AS mat
So, stand Il is expected that the inquest Will result
,n the holding Of lie FRANCOIS on a charge OF man
slaughter. a
nv FTiutsv-as thirty-five years old. and was srao-
mated from Harvard in 1895 He was a "i.Iess - -
=. Tb.w trial. DR. F1int's wife and his son
7rboraas arrived in New York on their wa! u 'i'
MACE from New Hampshire last night