The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-23
BANKER HURLED
TO HIS DEATH
P. N Lilienthal, Manager of the
Anglo-Californtan Bank
the Victim.
CAR COLLIDES WITH CART
Horse Plants Feet in Tonneau and
brushes Life From the
Banker.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 10.-Victtm
of perhaps the most extraordinary au-
tomobile tragedy in the annals Of san
Francisco's motor car accidents, Phil
ip N. Lilienthal, millionaire banker,
public-spirited citizen and widely
known as a philanthropist, met his
death yesterday afternoon on the Mis-
sion road under the hoofs of a terror
maddened horse which had literally
jumped into the tonneau of the big
machine.
The horse, which was harnessed to
a breaking-cart and was evidently
broncho, cleared the side of the car in
one leap and landed with it's fore
! feet directly on the banker. In some
way not yet accounted for by any OF
the other three occupants of the auto
mobile, Mr.. Lilienthal was hurled but
over the back of the tonneau an in
slant later, striking in the road on his
head
Accompanying Mr.. Lilienthal were
Gregory Wilenken and Ignace War
schawski, attaches of the Russian
Government, who are staying at the
the world. The trip which ended fat
ally for the host followed dinner
given in their honor Tuesday night at
Mr.. Lilienthal's home, and was for
the purpose of showing the wonders
of the new San Francisco, to which
the banker never failed to point with
the greatest pride whenever strangers
were his guests
Warschawski occupied the front
seat to the left of the chauffeur, and
Wilenken occupied the seat directly
behind his friend in the rear seat OF
the tonneau, to the left of Mr.. Lilien-
thai. AS the automobile approached
Richmond avenue the chauffeur slack
ened his speed, as he saw in the road
ahead the fractions, half-tamed horse,
headed toward the car and evidently
much frightened.
The chauffeur, G. w. Chalfant, one
of the proprietors of the Market
street Garage. turned the automobile
sharply to the right to keep as far as
possible from the unmanageable
horse, and attempted to get by at half
speed, the right wheels of the machine
running in the gutter.
What followed was wildly told by
Warschawski Immediately after the
accident.
while we were still perhaps thirty
feet from the rearing horse,' he said,
two little children suddenly appeared
at the side of the road ahead of us and
jumped directly in our path. The
chauffeur was obliged to act instantly
to avoid running them down, and he
threw his wheel over to the left as
far as possible.
ut was over before / could catch
my breath. For an instant it seemed
as if the horse, which was rearing
straight into the air, would clear the
hood of the machine and land on me.
But again the chauffeur swerved OF
from this menace and we in the front
seat escaped the danger.
"As | looked around | saw the fore
part of the animal inside the tonneau
Poor Wilenken, who was seated on
that side, was nowhere to be seen, the
horse completely hiding him. Mr.. Lii
ienthal was crushed beneath the ami
mails hoofs.
81 could not bear to look and
turned my head. In the space of a Sec
ond-how | cannot imagine-the horse
pulled himself out of the machine and
Mr.. Lilientnal had been flung over the
back of the tonneau into the road
way"
The accident occurred at 3:45 o'clocf
= utes later.
!, p. N. Lilienthal was born in Cincin
natl, o., on November 4, 1849. Hi'
: father was one of the foremost Jewish
5 rabbis in this country and was recog
a nized throughout the civilized worlC
as leader in Hebrew thought. Younl
I Lilienthal took his schooling in hi
= native city and then went to New
York at the age of IS years to ente
the offices of j. w. Seligman & Co
the famous firm of bankers, wit
s whom he remained identified until tn
day of his death
Lilienthal proved an apt pupil in tn
s financial school. He rose quickl
through the different stages of clerl
cashier and manager, and in 1869 h
came West to take charge of a Selig
man bank which had been founde
here during the Civil War Seem
the opportunities In California, h
y made an Independent move for hi
firm, and in 1873 he founded the Al
:. glo-Californian Bank, Limited,
: London, the institution with which h
I has been associated ever since. Fo
thirty years he had devoted his spler
& did powers to the strengthening {
\ that bank, sharing his labor for pa
4 of that time with Ignatz Steinhar
4 the co-manager of the institution.
J To a man as generously endowed {