The Washington times., 1908-12-13

ens West North avenue: cut about the
head; taken 10 ST. Luze's Hospital, in
The Northern district ambulance.
Frank Bradford, chauffeur. employed
by II. Carroll Brown, Rogers Station.
Baltimore county, painfully injured
about the legs; taken TO st. LUke's Hos
pital in an automobile belonging TO
Thomas c. Jenkins, who lives near the
scene of the accident
Samuel NJ. Rosenberg. slightly cut
about the face and bruised; taken to
st. Luke's Hospital in the Northern dis
trict ambulance and subsequently re-
moved 10 he Northern police station
and held as a w,tDeSs-
Kessler's ,Su!l g Is fractured and his
neck broken L-i5 death occurred while
being taken Z. =: Lukes Hospital.
Harry keS Si. as an attache or the
Baltimore AlnIct.c Cluh. on Baltimore s
aristocratic Che IS street He was
popular and WaS rcSaEled as a capable
man 4 number Of members were walt
ing for him at the club this morning
when the announcement was received
OF his death. Kesslcr and Hid, PreSl-
dent Murray's chauffeur, were great
friends, and were often together. At
st. Luke's Hospital, DR. ElNn, one OF
the physicians in charge, said that the
victims of the auto accident were
brought in about l:50 o clock this morn
ns-
and the Injuries of RadfOTd and Rey-
uolds were attended to. DR.. Elkin said
that both Of the men, he thought, could
leave the hospital in a few days, as
neither is seriously hurt. Radford and
Reynolds could not give q very ac-
curate description Of the accident They
said that with Hid and Kessler they
had been in cafe near Charles street
and Mt Royal avenue, and later in
the evening started out Charles street
avenue for the Green Spring Valley.
After the auto cOllided with the lamp
post everything was in a state Of con
fusion, and the men could not give
a connected account of what followed
Chauffeur Is Fined.
Hid, who was uninjured, was arrest
ed shortly after the accident and taken
TO the Northern police station This
morning at 10 o'clock, he was arraign-
ed before Justice White and after ad-
mitting that he was running the ma
chine at a rate os about thirty miles an
hour, was fined S25 and costs for ex-
ceeding the speed limit. 4 want to
say TO you.' said Justice White. that
I have given you the maximum punish
ment under the law If I could do so,
would certainly send you TO Jail for a
year for this business"
E A Walton. secretary 10 Mr.. Muir
ray, who was present. told the justice
that Hid had no business taking the
machine out of the Mar Del garage,
where It was kept, but he said Mr.. Muir
raw had no desire to be hard on the
man and that no charge Of taking the
automobile without the knowledge anu
consent Of the owner would be Iald;
Coroner Linthicum, however -equesJed
the Justice to hold Hid on a charge OF
causing Kessler's death by reckless
driving. until the case could be coEsid-
The inquest will probably be held
Tuesday evening
BOrrowS Employers Car.
Hid lives at the Lyric Cafe. at the
corner Of Maryland and Mt. Royal ave-
nues, a square from the garage where
Mr.. Murray's automobile was stored.
He and his companions had been drink
ing, it is said. and when. at a late hour,
Bradford discovered that he had missed
the last train for Rogers Station. where
his employer, Mr.. Brown. lives. Hid
offered to take him out in the autOmO-
bile. Hid got the machine out Of the
garage, and the party started of out
Charles street.
When they had reached the open
country, Hid let her out" as he said
this morning. and they swept out
Charles street extended at breakneck
clip. There is a gas lamp opposite the
entrance to GuilfoTd, the Abel estate
and the glare from this lamp on the
wind shield Of the automobile confused
the driver
Hits Telephone Pole
The automobile crashed into the Iamr
post. cutting It of even with the ground
and skidded across the street bringing
mp against a telephone pole. Kessler
who was sitting on the rear seat with
Bradford, and Reynolds was shot out OF
the tOnneau as If from a catapuIt. land
ing on his head Bradford and Reynolds
We're also thrown out with great vio-
lence- Rosenberg and Hid, who were IN
the front seats, strange to say. practi-
cally escaped injury, although also
pitched out Of the machine waeD II
struck the telephone pole
Persons living in the leiShbornood i'm.
mediately notified the police, VINO were
soon at the scene Of the accident. All
ambulance, which arrived some minute
later, took KessleT, Reynolds, and
Rosenberg to the hospital