The San Francisco call., 1908-09-10

by permission of Coroner Leland, was
taken to the home at 1906 Franklin
street
DIR. John r. Clark performed the au-
topsy, which brought TO light the fact
that one of the ribs had pierced. the
heart. The only mark on the skin was
blue spot about two inches i'm dame
ter Just below the heart, where the
shaft had struck. The skin was not
broken but all the ribs on the left side
were fractured. One of the ribs pierced
the lung and another entered the heart,
causing death There was a deep scalp
wound but the skull was not fractured.
The coroner's jury will view the re-
mains today and the inquest probably
will be set for some time next week
Arrangements for the funeral will
not be made until this afternoon.
Wilenkin, who was in the tonneau of
the machine conversing with Lilienthal
when the accident happened. declared
that the shock was so sudden that his
knowledge Of the details was rather
hazy. His grief over the unfortunate
ending of the outing caused him to
make his explanation of the accident
rather brief.
CHAUFFEUR SOUGHT SAFETY
We were talking happily" he said
last evening at the Fairmont, and per-
sonally / was not thinking of the
country about us or looking for what
was in store for us. AS 1 recollect the
accident, ! saw a terrified colt dashing
madly down the road, sometimes
swerving TO the left of the road and
sometimes crossing to the right. A
car line lies between the two sides of
the road car was in sight, but |
do not think that it played any part in
the developments.
"Our chauffeur, to avoid clash with
the animal and the cart, steered his
machine close TO the edge of the road.
Suddenly the animal reared and
plunged toward us. In the excitement
] did not notice whether the shafts of
the buggy struck Mr.. Liiienthal or
whether ii was the horses head
Mr. Lilienthal was tossed out of the
machine, over the rear of the tonneau,
his body passing over my shoulders 10
the ground on the other side of the
machine We were not speeding, and
our machine was in a minute brought
10 a halt. / was not in any way in
jured, nor was my friend, Mr.. War
schawsky, or the chauffeur.
we hurried to the PROSTATE figure
on the ground and L rushed to a near
by inn to get glass of water. Mr..
Lilienthal was unconscious. He was
raised into the machine and we hurried
him to the hospital, where he shortly
afterward expired"
NO BLAME SUGGESTED
Warschawsky, who was sitting in
the front seat of the machine beside
the chauffeur, saw little more of the
frightened animal than did his COM
panions in the tonneau, until the horse
plunged into the machine.
II saw the horse rise and plunge to-
ward as" he said. ''and thought that
we had escaped injury. The chauffeur
steered the machine as much away
from the frightened animal as possible,
and / was more occupied watching this
movement than 1 was in what was go
ing on directly behind me. In an in
stant, however, I realized that we had
not escaped unharmed- L turned just
in time to see the figure Of Mr. Lilien-
thai raised from his seat in the ton
neau and tossed to the ground.
1t is impossible to say how the ac-
cident might have been avoided and
blame can be laid to no one. However,
I thought that the animal was on the
wrong side of the road, but this was
Soubtless the case because the driver
was unable TO manage the steed.
I was not injured in any way The
machine was not damaged, either, eX-
eept for a slight ripping of the leather
on the side Of the tonneau, where the
shaft Of the buggy struck the ma
chine"
LiIienthal called for his two guests
about o'clock. He met William
Friese, president of the California fruit
canneries' association. and asked him
TO join his party. Fries replied that be
was going in the same direction with
his family. At the Hotel Peninsula
Fries and Lilienthal again met and the
invitation was repeated and declined.
Finally, at Uncle Toms Cabin, Lilien-
thai met Fries, Mrs. Hecht and Miss
Dorothy Fries A further invitation to
Fries TO join the party was again prof
fered and refused, with thanks.
CHAUFFEUR TELLS STORY.
Chalfant told his story of the acci-
dent last night. He said:
1t was SO strange. 1t happened so
suddenly that / did not know for min
utes what it was I was driving the
car. Suddenly 1 saw in the roadway
beside us a man, half rolling, half
bounding, as fast as the auto.
1t flashed across me that this was
some drunken man, injured in some
way-struck by something. I stopped
the car, and at the same moment. as it
stopped, L turned to ask Mr.. Lilienthal
whether / should pick UP this man and
take him to the hospital.
Il turned TO ask this-and Mr. Lii
1enthal was not there. The car had
stopped now was sort of dazed, for
Mr.. Lilienthal had vanished 1 looked
out at this man, the man who had been
rolling along beside us-and that man
was Mr.. Lilienthal. I stood and looked
for an instant.
1T was beyond my comprehension.
And the others got out of the car with
me. We We're all dazed by the strange
ness of IL The story came to us by
bits-what we had seen. The horse had
run at the car from right angles to
its course. and it had hurled Mr. Lii
fenthal right across the seat to the
ground"
STRONG MEN SHED TEARS
After the news of the accident was
communicated TO Lilienthaps home ii
was but a short time until the house
was besieged by friends and relatives,
none Of whom seeemd to be able to
realize the dread truth. Strong men
We're unable to control their feelings
and cried like children. There could
be no stronger evidence of the deep
affection entertained by the community
for the man who had always seemed
to win the respect and admiration of
everyone with whom he came in con-
tact
A. \. Langermon, manager of the
Van Ness avenue branch of the Anglo
Californian bank. took charge of af-
fairs at the home, and summoned the
children WIN re in