Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04

HN HAT the automobile which struck
and instantly killed Isaac l.. Low
- man, the we'll known Los Angeles
merchant, at the corner of Seventh ana
Alvarado streets, Friday night, was go
ing at a terrific rate of speed, was on
the wrong side of the street, ana no
warning sound of horn was heard. was
the testimony given at the inquest held
over the body at Bresee Bros morgue
yesterday afternoon.
AS result of the finding of the cor
oner's Jury, a charge of involuntary
manslaughter was filed against the
chauffeur NJ G. Abrams, an employe
of the Nash & Fennimore Automobile
company 2430 West Seventh street.
Abrams, who had been conilned IN
the city Jail since the accident Frlday
night, was remanded to the jail, where
he will stay until Tuesday morning, as
It Is thought unlikely that ne can op-
tain bail, owing to the fact or the TWO
intervening holidays.
The young chauffeur felt his position
keenly, and during the inquest was on
the verge of breaking down seVeral
times. He did not testify In his own
behalf. 49,,
Speed over Forty Miles
Although the testimony OF the dozen
or more witnesses called was contra-
dictory. II was established beyond
doubt that the auto which hurled Low
man to his death was going at rate
between forty and fifty miles an hour'
1t was also stated by several witnesses
that 1t appeared as though tne car
driven by Abrams was racing WIN an ar
other car owned by Dr. Edwin Janss
In which Janss was riding and driven
by Theodore Teller. -,
Dr. Janss denied this in his testi-
mony, but several witnesses, the most
important of whom was Dr. u. LeVlns
a
fha accident, stated that in his opinion
1he two automobiles were racing ana
that the machine driven by Abrams
was on the left side of the street anu anu
close to the curbing when the tatallty
occurred. 49,, -.
Dr, I,evins also stated that the body
was carried nearly 100 feet after being
struck and although he said ne was 10
Judge of the speed OF an auto ne
thought ii must have been going at an
unusually high rate. 10 nave Gasuiu a1,ins
the body such distance. DR.. LeVlhs
said that but for the fact that ne
summed he would also have shared the
fate of Iowman. and as 1t was the auIo
struck his foot as he hurled hlihseh
out of the path of death.
a MYSTERIOUS Machine Ahead
feature that entered in the case.
and which has not been settled, Is .i.e
strange automobile which passed III
AneHu
Abrams. whicl., all the witnesses testl-
fied. was going like a whirlwind. no
one seemed to know the driver or own
! err of the car and so great was lts speeu
that it was impossible to get ialr
view of the machine -
Az the time of his arrest Abrams
stated that 1t was while trying to get
ont of the way of this speeding ma
chine that he swerved and ran INTO
Lowman The police will endeavor TO
l,cate the driver of this mysterious
auto before the preliminary hearing OF
Abrams.
DIR. Edwin Janss was the first wit
ness He testified that the first ne
knew of the accident was when Abrams
came up behind him and yelled that
he had struck a man, and asked the
doctor to return with him to the scene.
DIR Janss stated that he and Abrams
were driving to the garage in different
autos and that he was about a block
ahead of Abrams as nearly as ne
could judge, when the accident nap
pened. The doctor told of the myste-
rious auto that went by him at ter
rife rate of speed and raised cloud
of dust. He said that, in his opinion,
Abrams was not going over twenty
miles an hour when the accident hap
pened.
r. P. McAlpine. chauffeur who saw
the au1os prior to the accident, stated
that he Judged Abrams was going from
twenty to twenty-five miles an hour.
He said the street lights were lighted,
and the first he knew of the accident
was scream, as if for help.
Harry A. Miller who was In the auto
with Abrams at the time of the acci-
dent, said he thought the auto was
going about twenty miles an hour He
said that owing to the dust caused by
the mysterious auto ahead he had his
hand to his eyes and did not see the
actual killing.
He admitted that the machine was on
the left hand side of the street when
the body was struck and that an cleo
tric car was standing in the way, and
that Abrams had no alternative but to
swerve to the left or strike the fast
car that had cut in front of them.
He admitted that no horn was toot-
ed or any signal given before The body
was hit. He said that in some parts Of
the business districts it was customary
rs,r an auto to slow down et the inter-
section of streets, but in a place like
Seventh and Alvarado he did not deem
1t necessary.
ed the interests Of the Lowman family
at the inquest, had Miller acknowledge
that Lowman was but twelve feet from
the left sidewalk when struck.
Gives Graphic Description
Or. q. Levins. who was with Low
man, gave a graphic account of the ac-
cident.
"To me it seemed as though the two
machines were. racing, as all l could
see was four blazing lights. Mr.. Low
man was nearsighted and was care
ful in guiding him across the street.
Nyh-n we started to cross the street
was clear, and about half~-ay across
the ligh s flashed, and I yelled to Low
man to hurry 1t seemed but a second
when the machine on the left was upon
us. and / jumped and landed on the
fdewak in heap
"As l struck my feet projected over
the edge of the sidewalk about foot