New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-17
DEATH ENDS PARK RIDE
STOLEN CAR HITS TREE.
Cbaufeurs FLrt 5cith Fate for Too
Hours at Top Speed.

r. men drove q stolen automobile through
Central Park al high speed before dawn yester-
day and successfully avoided capture TOT t"o
hours At $50 O'Clock Matthew Kemp the chaui-
,e,- vas dead and his three companions were
seriously injured Two OF 5hem were lying in a
critical condition al the Flower HosPitai ldSt
night. The other hac been parcieu ~
hamburger until the inquest.
The automobile INTO tree a rev roos MOI N
Of the Columbus Circle entrance to the park.
Those who had chased the outlaw machine and had
only caught intermittent gimpses OF the mlle-a-
minute progress making said mat the accl-
5sn, occurred when the machine making top
most speed The demolished II was
valued at S3.eco. and the owner vas Fhllp oaf-
penter lawyer. No. III Broadway
The men with Kemp in the car were James %
rsrtv Of No 552 Union avenue The Bronx. who
suffered fractured skull. and probably viii dle'
Ernest Foyer, Of No. 81 West 5bth street "noSe
right leg had TO be amputated and Arlhur fioL
CT No. ST Rivington street was cut about lhe
head and arms.
The machine had been taken surrepuuously from
the garage Of the Moon Automobile Company IN
the rear Of No. I761 Broadway. Charles A Duerr
president OF the COMPANY said last night:
Kemp Was never regularly in employ HIS
habit was to call each morning and ask II there
was any odd job chauffeur TO winch we couiu
nut him he appears to have had some imaginary
idea that he had the right take out the car
belonging to Mr.. Carpenter However, he mao no
right to take that car or any other car FosarIy
worked for polisher and cleaner me
other two were employed by h NJ owen q
Co with whom share the snaL garage IA
the back OF our store. Inc aCCiueH' ONNoi'1 "
9 stolen
Il am thoroughly convinced said MI Carpeh-
1e- that the Moon Automobile Company kne"
nothing about the action OF Its ehploSes- ho
machine was stolen from the garage
Mr. Carpenter said he had not CONSIDERED INC
+zkinr Of legal action recover the value OF lhe
car and added that he did not believe sucn ac'ion
would be necessary. In this he was comm iIeu
Harry Eckhard. secretary Of the Moon Au'oiioOi'e
Company. who said
.s,. ,-.,e,,eE axnected to remove his automo-
bus from OFT garage in a few days II Is hios'
unfortunate Kemp was entirely without INC 80
Of his authority in taking the car from 'He go
7 understand the four were drinking hea'"S
= ,,s before the tree stopped things We may
feel that Mr. Carpenter should have aho'hei o,
Ee,nn was not in our employ. but there IS d MOI
r,,.s,io, involved whether Mr.. Carpenter. VINO i
an innocent party should be maze 10
shall do what right in the case -
-. ,,,era numerous yesterday and many
.,-res+s we're made. The parents Of Hymeh hoSel'
seven years old. OF No. l5s W est lVV'i .. - i
,gr,oS- frantic first with despair ana lhel VIZ -
.1l .i4,in the space of few nloIlehls lo0' me
-, -. I'd baep sent to a grocery store. ne
ran directly in front Of an automoolle o", -
onerated by Herbert s Martin OF 10. = -
eo,,, .+~eat He was struck and his legs
a,+angIed in the left front Whtel- M -
.s his machine instantly, and the DoH ee0aPoo
;,L only a few bruises of the face receiSeu -
= 80 mas thrown against the rim OF IiIe -
- actin took the lad St Lukes HospiIai' &C.
- our name and address and reiuseu 10 -
-, = ,,reaons assured him that the ihJNi'
was not serious - Z ucC.ouan A
A.. automobile owned by Johh Z -
- living at No. Il East SUN street va
- let nirnt BY a Madison avenue cai a.
eo-,- -, and Madison avenue MIS-. NleNIo"
- a. ,be car with Mrs Charles ID Sheoo anu
=, s.,,v,,ter Of Greenwich, Conn MITE NJ
- ms cut on the right side OF the lace ny
,.e The hack Of the automobile was slhasieu'
- c,,,ire Twelve years old, of No l62 Iomp-
LIS avenue Brooklyn. run over oy an auIo
.ot,.,e last night and left leg fractured Inc
,--a,bi-e was going at the rate OF eight Iniies an
1rr Il was owned by Henry Bischon 'he
h.nke- Of No Sos Willoughby avenue. Al lhe
,i,o. If the accident the boy was roller shauhs'
and the car was empty except for Joseph oteiiii''
the chauffeur. who was arrested
while crossing Fifth avenue Al 42d street Michael
,~,,r-an an orderly at the Metropolitan Hospital
on Rlsckwell's Island. vas knocked down and run
over nv 2 machine driven by Bernard Len, OF No
e East 18th street, chauffeur employed by me
New York Taxicab Company. According 10 the
notice Left after knocking the man down, en-
5esvored to gel away. but Patrolman McCleary.
Of the West S1h street station. jumped in front
Of the car and arrested him. Curran was taken TO
the New York Hospital by Dr. Monroe, suffering
FROM Commissions and internal injuries and Leh was
locked I'd in the West 5oth street station on
Of