New-York tribune., 1909-04-30
HIT BY BANKERS CAR
T. B. RUSSELL IN AUTO.
WiEliam Darragk Indicted for FIRST
Decree Murder.

An automobile in which J. B. Russell OF }. d
s., E. 20 bankers. of No is Wall street,
who lives at No. 1S2 Riverside Drive ana ms
chauffeur Joseph NJ Chaparteguy, were goills
at a moderate speed down Broadway last might
l,nocl,ed down. at 18Th street. well dressed
,,a,, about tbirtv-9ve years old, and dragged
him for several yards. Mr.. Russell ana
his chauffeur Immediately leaped down ana
lifted the unconscious man Into the automobile
which was then headed for Roosevelt Hospital
making the run in record time The lh1ured
man was placed the operating tame oy III
Worthington. the house surgeon who fouhu
that he was suffering from a possible fracture
of the skull, internal injuries and lacerauons'
The police gave the following description oI
the victim Of the accident: Height, " leet
inches; weight. 80 pounds, about thirty-hVe
years old; dressed in light gray suit OF clothes
Chaparteguy was held on charge of felonious
assault, under 500 bail, TO await the result OF
the mans injuries
William Darragh the chauffeur whose auto
mobile killed young Ingvaard Trimble on March
20 was indicted yesterday by the grand jury
for murder in the first degree. So far as could
be learned. this is the first case in New YORK
County where a chauffeur has been indicted Tor
murder in the first degree when the death OF
the victim followed injuries received by beng
run down by his machine The grand jury
of the penal Law. which sets forth the following
legal prescription Of first degree murder:
By an act imminently dangerous to others
and evincine depraved mind regardless OF
human life. although without a premedll$aIeu
design TO effect the death Of any lndlNluual'
Darragh will be ARA igned in General Sessions
this morning TO plead. He has been held WIFI
out bail since he was brought back from Texas
where he fed after the accident. The chauffeur
h, .NrE~5F a
chine at a high speed when il struck the
TrirnbIe boy. hurling him one hundred feet ana
fracturing his skull The accident happened at
Norningside avenue and 117th street. Darragh
continued with increased speed and became
fugitive from justice.
Stealing swiftly into the city, members Of tie
9Th Regiment who were to have made an at
tack on the Heathcote Arms. at Larchmont and
their friends encountered a special corps OF po-
lice on the lookout for automobile speeders. and
eight of the returning machines were captured
last night IL the storm Of hail and rain
Sergeant Casey, with several other officers
was on the watch in Riverside Drive. and Ser
geant AIallon in another machine, kept a sharp
lookout in upper Broadway, while squad of
bicycle patrolmen in another Police Department
automobile aided in the search for speed vio-
1ators.
Sergeant Casey arrested among others the
chauffeur of F. A. Archambault proprietor 'f
the Hotel Belleclaire. Archambault who was
IN the car went the West 6Sth street station
and bailed out his chauffeur giving the Hotel
Belleclaire as security Different parties Of the
homeward bound ones after being arrested were
taken TO police stations the upper West Side,
the 152d 125th Tooth and 6Sth street stations
George A Wheelock OF No. West Seth street,
admitted TO Magistrate Crane in the Harlem
court yesterday. that he was exceeding the
speed limit. The magistrate said that every
man who rode in an automobile violated the
law, and added that as he himself could not
afford 70 own car he was going To look out
for the people who had to walk. Wheelock was
held in S20o bail Dewitt Parshall an artist
Of No ~ East 74th street. admitted that he
was going tUenty-four miles hour in upper
Broadway Bail was at $500.
Albert g Burrage. Of Avenue 4. Bayonne.
y. J.. the son Of James 4. Burrage, prominent
5eweller Of Providence told Magistrate House
IN the Jefferson Market court, that ne thought
he was guilty and was held n 500 bail for
trial James r. Fargo. Of the Wells Fargo Ex-
press Company. gave his house at No 120 East
SsIh Z for