Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-04-02
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1909.
A Brutal M urder.

New York. in the killing of little
Ingvaard Trimble, the twelveye year old
son of R. j. Trimble, Saturday night,
was brought face to face with the most
cowardly form of crime that has come as
the result of latter day inventions.
1t is the crime of running 5000 pound
machine, at express train speed, over
helpless pedestrian and then escaping,
without an evidence of regret. an offer
of aid to the injured, or an acknowledge
ment of obligation to justice
Every police agency in Greater New
York has been ordered to be on the alert
for the persons who, in flying automo
bile, killed Ingvaard Trmble in Morning
side West Saturday evening. Following
the clue of derby hat, bearing the
initials of "H. A. B." the police expect
to arrest the occupants of the machine.
A charge of homicide will be made
against them.
The Trimble child was twelve years of
age. He was the son of R. j. Trimble, a
prominent and wealthy Kentuckian. The
father is now being sought by wire and
when he reaches New York a reward
will be offered for the arrest of the I'M
identified men who did not pause when
their flying machine had mangled the
child. w. s. Banks No. 2783 Broadway,
who is an uncle to the dead child, yester-
day gave assurance that the reward
wonld be offered.
Physician at st. Luke's Hospital yester-
day added their testimony to the state
ments of witnesses that the boy had not
been killed by the mere impact of the
car. Only the refusal to stop and the
fact that he was mangled after being
in the front of the wheels of the machine
and dragged for more than half block
in the opinion of the DOCTORS brought
about the fatal injuries.
Upon these facts the uncle and w.
Campbell, No. AIT West One Hundred
and Eighteenth street, yesterday assert
ed that the killing of the child was sim
ply murder. The hospital physician,
said that the boy had suffered only {
fracture of three ribs when struck by thu
automobile. The double breaking of tn,
right leg, the fracture of the skull anC
severe internal injuries that probabl
brought death, they said were caused
while the child was being dragged a
headlong speed through the streets. Tn,
men in the car would not heed the erie
of the pedestrians who witnessed til,
accident.
Had the car stopped Immediately af
ter hitting the boy his life would hav
been saved" said Mr.. Campbell, who wa
an eye witness to the accident. 9TH
boy was brutally murdered; that is tn
only way to express the case. He wa
playing in the street with some othe
boys. The automobile seemed to appea
among them without warning. Youn
Trimble was hit about the waist line
Then he was carried for more than hal
block with his feet tangled in one iron
wheel and his body in another.
Then the boy dropped and the auto
mobile seemed literally to leap into tn
air as it passed over him."
The automobile was sent flying aroun
the nearest corner, and it was then thf
the hat, bearing the initials "H. A. b
fell from the head of one of the men no.
being sought. Behind the speeding mi
chine a crowd called upon the men I
stop, but they outran their pursuers.
was 7:15 Saturday evening when the la
hours later the boy was dead.