New-York tribune., 1909-04-09
MORE AUTO VICTIMS
SPEEDERS PAY BIG FINES.
Special Police in Machine Make a
Numbcr of 4rrcsts.


veternaly surgeon. living on kingsbridse Road,
near Blr&- street TIE Bronx crashed into an au- :
tomoble both machines were going Al rapid
suee= DE- Willis picked up unconscious Iie
rnatorcr:c battered out of shape ine injured
man was carried TO the home Of William Thornp-
son. ls farler-lIIar suffering from lacert1"ilS "I
TIE face body. ard from the loss OF five front
teeth Tie accident occurred al -S5d street ana
White Plains Road.
Thomas 7. Scott. the chauffeur, carried Dr
wills TO nearby hotel. Dr. 8. 7. Gillespie of n"
s4s East 2eath street. Mas summoned No arrest
was made.
The cause Of The pedestrian. who of late has felt
himself tC safe only when asleep was watched
by special policemen. acting under secret lnstruc-
lions from headquarters, last night Bicycle ana
motorcycle policemen were given rowing comfls-
sions with instructions 90 arrest speeders and Nlo
iators any sense Of The traffic regulations for
instance the instructions were 10 arrest autono-
bilists caught driving on the wrong side OF the
road. failing display proper headlights and tan
lamps OF their registered numbers or their chaui-
9eur badges
The Police Department automobiles, stripped "l
their DISTINGUISHING p D" signs. were filed with
rIainclothes men and sent out through the upp"r
West Side districts The original plan vas 10 have
them rendezvous in Columbus Circle and then
scatter but this abandoned because OF the
publicity that would follow. The automobiles were
cent out sinely from headquarters Most ot the
bicycle policemen thrown into the districts oi
the upper West Side. where most of the speeding
has occurred
Al midnight seven1y-rve arrests for disregard Of
traffic regulations had been made by the special
policemen. Fourteen acre taken to the West attn
street station, twenty-five found their presence
awaited by those il charge Of the West 6sth street
station and sixteen We're accompanied to the west
Tooth station. The remainder were taken 10
other stations
SAD BROCKLYN ACCIDENT
young man. Identified as Carl Street. chauf-
feur. was picked up in Brooklyn yesterday IN an
unconscious condition from amid the wrechage OF
e racing automobile he VAS taken TO the Kings
County Hospital. His skull is fractured, his nose
broken and believed At the hospital that ne
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The machine had run into telegraph pole al }
and Twenty-second avenues. Flathush The teIe-
graph pole was smashed all four wheels were torn
OF and The chassis was helplesslE twisted
The chauffeur unnoticed for several hours
William Seeley II 1l29 East I'd street, Brooklyn
discovered the wrecked automobile while on his NAY
to business and found Street pinned beneath the
machine
The chauffeur was employed by Jules Strauss, 4
real estate dealer. Of No L Court street BROOKLYN.
The garage in vhiei. Strauss stored hls machlne
was shared by William G;eve- Of No I6 Remsen /
street, Brooklyn Strauss machine was ou' 81 /
commission ana the wrecked automobile was ""l'eu
b. Creve and valued at <6.an. II WAS said yes'ei
day that tn chauffeur was Joy riding at 'ne
-tr,e of the accident which is believed TO have oc-
CURED early yesterday morning
An automobile carving Mrs ogden Goe'et' on
her WAY 10 fIl engagement loI 4ullSlieo4i
terday struck and seriously injured Chrlsto Sai"-
-5,o street cleaner At work in Fifth avenue .
near sSth street. The injured man Is IN Ne" oi"
Ffosrftal in a critical condition and Nilllan sum
van. Mrs Goeiets chauffeur was "ii'' ~ "
charge Of assault
Shortly after Salanito was picked UP Dr. Burnett
arrived from the New York Hospital He said the .
victim had suffered ContUsions OF the hooN anu
probably serious internal injuries. Mrs ToeleI /
after the accident. started back up Fifth avenue /
FO0r
RECORD FOR LAST YEAR
Between January !. 1905 and April l. 1919, lOl
deaths have been caused in this city by automo- /
bile accidents according 10 the records Of the /
t7,r.s7, NJ VITAL Statistics Since January l. 1909
more ;han twenty lives have paid the forfeit de-
inanded by speed maniacs
The attitude OF the Automobile Club OF America /
toward pending legislation amend the motor /
vehicle law Is specifically set forth letter which
has been sent 10 the members Of the first ana /
second divisions of the Board Of Magistrates and
the Court Of Special Sessions The letter is signed
by p 7 Dodge, chairman Of the law and ordinance /
committee OF the automobile club and asks the !
help Of mai aristrates and justices in obtaining
the passage Of the Robinson bill tAssembly bill No
$50. The bill would amend the present law Sc as
to remove arbitrary speed limitations. altering
the statute this point 10 read as follows:
No person shah operate or drive a motor vehicle
public highway ~ a rate "f speed greater
fh % traffic and ,sS Of the hshway or So as 70 on
danger the life or limb of any person or the
we take the noer7s OF bringing the subject to
vour attention continues letter from the auto
mobile club. TO The end that in case it be Of in
1riTe the Governor and Nj. Robinson. seyerally
z Albany, your approval = the proposed leEis-
Iatior.~
Ex-Judge Charles :. Whitman. counsel for the
National Highways Protective Society. said yes
terday that he would invite commission repre-
sentfnC various interests. to meet and confer
eardinC the action take 10 stop the speed
ing scandal The Judge Whitman viii
attempt TO bring together are ex-Judge Ebert H.
Gary. president o. the Automobile club of Amer
ica: Charles Thaddeus Terry, counsel fo- the
Automobile Club. and Xenophon P Huddy. counsel
for The Professional Chauffeurs' Club Of America.
II is believed if Jhsss men decide on any
concerted action ihe desired results viii promptly
follow
CORD MEYERS son HELD
George Never Of Great Neck. Long Island.
Of cord Meyer. and associated with his father in
various business enterprises. Was arraigned yes
terdav before Magistrate Giroy on a charge of
travelling an automobile al a speed OF thirty
miles an hour Never was arrested on the Hoh-
man Rouevird by Bicycle Ia,rolman Frank, and
was held SleJ bail Tor -arther eNamina ton
Meyer was appointed treasurer of the Queensboro
Bridge celebration committee 10y Mayor McClelen
MAGISTRATE O'Coruor, in The lrkviIle court, held
Walter Roberts. chauffeur, OF No i46 West 18th
street IN 5000 hail veSteIday charge "f
speeding. and said that he would deal in Ike man
fer with all c.aufeurs ia the future Roberts
could find hondsEnan
Following an affidavit ty Mrs Margaret Leary,
OF No. $50 Eighth avenue. charging that the d'ath
OF her husband lee result of his transfer
from hospital to aro2her- CoToner Harourser .
yesterday ordered officials Of rhe Flower. Bellevue
and Roosevelt hospitals appear before him Mrs
I.sary said that her husband was soy ride
victim. run down March T.
Il am going Join the movement against this +
wave of automobile slaughter declared Coroner /