The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-03
SPEED AUTO MURDER TRIAL
DJIJNrI tDHITSTHE MACHINE
n .DI RT MT THE BCGGE.


, "a fso ~ stfit 86touu8
ratIt rurn Rark After KILLING GrAre
tough rImeaierfer Pleads Guilty.
r.,ra.W osborne. counsel for Edward
: D.. s.r ~srrrar. who Is on trial in the
...r. art for the murder Of Grace
u ~ caused a little surprise yesterday
s,..,..r when he announced that he
,-.V.urg 20 cnncede that &c was Rnssn-
,..r... ,rnn'or car that struck the buggy
..v,..a tho Young woman was driving.
,.-.,.uut District Attorney Maynard
-. ,.,riinrng Arnold W Cosfsr. q
,, rr.J p1lrcenan who had testified
co.. g.. rrtlv hefor. the accident on the
,.,..,i August ~ h. had seen a chocolate
=, .-.i touring car travelling at rapid
r,,. .,.uus Pelham Parkway.
Mat - the Use - going into all that
t.....' interrupted Mr.. Osborne. we
y,.Urus ~ admit that Il was our ma
r+... that struck IN. runabo'it in which
NJ Rough was RIDING.
A.. ypG wiling To- concede that the
,..,.u re~rtlted IN the death OF Miss
H..r.- a-.ad Justice O'Gorman. before
u-.,r tho ras. - heing heard in the
,.,rrral Rranch ~ the Suprem" Court.
No ,rs replied Mr. Osborne. but
OIL, claim - that We are without blame
f. no accident We acknowledge the
c..r-.uu and that the unfortunate death
r.>.i--,i. hur We claim that the driver
.,.-. ruu,hout Was solely TO blame
POINTING 10 tn. rear Of the court room
N. O.l,lru. said We admit that the
a,.,unirie bark there IL ours and that
'm- r.!ua bon, "a the one that was IN col-
.>.,r with u
Well those concessions will abbraviate
,.., tr.ll very much said Justice OGor-
man
Ina r'.args IN Mr. Osborne's tactics
w., marked for at the morning session
~ had rnss-examined witnesses par
ur.arIv ~ To- whether there were not
other automobiles any number OF them.
en- Pelham Parkway the night OF the
ACCIDENT
George Fadden. who drove the runa-
Fr.; '-s'iied that the horse hs was
driving vas lid and very gentle His
orn PERSONAL habits were temperate and
m the night Of the accident he had no'
mad rink The runabout had u lamp.
- sad n. told ~ driving along isOth
street and then to Pelham Parkway.
soon after passing the New Haven tracks
he heard the screech ~ an automobile
va struck The next thing he remem-
tered ne Was in the gutter and he saw the
body II Grace Hough not far away. He
thought that he " as at least 100 feet from
the wrecked r,Inabout. to which the horse
was still attached II . saw Anna Mct abe
Walking about ~sepin and when ne ent
- where Miss Hnugh's BODY lay he sa~
mat she was dead Feddsn said that
the hour was betwsan 30 and s.s5 p VI.
a Il a l,1n ClshOrnA brought
Igr that the party ~as Laughing and
taking at the time 81 the accident. Fed
den would not say thar he had refused to
tell a policeman how the accident had
oCCurred though h. admitted that at
first he was reluctant
On the redirect Fedden explained that
h" had refused to give his name to the
policeman because he as afraid that his
mother. who WAS Ill. would see It IN the
newspapers.
The next witness vas Anna NcCAb~.
Who appeared on crutches She said
that she and Grace Hough were employed
in department store in i25th street. and
that they met Fedden that night by ap-
polntment After they had crowded
into the runabout they drove north from
fremont and Third avenues. They we're
driylng slowly all the time She heard
'n- automobile horn and theu felt the
N'n the runabout. When she realized
vh4' had happansd she was on the
grrlad some fifteen feat from where che
he1v Z Grace Hough lay
: ne opsning Of the afternoon session
Dagut-rt Timendorfer. Who arranged for
III. -dsitv~ring' OF Juror George W 1
leanfa pleaded guilty Of bribery and !
was rsr1anIsd for sentence on SoS ember !
u
TnAndorier has made a confession.
m uhich he told how he came 10 act for 1
ieanio He said tina: IA a builder he /
had done - good many jobs for feandle. !
who = Az architect On Monday. he said. |.
h ~ telephone message from ieandle. i
- n" SAIL that he had a proposition tn .
mae and he called upon feandie
N~ande hon told him what he was willing
:" help make 'he arrangements.
llmendurf"- -aid that he did not ap-
I-""Ia'" The gravity II his crime. While
IN court h" had frequent recourse 10 a
lars. whit" six handkerchief
ONhsn Tiu.-rirrfsr had been sent m
the TpTnt- Policeman Costsr -as placed
IN m" stand tie as followed by John
Deans. "a chauffeur who followed the
I;"senhelrr.r machine and tried 70 get
tho occupants 80 turn back Deans said
nat h. srIc"seded IN getting the driver
=. stop. but one ~ the three mon in the
machine Tnld him "a go TO hell when he
-arI thar they "ught Ia go back. and then
iI"y drove N
In rider 20 finish the trial as soon a.
ios-ihl" Jusiic" - German announced that
'n.r" would he a session this evening
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