New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
ROSENHE|MER HELD
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chine had been found smashed "nen
reached the garage. He explained ,"'o,
| however. by saying that the lamp NO.
been damaged as the car was enterinS
| the garage.
Iuat MS FTeisher seemed to be regain
ing his composure on the stand coroner
schwannecke. leaning far forward IN ms
scat pointed his finger at the young
man and thundered out: why was H. III
neither you nor Rossnheimer had any
| idea that you had rammed the carriage
| with fatal results, your first action upon
reaching home was to engage the ser
vices of a lawyer"
! FIeisher gave a non-comr1ittai answer
| to that question.
| At that point in the proceedings, Cor
orer Schwannecke leaned over his desk
and shouted at Fieisher:
/ You are such an Internal liar that L
am not going to ask you any more
questions at this time You may leave
| the witness stand
| Owen F. Dolen, assistant principal OF
| the West Chester public school, was the
next witness. He said that he was driV-
| ing down a cross road at Pelham PARK
way at the time of the collision and dis
/ tinctiy saw the automobile going at ter
rife speed. and q second later heard the
crash OF glass and splintering wood. He
| said two men were in the car, and that
| the man in the rear seat was leaning
forward and apparently talking TO the
! driver AS he turned his carriage into
! the parkway. Dolen said, woman came
running up to him. wringing her hands
and crying: For Gods sake, help me. a
woman has Just been killed here
| Doien then told how he had run to the
roadside, where he found Miss Hough'S 8
body lying near the curb, the wrecked
| carriage and George Vedder, the driver
| of the horse, who was badly wounded.
| He drove his carriage down the street,
| he testified, yelling for help, and finally
met PatroIman Roster, mounted man
of the west Chester station. Roster then
| took charge Of the situation
Deans Tells His Story.
| John Deans, the chauffeur, who is EN-
| ployed by c. J. Steinau, of No $50 Broad
way. then took the stand. He said that
| he was driving Mr.. Steinau and friend
up Pelham Parkway, and that when they
approached Cleveland avenue they saw
the wreck OF the carriage IN the bright
moonlight When the machine drew up
beside the carriage the owner and his
friend Ieaped out and started TO help the
victims.
Deans asked Mr. Steinau II he should
not go down the road in the car and see
If he could find the escaping automobile,
and getting his permission, put his car
down the parkway at full speed Deans
said that his car was capable Of a speed
Of seventy miles an hour. and that he
drove for more than a mile before he
| came In sight of the other machine. The
car had come to stop and man whom
Deans swore to be Rosenheimer was
kneeling in the road, apparently trying
| to repair it. There were two men in the
! tonneau of the car. he said
| Deans said that he shouted at the
men, do you know that there has been
an accident down below, and that a
woman was killed and two. people
| hurt?'
/ The men made no answer to this, ac-
cording to Deans, and then, seeing that
the front OF TIE car was badly dam
aged. he said: IF you are men, for Gods
sake come back with me and see what
you have done
Drove OF Again, He Says.
The only answer Deans received, he
said u-as a scavxI from the r,ep aD5
then Ro.enheimer jumped into the ma
chine and drove off at full speed. AS
Rosenheimer climbed into his car. said
Deans, he had chance TO see the license
number of the car. He hunted up pa
trolman and gave him the number
Rosenheimer did not take the stand.
and his attorney. Stephen J. Stilwell.
said he would have a statement to make
later.
Coroner Schwannecke, then announced
that he would hold Rosenheimer In
$4,000 bail and Fleisher in $1,000. The
prisoners were taken to the Bronx Po-
lice Headquarters and later to the Har-
lem prison Several offers of bail were
made for their release. but none of the
bonds would satisfy the Coroner.
Alexander Karlin of Karlin & Busch.
No. 800 Broadway. counsel for Miss
Anna McCab be, Of No. 425 Eas. 1I3d
street. who is now in Fordflan Hospi
tai, as q result OF the accident, said
yesterday that he would apply to the
District Attorney to have Rosenheimer
prosecuted under the new Callan law.
which provides that for any driver of
an automobile to try to escape after
an accident. without giving the name
and address Of the owner OF the car. Con-
stitutes a felony. This will be the first
case under the new law. Mr.. KarIin
also said that Miss MoCabe would sic
Rosenheimer for S25, 900 for the Injuries |
she received.
George Vedder. of Ne. 2262 BathSate
avenue. who is in F'ordhan1 Hospital snf- |
fering from broken ribs received in tn, |
accident, was said last night to be rest |
Ing easily.
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