New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-18
AUTOS KILL THREE
son OF POLICEMAN Il
JICTIU IN BRONI.
Nan Crushed in Fifth AUenue
-Tari Driuer PerishGs IN
odd accident.

Three lives were lost in automobile
accidents yesterday IN this city. One Of
the fatalities was the fourth in a series
os such accidents within few weeks in
The Bronx. and as in previous cases the
driver got away without mOlestation, not
even slowing up his car
Henry otto. jr. son Of a Patrolman
attached to the Alexander avenue sta
ton. was returning in CoUrtlandt ave-
nue. 10 his home from an errand. As he
started to cross East 1s1st street big
red touring car came along at a speed
estimated by several eyewitnesses at
forty miles an hour. swerved as it
reached the avenue. and then struck the
Iit,la fellow. throwing him twenty f1ve
feet through the air To the sidewalk
across the street. His skull was fract-
ured and the scalp torn from the side
of his head.
The two mer sitting in the tonneau
stood up and looking through the glass
az the rear Of the hood. saw the child
lyiEg in the street apparently dead. but
thev waved 20 the chauffeur 10 keep on
al full speed, as he had not slackeneG
his pace vher the accident happen ID
Russell Schmidt. a real estate dealer,
Of No. $50 Jackson avenue, saw the boy
struck down and yelled for help. See
ing PatroImsn Murphy running toward
the injured boy. Mr Schmidt. who was
driving a pair of horses. urged them to
2 esllop and followed the automobile as
il swung into Park avenue and over the
Madison avenue bridge into Manhattan
Though he kept the machine in sight for
two miles he VAS unable TO get the
number
In the mean time DT. Block had been
summoned with the ambulance from
Lebanon Hospital. and the lad was taken
20 that institution. where he died at 6:4E
o. IT., couple Of hours after his admis-
sion.
Patrolman otto. on hearing or his
child's death. obtained permission from
Inspector Flood 10 devote himself 10
running down the man whom he regards
a. the murderer Of his boy. He had the
body removed 10 his home, at No. S6S
Courtlandt avenue. a few doors from
where otto met his death. and theE
started with detectives from the Bronx
bureau to search for the red touring car.
Harlem detectives are also on the watch.
and word has been sent TO all the sta
tions in the city to search public and
private garages for a red touring ear
with a mudguard showing damage and
blood marks.
Joseph DoOley. taXicab driver. met
his death at the noon hour yesterday as
he was crossing Washington Park with
T L. zimmerman. Of No. 25 Broad street.
As n passenger. lie was coming south.
and when near the centre Of the park
saw that an accident was possible. as a
truck was coming north lie tried n
turn his machine aside. but e skidded
and there was a crash. DOOlcy fell be-
fore the truck and its front wheels
passed over him. He was taken 10 ST
Vincent's Hospital. where he died about
an hour later
In the excitement no one OF the crowd
gathered by the noise Of tho crash
Thought ~ getting the name of the truck
driver. and ne disappeared. DOolcy was
thirty years old and lived az No. Al
West 5Oth street
carl Wagner. fifty-flve years old. al
No. ~ West tsth street. was crossing
Ffnh avenue al I'D street Yesterday
when he Was crushed under the wheels
of an automobile stage aud died an
hour later at Flower Hospital Wagner
vas holding an umbrella in front Of him
and when he heard the toOt of the stage
he. tried to get out cf the way. but
slipped and fell. James DUTkin. driver
90 the stage. was discharged by Magis-
trate Butts. in the NorkvilIe police court
as there was 10 negligence on his part
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