The Washington herald., 1910-11-04
AUTO DRIVER TELLS
OF FATAL ACCIDENT
Edward I. ROsenheimer on
Trial for Murder.
MAKES A FRANK ADMISSION
Going AT High speed In Dark Drive
in New York Park When He Hits
some Obiect-Did Not Know Until
Later that He Had Been in n Col
hsiOn-Witness at the wheel.


New York. Nov. s.-Edward T. Rosen-
heimer, on trial for the murder Of Grace
Hough, who was killed by Rosenheiner' 5
automobile on Pelham parkway. August
Is last went on the stand IN his own be-
half late this afternoon before Justice
oGoFnan. in the criminal branch of the
Supreme Court
The burden of the young mans story
was that he was not able to see the
runabout in which Grace Hough. George
+. Edden, and Anna McCabe were driving
because II was carrying no light. and
after he had struck the vehicle witienis
motor car he did not realize that the
damage was so serious
Rosenheimer told his story with appar-
ent fraRkness and even when on cross
examination did not become RULED.
lie gave his business as that of an ina
porter and manufacturer of advertising
novelties. at ~ East l39th street living
at THE Roses" Pelham. lie is thirty-tWO
years old. married. and has two sons
While a0senheimer was on the stand his
wife and family Mere deeply interested
listeners,
Witness at the Wheel.
Rosenheimer said that on the afternoon
OF the accident he and his friend. Milton
Fleischer had unched down town and
then went to the Office OF the secretary
Of state TO get license for Fleischer.
Later they went up town, picked up
Schuman, another friend. and about 8
o. rock, after stopping in "a place for a
can OF Ice cream, started toward Pei
NasrT ff.fg
got 20 the Pelham parkway. when the
witness took the wheel.
Getting down 10 the moment of the ac-
cident. Rosenheimer testified that while
going at about fifteen miles an hour ne
saw some object appear before him sud-
denly sand ne turned his wheel 10 go TO
the left, as the object only a few feet
had appeared 10 be going from the loft
hand 10 the righthand side Of the road,
and his cas was on the maCadam. in the
center.
As he put his wheel over he placed his
left foot on the clutch lever and tried TO
get at the foot brake with his right foot
His foot slipped and struck the auXilira-
tor. After there was a series Of eXplo-
SioHs ike The noise Of musketry he SAID
he heard nothing. He felt a slight JOLT
ing ln the rear of The car on the right
hand side and then scraping. He asked
Fleischer, who was ia the tonneau, 20 see
what the trouble was and FIeischer
looked back.
Advised by Friends.
] was told that it was all right and
Ia 30 ahead" said Roseuheimer
when We had gone about 500 feet
heard a pounding noise and slowed down.
against The MUD guard Farther on, per
haps a mile and a half, We stopped and
found that the pounding was caused by
The rim OF one OF the wheels of run
about. ] said 20 nay friend that there must
have been an accident more serious than
We thought and THAI ] was going 20 turn
back. one of them said that il did not
matter, go ahead
No, J said; ! am going back
Just then we heard a voice calling us.
II was that OF man, and he said that
ii woman had been killed 10y MS, and as he
had tie number Of the machine We had
best go hack.
The others in the machine told me not
to go back but I said that l would,
What is the use? they asked He has
the number and viii give il 20 the police;
so SO on home and let the police come for
sou. There may be a good of trouble for
ali OF us If YOU go back
Found Brake Broken.
Then we Went on home When | went
to run the car into the garage ! found
that the brake was broken. and / ran in
so hard that I struck work bench inside
and Knocked back the lamps When I
got down / saw that the mud guard had
been bent upward and the headlight on
The right side had been broken That
was the first 7 knew OF the force of the
collision. ! went into the house and told
my wife. and she said that we had better
get "A carriage from the livery stable ard
80 10 the scene.