New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
KILLED AND MANNED BY
ELIZABETH TROLLEY CAR
Boy Dead and Six Men Are In
jured in Queer Series OF
Accidents.
FIRST RUNS DOWN TAXI
Lad Fleeing from 1rate Man
Meets Death-Others in Reg
ular Cab Hurt Hurry
ing to Rescue.
rBv telegraph 20 The Tribune

BY Telegraph - The Trinlne
Elizabeth. y J. May 2s-A TROLLEY car
ran through the streets Of this town this
evening. causing havoc as n went. Be
fore its tourney Of destruction was COM
pleted II was responsible for the killing
~ one boy and -he more or less serious
Injury Of six men. Some witnesses OF
the series Of accidents alleged that the
trolley car was proceeding al high speed.
IN order 10 make I'D lost time In its
schedule. This was denied by both the
conductor and motorman Of the car
The trolley car started out this even
ing bv running irto a taxicab owned and
driven bv Joseph Won Rhein. an auto
r,obiIe and bicycle dealer Of this town.
von Rhein with three other men, was
running his taxicab at moderate pace
down livingston street AS he swung
into Fast Jereev street the trolley car,
3, charge NJ Motorrsn Rheinod Mathis
and Conductor Arthur West, came along
bound east.
According 10 persons who saw the
e-st accident Won Rheims taxicab vas
.,ruck IN the side by the trolley car,
,ust as both vehicles reached the centre
~ The junction. The force Of the colli-
,,or uas 60 great that Won Rhein and
r,e three passengers were thrown heav-
H.. 20 the street. tust escaping the wheels
OF the car
The injured men were taken 10 near
bv drug store and there patched up By
q phvsician Traffic on the trolley lire
vas blocked for about fifteen minutes.
and then Mathl. started his car of
again II was more than mile further
an that the second accident resulting IN
the death ~ the boy. happened
Milton Heald. an eizht-year-old boy
=, No. 2oe Centre street, vas near his
hor,s uhen the trolley car came down
the street I, vas here. ~ IS said that
th. ca- vas endcavorinz 70 maize NJ
speed. owing 70 the first delay. The boy
,ras trying 10 peak through The doors of
moving picture theatre on Centre
street ,rhen the doorkeeper ran ont and
chased hin, and Two other bows down
the street
The other boys ran around the corner.
hut Milton darted d rectl,' across tho
s,rA.t iust as the ron ~ car was pass
ing HIS back was tcv ard the car. md
tefore r. could Jump ou- Of the Va the
front wheels knocked him 70 IT, street
and one ~ Them passed over him kill
-. hin, ,,stanfiy
large crowd gathered IN the street
after the boys body had been taken from
under the car. and made angry threats
a, the -notorman and conductor. n was
only after the arrival 81 two policemen
that the trolley crew was rescued
While this vas going on. Won Rhein
had telephoned to his stables for a cab
r. take him and hts friends 10 their
homes Edward Moss and James Keat-
ing were in the carriage. and were al
most al he scene OF Won Rheims acct
don't when the king pin IN the shaft
broke and the horse became frightened
He started 10 run away and Moss was
noverlsss 10 hold him in After going
a block and a half. Moss and Keating
u,sre thrown 10 the street and painfully
injured The horse WIS halted thr p
blocks further on.