Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-17
She and Promoter Burn
ed Beyond ReCoeni-
tiOn Under Auto.
BIG ROADSTER TURNED
TURTLE IN CHESTER, N. j.
Plainfielder Had Boasted He
Could Reach Pennsylvania
Line in Two Hours.

All efforts % identify the body of the
Middlekauff, a well-known mining pro-
rnoter, was inned under tho wreckage
of great ninety horsepower Toadster
and burned to death, failed today. At
ter Middlekauff's body. burne almost
beyond recognition, had bee identified
by =. B. JeMassena. of this city, last
night, through the license number of
the machine. the charred remains of
the two victims were sent to Youngs
undertake g establishment. N Dover.
Alth' gh Middlekauff was known
throughout New Jersey and Pennsyl-
van.a-his business territory--as a reck-
less driver an eye witness G the fatal
acciS mt declared the machine was run
ming at moderate speed when ii oc-
curred. Middlekaul- had -opped at
Wilson's garage, in German Valley, for
gasoline ;.bout o'clock last night.
Twenty minutes later on entering
Chester, N. j., the big machine struck
a stone in tie driveway leading to the
home of E. c. Searles. A tire burst
and the ponderous road racer skidded
across the street. ran on for 200 feet
and turned turtle.
Searles was standing on his front
veranda as the machine passed. He
saw the accident and ran at once to
the scene. The long. heavy hood of
the roadster had been up, and the two
occupants were pinned beneath the car
1hp L a "a w fine t.rl,a Gao ~
reached it. He believes the young
woman died before the flames reached
her. He summoned aid, but the COM
bined strength of several men was un-
equal to the task of righting the heavy
car
Team Of Horses Required.
Finally team of horses was hitched
TO the car, and it was turned over, and
the charred bodies We're removed from
beneath it. Searles telephoned to New
ark and got A. B. LeMassenf secre-
tary of the New Jersey Automobile and
Motor Club. out of bed. Through the
number of the wrecked car LeMassena
was able to furnish the first clue to
the identity OF the man. 1t proved to
be correct one.
Middlekauff was arrested in Newark
October II last for speeding and was
held in $1,000 bail for the action of the
grand jury The case went no further,
According to John Snyder, the chauf-
feur employed by Middlehauff. he and
his employer, who were on their way
TO Pennsylvania, quarreled last night
in Washington, N. j.. and Snyder re-
turned to Plainfeld, Middlehauff's
home town. Snyder said Middlehauff
insisted on driving the car. He said
he refused to risk his life any more in
that manner. He said Middlehauff had
pot met the young woman before he
left Washington. 1t is believed she
may live in that town.
Snyder, with Mrs. Middlekauff and
her daughter. left the Middlekauff
home at 30 Rockview avenue today to
go to Dover and claim the promoters
body and endeavor to identify that of
the young woman. 1t is believed she Is
between IS and 20 years Of age.
Middlekauff made frequent trips
through NV Jersey and Pennsylvania
selling mining stock. He usually tray-
eled in his 9o-horsepower. roadster. 1t
was his boast that he could leave his
home in Plainfield and reach the Penn
sylvania line in two hours a feat which
necessitated express train speed