Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-30
]PEACE PLANS HA[TCAR AND AUT0CRASH
No Place Named for Mexican -Four Members of Police Force
Conference. and Chauffeur Injured.
AWAIT MADERO'S APPROVAL PATROL WAGON DAMAGED
Negotiations Declared to Been
Laredo Monterey. Caused by Faulty" Brake.
EXPECT AM1CABLE AGREEMENT OFFICERS ANSWERING CALL
officials
Il factor Terms Power Waeon Belonging to
| With Rebel Leader Department
Four Members of Police Force
and Chauffeur Injured.
PATROL WAGON DAMAGED
Accident Declared to Have Been
Caused by Faulty Brake.
OFFICERS ANSWERING CALL
Electric Street Car Collides With
Power Wagon Belonging to
Police Department.

| A lie Droit Paria car crashed into the
police departments only automobile pa
| troll wagon at 4th and o streets north
| west at about 7:3O o'clock last night.
dumped it over and tumbled three police
men, a detective and the chauffeur into
the street. None of them was injured Sc
riously, it is believed, but every one Of
them was injured more or less and all OF
them are stiff and sore today. This Is the
third time in five years that a patrol
wagon of the second precinct has had the
| misfortune to be turned over by a street
| car. In last nights accident 1t was the
| civilians turn to come to the aid OF the
| bluecoat, and carload of passengers hur-
| ried from their seats to do what they
could for the policemen. Neither the mo-
torman nor conductor was injured.
List of the Injured.
The policemen in the patrol wagon, and
| their injuries, were:
]. R. Bennett, policeman. cut about
right side Of head and shaken up.
H. w. Fortney. second precinct detec-
tive. bruises about head and body.
Robert Livingston. policeman. struck
by car and thrown from wagon. hand
cut and bruises about body.
Alfred Wright, chauffeur. badly shaken
up and suffering from shock.
H. b. Rector, policeman, bruised and
shock, knocked unconscious.
The patrol wagon, with its dve oc-
cupants. was hustltng out to 1st street
and New York avenue in response to q
summons to little boy who had suf-
% er~(A I,rat 1Nt IN
The lad was Milburn Petty. the four
year-old son of ]. A. Petty, who is en-
ployed in the office Of Marion c. Har-
grove. property clerk of the District of
Columbia. The accident to the child
| was almost as remarkable as the acci-
dent to the patrol wagon. His father
was giving him ride in a little red
express wagon. Near New York
| avenue and LIST street northwest
Mr.. Petty saw a double team Of the
| him. He gave the child's wagon jerk
to get 1t out of harms way and in do
ing so pulled the wagon tongue COM
pletely out. leaving the child in front
Of the team
Driver Avoids Crash.
William Cook. the driver Of the express
team,had made a turn to get out Of the
way Of another wagon. Just then the
AlttC ISo WdSOu OtcTluTuSU. 1HO fCIty
lad fell out and the big wagon wheels
ran over one Of his hands, injurtng his
fingers badly and pinching him on one
side. He escaped death by a hairs
breadth. He was treated at tho Homeo-
pathic Hospital and then taken home. PIP
Randolph place. The driver was event.
ually arrested by Humane Offlcer Wright,
but 1t was the telephone report of the
accident that caused the run Of the auto
tool md
Some one phoned to the second precinct
that child had been run over and dan
gerOusly wounded. and that the driver
had disappeared. The police at the sta
ton house understood that the child had
been badly hurt and assumed that search
should be made for the driver. There
fore the three policemen and the precinct
detectives boarded the patrol wagon and
started out on quick run.
Then Came Riot Call.
Following the receipt of the message
telling of the accident to the boy the
police received what they termed q
riot call. the person sending it an
nouncing that a crowd of persons had
assembled near the scene of the acct
dent and were questioning the authori-
ty of Humane Oficer Wright to make
the arrest
It was feared that the arrest of Cook
would lead to serious trouble, but the
special officer held to his prisoner until
the arrival Of Bicycle Policeman Hugh
| lett.
1t is believed that the street car
which did the overturning was running
| at a moderate rate of speed. Had 1t
| been going very fast 1t is thought that
some of the policemen would have been
killed.
J. r. Bennett. the policeman detailed
| to accompany the chauneur. Alfred
Wright, on all runs, was seated on the
| front seat He was in the same sort Of
accident three years ago and 1t 1s his
opinion that the previous accident was
much worse than the one of last night.
| The previous experience was collision
| of street car and horse drawn pa
| troll wagon at 14th and p streets.
| The chauffeur says he started the
changing of his bell last night when
! the patrol wagon was at least $50
| feet from the street car crossing at
4th and 0 streets.
Stories Differ Widely.
The patrol wagon was going east.
The men in the patrol did not notice a
southbound car until just before they
reached the crossing. The collision
|
sight Of the car that the stories Of the
| cars speed differ widely.
Alfred Wright saw at once that he had
no chance to go straight ahead. so he
| swung his car around as hard as he
could. he said. and even at that the
street car struck the rear end Of the
patrol wagon, and. as stated. turned 1t
around sharply and dumped 1t COM
pletely over. Fortney, the precinct de-
! tective. says he was confident that the
car and the wagon had crumbled to bits
and that the debris had piled on top of
| him. He was slammed violently against
| the asphalt.
| When he got up he was sore from head
| to foot and stunned. He crawled out of
the wagon and staggered to the sidewalk.
| remembering that a patrol box was
| somewhere in the neighborhood. He was
trying vainly to get the box open. when
| some Of the passengers In the car found
him. led him aside, quieted him and
| volunteered aid in letting the station
house know Of the situation.
Both Go Over Dashboard.
Alfred Wright. q chauffeur. and his COM
panion on the front seat, Policeman BEN
net. took headers over the dashboard and
were badly shaken up, the policeman also
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