New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16
HELD FOR DOCTORS DEATH
Police Get Chauffeur Who Ran
Down Or. Herman ?. Bender.
"WAS AFRAID TO GO BACK
Prisoner Was Joy Riding" in
William Hartfeld's Car,
Detectives Assert.

After a tweIve-hour search for the driver
% the automobile which struck and killed
Dr. Herman P. Bender a prominent Will
iamshurg physician. early Yesterday morn
ing. al Broadway and Willoughby avenue.
the police arrested William II. Babcock. a
chauffeur. OF No. 90 Chauncey street.
BROOKLYN. who. they said. admitted he was
driving the automobile al the time OF the
accident Babcock said he was employed
b. William fairfield. president OF the
italian Navigation Company who lives al
No. as Riverside Drive According 20 the
police. Mr.. fairfield is in Europe. but be
fore 10 went abroad he gave Instructions
10 Babcock not 70 use his automobile.
Dr. Bender was killed as he was aiiEht-
In from a Broadway car. Those who saw
the accident said the automobile was going
o. a rate Of thirty-Hve miles an hour when
Il struck the doctor and sped on its way
without stopping.
The police lost no time in hunting the
speeding automobile. Detectives Tunney.
WoodeH and Patton. Of the Hamburg ave
nue. station. were assigned 10 the search.
The automobile had proceeded uptown on
Broadway. so the detectives followed It's
course A. Lexington avenue and Broad
vav Woodell found an oil cup in the street,
which proved valuable clew.
Detective Kenney Joined the other detec-
tIvcs iu "a tour of an the saloons IN Broad
way In cafe az Broadway and Gates
avenue they learned that an automobile
PARTY consisting of five men had been in
the place a few moments before. one OF
TIE men in tire party had been overheard 10
saw that his automobile could make ninety
five miles an hour. kenney learned from
man in tine saloon that Lawrence
Birmingham. Of No. 1124 Halsey street, was
= member of the party.
birmingham. who was seen later. al
united being q member of the automobile
tartv. and told how the car had struck a
man Ar Broadway and Wiuoughoy avenue
-Bahcock was driving the automobile
ssfd birmingham 70 the detectives. Nv hen
r-o automobile struck tne man IL was gong
So fast that it couldn1 be stopped Bah
cock seemed 20 lose his head and was
afraid 10 20 back
With tho information received from Biz
r,iurram the detectives went 10 Manhattan
90 a garage at 40 esO6 Broadway, where
IA bcock kept the automobile. Lhe car
1,ir gray open vehicle. was inspected by
tra detectives one Of the oil cups was
missing The one found IN BroadW az n.-eu
the vacancy.
Late Yesterday afternoon Bsbcock put IN
an aprearance and was arrested. The po-
l-e said no admitted operating the car
which killed Or. Bender. He said tneGe
were five men in the party al the time OF
me accident. and added. ct was aIra4u u
20 back and kept right on.
Eabcock was charged with homicide ana
viii he arraIgued in the Gates avenue court
to-day.
DR. Bender was, born in CarisTune
Radon. Germany. ffty-four wears ago ne
received his medical education IN the NJ
vsrsitv of FreiberE. When t~enty-three
vsars old ne came 10 tins country. He
s.rved as ships surgeon on the Norm 'Tei
man Lloyd Line. and became connected WIN
the German Hospital al the time OF us IN
cention. He soon developed into an ezper'
on radiography
He leaves a wife. Mrs. Rosa Bender. VINO
was the daughter Of the late Colonel henry
Edward Roehr. at one time proprietor oil
the "Rrooklyner Freie Presse.' ana son
of Henry IS. Bender.