Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-01

The heartless leaving of the aged
man in the street after running him
down has raised a storm of Indignation
among the many hundreds of law
abiling autoists. They declare that it
is a disgrace to every owner of car
and that the only way they can be
cleared is by finding and furnishing the
man.
II never heard of more brutal
thing In my life," said a member OF
the New Jersey Automobile Club today.
Nothing more cruel is recorded in the
pages of the history of the Dark Ages.
There is not law-abiding auto
as | do. 1t is horrible to think that
man could be so brutal The New Jer-
sey Automobile Club will al in
locating this fellow, if every member
has to act as a detective.
TT is such things as thase that cause
the i'll feeling of the people against
autoists. Common decency demanded
that the man who struck Mr Stanford
should halt his car and ascertain the
extent of his injuries, then aid his VIC
tim in any way he could. 1t is nothing
short of criminal to leave a man dying
in the street. In fact, l call 1t murder"
The New Jersey Automobile Club is
particularly incensed over the killing
of the aged druggist. 1t is probable
that the club will take some action -
the matter. The club members and
thousands of other autoists in this Vi
cinity are careful drivers, and aim TO
make the streets as safe as possible
for pedestrians.
''Not Taxicab," Says ConnelI.
Acting Captain Connell, OF the de-
tective bureau, had every driver of an
automobile and taxicab to hire in the
city before him in police headquarters,
together with the managers of sew
eral of the concerns. They were put
through a severe gruelling, but none
of them could throw any light on the
killing of Mr.. Standard.
Acting Captain Connell today said
that he is confident that Mr.. Stanford
was not killed by a taxicab driver.
Every policeman in Newark" he said,
has been given explicit orders to do
his utmost to find the chauffeur who
killed this aged man. I consider the
killing of Mr.. Stanford one of the most
brutal acts that has come under my
notice as a policeman"
Believed Wealthy Man Owns Car.
While 1t is believed that the car In
owned by a wealthy resident of this
vicinity, and it is not known If there
was more than one occupant at the
A..
driving the car. His inhuman treat
ment of the man has stirred Newark
autoists as they have never been
stirred before.
Mr.. Stanford was on his way from
his drug store at 256 Mulberry street
to the Continental Hotel where he
lived, about midnight Wednesday. He
stopped at lunchroom for supper, and
was crossing Broad street when the
automobile, coming at terrific speed.
struck him a..d tossed his body a con-
siderable distance.
Without a stop the driver increased
his speed and turned into Lackawan-
ma avenue Mr.. Stanford's skull was
fractured and his right leg badly cut
and bruised. The night was stormy
and pedestrians fought against the
rain with their heads down. This is
one reason why full description Of
the car could not be learned.
Mr. Stanford was still breathing
when discovered in the wet street and
was carried to the hotel, and was re-
moved to the City Hospital, where he
died several hours later without re-
gaining consciousness. Had the acci-
dent happened in some darker spot It
is probable that he would have lain
in the street until daylight.
But one man has been found who
can give even the most meagre descrip-
ton Of the machine That man is
Stavis Kourousis, proprietor of the Mi
nerva lunchroom, at 45S Broad street.
opposite the Continental Hotel, and
from which Mr.. Stanford had emerged