Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-08
MERRY-MAEERS IN COLLISION
Ruined Ball Gowns and Cuts and
Bruises Result.
AUTOMOBILE STRIKES CARRIAGE
Reckless Chauffeur OF Car Occupied
by Lieutenant Mupcaster Causes
Runaway-Mrs, y. l.. Burr
Dragged Through Mud.


Two parties OF merrymakers en- route
to the Ak.Sar-Ben ball lost night suffered
thrilling experience when Lieutenant
J. H. Muncaster's taNi-cab. piloted by q
reckless chauffeur. ccllided with ear.
rage occupied by Mrs. r. $. Parker, 5GS
Davenport street. and her daughter, Mrs
J. L. Burr and Miss Ella Droste, Sis Park
avenue
In a runaway which followed the three
women iraculouslv escaped serious in.
jury or death and their beautiful gowns
were ruined. and the driver Of the We
hcle was dangerously hurt in being
hurled from the cab seat ~ the impact.
AS soon as his progress was stopped by
the collision. the chauffeur Jumped to the
crank of the machine restarted u. and
whirled away with Lieutenant Muncaster
and the young woman who was accom-
panying him. imprisoned in the closed
car, through streets, boulevards and alleys
in frenzy to escape
Mrs Burr sustained the most thrilling
experience, yet escaped with only a few
minor scratches. In turning the corner
Of Twenty-fourth and Webster in the
runaway, the cab struck a lamp post and
was split in two. Mrs. Parker and Miss
Droste were thrown out into a pool of
mud. Mrs. Burr clung to a bit of up
holstry on the back scat Of the cab while
the vehicle, bouncing on its side, dashed
from curbins TO curblng.
II saw that / would be killed II l at
tempted to jump, so | just held on, ex-
pecting every minute to see the bar con-
Meeting the front and back wheels break
and let me fall" she said THE team
turned up Burt street and went west
along the car tracks AT Twenty third
street | saw man standing on the
corner. l screamed 10 him to stop the
team. BY the time he had started In
pursuit the horses struck the mud and
could so no farther.
when / got out l saw my mother
running toward me. She had not thought
Of her own injuries and l wasn't hurt
very much. 1 was dragged about eighty
feet I'm the mud and my ball gown-my
wedding gown-was ruined"
Mrs. Parker was cut over the left eye
and badly bruised about the body, though
not dangerously.
Mrs. Burr wore a beautiful white satin
dress and white slippers. Mrs. Parkers
pale lavender silk dress and a handsome
gray opera cloak were torn and mud
yellow silk Her clothing suffered the
least.
The carriage was going north on
Twenty third street near California when
struck by the machine, coming from the
cast. The collision occurred at o'clock
Mrs, Burr intended meeting her hus-
band at the Den. He had gone early to
participate in the grand march.
K. II. Hoover, driver of the automobile
was caught in front of the Loyal hotel
by Emergency Officers Emery and
Wheeler. He was charged W. reckless
driving and drunkenness. The auto
mobile was owned by Llewellyn Boone,
who operates the Loyal hotel taxicab
stand.
| Izadore Plotkin, foreman of the A.
Melcher livery barn, 1916 Leavenworth
street, was driving the cab. He was
badly bruised and lacerated about the
head and shoulders and is thought TO
have sustained conclusion of the brain.