The evening world., 1912-06-20
AMBULANCE KILLS
! SISTERS IN TRYING
r TO SAVE A BOY
St. Vincent's MOTOR Jumps to
the Sidewalk and CruSheS
h Women Against Fence.

Miss Frances Farrell. who was
crushed last night by u motor an.bu-
lance from st. V!ncent's Hospital, died
this morning IN Bellevue Hospital. Her
sister. Mrs. Bernard Iackman. was In
stantly killed by the speeding auto
injured. and an unidentified lad knocked
down and slightly Injured.
The accident occurred In front OF
SuyVesant Park. at Second avenue and
seventeenth street, as the two sisters
we're returning to their home from ST,
Anne's Church. In East Twelfth street.
where they had gone to offer prayers
for their mother and sister, both of
whom had died within the pas, nve
weeks.
Arthur Lyons. the chauffeur of the
machine. 10 held without bail in the
East Twenty-second street police sta
tion on the charge OF homicide. He
will be arraignea in the Coroners' court
this afternoon
The ambulance hai just transferred
patient from st. Vincents Hospital to
Bellevue and was returning south in
Second avenue. Witnesses declare It
was running at . fairly high rate Of
speed. Or. Nicholson, an inferno Of St.
Vincent's. was on the drivers seat with
Lyons.
MOTOR JUMPED ON SIDEWALK
AND CRUSHED THEM.
MIRA Lacaman and Miss Farrell had
been going nightly to st. Anne's. When
they left the church last night they
walked slowly and seemed distracted.
Each held . ROSARY. As they walked In
the shadow Of the trees along the iron
fence OF Stuyvesant Park the automo-
bile ambulance came DO wiling down Sec
ond avenue. AZ 1t approached Seven
teenth street. boy dashed from the
sidewalk directly In front of the car.
Lyons threw his steering wheel hard
over and the automobile mounted the
curb. Even then It erased the boy and
knocked him down.
Lyons applied the emergency breaks.
but not in time to stop the car until II
had crossed the sidewalk and struck
the big iron fence around the park.
Mrs. Lackman and Miss Farrell. backing
against the fence. were brushed be.
tween the hood Of the motor and the
iron ratings.
Lyons and DR.. Nicholson, though bad
" bruised by being thrown from the
car. drew the automobile back. DR.
Nicholson saw that Mrs. Laokman wa.
dead. The motor ambulance was on,
Of commission, so Lyons and DR.. Mich.
olson placed Miss Farrell on . stretchel
and ran with her to the Lying-In Hos
pital on Second avenue. between Sew.
enteenth and Eighteenth streetA Rev
Father Gavin Of the Church Of the
Epiphany. who was passing. admins.
tered the last rites to Miss Farrell a.
she lay on the stretcher. Miss Far.
rel was later taken to Bellevue. wher,
she died this morning.
HUSBAND WAS WAITING FOE
THEM At CORNER.
Bernard Lackman. husband Of Mrs
Lackman. had been at the Anawanda
Club. the organization Of Leader Muir.
ply Of Tammany Hall, at Twentieth
street and Second avenue, and wa,
waiting In front OF the clubhouse FOR
his wife and s.ster-in-law when hi
heard Of the accident. The Lackmsn n,
and Miss Farrell lived at No. 225 Eas
Fourteenth street.
The funeral OF the sisters will be helt
from st. Anne's Church Saturday morn
Eng. The interments will be In Calvary
Cemetery. Mrs. Lackman and her sis
ter lost their mother ive weeks ago
Two weeks ago their other sister. Rose
died.
1T used to be a big. loving family.
said Mr.. Lackman this morning. IAN,
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