The evening world., 1912-07-02
BAD AUTO SMASH
HURTS GIRL AND
; MEN IN RACE
Big Car Crashes Through
Wall Of Building Opposite
St. Vincent's.

| AWO DIE autOHHOpileS thdt inc ponce
say were racing at . speed Of sixty
miles an hour tried to take the turn ct
West Eleventh street and Greenwich
avenue, directly In front OF st. vincents
Hospital, at s O'Clock this morning and
one Of them was wrecked against the
wall Of an express building on the
corner. A girl and three men we're
seriously hurt, one man probably fatally.
Policeman waldeck was on fixed post
at the Intersection. and the cars were
coming so fast he drew his revolver and
intended to stop the chauffeurs II he
had to shoot the tires.
One automobile was on the west side
Of Seventh avenue, going south. and
the other car was slightly in the lead
on the east side. The first one made
the short turn into Greenwich avenue
where Seventh avenue begins. and then
another twist into Eleventh street. 60
ing toward the North River and dis
appearing.
The second big machine shot around
into Greenwich avenue, but the chauf-
feur couldn't mako the turn into Elcv-
enth street. The front left wheel came
OF against the curb and sent the car
with terrific force against the side OF
the Monahan express building. The hf-
teen-inch wall was caved In for several
inches and an iron window sill was
smashed of.
The rear end Of the auto, carried
around by the momentum, skidded
against the sidewalk for fifty feet be-
fore the machine struck Q lamppost.
throwing the three men and the woman
to the street.
CRASH WAKES EVERYONE IN
ST. viNcENT's.
The crash awoke everybody In the
hospital and all the residents OF the i'm.
I mediate neighborhood who were not al
ready awake, and soon the streets were
swarming with people.
The hospital stan quickly qu!etod the
fears Of the patients and prevented any
thing like panic.
Policeman John Hunter .oined Wal
deck In caring for the injured. The
chauffeur appeared to DO dead. SO they
carried the other two men and the Sirl
In first. While they were in the hospital
the chauffeur got up. hastily brushed of
his clothes, looked at tho total wreck
OF tho handsome car he had been driving
and disappeared around the corner. lie
IL known to the police only as Larry
and has not been seen since.
The first man carried In said he VA
Thomas Slattery. after having given the
police many other names. lie refused
his age and refused to allow the doc.
tors TO examine him. He told the police
later he owned a cafe at Rockwell place
and Fulton street. Brooklyn. and nvet
at No. 80 Ninth street. Brooklyn. From
the cursory examination they made Of
him he appears to be internally injured
and has many cuts and bruises all ovel
the body.
| The other man described himself Al
james McKenns, thirty-two years old
and said he was Q doctor living
Eighty-thlrd street and First avenue
Brooklyn. He was bleeding from tn
ears, eyes. and mouth and 10 believes
to be MORALLY hurt. He became uncon
sclous soon after being carried into
ward.
GIRL BADLY CUT, BUT NOT SER
iOUsLY HURT.
The girl said she was Elsie Gerwitsch
1, nineteen, Of No. So East One Hundre
and sixty-third street. She 10 bur
lesque actress. she told the police. an
:, her stage name 10 Violet Frank. Sh
J. said she was staying at No. Sls Stat
3 street. Brooklyn, while playing ther
II this week. She has many cuts an
bruises. but is not seriously hurt.
The police say that as we'll as the
can trace the two cars. they starte
from Fifueth street and Seventh av'
nue. The one that was wrecked can
over from Brooklyn at An early hou
and stopped at cafe at the Ftftet
street corner OF the avenue.
The man calling himself Slatteriy va
with the girl In the Brooklyn car whe
1t drew UP In front Of the cafe. ST
remained In the car. Slatterly seems
have met convivial friends inside. ar
when he came out Mckenna was wi,
him. McKenns got up beside Larry. Il
chauffeur
! The men and women from the 9th,