The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
fATHER SEES AUTO
KILL DAUGHTER
WASHINGTON, d. G.. snecia,

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Special.
While crossing the street i'm an
swer TO her fathers summons TO
dinner, and within a few feet of a
smaller sister and a half dozen
playnatcS, Marie Nussbaum. the
nine ycar-OId daughter of Solo
mon Nussbaum, of 1I9 r. Street.
Northwest, a former policeman.
was run over and almost instant
~ killed i'm front of her home late
Friday afternoon by n taxicab
driven by William \. Sinnot. of
Twenty-first and Nj Streets.
Northwest, a nephew of Joseph
j. SinnOt, dOOrkcepcr of the House
Of Representatives.
The child's skull was crushed
and her scalp badly Iacerated.
The child was picked up by her
father and placed i'm the taxicab
which had struck her, and hur-
ricdly driven to Emergency Hos
pital by SinnOt. She was placed
Immediately on an operating table.
but died before the surgeons could
help her.
SinnOt surrendered to the DO
hccman ut Emergency Hospital,
and WAS returned to Sixth Pre-
cinct and locked up for the night,
pending an investigation which
was conducted this morning by
Coroner hewitt at the mOrgue.
The father was spared the or
deal OF seeing his daughter rum
over. for ne had turned away
from the window of his home
after calling the child and lust
before she was flung TO the street.
He heard her scream aS the taxi
cab hit her, and turned TO see
her stretched on the street.
Mrs. Nussbaum. the mother.
was i'm the rear of the house pre-
pairing the family dinner. She
heard her husbands cry as me
rushed to the street and tainted.
Last night she was i'm a hysteri-
cal condition and under medical
care.
SinnOt last night expressed
deep sorrow over the tragedy. but
said that he did everything pos
sible to avoid hitting the child.
He said that she stepped from
the sidewalk directly i'm front of
his machine. He declared he was
not going more than twelve
miles an hour, but could not stop
the machine before il struck the
child.
Marie NuSSbaum. with a small
or sister. Grace Nussbaum. eight
years Old. returned from school
yesterday and went to play across
the street from their home with
AdeI COriO. whose father iS pro-
DrfctOr of store az 1fO T. Street.
Northwest. Other children Joined
them. Mr.. NuSSbaum saw them
playing, he said last night. and
thought them safe.
II wanted the children TO come
homo a ~ IL inn
leaned out OF the front window
to call thcm," continued the fa-
thCr of the child. 81 saw Marie
start across the street and turned
back into the house. thinking she
would come homo immediately
I had just turned away when I
heard q scream. Realizing some
thing was wrong. I turned again
tO the window, and saw the child
stretched out on the street. The
machine which had hit her had
stopped, but trail of blood
showed that IL had dragged the
child quite distance
"A crowd quickly gathered. and
together we put Marie i'm the taxi
cab. and the driver took her away.
promising to hurry her to Emcr-
gcncy Hospital. \ short time
later 1 received word she was
dead"
\. +. Garden. OF 100 f. Street.
Northwest; HObley EppS. OF 1917
street. Northwest: Mrs. VIII
liam CrandaII. of IOI T. Street:
III. B. Cunningham. of IO2 T.
Street: II. jackson. of f13 New
Jersey Avenue. Northwest: G. &.
frabant. of the Continental Hotel.
and NJ. III. Bacon. of 435 New
Jersey Avenue, eIther witnessed
the accident or arrived on the
scene n few minutes aftcrNVard.