The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-18
Collarbone Broken, and
SeverelyCut andBruised
About the Head.
FEAR NO SERIOUS
A f TE r. RESULTS
Mlnister Unconscious When
Picked Up in Street, and Was
Later Removed TO ST. Eliza
bcth's Hospital-Injured
While on His Way
Homo From Church.

Ge,. iu~srl! Cecil y ~ pastor or
tho Second I'rcsbyt"raI church was
knpcked down aud injured by an auto
UDnNr driver by ". J. stone OF COZ
Norih Avenue Barton Heights. last
riEht ~ $50 o'cipcN =, the corner of
l-'urcl street and park Avenue. HIS
c"iiarbOu. was broken md he was cut
and bruised about the head. some
l%nrs laicr nc vas removed to 81,
Li!@abeth's Hospital whsrc HIS condi-
ton was reported ills morning az be-
Ing favorable
l,r Cecil had preached as usual a,
his church located on Fitth stree, near
Aain ma after the s,gvicc walked
nome accompanied by several members
Of tile CONGREGATION. Crossing Monroe
l'arE IN company with II H. McNcy.
lhanhser OF kugan & Co. Or Cecil
was making MS Way 10 his homo TT oi2l
Park .SveIGc
Run Completely over.
Nccounts i!ncf IA t. The exact ma
i"tc Of tho accident. The stone car.
y If said was running from Park
AVENUE iuto Laurel, and cut the co.nerI
rather sharply though at no great
speed fpr. Cecil ana his companion
"err CROSSING Laurel 10 enter parh
AVENUE. As the car approached Mr
NrNeE stepped forward hastily, whiiaI
Pr Cecil stood SIN. or stepped back "a
race ~" was squarely strnek, KNOCK
ct down. ana tho car passed hin.
leaving hin unconscious
with tn" aid OF Nj. Stone MIR Nc
Wy and c,hcr9 ne was lifted into inc
hrne % T. Hamilton Baskerville. at
~ Nortn Laurel street, on She corner
% Park Avenue whcr. Drs. Manfred
can and j. shelton Horslcy were sum
ln"ned. Later an ambulance was call
cd and lust before midnight the min
l,tsr WIS moved 10 81 Elizabeth's
Hospital, at the corner OF Pine andI
Gtaec S,rcdts.
rh.,Irinn's Statement.
after g critical examination. Or.
ll"rsisy said thar SO far a. he could
nov tell there was no reason Ia anti
'patc serious results He said:
We found fracture OF the left
collorhonc and lie is BADLY bruised and
clt about the head. Dr. Cecil COON re
gained consciousness, however, and so
ial as We can tell there arc no inter
l.ai injuries. While u will r.uuir,
treatment for some lime until the
broken bone knits. ] Sc. no reason 10
anticipate any more serious conse-
puences"
a small crowd had gathered Mt the
scene of the accident including sew
c"ai bicycle policemen, who made n
!"port OF the occurrence 10 the Second
Police Station. with the name OF the
/ owner and number of the car-l5sl.
IL was stated that Mr.. stone did
everything possible TO render aid after
The accident, going himself for physi-
clans and later sending two profes-
sionai nurses TO aid in caring Tor the
injured man.
Lender In His Church
Or. Cecil came TO Richmond about
ion years ago from Selma, Alabama,
accepting the pulpit made famous by
the late Rev. Moses y. Hoge, D. d.
During his ministry mere the church
has increased in numbers and activity
only yesterday morning il was deter.
mined 10 increase the number OF
church officers. and at an election held
Messrs. y. Churchill Young and Her
bert W. Jackson were elected ruling
elders, 1t had been planned 10 hold
an election for members of the board
of dcacons next Sunday, and DR. Cecil
had announced n series OF evangelistic
services precede the quarterly com
nlunion on the first Sunday in April.
Or. Cecil is one of the most widely
known Presbyterian ministers in the
South. In the past year he has served
as moderator for the Presbyterian Gen
o.al Assembly. moderator for the Pres
hytcrian synod of Virginia and moderi-
TOR of East Hanover Fresbytery, thus
having held all Of the elective honors
conferred By his church.
Although late az night, the news of
the accident spread rapidly through the
neighborhood. and there were many
callers at the Cecil home and at the
home of Mr.. Baskerville Officers OF
the church stated that arrangements
would be made for a temporary pulpit
supply. and that IL was hoped that DR..
Cecil would be able to resume his work
In few weeks.