New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
Thrown in Central Park When
Saddle Horn Breaks, and Then
Relied Upon by Animal
After Il Falls.
DAUGHTER SEES ACCIDENT
Both Riding in Bride Road When
Mothers Mount Takes Fright
at Auto Horn-Victim Dies
IS Size Reaches Hospital.

MIS-. 7 alOilile II. tsitBI. Nil' VI 1900
lace Percy Knapp, Il lawyer was t'ir"Nh
and crushed under her riding horS" ~
the West Bride Road. Central 'd:h
yesterday afternoon. She was removed
at once to the Red Cross Hospital ara
died as she reached the institution.
The police say Mrs. knapp's hc's5
stumbled and she was thrown against
the pommcl Of the saddle, causing ~
terna injuries and pulmonary Arn "
rhages. She was picked up from IN
roadway bleeding profuscly and placed
i'm an automobile. When her Iltte
daughter, who sat beside her IN IN ma
chine. learned her mother was dead ia"
tainted.
Mrs. Knarp and her twclve-Eclr-" !
daughter Emma were constant c"mp"h-
ions on their horseback rides l"St'f-
dav afternoon as usual. thct appeared
in the park about = o'clock mounted -
two horses from a Fifth ayenu" 'ldlnS
school. and half an hour later wer" can
tering down the West Bride Road' lr''
favorite shady lane.
stumble is not known. but il is thought
the cracking electric horn Of passing
motor car frightened the animal, "hl u
leaped forward suddenly. throwing rs
rider against the saddle horn lheh
reared high in the air Mrs. Knapp 'ch
backward out Of the saddle and as Sh"
struck in tho bride path her horse lost
its footing and fell upon her. Norm'A
Naul of 80. "a Broadwar. who w.
standing near. said the hors" ~ .'5
frantic struggles to gain it's feet '"I'''
from side to side over Mrs KNAPP
Child Becomes Hysterical
Little Emma was nearly paralyz"d
was fear. and could not force herself
from the saddle for moment 'ut aS
Maui Patrolman Mclaughlin, ~ m" Ar
s.raI Precinct. aud others ran +" aid
Mrs Kuarp. tho child swung Iar-elf
down and rushed go her mother. M'"
was unconscious. with blood streaming
from her mouth and n"eo. other pc"-
SONS hurried up and Mrs Knapp V's
laid on grass plot while the cIild
tried Historically 10 stop the fo" "f
blood with = small handkcrchief
Maui hailed William Wright chauf-
feur driving car owned 10y +. \. Nor
gan. OF 80 Il West 5oth street and
pollcemeu rfted the wounded woman
into the back seat. Mclaughlin stood
on the running board "f tho machin" as
it dashed to the Red Cross Hospital at
Central Park West and Tooth street.
Maui held Mrs. Knapp in his arms
In a few minutes. Mrs. KndIp vas
taken into - admitting ward NJ the
hospital and examined b. Dfs. Mc1gher
and McKiutrick. but the physicians say
she died az she was being carried II !
was found that four ribs on IN" tight
side and four on the loft side had been
fractured. and these produced III" Iul-
monarv h.morrhages which, with the
internal injuries caused By being thrown
against tho saddle noru, resulted in
death.
The child could not understand ihat
her mother was dead. but whom II
dawncd upon her she burst into NobS #
anguish, and then grew hystcrical She
Was later taken by Il r"latiy" {" h"r
home. at No IS East 54th street
Saddle Horn Broken OF.
Patrolmen from the Arsenal station
found the two horses wandering about
and took them to the shcepfold I'm Cen
traI Park, where Lieutenant Barnes
made an inspection Of Mrs. Knapps sad
die. He found the horn missing. 1t had
been broken of when the rider was
thrown against it. The roadway whcr"
the accident occurred. Just opposite 9Ith
street. was searched, but the broken horn
could not be found.
Mrs Knapp was the daughter Of Mrs.
Charles i Miller. She was thlrty-six
years old. Besides her husband and her
daughter Emma, she leaves another
daughter Mary. Mr.. Knapp has Offices
at No. - Rector street. lie WIS grad
uated from Yale IN 1856 and is "A member
Of the University, the Racquet and
Tennis and the Riding clubs He has
a country home at SmithtoWn Branch,
Long Island Mrs. Knapps sister Is
Mrs. Edwin $. Isham, who lives with
her mother at No. 20 West 31th stree.
Her brothers are Charles II. Miller and
James T. Miller, assistant secretary oi
the Knickerbocker Trust Company
DR.. Philip +. O'Hanlon, Coroncr's ply
scian. gave the necessary permission,