Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-28
WALTER A. FLINT
MEETS DEATH ON
WAY TO CHURCH
Former West Orange Mayors
Automobile and Trolley
Car Collide.


old, of As Bradford street. Orange, mo-
torman of the trolley car which tig-
ured in a collision last night with the
automobile of former Mayor Walter
A. Flint OF West Orange, resulting
4 In the latters death. was arraigned
before Police Judge Woodman In the
Orange Police Court today ON
charge of manslaughter. He was
taken to the office of Prosecutor
Hood. where he was released in Sl,VoO
bail.
Funeral services for Mr.. Flint will
he held ON Thursday night at
o'clock at the house. Rev. D. F.
Patterson, pastor of the Central Pres
bvterian Church. Orange. will officiate
assisted by Rev. DR.. Quimby. pastor OF
the West Orange Nj. e. Church. In
terment viii be in Evergreen Ceme-
terry Elizabeth, on Friday.
The accident occurred at 1;25
o'clock at Park avenue and Day
street. Orange, as Mr.. Flint was on
MS way TO attend dinner of the
mems Bible class of Central Presbyte-
rian Church.
The automobile was travelling
easterly and the trolley car was
on the Crosstown line, which had
stopped at the north side of Park
avenue. The trolley car had only
started to cross the street when the
automobile crossed in front
Dies In Ambulance.
The automobile was struck in the
rear. 1t was jammed against the curb
and Mr.. Flint was thrown out. When
passengers from the car reached the
man they found him barely alive.
lie was hurried to Orange Memorial
Hospital in an ambulance, but died
on the way without regaining con-
seriousness. The right side of his
head was crushed and his neck was
broken.
The motorman and the conductor,
John Vreeland, of 81 Lake street,
Bloomfield. were arrested by Police
men Giordano and Roberts. They
were paroled by Lieutenant McCar-
thy for hearing today. The motor
man cried like child after the acct
dent.
II was only yesterday morning that
the motorman with other employees
of the Public Service Railway Com
pany at the Washington street car
barns in Orange were shown moving
nictures of how to, avoid accidents.
Mr.. Flint was Mayor of West Or
snee in 1909 and 1910. He was di-
rector of the West Orange National
bank and a partner with his brother
In the firm of Nj. e. & w. A. Flint,
of Montclair. large retail dealers in
butter and eggs.
Somewhat late for an engagement
AT a church social Mr.. Flint left his
home at % High street, West orange,
In his Six-cylinder, seven passenger
automobile "a few minutes before the
accident. He was proceeding east on
Park avenue, thoroughtare re,
stricted to passenger Nehlcles, ana
approached Day street at the time
when trolley car No 923 of the Cross
town line was stopping to discharge
passengers at the northwest corner.
Auto Thrown Against Curb.
\ whether Mr. Flint, who was alone
IN the auto. thought the trolley car
Nould continue at a standstill longer,
ar whether he saw it start and made
mn effort TO beat it out. has not yet
made itself clear. He had nearly
crossed the tracks when the 'front.'
of the car hit the auto in the rear
wheel on the left side, throwing IL
against the curb and upsetting IT.
The motorman of the car denied
fPSDO0SlDll1lA
running at q slow rate of speed. His
statement and that of at least one
bystander was that the trolley car
had started before the auto started
TO cross the tracks. The force with
which the auto was hit does not in
dictate a low rate of speed.
Witnesses of the accident were
Thomas Burns. of q Springdale ave-
nue.. Orange, and J. A. King, of $40
-, nef frn
first man to reach former Mayor
FIint's side after the accident was
John Johns of Bloomfield, pas
senger on the trolley car. He took
cushions from the overturned auto on
which to lay Mr.. Flint's unconscious
form.
Myron e. Flint. brother of the dead
man. of Orange road, Montclair, was
notified BY his orders the body was
removed from the hospital to the
undertaking establishment of Charles
G. Van Buskirk. on Freeman street
West Orange. II will be removed to
the home today.
Mayor Samuel A. Muta, who sue
ceeded Mr.. Flint as Mayor of West
Orange, and who has been Mayor
ever since. was addressing Demo-
cratic meeting in the Pleasantdale
section of West Orange when the
news came TO him. He arose and
made public the announcement and
recommended the adjournment of the
meeting out of respect for the former
Mayor. This was done and the meet
ing was called off.
Former Mayor Flint leaves d widow
and two children. The children are:
Russell. aged nineteen, who is stu
dent at Pennington Seminary, and
Miss Mildred, seventeen years old,
student at the Montclair High School.
The widow was formerly Miss Matte
Ball, of Newark, and they were mar
ried about twenty years ago in this
city.
Mr.. Flint was a native of Williams
town, VT, where he was born forty
three years ago. He came to Newark
twenty-five years ago and lived for
two years with his brother, Myron u,
Flint, in this city. Later he married
Miss Ball and went to live in West
Orange. He and shis brother formed
the firm of NJ. r. e. W. A. Flint. He
was a member of the Masonic order, of
the Foresters and of the Junior Order
of the United American Mechanics.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs
Ernest A. Earl. of East Orange.
His friends ascribe some significance
to the fact that his mother was killed
eighteen years ago by being struck by
A locomotive while crossing railroad
tracks near her home in Williams