The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-04
HEARSE STRUCK
BY AUTOMOBILE
Car No. 294 Broke Tongue and
Delayed Ragland Funeral Pro-
cession Twenty Minutes.
HORSES CHARGED MAOLY
Record Police Were Ordered to
Keep Fails to Show Owner OF
Car in Accident.

The hearse which was conveying the
body of Ashby 4. Ragland from Grove
Avenue Baptist Church to Hollywood
Cemetery was struck by automobile
No. 294 at Floyd Avenue and Cherry
Street shortly before o'clock yester-
day afternoon, breaking the tongue and
almost causing the horses to run away
Pallbearers and others ran TO the as
slstance OF the driver, who had great
diihculty In controlling the horses
They reared and charged and plunged
dragging the hearse fully thirty feet
out OF it's course before they could be
suodued. Before the procession could
move 1t was necessary to remove n
tongue from Il carriage and place il
on the hearse. The funeral party was
delayed for fifteen or twenty minutes
The procession was moving south in
Cherry Street. SIX carriages were In
'front.' or the hcarsc. and they had
crossed Floyd Avenue, when the auto
mobile cut through. frightened the
horses and struck the tongue of tho
fearse with SUFFICIENT force to break it,
The driver of the car, who was alone
stood around tor i've minutes and then
drove away, and while his number was
taken, nobody asked for his name
Fnticd TO Get His Name.
No arrest was made. for the reason
mat there was no policeman on the
corner. Undertaken Christian who led
mo procession. reached Hollywood
alone. He could not understand the
delay. so he hnstened back. arriving at
lloyd Avenue and Cherry Street before
the funeral party had moved
BY that time tho driver of the car
Fad disappeared. AR. Christian was
unable TO ascertain his name last night.
though he VIII endeavor 70 do so to-
cay. With the help 81 the police The
cciccnt was $50 distressing ana shock
ing that il provoked a xreat deal OF
cdverse criticism
witnesses we're unable to determine
whether the driver OF thc ca dcl:bcr-
ate!E attempted 10 ext through tho
procession or had taken IL for granted
mat the hearse and ali carriages h.,d
PASSED They ssid th.y couid easiir
ioentify him When thA rapa.ls wcrr
completed tho party Continued ths
ZIP 20 Hollywood. this p&llu=arc.s from
the one cariieae that wns left strand
Cd IN the street hoirg sarced to crowd
themselves int" the others. There
was intense excitrmcnt while the
horses were trying to break away ar
fef the accident. hnd IL was L. main
strength tha! tnr< We're pulled down
and Put under control. Members Of Mr..
tasl"nd's family. in carriages behind
the hsarse, had TO sill there until the
damage could be repaired
Pobcr Record Worthless
Until VI. Christian can have access
70 tho records OF ;iio in the office OF
tne secretary If the Commonwealth.
1t viii Ae i'T,possiblc fer him to get
the nare OF the driver responsible Tor
The "ceidcnt The number. 2oi. is not
on file at police headquarters. al
though the department has been in
Stricted BY tn, board 10 secure num-
otrs every week from the Secretary OF
the Commonwealth. An investigation
last night showed that the boards OIL
dcrs have not been carried out In
the lst CT licenses issued In 1912 as
published by the state. Car No. 334 was
licensed last year In the name OF Louis
Washer. cf 3o1S Williamsburg Avenue,
Fulton. Ny. Washer said last night
That ee4 was the number of his r-r
last year. hut not now, and that he
WAS not in any accident on Floyd
Avenue Yesterday afternoon. He said
that he conl, not recall whether his
present nuribc. was 1850 or 1850 IL
is one o. those numbers, he said, but
neither is on nlc at police headquar-
tcrs. Notwithstanding Mr.. Washers
statement that tac license tag was Sc
cured months ago. AS the police
record Is Kept. the police cannot get
the name OF the driver In tho funeral
accident until to- morrow. as the Capt.
IN