New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-20
DON'T TELL MAMMA
CRIES BOY UNDER CAR
Little Thomas 0'ConneII Thinks
Of Father. Who Was Killed
on 81" Last Tuesday.
NOT HURT MUCH. HE SAYS
Was Returning from Visit to
Cousins, Near Washington
Square, When Acct
dent Occurred.

Thomas O'ConneH. six wears old. Of
so lU East 99th street was Knocked
down and pinned beneath an eastbound
>tn street croSStown car last night in
front of 80. % West Sth street. and came
near meeting a similar fate which befell
li4 father. Thomas O'Conuell, a switch
man. who was found badly mangled on
the IL" tracks AT 10th street and Third
avenue last Tuesday night. dying a short
time afterward in Lebanon Hospital.
The little fellow was badly lacerated by
having rolled beneath the fender and it
looked 10 the crowd gathered about the
car DIS though he had been killed.
When the car was backed and the boy
was lifted by "a policeman. bleeding from
wounds about the face and head. despite
mis- injuries hc pleaded ina childish tones
with the policeman not To tell enamma.
shortly after the boy had been attended
and taken TO the home OF his aunt. Mrs.
James Culhane. No. 4 West Sth street
woman friend of the boys mother ar
rived and said that claim agent of the
railroad had informed the mother OF the
accident and that Mrs. OConneH was
Frustrated thinking that the hoy had
been killed The boy was taken 10 M
home. where ne assured ner that he was
not hurt.
Buried His Father on Friday.
According to the boys aunt. Mrs. CuI-
bane. the boys mother had been III since
the death of her husband. who was
buried on Friday. Besides Thomas
there are two other small children
Ioseph. eight years old. and Margaret
four wears old Yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Culhane sent her son James, ten
wears old up to Mrs OConnell's house
ro bring Thomas O'Connen downtown TO
spend the DAY. Mrs. O'onnelI He-
INJURED at first. but finally conSente"
after warning the boy To be caret"'
about the cars The boys arrived AT
Nrrs CuIhaue's house i'm the afternoon
and together with Thomas 'ulhane'
,.unt years old. the three boys spent
tn- afternoon and the early part of the
evening playing around NaShInsi""
square.
Tr. three were returning To the cur
t.u. home. when i'm front of 30. 30 the
l.t-ll D'rcnncn boy became separated
from bis two cousins. and the next they
heard was a scream and saw him being
struck tv the car ana rolling under
,.,th The screams attracted the at
..r.,. of PauoImau WnelpleN. of the
,...t a-th street station. lie ordered the
r..-.r,.su Caspar Mole. to back IN"
car r,p. after first trying 20 get the nov
...-r under the car At The time OF IN"
accident the motOrmau had seen the boy
.r time go stop the car before the wheels
rgs ,d over the body.
Pinned Under Trucks.
t, ambulance was summoned rom -.
Nn..rt- Hospital and while awaiting
the arrival of the doctor the boy pleaded
win the patrolmau not To- toH his mother
.. account of what napper"d to bis
father. and then hc told the policeman
how his father had been removed ana
later died
When Dr. Gleder. IF 81 Nipccnts Hos
pItaL arrived he found the boy suffering
from decorations and bruises Of the race
and body. and had decided TO take him
.o the hospital when Mrs Culhane The
boys aunt. arrived and refused to allow
the boy 10 be taken anywherc except %
her home. Later Mrs. CulhaHc took the
hoy 10 his home and with mis- head
wrapped i'm baudages the boy laugh'n@.y
assured his mother he wasn't hurt much.