Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
.BHUtLtS IL GIVE
SPEED FIENDS
THE LINZ"
Recorder Declares He Will Aid
Police in War on Careless
Automobile Drivers.
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have declared war on the speeders, 60
she said. We have formed ourselves
into a vigilance committee to get the
numbers of all the automobiles who
race through this part Of town"
Mrs Heyback saw the auto which
struck the Fitzpatrick girl and knock
ed her from the middle Of the street
to the sidewalk, but she did not see
the accident itself
The car was coming no fast" said
Mrs Heyback. that It just seemed
to appear from nowhere and then Il
dashed into Williams Street and dis
appeared from sight"
The only eye witness Of the acct
dent was a woman living on Mills
Street, near williams. Most OF The
residents In the neighborhood had
gone inside for dinner. This woman
was sitting on the porch OF her home
when she heard the whirring OF the
automobile An instant later she
saw II dash down the street, striking
the fitzpatrick girl
The car did not slacken its speed
in the least, but raced on In cloud
of dust and turned into Williams
Street, where II was lost 10 view. The
Mortified woman did not stop to go
around by the gate, but vaulted the
fence and picked up the limp form
and carried IT into her house, from
where IL was removed to Grady Hos
pital and then home.
The girls left shoulder le dislocated
and her ankle Is thought 20 be broken.
Z was going TO visit my brother,
Homer who lives on River Street"
said Eva, in telling OF the accident.
Il got on the Luckie Street car two
Blocks from our house. got of the
car at Mills Street trasfer to the
River Street line.
Il started across the street. when
all Of a sudden woke up In Grady
Hospital
mo I did not even see the auto
mobile, and never heard a horn or
any sound Of warning.
Says Driver Was White.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick, who had learned
all the particulars from eye witnesses
to the accident, state that the auto
mobile came down Mills Street at a
terrific rate OF speed, driven by
white man. He never sounded a
warning, she declared.
ne OTlNCI OF the touring NtAA hAItt
he had hit Eva" said Mrs. Fitzpatrick,
put en- even more speed and with
out looking around made his escape.
Il think this is one OF the most
cowardly and outrageous deeds ever
committed IN a civilized community.
II the accident could have been
avoided or was accidental l would
feel diffrent about It. But when the
chauffeur hit Eva he ran like a cow
ard. and this shows that the deed
was deliberate and that people In au-
tomobiles care nothing for the lives
OF people.
Eva has not been TO town but a
few times In her life, for do not al
low any Of my children to run the
streets. She is not deaf, and had she
been given any warning I am sure
she could have got out Of the way
OF the machine, even at the high
speed II was travelling.
We are poor people and though /
don't for a minute begrudge the doc
tor bills for Eva, II does seem a shame
to have my little daughter crippled
for life and not to even know who Is
responsible for It,"
The girls father, w. r. Fitzpatrick,
is employed at the Atlanta Steel Hoop
Mil.
The Kilpatricks have SIX children,
only one Of whom rs working Neigh
bOrs Of the Kilpatricks are greatly
aroused and some OF them have ex-
pressed the opinion that pedestrians
should take the law into their own
hands.