The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-07-11
PARIS KENTUCKY, TUESDAY.
WOMAN KILLED BY AUTO
DRIVEN BY PARIS MAN.


The Courier-Journal of Thursday,
gave the following account of an auto
accident in which Mr.. J. T. RedmOn,
of near this ely, figured, and who is
being held in that city on charge OF
murder:
after being struck by an automo-
bile driven by j. T. Redmon, farm
er living near Paris, KY, at Ninth
street and Broadway at 6 o'clock last
night, Miss Mathilda Elizabeth Vann,
aged 40 of 331 East Gray street, died
shortly before II o'clock at the Norton
Memorial Infimary.
Besides Miss Vann, F. G. Bohlinger,
stenographer, of 1906 South Floyd
street, was injured in the accident, in
which a street car, two automobiles
and bicycle figured.
miss Vann was crossing Broadway
at Ninth street when she was struck
| by the machine, in which were seated,
besides Mr.. Redmon, the latter'S
daughter, Mrs. Minnie Tarr, of Paris;
| his granddaughter, Miss Elizabeth
Tarr, and Mrs Mary Walker, also of
Paris.
"The woman was unconscious Wnen
placed in the police automobile of the
| Third district, which had been called
| by Patrolmen Ahearn and Palsick,
who were on the scene within a short
time after the accident. Her cOndi-
| ton was not considered serious at first,
but it was discovered later that she
had suffered conclusion of the brain.
Other injuries consisted of wounds in
her head and breast.
| hxy hn
and charged with malicious assault.
Immediately after his arrest DIR. E. c.
Redmon, brother, furnished bond for
his release. He will be rearrested as
soon as he can be found a charge of
murder will be placed against him,
according to Night Chief of Police
Ridge.
While at the county Jail Mr.. Red
mon, in explaining the accident, said
he was driving east on Broadway
alongside of an east-bound car of the
West Broadway line. A young man
on bicycle wss riding between his
machine and the south curb. At Ninth
street the car, the machine and the
bicycle were close together, and Mr..
Redmon said he had an eye on the BIZ
cycle because it seemed to be in dan
ger of being struck. In trying to
avoid this his machine struck the
woman, who apparently attempted to
get oct out of the way of the car. He
backed up his machine, and in doing SO
damaged another machine, the owner
of which made inquiries about him af-
ter he had been released from Gus
tody. /
"Mr Redmon declared he assistdd
the police in placing the woman in an
auto and then accompanied the police
men to Jail. He could not say how
Bohlinger was injured, but the police
believe that he ran into the automo-
bile trying to avoid pedestrians. His
injuries are not of a serious nature.
Mr. Redmon, in company with his
daughter, granddaughter and Miss
ker, left this city Tuesday for Louis
Vile Relatives in Paris have been
in communication with them since the
accident, which it is declared by g
number to have been the result of nc
negligence on the part of Mr.. Redmon
Mr.. Redmon'S case came up in the
Police Court yesterday morning and he
was held over for trial on July 10 I'm
der bond of $500. Judge Boldricl
placed the bond at $4,000 at first, bu
Redmon's attorney, James P. Edwards
opposed it as excessive, stating thai
as Mr.. Redmon was a nonresident o.
Louisville it might be difficult for hin
to secure SO large bond. The de
PENDANT did not appear in court.