Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-04
WOMEN LAY
AUTO DEATH
To POLICE
Mother of John EiseIe, 9, Killed
by Car, Would Sue City as
Negligent,

The pathetic death of John n.
Eisele, Jr, the 9-year-old boy who
was run over by an automobile driven
by Robert Caldwell. of No. "a Cor
don street, at the corner of Peach
tree and Ivy streets Monday after
noon. caused his mother and a num-
Der of her women neighbors who came
to her home at No. AZ Mills street
Tuesday to console her, to bitterly
denounce the police for their neglect
of little children. But a few weeks
ago a little girl was killed.
The families that live in this sec
ton, which is Just two blocks from
a pretentious part of West Peach
tree street, are poor. They are not
ashamed of the fact, but on account
OF It feel more keenly what they term
total disregard on the part of the
city,
Mrs Eisele had been Frustrated
since the death of her little boy at
st. Joseph's Inflrmary Monday night
The good women of the neighborhood
gathered at her home Tuesday to ex-
press their sympathy and help care
for the smaller children.
Calls Corner Death Trap.
Just at the time a reporter for The
Georgian arrived at the home j. II.
Caldwell, father of the young man
who had caused the accident. called
to show his interest.
The woman her eyes red and swol-
len from much crying, came into the
little sitting room, and four little
children collected about her knees.
Il don't blame your boy, although
he may have been very careless" she
began, and tears started flowing
again. 81 blame the police for per-
uniting a death trap at that corner
Automobiles fly back and forth along
there all day From what ! can learn
there was no officer there yesterday
afternoon when my little boy was
killed on his way home from school
my husband takes the same view
of it. | wish he we're here to tell
you our side of the case.
Mothers Live in Dread.
Most Of the children who live IN
this neighborhood go to the Catho-
lie Parochial School. for we want
them to get good Christian training.
They have to cross that street every
day. We mothers live in awful dread
that some accident will happen 10
them any day. Terrible as this death
is it is not so much of a surprise. And
we think the police are to blame"
Il am tempted to take every one of
my children out of school and allow
them to grow up N ignorance" broke
In one of the neighbors. Il saw in
the papers where the policemen were
carrying little children across the
streets to protect them. The pictures
showed the children to be beautifully
dressed. / never heard of a police
man even noticing q child Of poor
family, unless it wcs his own.
81 see where they are always ar
resting persons who haven't done
anything very bad, when it seems to
me that their real duty should be to
pee that our little children are pro-
tected from harm"
Would Sue City.
IF | knew how, would sue the
city" continued Mrs. Elsele.
Not long ago there were about a
dozen people to call at my home when
my 15-y old boy had been report
ed for throwing a rock near an old
woman The boy was not guilty Of
any crime. One policeman at that
crowded corner yesterday afternoon
would have saved my little boys life.
But the policeman was not there"
Yes" said another neighbor, "the
police are as 1 have seen them-are
very active aboPt unimportant things.
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