New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-10
DEATH BY AUTO SOLVED
Jesse MetCaIf Admits His Car
Killed Man in Orange.
GIVES SELF UP TO POLICE
WillAppear Before Judge Whose
Nephew Was Sentenced to
Jail in Similar Case.

Orange y j.. Feb. 9.-Tnc circum.
stances of fatal automobile accident or
Central avenue. I'm this city. early thi'
morning remained q mystery until noon
when Jesse Metcalf. a New York dry
| goods merchant. gave himself up 20 m"
police. lie explained he did not realiz,
when he ran down the man who was
killed that The victim was seriously hurt
He also declared he had been blinded by
the headlight Of a trolley car al the mo-
| ment Of the accident.
After he had driven on he had misgiy-
, ings he said. and returned 20 whore the
man lay but after a superficial inyesticd'
ton decided that his injuries were roI
serious. Mr. Mctcaif then drove 10 tH'
home Of his father, Manton 3. Mctcalf. a
former police commissioner. AT No. IS
! Centre street The victim of the acct
dent was Christopher Henry, of 40. =
Lindsey Place East Orange, hfty years
| old. employed as driver by IN Oieng'
firm. lie leaves wife and severa
grown-up sons and daughters.
The body was found in the street short
| Is after the accident almost sinu.tan,'
oUsly hy Albert -. Headley and william
4. BOruoman. both Of Newark. who wer'
driving by. II lay at = spot betweeI
| Scotland street and Lincoln avenue. OF
! the tracks II the cIosstown trolley linz
| When an ambulance arrived from TIN
! orange Memorial Hospital II was icarnc,
, that Henry was dead.
The accident occurred hide after mid
night II was about noon when yOur;
Mctcalf reported to the police and wa
paroird .u the custody of his counsel for
mer Judge Thomas A Davis. Of Orange
20 bc srraigred tomorrow morning b"
fore Police Justice Edward ". Woodma.
on the charge OF manslaugh,er Judg'
Dayiss nephew. Daniel 4. Dugan, -.
was recently sentenced 10 serve not les
than FIVE wears nor more than ten year.
Ia state prison fuI running down an'
killing with his machine fourteen-yeai
Old hoy. Leo McDcrmou, on Christina
bay 1911. The case has been appealed.
M Metcalf is twenty-five years old
and is In business with his father In Met
calf Brothers Company. Tie family en-
joys = position of social prominence 10
the Oranges The elder Mr. Metcalf mad
a generous aOLai'u ioHuu IpoHhluN q
play ground iu orange. and his son wa'
appointed playground commissioner II
O. formal statement issued by the young
man he said
II WAS so mncryei by the accident thai
/ continued to the next block and ther
came back. found the man in charge OF
motorman aud conductor II trolley
car. and there was also Ju mobile
that had stopped nearby ! S.. Gold that
the man was unconscious and appeared tc
have scalp wound and that the amSi'
lance had been sent FOR 10 take him TO tho
hospital.
Il then went home and told my father
about H. We had no idea the matter was
serious. and my father said ii would dc
To- lclephon" 10 the police station the mex;
morning. ~ We felt we could do nothine
that was not being done. as. the man was
being properly cared for My father
called At the hospital shortly before l,
o'clock this morning and found the man
had died We then notified chief Of Po-
lice Drabcl."