Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
Lynch Him" Is Cry Of Crowd
Which Sees Peachtree Street
Accident.
DRIVER ESCAPES BY RUSE
Victim Caught by Fender, Car Has
To Be Rolled Back Of
Prostate Form.

Hundreds Of persons who saw an
automobile owned by Otto B. Von-
Dingelhoef. an attorney IN the Can
/ dler Building. run down a young
woman in front of the Grand Theater
building late Saturday afternoon.
/ formed themselves into a mob and
/ threatened to lynch the chauffeur.
After being followed to the home
CT the victim, the driver broke from
the crowd, ran into the building and
escaped through the rear entrance,
while woman blocked the pursuit OF
! the mob at the front door
The victim was Miss Mary l..
Hughes, private secretary to the edi-
, tor of The Sunday American. She
/ received abrasions on her right hip,
right foot and left hand with pos
! sible internal injuries.
Caught by Fender.
Miss Hughes was walking north on
Peachtree street when the accident
occurred. As she stepped from the
curb the right fender of the automo-
bile, which was approaching from
behind, caught her dress. and, swing
ing her bodily around, threw her
/ down in front of the machine
The car was brought to a halt over
the body Of the young woman and
had to be rolled back before she could
be picked up.
Pedestrians going home from work
witnessed the accident and fastened
to the scene. AS soon as the girl
was picked up a mob gathered about
the chauffeur. George ]. Weaver, a
| travelling salesman for the Oliver
| Typewriter Company, No. 81 Auburn
avenue. sprang into the machine,
which contained but the one person
and clutched the chauffeur around the
neck, declaring that he would hold
/ him for the police. Other persons
clambered into the machine, and a
| general attack upon the man was i'm
minent.
/ The chauffeur pleaded with his
captors to be permitted to telephone
to his employer. While this was being
done an automobile driven by DIR. w.
A SeIman, who has offices in the
/ Gambler Building. came up and took
Miss Hughes to her home at No. II
West Cain street.
Crowd Wants Life.
When the chauffeur came out to
! his machine again he was surrounded
by great crowd, from which muir
murs of Lynch him" and Kill him"
we're fast growing into shouts. Stand
/ ing in his car, the chauffeur ad-
dressed the crowd, pleading that he
be allowed to go to the home Of his
victim.
The crowd consented and moved
down Peachtree street with the ma
chine. At the door to the home OF
Miss Hughes, which is the Gresham
apartment building, the chauffeur was
met by his employer. Mr.. Dingelhoef,
who addressed the mob in an effort
| to secure the young mans release.
This was denied by Weaver, who
still held the chauffeur, and shouts
from the crowd became more per-
sistent that he be turned over into
their hands.
/ A sharp struggle ensued between
Weaver and the chauffeur by which
the latter secured his release and
plunged up the short fight of steps
into the apartment building. Sew
eraI of the mans assistants ran after
him, but were halted by Mrs. d. f..
\ McGaw, proprietor, who stood in the
doorway and defed them TO enter
her home.
Escapes Through Rear.
The chauffeur escaped through the
/ rear entrance TO the building, while
the cries Of the mob in front rose to
a high pitch To policemen, who ar
rived on the scene. Dingelhoef prom
| ised that he would deliver his driver
at the police station as soon as he
could find HIM.
| According to witnesses, the car was
moving at a high rate Of speed. Miss
Hughes, at her home later, declared
that the windshield Of the machine
was in such a position that it was
impossible for the driver to have seen
her II was also stated that the man
kept his seat in the car while pedes-
trians pushed It back off of the girls
body.
fob
| to her home, Father Rapier, OF Mar
list College, was summoned. Miss Car
RE Gubernator, a close friend of the
| injured girl, also was sent for.
Miss Hughes is about II years old
and very pretty.