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
Body.

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
OF the victim, the driver broke from
the crowd. ran into the building and
escaped through the rear entrance.
while q 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 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 CIR
was picked up mob gathered about
the chauffeur. George j. Weaver, g
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 ne 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 DR., w
A Selman, 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 tc
his machine again he was surrounded
by a great crowd, from which muir
murs of Lynch him" and Kill him
were fast growing into shouts. stand
ing in his car, the chauffeur ad-
dressed the crowd, pleading thnc he
be allowed to go to the home ot 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 flight of steps
1 into the apartment building. Sew
| eral of the mans assistants ran after
/ him, but were halted by Mrs. u. f
/ McGaw, proprietor who stood in the
doorway and defled them to entei
/ her home.
Escapes Through Rear.
The chauffeur escaped through the
| rear entrance to the building, while
! the cries of the mob in front rose &c
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 position that it was
| impossible for the driver TO have seer
| her 1t was also stated that the mar
Kept his seat in the car while pedes-
TRANS pushed it back off of the girls
| body.
After the young woman was taker
to her home Father Rapier, of Mar.
ist College. was summoned. Miss Car
RE Gubernator, a close friend of tbs
injured girl, also was sent for.
Miss Hughes is about II years ole
and very pretty.