St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-14
HARRY H0Y[E
LOSES L|FE|N
AUTO WRECK
CAPT. CASHEN AND THREE MEM.
BEERS OF SEWERAGE AND
WATER BOARD ALSO IN.
ISIS JURED IN ANOTHER r..
- ''' ~S'" ACCIDENT.

riding automobile parties came to
grief in New Orleans early Sunday
morning. Harry Hoyle, a well-known
Royal street saloon keeper, was kill
ed in one accident and three employ
ees Of the Sewerage and Water Board
were injured. In the other mishap
Capt. Marcus T. Cashen, of Fire In
surance Patrol No. 1, was injured
probably. fatally when the JOY riders
machine dashed into the fire patrol
on which he was standing.
Coincidentally, the accidents hap
pened at the same hour Sunday morn
ing-3:30 o'clock-but in wildly sep
'arated parts of the city. Cyrus
Shelton, 4917 Chestnut street, chauf-
feur Of the machine that caused Capt
Cashen's injuries, was imprisoned,
but Will Maloney, chauffeur of the
Sewerage and Water Board car, who
was driving the automobile that turn
cd over and killed HOyle, was .releas-
ed after brief detention by the po-
lice.
Hoyle's neck was broken when the
automobile in which he and three
employees of the Sewerage and Wat
er Board had started on a ride to
Lee Station, turned over. Andrew
Mcbride. Will M. Constans and Will
Mahoney, Sewerage and Water Board
employees. were slightly injured.
The accident occurred on the Gen
lilly road, alongside the Mar.gny
Canal.
~ Capt. Cashen was thrown a dis
lance Of thirty feet and suffered
fracture Of the base Of the skull when
the joy-riding party driven by Shelton
dashed into the salvage wagon of the
Fire Insurance Patrol at Carrolton
Avenue and Banks street. Five 9th
or occupants Of the JOY riding ma
chine were shaken, but not hurt. The
condition Of Capt. Cashen, who was
removed to the Charity Hospital, IS
critical. The Joy riders driven by
Shelton were in the touring car of
Dan w. Fietel, without the later's
knowledge. According to the police
the members of the party were under
the influence Of liquor.
The suryivinS members Of the par
~. -. which Hoyle lost his life told
the police that they had not been
drinking. Mahoney, who lives at
735 Dryades street, has been chauf-
feur for the Sewerage and Water
Board for several years past. He
was pinned beneath the car and bad
~ bruised. MrBride, who lives at
3011 Josephine street, suffered a
broken toe and body bruises; Con-
STAINS, 1929 Saratoga street, has a
broken collar bone and bruises.
Fire PatrOlmen Say Waved Lantern |
Failed to Stop Automobile.
The members Of the joyriding par
ty whose car struck and injured Capt. |
Cashen are alleged to have been |
heavily, and members of the
IRE patrol charge that they disregard
cd danger signals and dashed into |
the salvage wagon while running ut !
the rate of about thfrty-five miles an
hour. At the time Of the accident,
two Of the occupants Of the auto
mobile, which was wrecked by the
Impact with the heavy wagon, gave
fictitious names and the chauffeur re-
fused at the time to We h name.
One of the joyriders ran away, but
later was apprehended by the police.
The young men who 80 disastrous
y ended their Saturday night revel-
y are Joseph Petit. 1851 Caliope
street: Thomas Smith. 722 Cir cd
|treet; Henry L:nderman, 1929 Thai
. stree; Joseph Smircich, and An
hony La Franco, 1900 St. Charles
venue. La Franco and Sm:ric oh
lrst gave the'r names as John Smith,
.1S1 Carondelet street and Jack Viii
erie, 1913 Calliope street. /
~. High Rate Of Speed. J.
The acc dent occurred at o'clock
sunday morning. The aut omohile