New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
CRASH WITH AUTO
OF PRINCE FATAL
Brooklyn Man Dies from
HurtS-Chauffeur Held
for Chiid'S Death.

Mincola. Long Island. July 23. Ed
ward o. Cornell. who was injured in a
collision between his automobile and
that Of Prince Ludovic Pignatelli
d'Aragon on the Mcrrick Road Friday
evening. died this afternoon in the
hospital here.
Mr. O'Conncll. who lived at 1886 61st
ST.. Brooklyn. leaves wife and son.
who we're with hun m the crash. The
prince. who had five ribs broken and
was AZ first believed 10 be the worst
hurt is at Mcrrick. where he is spend
ing the summer. fIc IS recovering
Citizens here are planning an appeal
TO the Board Of Supervisors for some
drastic action TO prevent the reckless
automobile speeding which is causing
so many accidents in this district.
Allcnhurst. y. J.. July %. John +.
Kane. Of 240s Ryer av.. The Bronx.
charged with reckless driving. was
held here to-day in $1,000 bail 20
await the outcome Of the injuries sus-
tanned by Mrs. Otto Loewy. Of %
West End ay.. here.
Kane's touring car crashed into
delivery wagon on Elberon av. Mrs.
Locwy was taking q ride in the wagon
with her two children. She was
thrown out. and among her injuries is
broken arm. Kane was arrested az.
ter chase by Chief Of Police Ravens,
who Communicated n passing automo-
bile.
Sayvllc Long Island. July -.
Clarence +. Westin. of 500 West End
av.. Manhattan. may recover from the
injuries he sustained when hurled
from an automobile at Bellport on
Wednesday. the doctors said tonight.
He is lying strapped to an ironing
board in the summer hoTe here Of his
father-in-law, Frank $. Jones, Of
Brooklyn.
Morton h. Goldfarb. srraigned yes
terday for killing thrce-vcar-o Marie
Bruschi and injurng three other little
ones, when he drove his racing auto
into a group Of children playing on
fist st.. Brooklyn, Wednesday night
was put through a rigid examination
in the 9th av. court BY Warren |. Lee,
Assistant District Attorney.
Goddard. who Is twenty years old,
son Of florist at 349 New Lots Road.
broke down when held BY Magistrate
Solwell IN $4,000 bail for examination
next Thursday on a charge of homicide.
But he refused 10 disclose the iden-
tity Of the Henry Robb. who was with
him in the car.
The young man said he had mo car
but short while. and this was only the
fourth time he had driven II and he
did not understand its mechanism very
well. Witnesses said he was going al
sixty miles an hour.
81 got excited when ! saw tho chill
dren and couldn't steer clear Of them.
I knew ! had hit one OF them. Three
or four blocks further on | told Robb
10 clear out Then ! tore of the num-
Der plates from the car"
Alexander Caster was severely
burned yesterday when he drove into
a cauldron of boiling tar. which set
his auto truck on fire al Could 81. and
av.. Richmond Hill. Gas
tier fell into the tar He was taken 10
81. Mary's Hospital Jamaica, in a crit
cal condition.
Colonel Edward S. Cornell. secretary
Of the National Highways Protective
Society, wants a new automobile law
passed. The colonel returned yesterday
from an s00-mile trip through the
tate.
He said he had noticed that owners
u this state do not drive their cars
with the care shown IN other states.
His new law would compel the licens-
ing Of owners instead of chauffeurs