New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-08
AUTO KILLS WOMAN;
DRIVER TRAPPED
Car Breaks Down and Pre-
vents Escape-ViCtim
Richly Dressed.
7 CHILDREN SLAIN
IN ACCIDENTS OF DAY
Boy Killed by Sprint at Ball Game
Man Who Rocks Boat Adds
His Mite to Woe.

Racing south In Lenox av. shortly
before midnight last night, William w.
Hobbs, a negro chauffeur for Frank NJ.
Stanton. of Shore Road, Whltestone.
Long Island, ran down and killed a
woman at 18th st. and narrowly
missed patrolman who tried to cap
ture him. Only slight accident to his
machine, according to the police,
brought him to halt and prevented
his escape. He is held on a charge Of
homicide.
Patrolman Henne, of the West 128d
ST. station. was on fixed post at 11Sth
St, when he saw the lights OF an auto
mobile coming down the avenue at
what appeared to him TO be 25-mile
rate of speed. At the same time he
saw a woman standing at 10th St
waiting for a car and apparently igno-
rant of her peril.
AS Henne ran TO warn her the car
struck her terrific blow, smashing
one of its lights. Two wheels ran over
her body. Henne lifted his club to sig
nal the chauffeur to stop, when the
machine swerved and narrowly missed
him.
Turning about, Henne raped on the
pavement for help, when suddenly the
cars mechanism broke and Hobbs was
forced TO bring it TO a stop
While he was being taken 70 the
station another automobile was pressed
into service and the body Of his victim
was rushed to the Harlem Hospital.
She was dressed in expensive clothing
and had several pieces of valuable Jew
elry. A watch set with ruby and
seven diamonds may prove a clew 10
her identity. 1t is an Elgin. No. 1919
80. Her umbrella had a gold handle
and pearls were set in it,
There were two cards in her bag
one was that of DR.. August Ohlendorf.
Of 100 West 9th street and the other
that of Louis Green. a hardware mer-
chant, of 942 Columbus avenue. On the
back Of the green card was written in
lead pencil the name of julius Tolme,
Of % Barclay street.
Seven children, ranging in age from
seventeen years 10 thirteen months, lost
their lives in various accidents in and
around New York yesterday, and an
eighth was injured, perhaps fatally.
Drowning cost one life, two fell from
the roofs Of buildings and were killed.
two died in automobile accidents and
still another was run over by streetcar.
A third automobile accident fatally in
jured child.
Mrs. Winderl saw a crowd Yesterday
afternoon collecting in front of her
home, at 1896 Third av., and rushed over
10 sec what was the trouble. She found
her son George, fourteen years old,
lying unconscious on the Tavement. He
had fallen from the roof of the build
ing after teing seized by fit Of apo
plexy The mother carried the bog in
her arms to the Reception Hospital,
where he died an hour later.
Almost at the same time John lab
lonsid. three years old. fell from front
window of hfs home. on the third floor
of IS MURRAY St. and was killed.
Mrs Annie Hengel, OF n Kent av.,
williams burg, went 20 the window of
her apartment to see II she could find
any sign Of a breeze. On glancing up-
ward she saw the body Of a little child
hurtling through the air Instinctively
she stretched out her arms. and miracu
lousy Mary Runglen, three years old, fell
into them and stuck. The child had been