St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-14

Board. to take him home. This wal
shortly after o'clock.
when reached the corner, Mr.
Burns and the others got in! the ma.
chine and we took Mr.. Burns home
327 South Dupre street. At the cor.
ner we all went into q nearby ga
loon and had a drink. | took milk
and l do not remember what the
others took, but they were all per-
fectly sober. This I do remember.
After reaching Mr.. Burns home
we went in and told him good night
and then got back into the machine.
Harry Hoyle suggested that we go to
Lee station. All seemed to agree
with the suggestion, and I turned the
machine in that direction.
20 reaching short distance from
the canal in the roadway. the ma
chine, in some unaccountable man
ner, turned over. I cannot remem-
Der just what happened. About all
l remember was that some young
men got me by the arm and walked
we to some house near by, where We
were given coffee and awaited the
ambulance" mahoney concluded.
He has been an employee of the
Sewerage and Water Board for the
last five years in the capacity Of
chauffeur. This is his first accident.
He probably did not see the incline
into which he ran the machine. It
is thought he, being unfamiliar with
the lay of the land there, turned too
short and ran directly into the IN
cline, which is a sharp one.
Constance's Account.
Constance's version of the accident
others, for he was not caught in the
wreck, but jumped. He was injured
in the fall.
"After we had taken Mr.. Burns
and Mr.. Hoyle. in the machine We
took Burns home and then Hoyle
suggested that we go to Lee station.
We went out-Gentilly road and after
very short distance l felt the au-
tomobile going down an incline. l
holleredN for. the others to jump. !
did, and probably saved my lie. I
ran to the overturned car and helped
the chauffeur out. We tried to raise
it, but it was too heavy. I know
that the others were pinned under
meath and thought they would be
crushed:
mot being able to raise the car,
we went to someone living in the
neighborhood and asked for assist
ance. Just about the same time we
were asking for assistance of the
a wagon drove up and we
went to it and asked them for ass St
ance.
1.-The combined efforts of us two
and those in the wagon succeeded in
lifting the heavy machine from Harry
Hoyle and Mcbride.
Harry was dead. He must have
been killed instantly, but Mcbride
was all right, just hurt little. and
held by the steering wheel.
1--WE were all then taken to near
by farmhouse and waited for. the
after which We were tax
en- to the Charity Hospital, where
we found that none of us was Sc
riously hurt. After telling the po
lice about it, / was sent home in /;
taxicab.''
The remains of Hoyle were remov
ed to the morgue, where they were
later claimed by his wife. The coro-
ner pronounced death due to brok-
en- neck and internal shock.
William Mahoney was detained by
the police and then released after It
was found that he was blameless fol
the death Of Hoyle and the injury
Of others. including himself.
The Sewerage and Water Boards
was damaged to the ex-
tent Of 5000.
Victim Of the Accident.
Harry Hoyle was born at Whist
Ter. Ala, thirty-five years ago, at
which place he received his early |
When but asyoung man
he moved to Gulfport, Miss, and it
was in that city that he first began |
20 build up the large liquor business
which he acquired. For many years |
ne conducted a large retail and
wholesale liquor establishment In
1ulfport, with several branches, one
II which was located at Slidell, La.
When the prohibition law went into
effect in Mississippi; Mr.. Hoyle moved
o New Orleans, and transferred his
business to this city, with branch
It Slidell to supply his Mississippi
customers. He was partially inter-
.sted in several other saloons in this
ity and owned absolutely the main
,lace Of business between Canal and
berville strets. This place was. es-
alished by the deceased about two
,eafs ago, after spirited oppos
ion by other saloon men n the ne gh-
but Hoyle finally won out
n q contest for a license. Harry
Ioyle was one of the best known
men in Southern M;ssiss ppi. His
business Affiliations extended to per-
ons in almost every town of any We
q the southern section OF the State,
md after coming to New Orleans
rom Gulfport he continued his bus
less connections with his customers
q that territory. Besides conducting
lis liquor business he was interested
q several local industries and was
stakeholder in the National Brew
ry of this city, holding the office o:
hector of the company. He was
member of several fraternal organ.-
atoms, including the Eagles, Aer e,