The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-12
POLICE LEARN DE- TAILS
OF LEO k|DD'S CONDUCT
Society Women Had En1cavOrcI in
Vain 10 Induce Him TO leave
Thorpe Girl Alone.
SIZE is SERIOUSLY INJURED
victim of Automobile Accident. Po-
lice say, Was Dragged Into Near
ny Yard and I.cft-IIcr Jaw bone
Is Broken i'm Two Places.

Leo NJ. Kidd. charged with carcicssly
and recltlcssly operating his autoino-
bile. ana with fcloniousiy inluriuy Miss
Pauline '. Thorpe. OF l02G South Ran
dolph street. early yesterday morning
was hail"d in Police Court yc.tcrdny
by Justice Crutchncld in the sum OF
$1,000. with :. {. Gordon as security.
Miss Thornc. the only victim OF the
accident. in which Kids automobile
and 81 taNicab, with which 1t coiIided.
were wrecked. is in a serious condition
Ut Virginia Hospital. She is suncring
with two fractures OF the jawbore.
with conclusion OF the brain and with
numerous decorations and LESSONS. she
lay unconscious many hours after ,hc/
accident;
The collision occurred at tho inter /.
section OF Grace and Bciviioro streets
Kidd was driving west, and the taxi
cab, driven hy g. W. Meredith. a chaut-
four Tor tho Richmond Transfer Com
pguy. was proceeding; north on ISclvi-
d"rc street. II is said that Kidd was
running ut a rate OF forty or forty
ny" miles an hour and tho taNicah.
according 10 measurement made by
Detective Sergeant Wil.S. was hurlcd
s!Nty-threc feet by the impact Kidd'.
fore ii came To halt. = fact which
the police believe VIII prove that Kidd
MAS running at Il highly dangerous and
excessive speed.
POLICE: LEARN DETAILS
OF kIDD'S CONDUCT
FURTHER details as TO kidd's alleged
conduct Immediately after tho accidcul
"crc learned hv the police YESTERDAY.
According 10 his own admission, made
through his attorney {" .. Wenden-
burg, Kidd picked up the unconscious
young woman and placed nor III The
yard Of the house az Gi2 West Grace
street. Tho police. they say. have :,
witness who Will swear that he saw
Kidd drag Miss Thorpe from Tie
wrecked machine and deposit her like
log In tho yard. Then he returned
to look a. his machine. After gazing
AT IN" wreck the witness says, Kidd
went back TO his compauon's side ana
dragged her further into tho yard, re-
, turning ngIin 10 tho seem. Of the acct
G"rt pr II. Julien opjcuhitu.r. Io-
I Tie" surgeon, WHO had bcrn out to rnilt
"a letter, came upon Kidd talking ia
. Meredith, and. noticing that he uu-
: b'"edhif about The face. ausgcstcd that
4 10" come INTO his Office for attention
oppenhmcr says that during tho
[ conversation lie overheard between
Kidd and Meredith. Kidd never ones
spoke % Miss Thorpe. ana did not even
mention her while H. himself was hay
x When Policeman Porter arrived ON
the scene his attention was called 10
the body lying in the ward By Bruce
/ i'alm"r. Mr.. Palmer at first though
mat lhe body was that OF child who +.
mad fallen from a window closer ,.N-
/ animation revealed that il was tho
''odF OF Miss Thorpe who. though un-
conscious, was Sroanjnp in her agony &
Shr was picked ur ny physicians and
carried into -. r;liaabcth's lfospl,:,I.
la,V
( to Virginia hospital llidJ was then
arrested by Sergeant lohnson.
HEiIE:Nr: Ir WAS MS
INTENTION no LEAVE UEIt
The poiicc arc inclined 70 tho idea
that Kidd placed Miss Thorpe in the
Ehrd IN order to shield himself from
blame, and that il was his intention
TO leave her. II was not until after.
: s'" had been found, the police say.
that Kidd admitted that he had had
a companion Ia his machine. Thcn ho
said that there was also another pas
ScnEcr in the car--a man, named
brooks or Morgan. who is said to re-
side i'm Gresham Court
+ II was frankly acknow Lodged by tho
/ poiice yesterday that their attention
. had been called some time ago to the
relations existing between Kidd and
. the young girl. and that at the request
1 OF :, wen known woman who Is active (
Ia social work. They had requested Miss +
s Thorpc'S mother to swear out n warrant
against her daughter so that she could 4
be taken to ana cared for in a we'll !
/ Nho"n institution near Baltimore. Mrs. 4
/ Thorpe refused. She told Detective /
( Sergeant l[rcuscl. who was sent b,-
Captain McA'ahon TO interview hor, i
! that her daughter WAS ia good en-
| Picym"it. That she knew Kidd was pay
, ing attention TO hcr, but that he mad
/ bcch forbidden the house. She fur
/ thcr StiId ;liat The Youu.; girl was tho /
( chief support OF the household as her
/ father is an invalid. Then, il Is said, !
+ Il personal appcal WAS made TO Kidd. I
~" Was asked by a prominent woman, 4
I Who had Interested herself in Miss 4
I Thorpc. to pay her no more attention. 4
/ with what results II Is now generally {
I known.
Kidd has most unenviahle record 4
4 win the police. In nearly every in
stance III which nc has come before the !
authorities the name OF Young girl I
Z has been involved and il was authori-
/ tatiVciy stated yesterday TINT his re-
cord extends back for sixteen years.