The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-22
SAD ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT
Lowell MARTIN, AGE FIVE AND
ONE-HALF YEARS VICTIM OF
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.

One of the saddess accidents since
the advent of automobiles in our
district occurred Saturday night
about 7:30 o'clock, just opposite
our public library.
The accident resulted in the death
of the young boy which occurred in
the hospital about two hours later.
DR.. c. " Kraft, who was driving
his car, gave practically the fol-
lowing statement at Police Head
quarters regarding the accident.
81 was driving my car along Peli-
can avenue at a slow rate of speed
and when crossing the intersection of
Pelican avenue and Belleville street,
sounded my horn. There were many
children in the street at the time.
When at a point just opposite the Ii
brary, a boy suddenly darted in front
of the machine at distance not over
fifteen feet from the front of the car.
at one put on the brakes, but could
not avoid striking the child on ac-
count of being so close to him. The
child was carried into the library and
l at once sent for Drs. King and
Weaver My wife and my sister-in-law,
Mrs. H. L. Sease, were in the car
with me at the time of the accident"
The following accounts of the &C
cident are taken from our three daily
papers:
The following account of the &C
cident is taken from the Times-Pica-
yune:
Run down by an automobile with
in short distance of his home, Lowell
l.. Martin, six year old, 81 Belle
vile street, Algiers, was so badly in
jured Saturday night that he died a
short time after he was admitted to
the Charity Hospital
The boy attempted to cross Pelican
avenue near Belleviie street, when
he got directly in the path of the
automobile of DR.. c. V. Kraft, 500
Verret street. Before Or. Kraft could
bring the automobile to a stop the
child was struck and run over. DIR.
w. H. Weaver attended to the injured
boy until an ambulance arrived and
he was sent to the hospital.
Corporal Bengert, of the Algiers
police station, reports the boys death
was purely an accident, as DR.. Kraft
was driving at a moderate rate of
speed, and that witnesses saw the
boy run in front of the machine.
Lowell Leo Martin was the son of
Lillian Lauman and Charles D. Mar
tin, prominent railroad man of
Algiers, connected with the Southern
Pacific Company, and leading men,
Der of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen. The child was little more
than five years old, and was favo-
rite among his playmates. Times
Picayune.
The funeral took place Sunday
afternoon at $3.50 from the resi-
dence of his parents, 81 Belleville
street, Rev. FIR. Petit of the Church
of the Holy Name of Mary, officiat-
ing at the house, church and grave
interment being in the Greenwood
cemetery.
The high esteem in which the lit
tie fellow was held was testified to
by the great number of floral de-
signs and bouquets OF flowers that
we're sent there especially from the
children in the neighborhood and his
many little boy friends all contribu-
ted their mite in order to buy floral
offering as their last part in the
service that they could give him.
The casket was borne to the grave by
six little boy playmates and walking
by their sides were six little girls
each of whom carried a Gala lilly.
The pall-bearers were Ethel Ander-
son and Peter Fink, Alma Lauman
and Louis Peterson, Hazel Lauman
and Claude Hauer, Blanche Wander
linden and Byrns Anderson, Ruth
Finnegan and John Ryan, Edith
Lewis and Alfred Peterson.