Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-16
.srEAL AND sMAsH cop,s cAR
They Take Auto From Before His
Eyes and Wreck It.

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man Edward Fricke. OF the Frankfor,
station. The car arrived ut Frickei
home, 5000 Dlttman street, gllstenini
with newness. II was soon the objec
Of an admiring throng
In the crowd were two we'll dressed
strangers. They heard Fricke say that
he couldn't run the car and offered to
show him how TO start and steer Go
ahead" said Fricke, and the men jumped
in and turned the corner. But they for
got 10 return and the cop and a lot
Of his friends searched the neighborhood
for them in vain.
While Frlcke was worrying about the
car word was received that two men had
been arrested In new automobile for
colllding with a iamppost at sth street
and Girard avenue. The car proved to
be that OF Fricke.
! one OF the prisoners gave his name as
| Vernon Main, Of Shlller street Ken
| sington. The other prisoners name will
| be learned when he becomes sober.
Dependency due to lack OF employ
| ment caused John Bird, OF 1850 Sterner
street, TO commit suicide last night by
lnhaling gas at his home. His wlfo
smelled gas and found her husband un-
conslous. Ho was sent to the Women's
Homeopathic Hospital but efforts to
revive him proved futile.
In addition TO the widow two children
survive him.
The police are looking for the incen-
diaries who are thought to have set fire
to five tons Of clover hay, valued at
nearly 500, belonging to John Coates, a
farmer Of Scotts lane. Falls Of Schuyl-
kill. This makes the second time in three
years that Coates has lost valuable hay
in the same manner The police expect
to make arrests by tonight.
Frank T. Smith, 227 Avondale street,
who has been In the Abingdon Hospital |
for the last three weeks as the result Of |
an automobile accident, In which he and |
Miss Edna Weber, OF South Broad street, |
were injured. was arrested and brought |
to central station today by the Abingdon
police. when the authorities were notified
that Smith was about to flee from the
hospital. A warrant had been issued for
Smith at the instance of Eugene Gold
berger, 20l6 Spring Garden street. owner
of the car, who accuses Smith Of taking
Il out without permission. The car was
wrecked Smith was unable to leave his
bed until Wednesday, when he was al
lowed to walk on crutches. He is said TO
have told several inmates that he would
attempt to flee from the institution be-
cause he suspected that warrant had
been issued
The old axiom that man can't pass as
a woman when once he starts to walk
was proved again when John Dunlezy. "a
years old, 1719 Lippincott street, who was
as a woman early today,
was arrested by a policeman who noticed
his masculine gait. He was taken to the
Ridge and Mdvale avenues police station,
where he failed to explain to the salts
faction OF Magistrate Grelis just what
was his Idea. A neighbor testified, how
ever, as to his good character and the
man was released with a reprimand
quarrel with his wife, and sad, be-
'ause she refused to become reconciled
o him, according to the police today. ]
'aused Joseph Strassner, As years old a 1
butcher. of 1922 North 18th street. to end
lis life by inhaling illuminating gas. He
vas found dead in the bathroom of his
lome.
Strassner was employed for more than !
Q years in the poultry establishment of
jeorge b. Parker, at 10Th street and
avenue He failed to arrive at
ne Parker store today. Parker notified
he police of the 18th and Oxford streets }
station. When a policeman reached :
Strassner's home he smelled gas fumes !
de traced the escaping gas to the bath
NNaA "iAANiA was IOGhtu. Inc uOOr was |
orced open and in the tub Strassnors
ody was found. :
Henry NJ. Wright. tho town blacksmith 9
4 Tullytown, Pa, attempted suicide To- .
ay by shooting himself through the
1outh. He is not expected to recover. 4,
10 walked calmly from the building and >
ny down In hammock on the porch of
is home. His sister Mary Wright. saw
lood streaming from her brothers mouth y
nd called for help. He was taken I'm an
utomobile TO the Mckinley Hospital at 3
renton.
A man who attempted suicide by taking y
as several days ago died today in the n
Hospital. He was James AL
N, 2637 Roberts avenue Allen was
over his inability to hnd work
Dr. more than a year. He is survived by
wife and five sons. O
Robert s. Burns SsO5 Powelton avenue,
as eXonerated by the Coroner's Jury
day of all blame in causing the death N
John b. Hess 45 years old, 45i9 North y,
IN street Hess died on July u from 81
1uries received when his motorcycle col IA
ded with Burns automobile on Broad | A
rect. near the North Philadelphia rail- N,
'ad station. According to the testimony, y,
ue-up of traffic forced Hess to run on
10 wrong slue OF the street. nj
Two Italians. who got in a scrap over n,
razor and used that implement on each W
her near 18th and Pine streets last ~
ght' were held In bail for further hear h,
4 today They are Tony Bioatti OF -,
piston street, near Bainbridge, and Dom a.
ie Melloeeio, Of Kimball street, near h,
TWO automobiles left in front of the cg
lcquet Club last night were stolen. one
longed to Jay Lipplncott. 1925 Spruce
rect, and the other TO Or. Charles M.
ontgomery 22lO Locust street.
A fall Of y feet into well at Parlxer's
d Ridge avenues did not result in seri-
$ injury to team OF heavy horses be-
aging to William ]. Hendren today. .,
le horses were pulling a scoop when a.
arding covering the well gave way. ~
10 animal fell through and dragged the "a
her with II, A block and tackle were a,
ed TO eNtFieate them. IT
alyin Foster was brought from Newark M
Camden today to face the charge OF In
rgery He was accused OF forging a "
eek with the name OF August Hauser,
flower and seed merchant, OF Front nj