The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-14
AUTO HITS CHILDREN
AND MAID; ONE DEAD
Three-Year-Old Girl Dying:
Nurse Suffering From a
Fractured Skull.
SAYS TRUCK WAS RACING
Archibald H. Whan Asserts
Speed Exceeded % Miles an
Hour: Driver Held.

A two ton covered automobile truck
travelling at more than twenty-five miles
an hour. according to "A witness. bore
down upon a nursemaid and two small
children she had In her charge at Am
sterdam avenue and Eighty-flfth street
yesterday afternoon. one Of the chill
dren died shortly after she had been
taken &C. "A hospital the other was ex
rected so die before morning. The maid.
who suffered fractured skull and other
injuries less serious. ~ In critical con-
dtion.
The children were the daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Hildt who liv"
in the 81. Germaine apartments. 200
West Eighty-sixth street Mr.. Hlldt is
said to be IA banker. Frances Hildt. C
years old. died at the knickerbocker
Hospital soon after the accident Bar
bara Hildt. years old. suffered frac-
turcd skull and was later taken from
the knickerbocker Hospital to St Lukes
Hospital to be operated upon. The maid
is Elizabeth Becker. IS years old who
has been In the employ OF Mrs. Hildt
since Frances was born
Miss Becker had the children out for
their afternoon airing She brought
, them back toward home from Central
l'drk through Eighty-ffth street and
then started to cross toward the St
Germane from the southeast corner to
the northwest.
Archibald Hamilton Whan. AN cff!ci-
ency engineer Of 100 West Eighty-sev-
enth street, was going west In Eighty
NTH street in his automobile when the
rod
pened he says:
AS | got to where ! could see south
IN Amsterdam dveuuc / noticed the big
automobile truck coming north At nigh
speed. II vas going more than twenty
iiNe miles an hour. and probably thirty
i've miles
The maid aud the two children had
got about five feet from the curb when
the truck struck them. There were
, either two or three men on the seat of
the auto truck. The chauffeur made a
sharp turn east on Eishtv-fiith street,
ami then he turned again and ran onto
the sidewalk, finally stopping about two
feet from the entrance to the 1T. Elmo
apartment house As he stopped | SAN
the driving chain Of the auto truck fail
of. When II stopped one OF two men
got off the seat and ran east: the
chauffeur rtma' a'utd.'
ne 'udu bl lN' AlII lFNt * y 10
car. VI, Emmyr.oh. 80 year, old ot
i33 East SIXTY tfin street H., was
/ driving Tor the hru If KathasIri Brps,
ga East f!:iN-nuth s':c't .Nftyi a
Snort Investigation and after Nj. Whan
had told his story E'Um-r.cn vas ar
rested ON a charG" of homicide in
that he recklrsslv droN. MS car"
} Later Elroy quick, an expert automo-
bile mechanic Of the Police Department.
Examined tho auto truck "" SAID II was
in perfect condition except that the 'hh u
. Was broken. II was suggested tnat thu
( sudden stop In front nt the - Elmo
! might nave rdGsed this hrcdG, and that
l At tn" moment OF the accident III the
| brakes ami gears Mere III proper shape.
I NJ. " han was greatly Iau-rS-d 10y
| the accident. We hurried over tu lt.,,,-
size Drive and found hi, OWN d,l-t, 4.
out witn a maid for an a!.iug li' turj
them both home L. WAS Nr W.. .
/ daughter who caused his recent r,,...
/ citation with h.s wife, Nj Wutu bees.
nled suit against her husband tor sci.
7 arati'u. charging cruelty Mr. WhIu DO,
. his reply. said his wife Ms u"glcctius
! him for social Sayetics Th,n he started
suit against Henry Bradshaw We,cn. s.,
wealthy .,al estate ope' ,iur Of New
Roch,il.. for sluu,u0o Tor alienation OF
Mrs Whaus affections. The suit Was
dropped after the reconciliation.