Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12

Injury to Women Prevented by Alert
Policeman


Persons hurrying to work narrowl!
/ escared injury At 18th and Walnut street
today, when a large truck horse rat
away. It broke away from a wagon that
| collded with a northbound trolley cal
I at 18th and Lstiner streets. Trolley traf.
| nc was held up for more than hall
| hour.
The truck, owned by the Great Bear
| Spring Water Company and driven by
John Williams. OF Yeadon. Pa. was going
west on Latiner street. The Impact
frightened the horses, and the one broke
his traces and dashed up the street.
Policeman Mitchell. OF the 18th and Lo-
Gust streets station, stopped the fright
eued animal Just In time to prevent in
jury 10 several women who had alighted
from Walnut street car
Abraham Kanster. 20 years old, Of i6Ui
South Franklin street, was held In SiOOO
bail In Central Station today to await
the result OF injuries TO Mrs. Mary Lith-
erbufY, u years old. OF 721 Tasker street.
Mrs Iltherbury was knocked down and
seriously injured by the bicycle, which
kafister was riding. on Saturday.
Lorenz Stickenberger, 50 years ola, OF
5i01 North 10th street, was found dead In
bed by his daughter Mrs. Louise Pretel.
His room was filled with Illuminating gas.
Tho man is thought to have turned on the
gas accidentally Just before he went to
sleep.
Harry Ham, who gave as his address
502 South 9th street, was held without
bail by Magistrate Beaton, In Central
Station today, to await requisltlon TO New
York, where he is wanted for alleged de- |
sertlon and non-support.
George Morgan, 81 years old, known to
the police by number Of other names
was sent to the Eastern Penitentionary
Today by Judge Shoemaker In Quarter
Sessions Court for robbing houses on
spruce street near 2ist. Morgan received
III lndcterminate sentence of six to eight
'ears for his recent crimes, and he also
viii be forced to serve three years as a
iarole violator. BY reason Of his past
ecord the prisoner has little chance of
'eing discharged until he has completed
/ years In jail.
Pleading guilty TO charges of false pre-
ences, Charles Moore, 10 gears old, OF
)th street, below Fairmount avenue, was
entcnced to Is months in the County
'rlson today by Judge Shoemaker In
quarter Sessions Court. Moore went
bout the city collecting money on bogus
for magazine. He OBJ
aimed $3.50 from each of his victims and
! snld to have collected n considerable |
um of money by his fraudulent scheme.
Timothy O'Connor, 80 years old, of $40 !
'orth 2ith street. boilermaker's helper, ]
as badly scalded today at the Queen
nne Pumping Station, while engaged In 4
'pairs ON n large boiler there He was
lken to st. Timothy's Hospital. O'Con-
,r. thinking all water had been drained r
ON the boiler, ascended 2j-foot lad H
ar and opened a door on the top OF the H
'iler. A stream Of scalding water II
'urted over him, burning his face, hands II
I'd arms and back. a later examina- II
OH by other workmen showed that II
pc had been clogged preventing the II
mplete draining OF the boiler. II
James r. Hyde. who said he lives at II
32 Bouvier street, will spend the next III
days at the county prison as the con- III
quence OF an untTssnmeled desire to II
lie about the city in a jtney. Hyde III
lied the car of James c. Hardy. of $40 | iii
orth 18th street. at Broad and Ontario HI
reefs. He was taken to Germantown III
his request and then to Palmer street HI
ar Girard avenue, where he gathered iii
party OF five persons and took them HI
Chinatown. At midnight the machine Ill
ought the party back to the Palmer iii
'eet address and the chauffeur de- III
anded his fare. e,,,- iii
Iyde told the driver that he had but iii
25 Hardy called Policeman Geakler, of Ill
> Girard and Montgomery avenues sta, III
n and Hyde was arrested. Magistrate Ill
'venson gave him his choice OF paying III
costs or taking 10 days in prison. Hyde III
no money and went TO jail. III
elson Prutzman. 81 years old, giving III
his address 2252 Bancroft street, was III
ested and held under $500 bail for a HI
ther hearing today after being ac- HI
ed by Mrs. Mabel Wright. a widow, III
220 Opal street. of borrowing $32 aul III
Ing, which he failed to return, and for HI
ch he gave her worthless checks Ill
tzman who is said by the police 10 iii
married. had been an admirer Of Mrs. III
light, according to her testimony be- III
Magistrate Wrigley in the German III
n and Lycoming avenues police sta III
She said she had known him for iii
ut six months. He was out of work, III
said. and she lent him the money and XII
!. The police believe that Mrs. Wright III
only one of several "sweethearts" iii
n whom Prutzman has obtained III
icy. III
TYHN DrN1ouyrs wxww iii