Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-28
FOUR DIE AND
MANY HURT IN
AUTO MISHAPS
Newark Girl Among Victims of
North Jersey Accidents Over
Weekend and Today.
MRS. MARY JEFFERS, OF
NEW PROVIDENCE, DEAD
Negro Chauffeur Meets Death
in East Orange-Fatal Smash
Up on Clinton Avenue.

injured in automobile accidents ir
northern New Jersey over the week
and. Sadie Thomas, nine years old, OF
Newark, was killed in collision a
Hilton early today.
Herman Smith, fifty-four of Phila'
oelpbia, was fatally injured at IL a
m. today by an automobile. He was
struck while crossing Clinton ave.
nue. at Lincoln Park and died at 8
hospital.
Mrs. Mary B. Jeffers, of New
Providence, met instant death al
Mendham Saturday night, when heI
carcollidad with one driven by Harry
S. Meats, of 63 Sanford street, East
Orange, and Aaron w Rogers, q
negro hackman, of East Orange, was
killed Saturday night, when he was
swept from the running-board of his
car by machine driven by Paul K
Davis, sixteen years old, of AZ Hillyei
street, Orange.
A man believed to be Herman
Smith, fifty-four years old. of Phila'
delphia, was struck and killed by al
automobile driven by Norman Burch
a carpenter and builder, of 80 Burne
street, at Clinton avenue and HalseS
street today. Smith sustained pune
and other internal injuries. Burcl
picked up the injured man anc
rushed him to st. Barnabas's Hos
pital, where he succumbed at noon
less than an hour after the accident
When taken to the hospital the
man gave his name as Herman smith
but the police are in doubt as tc
whether that is his real name. He
was in such a weakened condition
that little information could be OBJ
tanned concerning him.
Burch was driving north on Clln'
ton avenue. when Smith started tc
cross from Lincoln Park to the Other
side of Clinton avenue. According tC
Burch, he was driving close to the
curb and could not see Smith because
of the bushes at the park. The mar
stepped directly in front of the ma
chine. according to Burch, who sale
he did his utmost to stop the car, bu
was unable to do so in time 20 aNoif
the accident.
II was at first thought that the ac-
cident was not serious, and Burch
who was arrested at st. Barnabas's
Hospital by officer Jewell, of the
motorcycle squad. aftec being taken
to the First precinct station, was
paroled. He was later rearresteo
after Smith had succumbed. Tht
bodv of the dead man was removed
to Holes morgue.
Sadie Thomas, of 512 Mulberry
street Newark, nine year-old daugh
ter of Mrs Mary Thomas, was in
stantly killed while riding in an auto
mobile about I o'clock this morning
when a motor truck collided with thu
car on Springfield avenue neat Rut
IN in
The child was in the left-hand cor
ner of the rear seat asleep when th'
car was swung sharply to the righ
side of the road and the seat of thu
truck Just extended over the side o
the car far enough to strike the
girl.
The car the child was riding in was
not damaged beyond few scratches
and the occupants of it say the i'm
pact was so slight that they be-
lieved the girl was not even wakened
All was dark in the automobile and
the fatality was learned only when
twelve-y -year-old boy, Alfred Cheney
of 6 Oliver street, Newark, touched
the girl to wake her and tell her OF
the narrow escape from a smashup
When his fingers touched the blood
oozing from her injuries his screams
were heard for a long distance.
The child was taken to the home
of DR.. James b. Grom, Newark
dentist, living nearby, and DIR. g
Herbert Taylor. the township physi-
clan. was summoned. He found thai
the child had been killed instantly
and probably while she slept.
chief of Police Arthur j, Boyle
and Policeman James p. Matte
brought all concerned to the station
house.
Then it was learned that the auto
mobile in which the girl was ridins
was a seven passenger car used al
as iitney by its owner, James Smith
of "a North centre street, Orange
While waiting for business at th'
tube station on Park place late yes
terday afternoon the car was engaged
FOR a night ride.
The party started off at 9 o'clock
In il were Mrs. Thomas, her daughter
Sadie, Alfred H. Cheney and Mrs
Cheney and their twelve-year-old sor
Alfred. and Thomas Brady, of l0'
Orchard street. The three Cheneys
and Sadie Thomas rode in the real
seat
hev went to Elizabeth, Millburr
and Springfield and were on theii
way home Smith. who drove thu
car. saws he was on the right sidt
of the road when suddenly motor
truck loomed in front of him and no
twenty feet away. He swung th'
car sharply to the side and was con
graduating himself on avoiding ser
ious accident when the Cheney boy
commenced to scream.
The motor truck, three and one
half ton machine, was the property
of william Dietsch, of 400 Eas
Tenth street, New York, and was
driven by Joseph Borck. of 623 Eas
Fifteenth street, New York. On the
seat with the driver was Michae
Howodeck, of 523 East Fifteenth
street, New York, also employed by
the owner of the machine.
The truck left New York at L
o'clock for Easton, Pa, and the
driver says that he was on the righ
side of the road and that the cal
was well into the middle of the road
He. too. says that he got no sight o.
the approac ching automobile until i
was less than fifty feet away.
Recorder Francis S. Currier ans
representatives of the county prose
eiItors office questioned all concernet
his forenoon and decided to hold al
the lnor pending further investiga
ton. 1t appeared from the prelimi
nary questioning that the party il
,he car driven by Smith had mad
several stops at cafes on their way.
Smith told the authorities that h
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