Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-17

Enoch Hendricks took a header off his
motorcycle through the plate glass win
dow Of a drug store at 4th and Loni-
bard streets today and escaped with a few
scratches. A motortruck caused the up
set when It collided with him as he was
about to turn the Lombard street corner.
Hendricks lives in Bansdowne and works
for the Franklin Sugar Company, whose
motorcycle heHwas driving at the time.
He was taken to the Pennsylvania Hos
pital and discharged.
Brooding over the fact that he was too
old to obtain work caused Leo Foster, ~
years old, to attempt suicide In the bath
room of his sons home at SOl4 Chatham
street today. The old man, who has been
out of work for more than six months,
went into the bathroom and cut his throat
with a razor. He was discovered by his
12-year-old grandson, Gustav Jr': ana
rushed to the Episcopal Hospital before
he bled to death. He is recovering.
iitney running amuck completely
covered by an awning which had fallen on
IL was the strange sight that greeted res
idents Of Germantown avenue near Ca
yuga street early today. Two young men
in an alleged intoxicated condition were
the occupants of the car. 1t was proceed
ing IN rather erratic course when 1t
suddenly swerved upon the pavement at
1870 Germantown avenue and completely
wrecked an awning, which fell on II.
This blinded the poor jit, which then
ran up and down the street like chicken
without a head until 1t was finally
wrecked on a steel trolley pole The men,
| Frank Morris, %, $50 jamestown street,
and Harry Hass, 20, 43O Martin street,
were held under $500 bail for further
baa ring by MAGISTRATE Grelis
T,Igbt-vear-old Robert Hayes. OF 2O64
pierce street is In a critical condition to-
day at the Children's Hospital as the re-
suit of an accident yesterday. He was
run down by an automobile AT zzo ana
Walnut streets. Harry Dickinson, chaut-
feur for Mrs. Joseph F. Sinnott, of 1876
| RIttenhouse street and Rosemont, Pa,
who was driving the car, was held In $1,000
| hail bv Magistrate Rooney In the 10Th and
| T,ocust streets station today, pending the
result of the child's injuries.
Nicholas Bell, 80 years old. $40 Balm
| hrtdsa street. is dead at the Pennsyl-
vanIa Hospital from the effects or taking
noisop He walked into the hospital last
nigbt and told the attendants he had
taI5sn drug Bell was a law and medi-
cal student and recently had come to this
| country from Vienna. lnabiity 70 earn
sufficient money to continue his studles
is the reason for his act. according 70 ".
| Charles S. Hirsch' soo ZINE suset'
whom Bell had come after his arriVal IN
this country
Iordan Jones, 80 years old, a negro
tailor OF Lombard street near leth, was
arrested today on warrant issued III
| SVashington. d. c., for the alleged mur-
| der OF his wife in that city. Detectives
| rom the 2Oth and Fitzwater streets sta
| lion made the arrest after a chase III
which revolvers were drawn
rr,ou,,,y about dynamite and being
| S,t,,,sa,, ara dangerous things IN Canada
| SIsrr,, Hintze told Magistrate Carson TO-
ss,t Tbe Canadians ruined his auto pusl-
ss ana nut him IN jail Just because
/ isrga amount OF dynamite was iouna
,,nder a bridge and because they kne"
/ Jintze used to work Tor berlha hrupp
when he lived In Germany, ne So oe'
| - tba tau al Lyton, British columbia
| th-o,,sb the connivance OF the 1ailefs' ana
u,ent 10 san Francisco. where ne Haoe
money and put Il into bank.
higiss 49,, ~ came East, fell upon evil days
/ - thts morning at i o'clock landed IN
/ ~ Tnasmuch Mission. Al 2 o eloSA 1o'ls
nerson woke him up BY pulling the snes. nee.
/ ~ MIN. and when ne starteu % 0ssiii,i-l''
- Is arrested for disorderly conduct
- hs said. He said he could make money
p te r,schinist and he showed the key TO
a as q ssset,, vault where he left his money
n ~ san Francisco 50 the Magistrate ie'
hin 80.
.frs Rebecca Harmer. IS years old. ~
tr,erican street committed suicide
sssev ~ hanging herself with clothes
- h ne yard back Of her home. th'
s,los ~. ~ he "a and Christian streets po'
le..N ton sent the woman 20 the Penn
s..lvsnia Hospital where she was pro.
ssonced dead No motive tof net aees
sesIid bs learned hy tns ponce