Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
AUTOMOBILES CLAIM
SEVERAL MORE VICTIMS;
TWO DRIVERS IN JAIL
Four Injured in Two Crashes.
One of Which Shakes Up
Passengers in Troll
ley Car
MAN AND WOMAN KILLED

Four men were injured today IN two
'utpmohi'e CRASHES. Three of them were
nurt and sevAral trolley passengers were
shaken up when motortruck crashed into
Wes'oouhd YORK street trolley at Broad
street. less than a square from the home
OF Mayor Smith. where many automobile
accidents have occurred recently The
'ther crash was between motortruck and
a touring car. -
Those injured in the first accident were
Samuel Boyd 25 years old of 1gis South
18TH street. dr. yer for n Hoopes 4. Towns
enu company truck. whose right leg was
Ihctureu ana two companions. Wallace
Collins. OF 20S Wood street and Cornelius
Brown. of 25ii South 10th street, who were
bruised. Boz was taken to the Samaritan
Hospltal an companions were arrested
~ Pohcem' :Nan of the 26th and York
streets stat They were held In 5000
Eali each by gstrate Watson for further
nearing tn -ruclt was wrecked and few
WINDOWS of the car were shattered
Lester Fyier Of 2l29 East So,uerset
street, driving touring car. was badly cut
when he smashed into motor truck driven
py Elwood Nelson, of 61s4 State road AT
salmon and Clearfield streets. He was
taken to the Episcopal Hospital Nelson
was not arrested.
Magistrate Robert Carson today appea-ea
against chauffeur. whom he captured after
a pursuit accusing the man of rectslesaIv
driving a motortruclx and smashine his All,
tomobile. The prisoner, Frank Butcher. "a
years old. of 105 North 57th street was
held under 5000 bail by Magistrate Har-
ris, in the aga street and Woodland avenue
station, for further hearing. According to
Magistrate Carson. Butchers truck WRECKED
his car, as It stood before the home of VIII
lam j. McCaughan. 5246 Spring Garden
:reet, last night Coming out of the house
agistrate Carson jumped into another au-
mobile and overhaued Butchers truck at
lst and Walnut streets
Two chauffeurs. whose automobiles killed
persons are being held without bail for
che Grand Jury by Coroner Knight.
The men are Edward Hickey, of 775
North 9th avenue New York and Joseph
Biondio of III Amin street. Hickey's car,
which fatally injured DR.. George s. Frank
lin, ~ years old. Of 1909 Green street
was racing with another machine at the
time of the accident at Broad and Mt
Vernon streets, May 6, it was testified at
the inquest yesterday. Biondo driving a
motortruck, ran over and killed Miss Bertha
Prior, 33 years old of $50 South 1O.h
street, at Sth and Spruce streets, April 21
Another chauffeur. Calvin Fendall, a
negro, of $500 Magnolia avenue was ex-
orierated of blame in the death of 9-year-
old Alfred Bradley, of 1926 Ridge avenue
who was killed when Fendall's car backed
over him.
Delayed statistics promised by Superin.
tendent of Police Robinson, after the elec.
tion," indicate that very small percentage
of automobile speeders are actually pun.
ished. OF the 120 persons accused of speed.
ing and other violations, who had hearings
May 10 and %, only four were fined and only
IL were assessed the costs in the case. All
but seven of them were accused by motor.
cycle policemen of exceeding the speed
limit.