Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-26
MOTOR|ST AMUCK
RUNS DOWN WOMEN
Driver of Speeding, Lightless Car
Leaves Injured Victims Lying
in Roadway.

Running as though driven by a motoust
amuck and ignoring every rule OF speed
and safety, lightcss Ford car last night
ran down and badly injured two young
women at the intersection Of Woodlawn
and PENNSYLVANIA avenues. Who was
driving the car and who owned 1t are
things the police expect TO learn as re-
suit of the vigorous Investigation they are
making, although the only clue they have
rests in the fact that the Juggernaut
machine headlights were badly twisted
when it struck lis two victims.
The young women are Miss Agnes
Lynch, a stenographer IN the accounting
department of Everv Evening, and her
cousin, Miss Louisa Lynch who 1--we at
1900 Noodlawn Ave, where they now are
under the treatment Of physician
OF the two, Miss Agnes y the most
seriously injured She has broken ankle,
and two very severe cuts on the head. She
Is also suffering greatly from shock, Her
cousin Is bruised almost from head TO feet
and likewise suffering from shock
They were returning home last night
about 1870 clock when the speed henC
ran them down, just as they crossed
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. They had not the
slightest warning OF sounded horn or NOISE
from the machine. which overlook them
from behind, struck them and flung them
TO the ground.
Not for an instant did the driver of the
car stop to learn the extent OF the damage
he had done Instead he left his two We
TINS lvIng in the roadway and hurried on
his machine still going at the high speed at
which II struck the two young women.
How long they remained lying on the
: L not lunyIr aG both were
probably unconscious for some minutes
after beng struck. 1t was apparently
about ten or fifteen minutes, however
They were found by Prof Spald and
several Others returning cltyward from
the du Pont School commencement, III
the car of +. F. Wier, who noticed the
forms Of the PROSTATE women IN the
street. II didn't take Prof Spald and bus
companions long to get out Of their caT
and render such assistance as was ID theIf
power While they were learning what
had happened and finding out where the
victims lived they saw a hghtless Ford car
hurrying along from the very direction
taken by the speeder who had caused all
the trouble The actions OF the car and the
fact that it's headlights were twisted raised
the suspicion that il was the machine that
had struck the Misses Lynch, but 1t was
impossible under the circumstances to get
its number
Prof Spaid and Mr. Nier thought the
best thing TO do was TO get Miss Lynch
and her cousin home at once and summon
physician, and az the Lynch residence
is a bare two blocks away this was
quickly accomplished, Dr- John Palmer
of Delaware avenue and Lincoln street
being called in.
Complaint has Frequently been made
that automobiles are driven at excessive
speed on this stretch Of Pennsylvania
avenue Drivers, when they pass Unlor
street. seem to think they are IN the
country where the speed limit IS abou
anything the car can make. IN conse
auence Pennsylvania avenue betweeI
Union street and Columbus Inn is !
mighty dangerous place, at which /
policeInas in plain clothes operating !
speed trap might 10 Il landoiiice business
Or d motorcycle cop" have many ! brusi
with motorists to catch breakers ot the Law