Evening journal., 1919-05-06
WIDOW OF SLAIN
CHAUFFEUR Wins
LIABlLlT CLAIM
Continued fromNFirst Page.

wages OF Howard NJ. Lacey wero in
excess or twenty dollars per week.
o-Lacey's duties as an employee OF
the Taxicsb Company were those OF q
driver OF their cars, and in the per-
formanco Of those duties he went any
place he was directed by the COM
pany, or by his fares. 20 60.
6. on January 4. 1919, between 9tO
and 9ij. p. m. Ulysses :. Grant the
operator OF the taxicab company. re-
ceived a telephone call for a taXicab TO
20 10 No. fOi West Eighth street, IN
/ Wilmington, Delaware, and Lacey was
Instructed by him 10 take the car TO
that address. There was not any par
ticular reason why Lacey was sent on
this particular call. There was no one
else 10 send. and Lacey had just come
back from his last call. lie did nos
drive the ear he usuelly had. because
it was dismantled. being out OF order.
The car he drove was an open Buick
car, worth about fifteen hundred dol
, lars, while the taxlcab he was In the
habit OF using was worth about half
that amount. Lacey did not again re-
turn to the. .taxicab stand. The car that
he drove was found the following
morning. January .. in a lane on the
Elliott farm. situated az Eighteenth
street and Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
in New Castle county. There was blood
on the ceiling Of the car Just above the
drivers head, and blood on The front
cushion and on the floor. The light
was broken and the red target gone.
Lacey's body was found near the old
Shellpot quarry, just on the philadel-
phla pike. In Brandywine hundred.
There was blood around the spot wherc
the body was found. and marks upon
his head and face. His Jaw was broken,
cuts on the eye, and there were two or
three large cuts on the head. Il was
also discovered that the automobile in
which Lacey was driving the night pre-
y.-us turned at that particular point
and came back toward Wilmington. II
was identified by the tan Hight being
broken, and the bar Of iron that held
the tail light being bent and showing
marks where Il had backed up against
rock, and marks were found on the
rock there where the body was found /;
also the red glass broken from, the tail
tight. His F0dy was removed 10 the
morgue in Wilmington on the morning
Of January .. 1919. and later the same
day was Identified by his father as
Howard NJ. Lacey
Z. Laceys work for The Taxicab
Company was sometimes on the day
shift and sometimes az night. He had
never expressed any fear OF driving at
night. and so far, as is known he had
no enemies.
8. The Industrial Accident Board con-
cludes that Howard NJ. Lacey was killed
by injuries inflicted by some person OF
persons unknown; that such injuries
were not inflicted for reasons personal
10 himself, but directed against him as
an employe, or because OF his employ.
ment by The TaXioSb> Company.
Ruling Of the Law. Upon the forego-
ing conclusion OF facts. Il Is ruled by
the Industrial Accident Board of the
State Of Delaware that on the night OF
January 4. 1919. or The carly morning
Of January ?, 1919. Howard NJ Lacey
sustained an accident arising out OF and
in the course OF his employment as a
driver for The Taxicab Company with
in the State Of Delaware. said accident
causing personal injuries which result
ed in his death almost Immediately.
Award. II is therefore awarded and
adiudged by the board as follows: .
I. That The Taxicab Company pay
the reasonable expenses OF the burial
Of Howard NJ Lacey, not exceeding one
hundred dollars.
2-That the taxicab company pay 10
Helena V. Lacey compensation at the
rate OF eight dollars per week, said
weekly payments TO begin January a.,
1919, and continue until modified or
terminated under the provisions OF
"The Delaware Workmen's Compen-
sation Law OF 1911" such c0mpensa-
tion TO be for the nse and benefit OF
Helena " Lacey. widow OF Howard NJ.
Lacey. and OF Marie Elizabeth Lacey,
dependent child OF Howard NJ. Lacey.
3-Tbat the taxicab company pay in
lump sum the amount due under
this award from January 81, 1919, to
and including the date hereof. the pay
menis OF this lump sum 10 be as fol-
lows:
To Thomas Winward, witness ....S2.06
To Edward Hairsine. witness 49,. 205
The balance to be paid TO the said
Helena V. Lacey.
Dated this sixth day OF May, A. D. 1919.
Industrial Accident Board OF the state
Of Delaware.
In the case of Earl c. Porter, Of New
ark, vs.. the Pusey and Jones Company
the board, by its decision, stops COM
pensation that the plaintiff was receiv-
ing. lie was receiving compensation for
alleged injuries TO his eye In two acci-
dents at the plant. The board held that
the sight was impaired prior TO these
accidents and that the removal OF the
right eye in December, 1918, did not
arise out OF injuries sustained by him
while in the employ Of the company
Porter was represented before the board
By Edward w. Cooch. The decision OF
the board follows:
4. The sight ofthe right eye OF Earl
C. Porter, the claimant in this case. was
destroyed so that it was useless for VS.
ual purposes prior TO August 10, 1918,
the date OF the first accident for WI
compensation was paid to Earl C. Porter
by the Pusey and Jones Company, under
Compensation Agreement No. 3ii2. and
this eye was in the same useless condi-
tion prior TO December 10. 1918, the date
Of the second accident claimed as af-
fecting his right eye, and for which
compensation was paid under Compen-
sation Agreement No. 5T2i.
?. The necessity for the removal OF