New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-03
. Killed, Il Hurt State Orders
In Day of Many Gaming Inquiry
Auto Accidents AT s aratog a
Thirteen Children Are Run
Down and Six of Them
Die Outright; Others May
Not Survive Their Injuries
Crowd Manhandles Driver
Police Take Three Bottles
of Whisky From Truck;
Many Homicide Charges

In the twenty -four hours ending at
midnight this morning twenty-three
persons were run down by automobiles
IN the metropolitan district Of these
nine were killed. Some were so seri-
ously injured that death may follow.
Thirteen of the victims were chill
dren, seeking recreation in the crowd.
ed streets, and of these six were killed
outright. In one case the driver OF
a motor truck which ran down and
KILLED sixty year-old man was rescue,
from vcngefu mob by the police
Early in the morning a Fifth Avenue
traffic tower at FlItieth Street was de-
mollshed by wild car, but no one was
seriously injured.
Driver Beaten by Crowd
Joseph Hcllburg, of 1911 Second
Avenue, was operating a motor truck
which ran over John Olson, sixty, a
mail wagon driver on Tenth Avenue,
near Twentyfourth Street, yesterday
afternoon. Helburg, who, the police
charge. was intoxicated, was taken to
the West Twentieth Street station
after he had been roughly handled by
a crowd which witnessed the affair.
He was unconscious and it took an
hours work by DR.. Johnson of the
New York Hospital to restore him to
his senses Three quart bottles, two
filed with whisky and one half empty,
were taken by the police from the
truck, and Hellburg was charged with
homicide. Olson's skull was fractured
and he died on his way to the hospital
Seven-year- George Callahan. of
46 Morton Street, was run dow~ and
killed at Bedford and COMM rec
streets by a truck driven by AVERT
Hansen, of 7O4 Washington StNet.
The fast-moving vehicle threw the
boys body several feet, and he
was dead before he got to ST Nincent's
Hospital Hansen is held on homi-
eide charge
Boys Stealing Ride
Walter Patterson. seven yeyrs old,
Of 179 India Street, Brook yn was
catching on behind truck driven by
Jewell Boner, of 1O43 Manhattan Ave
nue., when he fell off and was crush
to death beneath a rear wheel. With
him was Charles Schatel, seven, of 300
Huron Street, Brooklyn, who was
thrown against a tree and injured. No
arrest was made. Boner said he did
not know the boys were on the truck
Thomas Irving, nine, a negro. of 2l2
Tenth Street, Brooklyn, ran after a
ball just as an auto truck operated by
Arthur Dede, of los Bay Twenty ighth
Street, Brooklyn, turned the corner Of
the street. Irving was killed.
Edward Dorie, thirteen, of 100 LEI
by the automobile of Eugene Phillips,
of 272 st. Johns Place. The boy was
playing ball. He died of a fractured
skull and Phillips is held, charged
with homicide.
Army Car Kills Girl
Mary Mulligan, eight, was killed in
front of her home, 1892 Eighth Avenue.
by an army car operated by Romis L.
Archer: Lillian Rossosky. eight, Of
14l6 Brook Avenue, the Bronx, was
killed while at play in front of her
home. Henry J. Helfst, 1749 Morris
Avenue, the BronX, is under arrest,
charged with homicide.
Walter Smith, seventeen of Newark
fell in front Of 4 truck operated bv
Walter Conway, Of Astoria. and was
instantly killed when wheel passed
over his head. Conway was arrested.
Mrs. Mary Grimms, thrty-six. Of
Long Island City, was killed by a car
driven by George II. Hahn, Of the same
place, at Honeywell Street and Jack
son Avenue, Long Island City. Mrs.
Grimms, the police say, walked around
=. trolley car directly into the path Of
the automobile Of Hahn was not ar
rested.
Car Runs Wild
Mrs. Jennie Sezeno. of 1863 Metro
politan Avenue, Brooklyn, and her year
old son, William, We're hurt when an
unidentified man tempered with the
starter Of a car standing on Metro
polltan Avenue. The car ran up on
the sidewalk and hurled the woman and
her baby against a wall
When Ada Shapiro. Of go Green
point Avenue, drove her car on the
sidewalk to avoid hitting two pedes-
TRANS, she broke through plate glass
window and was sevrely cut by flying
glass.