Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-06-15
PROBE MYSTERY
Of 2P0L|CF MEA||!l
IN WILD CHASj1a
Harry Larson, Riding on RI
ming Board of Car, Fata9
Iy Hurt J,
PURSUE FLEEING m
Report of HoId-up by /
Driver Causes Move,
is Claim
CHIEF is INVESTIGA
Officers BuChan and san
Injured, Figure in StraN
Case
CHIEF is INVESTIGA

Deep mystey surrounds the detq
and circumstances relative to an
tomobile accident which occurred
Woodbridge about / o'clock
morning resulting in one person
ing fatally injured and three 9th
hurt.
Two of the persons injured we
members of the local police fOrc
Officers William Buchan and WI
liam Seiboth. neither of whom wa
on duty at the time. The car ia
which they were riding at the timAl
of the accident crashed into a tele$|
the corner of King Georges road
and Main street.
The car overturned and HarFXj
Larson, eighteen years old, OF Hops
avn, who was standing on the run
ming board. was injured to such a21
extent that he died in the Perth Ams
ICY City Hospital about 8 o'clock
| this morning. The car was ov-- ~
| by the Burns Brothers tax
pany of this city and Wa
Herbert PeterseRA
Chief Niels j. fohHsek
morning detailed Desk Lieute
| William Celvin to make q comp
investigation of the accident and
port to him at once. Further acti
| by the chief, mayor and police corr
mittee of the aldermen will depensz
| upon the contents of this repor1
which had not been made by Lieu
tenant Calvin up until 2:30 o'clocl<I
this afternoon. 1t was impossibfej
to secure any definite account of the]
| accident at police headquarters, the3
details being missing and the gener.9
al story vague and disconnected.
In conversation with OFFICER Sell
both this morning, it was >,learned|
that he changed his police Slothes3
after going off duty at IL oNlock..
and went out in the taxi to SSe y
musician. Officer Buchan who al
went off duty at IL o'clock. w
standing at the corner of ProspeN
| and Smith streets. when the tam
came along. and Seiboth requested
him to come. Buchan was In uni-l
| form.
Officer Seiboth claims they drove
out Amboy avenue as far as Grove
street. and then decided to return.
| Herbert Peterson was driving the
car. Upon reaching Hall avenues
they noticed Bus No. 213 chasing 4
! Ford and followed. The Ford turn-i
ed into Brace avenue from Amboys
avenue, and the bus followed. but
| gave up the chase on Brace avenue
on account of the road condition.,
| officer Buchan inquired of the pas
sengers in the bus as to the reason
| for the chase, and received a reply
that there were "holdups" in the.
| car.
The taxi followed the Ford out
! Brace avenue. and on to Hopelawnss
| nut the Ford had gained great head-
| IA
suers. The parties in the taxi n IN
Harry Larson, who offered to shcA
the way the automobile went. Hal
| jumped on the running board. The9
! chase continued on the new paved
Fords road. and into Woodbridge.'
AS the taxi tried to turn the cor.
ner, it swung to the opposite side OF,
| the street, hit a pole and overturn-l
ed. According to Officer Seiboth the
taxi overturned twice, and all the.
| passengers were knocked uncon-1
scious. Larson was on the pninel
board when the car oy nec1
! Neighbors came to the asf
the injured men, and theN n
to the hospital followed.
At $3.50 o'clock this mol -
II. Burns, of $50 Washing
manager of the Green Tas
reported to the police thS
overturned in Woodbrldg
a total loss. A Mr.. Wei
at the scene to watch the
The men in the Ford.
reports heard at the pcH
this morning, had been busy y---eH
ping a car opposite the new Barbt
Asphalt Paving Company's plant is$
outer Amboy avenue when frighte y,
ed away, the bus pursuing it but
/ ing unable to catch up to it.
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