The New York herald., 1921-11-08
STRUCK BY CRAIG'S
MOTOR CARlLAD dies
Harry HaughtOn Succumbs
to Injuries Suffered
Saturday Night.
CONCEALMENT DENIED
7. d. Mccarthy Gives Comp
troller's Version of Cen
tral Park Accident.
SUMMONED A SPECIALIST
Lenox Hospital Clerk Says In
cident Was Reported to Ar
senal Police Station.

Harry Haughton 20, a bank clerk
residing at 334 West Forty-seventh
street, died early yesterday morning
in Lenox Hill Hospital as a result of
injuries received when he was struck
by an automobile while walking in
Central Park last Saturday night.
The youths death revealed the fact
that the car which caused his death is
owned by Comptroller Charles L. Craig
and that the Com2troller was riding
in 1t at the time young Haughton was
struck down.
Friepds of Mr.. Craig said last night
he was too upset by the news of the
young mans death to talk. Thomas
d. Mccarthy. former United States
Marshal and Mr.. Craig's campaign
manager, gave THE New YORK HER
AID this version Of the accident:
about $3.50 o'clock last Saturday
night Comptroller Craig was being
driven through Central Park in his
automobile, en- route to Town Hall,
where he had an engagement to meet
Mrs. Craig. The car was being driven
by Thomas Kelly, his chauffeur. and in
the automobile with Mr.. Craig was
Walter ]. ONeill, a Finance Depart
ment examiner. AS the car was NOV
ing along the west drive opposite
Seventy-second street man suddenly
stepped from the bushes in front Of
the car. Kelly Immediately applied
his brakes, but was too late to avoid
hitting the man.
Engaged a Specialist.
Tho car was stopped and Mr.. Craig
and Mr.. O'Neill got out and picked up
the mar they had knocked down. They
then stopped taxicab and Mr.. O'Neill
took the injured man to the Lenox Hill
Hospital. and the Comptroller proceeded
in his own car to meet his wife.
"I met the Comptroller at Town Hall
also. and he explained that he was de-
layed because his automobile had struck
a man In Central Park. He then told
me to go to the assistance of O'Neill
and his charge. / found O'Neill, who
informed me that he had been told at
the hospital that the mans injuries were
not serious. We went to campaign head
quarters where we ment the Comp
troller. who insisted, despite Mr..
O'Neill's report. upon going to tho hos
pital.
when we got there Mr.. Craig was in
formed that the mans injuries were seri-
Gus. He Immediately got a nurse and
asked for a private room, but there were
A.
asked the hospital to recommend the best
specialist they knew for such case.
They recommended DR.. Herman Fischer.
Mr.. Craig called him. and he came i'm
When Mr.. Craig had done
everything he could to make his victim
comfortable, he instructed the hospital
authorities to spare no expense to give
him every attention possible to aid in his
recovery. Since then he has been in con-
slant touch with DR.. Fischer"
Mr.. Mccarthy denied Indignantly
report that there had been any attempt
to conceal the news of the accident.
At the hospital last night the account
given THE NEw York HERALD by Her
man Schadow, night clerk on duty when
Haughton was brought there. differed In
slight details from that of Mr.. Nc
Carthy, in that the clerk said that
man who identified himself as Mr.. Craig
accompanied the injured man, and that
in the car were two men whom he
understood to be a Mr.. Mccarthy and a
Mr.. O'Neill.
Corrobornted by Clerk.
The clerk corroborated Mr.. McCar-
thyis story Of Mr.. Craig's anxiety and
added that, besides DR.. Fischer. DR..
Morton Rehlatz was called. Schadow
said that as Mr.. Craig left he asked I.
rs there anything else that ought TO
be done?" When told that the police
ought to be notified, he said, the Comp
troller replied. Very we'll"
Schadow then called the Thirty-third
or Arsenal, Police Station, in whose ter
ritory the accident happened.
A little later, he said, a patrolman.
No. 1444. called and obtained a report
upon the case.
Capt. Jacob Brown, IN command OF
the Arsenal station, was not present
when a reporter called there last night.
but Lieut.. James Hart, in charge, said
ne could find no record OF the accident.
The records which would show the
identity OF Patrolman 1.4i4, he ex-
planned, were locked Up and could not
be examined until to-day.
At Haughton's home II was said that
he remarked carly Saturday evening
that he was going out for a walk. and
that the next that was heard OF him vas
when the hospital notified the family
about midnight OF tho accident that mad
befalien him. Members OF the family
went to the hospital and one OF them
remained with him until he died.
Haughton is survived by his parents,