Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
CLEAR OFFICERS OF BLAME
IN ACCIDENT CASE
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turned our lights on them the man
that was on the ground jumped into
the car with the other man and they
drove away. | tried to pass them
on the left but they swung over so /
could not pass them. When ] would
try to pass them on the right they
would do the same thing. They
would not let me pass. At Brace
avenue the Ford car turned in and |
vas forced also to turn into Brace
avenue to keep from hitting them.
Then 1 stopped. A taxi came up
with an officer who asked what was
the matter. / told him that the
Ford car had stripped another a
that was laying alongside the road
and he (oficer) said he would get
them. The taxi started after the
Ford car. L also told the officer that
the Ford car tried to ditch me all
The way up and had his license plate
bent from the right sc you could
only see the first three numbers, $50.
1.-The above statement having been
read to me, / do declare it to be the
truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth.
(Signed)
JOHN MONTECALVO.
Witness:
PAUL WILLIAM LAYDEN.
At about 1890 A. M. on the norm
ing of June Is, 1921, we were COM
ing down Amboy avenue. going south.
We saw a Ford car speeding followed
by a bus. The Ford car turned into
Brace avenue. followed by the bus.
Officer Buchan hollered, "There Is
something wrong" We followed him
into Brace avenue. The bus stopped
and Buchan asked what is wrong?"
The bus driver hollered get them"
He told Buchan something else but
| did not get it. We followed the
Ford up Brace venue. When the
Ford got to Hopelawn he turned I'd
the right. We saw a man walking
up the street. Buchan yelled to him,
(which way did they go?" The man
jumped on the running board and
said Keep on going We kept on
going.
II fired three shots and blew my
police whistle, but that did not stop
them. They kept on going and on
making a sharp turn into Wood
bridge, our car upset. Officer Buchan
was injured about the head. Also the
an that was standing on the run
ming board. was badly hurt. / do
1ol hlIOW HIS IilIlG. Int ulINtI was
also slightly hurt. | had injured my
leg and was bruised in the accident.
Neighbors called up the Woodbridge
police and ambulance, and they took
Officer Buchan, the strange mar and
the taxi driver to the Perth Amboy
City Hospital.
Il got a ride with a fellow to Perth
Amboy. / went to the police station
and reported the accident to Lieuten-
ant Morris. l then went to DR.. Filth
ian and he examined me and sent me
home. Previous to the accident |
had hired a taxi from Burns Broth
ers to meet a musician. Going up
Smith street and turning into Pros
pect street / met Buchan. / asked
him to take a ride. He said. All
right We went up Amboy to
Grove street and turned around and
on the way back we saw these two
cars speeding by u.s."
Peterson's Statement.
Statement of Herbert G. Peterson,
of 210 Sheridan street, Perth AM
boy, N. j., taken at Woodbridge, N.
j., June Is, 1921, at 10:40 A. NJ.
officer William Seiboth called Ar
thur Burns on telephone 1870 and
asked him to send a tax to Smith
and Hobart streets, Perth Amboy.
/ went there with the car and pick
ed up William Seiboth. lie was not
in uniform. l then went to Smith
street and Watson venue, turned
back to Smith and Prospect steets
and picked up Officer Buchan, who
vas in uniform. We went to Amboy
and Hall avenue and turned around.
Coming out of Hall avenue we
x..At 4. IEa-l a.rs, .-, DAI:N thaf
car was a bus chasing the Ford car,
both going at a fast rate of speed.
Both officers thought there was
something wrong and ordered me to
chase them. We went down as far
as Brace avenue and Amboy avenue
where the Ford sand bus turned in.
Bus stopped, me right behind them.
and we asked what was wrong.
They (bus) said the party in the
Ford car had stripped a Ford car
standing in a road near Spa Springs.
Both officers ordered me to chase
the Ford car. We went out TO the
end of Brace venue and turned to
our right at Florida Grove road,
went 100 yards and stopped. We
asked Harry Larsen il he had seer
a Ford car pass by. He said yes and
jumped on running board of car OF
his own free will and stayed there.
We went out to the end of the road,
turned right into King Georges road,
where Officer Seiboth fired two shots
at Ford car but it did not stop. We
chased out King Georges road to
Main street, Woodbridge, where car
slid, hit the. curb and turned over
throwing out all passengers. People
next door where accident happened
t%elephoned for ambulance and doc
tor. Ambulance came but did not
| wait for the doctor. They put the
injured people, Larsen. Buchan and
myself into the ambulance and took
us to the Perth AmboY City Hos.