New-York tribune., 1922-03-22
2 Westchester
Vigilantes Die
In Auto Wreck
Police Believe Car With
binding Lights, Which
Sped Away After Ca,,s-
ing Crash. Carried Bandits
Third Man Slightly Hurt
Henry Graves iii and Henry
Wilson Killed When the
Machine Hits a Wall

big touring car, occupied by three
young men, was travelling at a sixty
mile-sn-hour rate along the Saw Mill
River Road in Westchester County at
1880 E. m. yesterday and was nearing
n dangerous "S' curve al Woodlands
Lake, two miles from Elm sford, when
aonther automobile with binding head
lights approached from the opposite
direction.
The driver OF the touring car, Dun
can Graves, of Irvngton on Hudson,
became confused and swerved his ma
chined to one side to avoid collision.
In doing SO he carried the car into q
ditch, where he lost control of it. The
powerful machine. skdding and zig
tagging, plunged forward, ripped its way
through a stone wall, crashed into a
stout oak and was overturned, injuring
the driver and killing the two other
occupants.
Two In Car Killed
Those killed were Henry Graves Sd,
e9 Ardsley Park, brother Of Duncan,
and Henry Wilson, of Dobbs Ferry,
members of prominent Westchester
County families. Henry Graves was
hurled forty feet and landed upon a
pile of stones. Wilson was caught in
the wreckage of the body of the car.
Duncan Graves, thrown over the wall,
escaped without serious injury. He
was rendered unconscious, however.
The three young men had been en-
gagged for more than week in patrol
work over the roads of Westchester
County, being members of the West
chester County vigilantes. Three weeks
ago the home of Henry Graves Sd was
robbed by porch climber, who OBJ
tained s25,oOo worth of jewels. This
robber has since been referred to by
the Westchester County police as the
Laughing burglar
The trio had been on patrol duty
last night, and left the Graves home in
Ardsley Park at 1880, with Duncan
Graves driving. The accident oc-
CURED at 1880, it was said. DR.. l.. P.
Dosh, of Elmsford, who had been sum
moned, found Henry Graves Sd and
Wilson dead. He sent for Captain Nc
euliland, of the Greenburgh police, and
Coroner Fitzgerald was notified. Dun
can Graves was removed to the home
Of his father, Henry Graves jr., in Sun
nyslde Lane, lrvlngton- Hudson.
Other Car Did not Stop
The automobile in which the three
young men rode was completely de-
molished. The car that the automobile
of the trio met near the "S" curve
passed the spot without slowing down.
The police have been unable to learn
the identity of its occupants.
Duncan Graves was placed under
arrest yesterday morning on a tech
uical charge of homicide, but this
charge was dismissed after an inquest
at lrvington in the afternoon.
Henry Graves Sd, who was banker,
recently was made gold badge spec al
deputy sheriff by Sheriff Werner to
give him power to arrest criminals.
Coroner Fitzgerald found his badge
pinned on his vest. Wilson was also
a special officer
Graves was twenty-five years old and
is survived by wife and three chill
dren. Wilson was twenty-six years old
and married. Duncan Graves is TWEEN
ty-four years old. The Graves were
erandsons of the founder Of the Atlas
Portland Cement Company. Henry
Graves Sd served in the Royal Air
Force during the war.
The police were working on the
theory to- day that the automobile with
the glaring headlights may have con
tanned bandits and that they blinded
young Graves in an effort to force him
to stop, so that they might carry out
a hold-up.
Graves's funeral will be held at ii 80
o'clock tomorrow morning from his
home and Wilson at 80 o'clock from
his home Burial will be in Sleepy Hol-
low Cemetery.