The New York herald., 1922-08-15

five KILLED, 13 HURT
in MOTOR ACCIDENTS
Man Run Down and Killed
Starting Machine on
a Hilltop.
3 VICTIMS CHILDREN
Truck Climbs Onto Side
walk and Crushes Child
to Death.
POLICE HURT In SEARCH
Chauffeur Steps on Gas as
They Peer Into Car at Curb
With Curtains Drawn.

Five persons were killed and thir-
teen injured yesterday in automobile
accidents in New York and vicinity
Three of those who died were children
and two of the injured were detectives
who were searching an automobile
when the chauffeur threw in the
clutch and dashed both policemen to
the ground.
John e. Ruston. District Attorney
OF Kings county, whose automobile
struck and killed seven-year-old Cliff
ford Furrer in Ozone Park, l.. l., Sat
urday, was discharged yesterday in the
Jamaica court after being arraigned
upon charge of homicide. An emo
uonal scene between District Attor-
ney Ruston and Jacob Furrer, father
of the dead boy, followed the voluntary
withdrawal of the charge against the
Kings county official.
Accident Called Unavoidable.
win tears IN mis- eyes ana his voice
shaking with emotion. the District At
torney said: II deeply appreciate the
position you have taken in this most
unfortunate fatality. and thank you
from the bottom of my heart" John
J. Landers. a city fireman. who wit
messed the accident. testified that, in
his opinion, the District Attorney could
not have avoided hitting the boy.
Those who were killed are:
James Balbiero, 9. of 15 Tarrytown
road. White Plains.
Vladve Miserwicz .. of 10 East Twen-
ty-frst street. Bayonne.
Alfred Calucci, G. of 2l99 First avenue,
New York.
Paul ]. Dammn, so. of l15G Forest ave-
nue.. New York city.
Gottfried Fatxler, 46. Of AL South
Twenty-first street. Irvington. n. j.
Both the Balbiero and Calucci chill
dren were struck by motor trucks while
playing in the streets outside of their
homes. The motor truck that killed
Balbiero mounted the pavement outside
OF the child's house and narrowly es.
capped striking some other children.
Damn was riding a bicycie on the
automobile owned by Bradley Randall OF
1885 Park lane, Pelham Manor, and
driven by Frank Il. Grace of 204 West
Eighty-sixth street. New York. He was
thrown into the air and landed on his
head, fracturing his skull.
Fathers death was the result Of being
run over by his own automobile while
trying to start 1t at the top of hill near
his summer home at Glen Wildiake.
A roll hntx Ill
driven by James c. McCateer, former
speaker of the New Jersey Assembly and
now Passaic Valley Sewer Commissioners,
and another automobile driven by A. r
Reader Of Jersey City, resulted in tho
injury of four persons. The automobiles
collided at the Lincoln Highway anc
Scott avenue. James Burke of 4OI
kearny avenue. Newark, received severe
scalp lacerations All four were taker
to the Railway Hospital.
Detectives Bruised I'm Search.
The injured detectives are Lieut. d. A
Cooper. head of the Yonkers's detectiv,
bureau, and Detective Patrick Flood
They saw an automobile with the shade.
drawn drive UP to the curb at Clinton
street yesterday afternoon and decided
to investigate. Cooper drew his revolve
and covered the,cfrauffeur. Leo Kelleher
while his companion peered into the au
tomobile. He was surprised to see tha
one Of the occupants was a former de
tective captain. well known on the Yon
kers police force. As Lieut.. Coope
started to question the chauffeur one 0
the occupants shouted step on the gas
The automobile jerked forward and bot
the detectives were thrown to the pave
ment. Cooper's right arm was broker
he 9TH syf,
Flood had his hand badly cut and hi
back Injured No arrests were made, tn
occupants OF the automobile explaining
that they mistook the policemen 70
hold up men.
Three persons were attended at tn,
Fordham Hospital after a collision be
tween an automobile driven by Id;
Scott Of f19 Carroll street. Yonkers an
an automobile driven by James Grace
OF 10 East i29th street, in the Botanica
Gardens Bronx Park. None were seri
ously injured. A driver Of an automo
bile truck and two youngsters who wer,
getting lift were also taken to th
Lincoln Hospital after a collision with
touring car at Park avenue and 1862
street The driver was David Shields
Of 4a4 Lorimer street, Brooklyn, VIII
was thrown through the windshield, suf
fering iacerations.
Escapes After Accident.
Miss Mary Fee Of, West Haverstraw
was run down on the state Highwa.
rcar that town. receiving broken ankle
internal injuries and lacerations He
companion. William Curtis, was also IN
tnrod. The automobilst continued hi
course after tho accident, and the polio
are looking for the car
Responding to a fire on Fifth avenu
Acting Battalion Chief James Roach
and Fireman Michael j. X. Lawlor wer
thrown 10 the ground when their auto
mobile slipped wheel at Broadway an
Forty-eighth street last night as tn
driver was attempting TO make a rapi
turn. The wheel sped across the side
walk and imbedded itself IN the cloth
ipr display window Of Nathan Trivers
1900 Broadway. diagonally across Tn
street from the Hilton Clothing stor
which was damaged by the shots fire
ir the La vie Cabaret shooting satur
DAY night. Neither fireman was injured
5000 MILE BICYCLE TRIP.