New-York tribune., 1922-05-30
Police to Begin
Big Crusade on
Speeders To-day
La!ney Calls in 90 Captains
and Orders Motor Laws
Enforced to the Letter to
Curb Reckless Drivers
Jersey Adds Inspectors
Three Killed in Accidents in
Day and a Dozen Injured.
Three of Whom Nav Die

tains were summoned to conferenc,
with Chief Inspector William J. Lahe,
yesterday on measures to bring abou
reduction in the number Of automo
bile accidents and fatalities due tc
reckless driving.
Referring to the large umbcr of &C.
cidents within the last week. Inspecto,
Lahey told the captains that their pa.
trolmen and detectives must be in
structed Immediately to enforce speed
ordinances literally and to warn all
drivers who display tendency to
crowd the limit
According to Inspector Laheys in
structions. patrolmen will visit all
garages in the city TO day with a warn
ing to drivers that they will be held
strictly to the letter Of the law and
that no excuses will be accepted The
inspector said especial attention must
be given by the police to streets in
which schoolhouses and Fairgrounds
are situated. The captains were told
that they must exact from patrolmen
and detectives under their command 100
per cent efficiency
To Cooperate Under Zcning Plan
The New York Police Department
will, it is understood, cooperate with
the police departments of other cities
in New York and New Jersey under
the police zoning plan. William J. Dill,
New Jersey State Comm ssioner Of
Motor Vehicles, announced yesterday
that he would place $50 add dtional in
spectors on the roads Of New Jersey
between June l and 10. Commissioner
Dill said it had been determined, in
view of an increase in motor fatalities
hicle laws to the letter. 1t was pointed
out in statement issued by the Com
missioner that three persons were
killed Sunday in road accidents and
eight injured. State troopers will aid
the motor vehicle force in making the
law effective.
From now on New Jersey is going
TO be a mighty unhealthy state for
reckless drivers said Comm ssioner
Dill. THE type of driver who thinks
ne can get away with murder because
will find that retribution lies Just
around every turn Of the road"
Three persons were killed and twelve
injured in motor vehicle accidents yes
terday. Theree of the injured may die.
The police say several of the accidents
were caused by inexperience on the
part of drivers learning to operate
cars.
Herman Jschnns, six years old. of l6
William Street, was killed at Ferry and
Washington streets, Hoboken, yester
day afternoon. He was riding on the
handle bars of bicycle propelled by
al nf
Washington Street. Clatt turned out
to avoid a trolley car and encountered
a motor truck, driven by Booker
Greene, Of a. Smith Street Port Ches
ter, n. Y. Clatt fell clear of the truck
but Jachens was crushed to death.
Greene was held on a manslaughter
charge.
Daniel Mckinley, Of II Chadwick
Street. Paterson, ~ j., died at the
Elizabeth On. J) Hospital, and John
Gibbons, of 700 Main Street. Paterson,
is in the same hospital with injuries
that may cause his death. They were
struck by an automobile in St. Georges
Avenue. Linden, The two men were
standing beside a jitney bus which
was being repaired. They were struck
by an automobile driven by Leo R.
Best. of 2l4 West Fifty ninth Street,
Manhattan. Best is in custody.
Seven persons were injured when a
taXicab crashed into a touring car at
Belmore, l.. L., early yesterday. Three
men who were in the taxicab aban-
doned it and ran. They were pursued,
hut escaped. The touring car was
driven by Frederick Forst, who took
the injured to his home in Long Island.
1t is believed that all the injuries
were slight. Report was made to
Sheriff Charles Smith, Of Nassau Coun-
ty, who assigned men to discover the
identity of those who were in the taxi
cab.
Brooklyn Boy Killed
Frederick Lauser, ten years old, of
2Sl Meeker Avenue, was hit by an
automobile at Meeker and Narick ave-
nues, Brooklyn, late yesterday. His
skun was fractured. The car was
driven by Joseph Marconis, of 1853
Pearsall Street. Two persons riding
Greghumes, Of 1914 Pearsal Street, and
Joseph Mechover, of 1853 Pearsall
Street. All three injured were taken
to Greenpoint Hospital. The police
say Marconis lost control of the ma
chine after striking Lauser and crashed
into telegraph pole.
Helena RIM, ten years old, of 327
Broome Street, was struck by taxicab
driven by Joseph Trainer. Of sol West
Fifty seventh Street, while crossing
the Bowery at Broome Street last night.
She is in Bellevue Hospital with frac-
tured skull. Her recovery is doubtful.
Allan Garb, nine years old. riding a
new bicycle near his home, 166 Liberty
street, Brooklyn, last night, was struck
and killed by an automobile truck oper-
ated by William Lattman, 209 Schley
Street. Glendale. Lattman said the acci-
dent was unavoidable. He was not ar
rested.