The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-05
MOTORS RUN DOWN
BOY BALL PLAYERS
Driver Killed When Auto
~ mobile Goes Wild OH
Hill and Capsizes.
STOLEN CAR HURTS LAD
Woman Learning to Drive
Injuries Family of Four
in Crash and Flees.
ONE HOMICIDE ARREST
Man Is Locked Up After Pur-
Joined Runabout Goes to
Smash Against Tree.
ONE HOMICIDE ARREST

Christopher Reilly. Z, son of Christie
pher Reilly of 1899 Webster avenue,
Tie Bronx, was playing baseball with
otser children in the street near his
home yesterday afternoon, and did not
see an automobile driven by Joseph
Mancus of 81 West 1S1st Street. The
boy ran into the street in front of the
motor car and was knocked down and
killed. Mancus was arrested by Pa
trolman Hayden on a technical charge
81 homicide
another Bronx boy was hurt badly
while playing baseball in front of his
home. Louis Shron. II, of 461 East
i3Sth street, was struck by an auto
mobile driven by Herman Baudler, 3S,
OF 500 East 10th street Baudler
picked up the boy and took him to
Lincoln Hospital, where it was said
he had received a fractured left collar
bone and possible internal injuries.
Baudler was locked up in the Alexan-
der avenue station Charged with oper-
ating a car without a license.
While crossing First avenue, near
Eightieth' street. last night Bernard Cas-
trovanni. Z, of 512 East Eightieth street,
was knocked down by an automobile OPP
Grated by Herman Guther of 152 Dia-
mond street Brooklyn. The boy was
taken in the automobile to the Italian
Hospital, where DR.. Russo found he had
q possible fracture of the skull The po-
lice said the accident was unavoidable
Killed as Car Capsixes.
Aaron Landfish, baker of Willimantic.
Conn, was hurt near Mamaroneck yes
terday when he lost control of his auto
mobile going down hill, ard died
later in the New Rochelle Hospital The
vehicle struck telephone pole and over
turned. His son. Morris. was injured
slightly and also was sent to the hos
pltal
Em II. Johnson of 95 Clarkscn street.
Erooklyu. ras teaching young woman
10 drive hls sar in Jamaica yesterday,
and she steei it into an automobile
driven BY Walter Cook of &c North
Village avenue, Rockville Center. L. j..
and grouped also by Cooks wife, Mrs.
Lillian Cook, and their two children.
Sarah la and John u. The Cook car
was overturned and all of the Cook
family were slightly injured, the father
worst Of all, as he was pinned under
the car.
The police said that as soon as the
accident happened Johnson sent the
young woman away in another car. He
refused TO give her name, and the
police arrested him on charge of
permitting the vehicle 20 be driven by
an unlicensed operator. Johnson told
them the girl had no license.
Stolen Car Injuries Boy.
An automobile runabout belonging to
j. Roy Presser of 147 Riverside Drive
was stolen yesterday at Bradhurst ave-
nue. and 155th street, where Presser had
left it while he went into the Polo
Grounds to watch the baseball game.
AT o'clock. before Presser knew his
automobile had been stolen. the rum
about, carrying four men. was driven
rapidly south in University avenue and
sidewiped an automobile standing in
front Of the home of John ]. Pagan at
1435 University avenue. Dudley Pagan.
z who was standing on the running
board of the motionless automobile, was
knocked to the ground and cut about
the face and arms. The runabout ran
up on the sidewalk and struck small
tree. The four men jumped out and
ran.
Patrolman Kelly saw them running
away and caught Walter McMurray, 26,
of 269 East 1921 street. He was taken
to the West 135th street station charged
with grand larceny. He said he had not
stolen the car. but that he had accepted
the invitation of the man driving II.
whom he knew slightly. TO go riding.