The New York herald., 1922-01-21
Another Little One Dead From
Injuries - Woman Arrested
Lad Rushing From School
Is Struck Down.


down a few nights ago. A woman was
arrested on a charge of homicide for
one death and in another some women
stopped their motor car and had the
chauffeur pick up the child and hurry
to the hospital.
Horatio street, pupil in Public School
16, POS West Thirteenth street. had
been kept In school over time. When
he got out he bolted for home. He
sped into the street but he got only
little way when he was struck and
run under the wheels of an automo-
bile.
In the car were Mrs. Alice II. Gingell,
just returned from Europe and on her
way to the Hotel Commodore Miss Dot
Laird of 515 East Sedgwick avenue.
Mount Airy, Philadelphia, daughter of
John l.. Laird. and Henry Jaeger of
1929 Catherine street, Philadelphia, who
drove. Jaeger picked up the boy and
drove fast TO st. vincent's Hospital, but
Cornelius was dead. Jaeger was held in
$500 bail for examination.
Woman Arrested After Death.
After Dominick Leo, aged II, died last
night at Coney Island Hospital Mrs.
Lauretta Thompson, widow of Robert
Thompson of 2117 East Fourteenth
street, Brooklyn, was arrested at her
home on a charge of homicide. She had
been under $1,000 bail on charge Of as
sault since the hoy was injured by her
automobile Monday. Gerald Fox. aged
g. son OF Fire Lieut.. William Fox of
2721 East Twenty-third street. was in
jured at the same time and Is In &
serious condition. Mrs. Thompsons hus-
band was killed in an automobile acci-
dent a few weeks ago.
Frank Callassano. aged 5. playing in
front of his home at Al North Portland
avenue, Brooklyn, was killed by an au-
tomobile truck. The driver was not
held.
Two moves were made yesterday to
put stop to automobile accidents
Mayor Hylan addressed letter to Muir
ray Hubert President of the Board OF
Aldermen. urging amendment of motor
vehicle ordinances i'm order better to
safeguard pedestrians. A committee of
the New York Legislature conferred
last night in Hartford, Conn.,, with the
Automobile License Commissioners of
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania and Maryland for the
purpose of establishing in New York
licensing law uniform with those of the
States named.
f.. S. Cornell Of the National High
ways Protective Society stated that
bill for such a law will be introduced at
Albany next week.
Both Mr.. Cornell and Magistrate
Frederick Il. House, before whom
large number of the traffic cases are
tried. declared that only in the passage
of such measure lies relief from the
slaughter and manning produced by
careless and reckless driving in New
York.
Poor Motor Inspections Here.
Magistrate House pointed out that
New York State for years has had only
six inspectors of licenses. whereas Con-
necticut has thirty; New Jersey. thirty:
Maryland, twenty-eight. and Pennsy,-
vania. eighteen or twenty. lie cited
that while automobile accidents in New
York increased between 90 and % per
cent. in 1921, similar accidents fell off
between 10 and 20 per cent. in States
having separate department with ade-
quate examination and inspection. He
declared that he has known one New
York inspector to give road tests to as
many as 200 applicants for drivers
licenses In a single day.
Under the methods of examination in
the other States named, Mr.. House
pointed out. applicants are examined
for their mentality and their psycho-
logical attitude toward the responsible
ity OF driving an automobile, even to
the point OF observing the applicants
reaction to sudden danger and the cool
ness and intelligence with which he can
meet an emergency Elimination for
criminal record, of course, would be cle-
mental
Mr.. Cornell was OF the opinion that
the taxicab situation in New York city
is extremely serious. He told the Grand
Jury a week ago that one-third OF the
offenders brought before him were
last night the total number of taxicab
drivers before Magistrate House was
234. or almost a third OF the defendant,
Seventy-one taxicab drivers were before
him on Monday. forty-eight on Tues
day. thirty on Wednesday, seventy-one
on Thursday and fourteen yesterday.
Accidents Prompt Mayor.
Mayor Hylan's letter TO Murray HUI
bert was prompted by the recent death
of an elderly woman whose body was
before being discovered and by the kill
ing of little girl in The Bronx when
motor truck with defective brakes ran
away down a grade and crushed the
child. He called attention to the fact
that he first urged revision of the traf
fic ordinance in May. 1890. and had done
so repeatedly without being able to spur
the Aldermen TO action.
There Is pending before the board an
amendment introduced by Alderman Pc
ter j. McGunness which would require
that all motor vehicles except private
passenger cars be equipped with gov
ernors or speed regulators, sealed by
the Police Department, preventing
higher rate of speed than fifteen miles
an hour
Magistrate House said stiffer penal
ties might help a little, but he thought
It ought to be left as at present TO tho
discretion of the Magistrate to decide
the penalty.
lie thought some benefit might be
gained by placing the absolute speed
limit IN congested districts at fifteen
miles and in outlying sections at twenty
miles At present a speed OF between
fifteen and twenty miles an hour In
congested sections is violation of the
law only if rccklessness or negligence
is proven. while more than twenty
miles an hour does not require such
qualification. In the less congested Sec
tions the same conditions apply 10
twenty and twenty-five mile speed
limits.
Another suggestion Is that fine OF
s2j be imposed for first conviction OF
speeding or reckless driving. $f00 for the
second offense and thirty days In iail