The New York herald., 1922-05-08
MOTORS KILL FIVE;
MANY BADLY HURT
Recent Bride, Walking With
Husband in Jersey City,
Killed by Taxicab.
THREE BOYS ARE VICTIMS
Asbury Park Man Loses Life
When Car Driven by His
Daughter Upsets.
THREE BOYS ARE VICTIMS

Five persons were killed and several
injured in automobile accidents in New
York and vicinity yesterday and last
night
Frank Jaycox. aged %. and his wife,
Mabel. 20. who recently were married.
were out walking in West Side Park,
Jersey City, last night when a taxicab
driven by William Lynch Of 1142 Broad
street NewarlSs ran into them and
knocked them down. Mrs. Jaycox died
In the City Hospital of q fractured skull
and her husband is there suffering from
broken right leg Lynch was ar
rested on a charge of 'manslaughter.
The Jaycox home Is at 1852 Varick street,
Jersey City.
After William ]. Farrell. aged IL, a
schoolboy OF 300 West Forty-eighth
street. had been struck by an automobile
In front of his home, Patrolman Black
hall of the West Forty-seventh street
station, who had taken him to Roosevelt
Hospital reported to his parents that
he was dead. Two hours later they
were informed by the same policeman
that the boy still was living, but that
he was expected to die. The conflicting
messages resulted from an error, but
the boy died later =
Farrell was playing ball in the street
and In trying to catch a fly ball stepped
into the path Of an automobileedriven by
Frank Algell. Jr.. of 662 Eleventh ave-
nue.. Algell was arrested.
Killed Getting or Car.
Alfred Carleo, aged 10. OF 564 Boule-
ward. Astoria. was run down by a motor
as he alightcd from trolley car at
Pierce and Vernon avenues, Long Island
City, and died in st. Johns Hospital.
William Zeyn of AZ Graham avenue,
Long Island City, was the driver Of the
automobile.
Jerry Crosse. 6. OF $500 Hughes ave-
nue. The Bronx, who had been stealing a
ride on the rear of motor car that was
speeding east on Fordham road, The
Bronx. was struck by another car when
he alghted in its path near Crotona
avenue. Joseph Bachels of 904 Union
avenue. The Bronx, the driver of the car,
drove to Fordham Hospital. but the boy
was dead upon arrival there.
The automobiles OF Fred Lengart of
$50 Intervalo avenue, The Bronx, and
Rudolph Heller OF 496 East 164th street
were in, collision yesterday at West
chester avenue and Tiffany street, The
Bronx, and three persons were injured.
Gertrude Silverman, aged SO, OF SAG
Manida street. The Bronx. suffered a
fractured left leg. and Bessie Wittstein.
S3. of 916 Stebbins avenue. received
lacerations OF the left arm and back.
The two women were crossing the street
at the time and were knocked down.
Loses Life I'm Upset.
John vuellSi. aged 60. of 4oS Third ave-
rue. Asbury Park, N. J.. general man
ager of the Thomas j. WinclSler Candy
Company. was killed when an automo-
bile driven by his daughter, Elsie, aged
"a overturned on a road near Cold
Indian Spring. Miss VuellSi escaped in
jury.
Gustav schauff. IS. OF l2s Beach
street. Jersey City, sustained a frac-
ture Of the skull and internal injuries
when struck by an automobile at Beach
street and Hudson Boulevard, Jersey
City.
John Lopez. aged 9. of 12 Ivy place,
Jersey City, was seriously injured last
night when run down by a motor at
Grand street and Summit avenue. Jer-
sey City. The car was driven by a
negro. who did not stop after the ac-
cident. The police are looking for him.
A woman who gave her name as Mary
Beyers, but who became unconscious be-
fore she could tell her address, was
knocked down and seriously hurt late
last night at Broadway and Fifty-sev-
enth street by an automobile owned by
James Harden, Al. handkerchief man.
ufacturer of 10 West F'ifty-fifth street
and driven by his nineteen-year-old
wife, Mrs. Alvina Harden. Both Harden
and Mrs. Harden were arrested by Pa
trolman Patrick Collins and charged
with simple assault because Mrs. Har
den had no license to drive the automo-
bile. Mrs. Beyers was taken to Roose-
velts Hospital, where physicians said
that her skull was fractured and that
she was internally hurt. She is not ex-
pected to recover. '