Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-25
Parents DEFEND
VICTIM OF CRASH
e.sent Ins ',uations That Muel-
fer. Who Drove Death Car
Hatboro, Was Intoxicated
MANY ACCIDENTS SUNDAY

Dcnial that their son ever drank or
aeon owned whisky flask was made
today by the parents of Frederick ID.
Mueller, twenty -onc years old, VI Fast
Walnut lane, who was killed last night
an Old York road In n motor accident.
,omsed serious injuries to another.
Miss Gertrude Foster, nineteen years
o,d of 43G Queen lane. Germantown,
J;eJ soon after the speeding car skiddch
from the road and struck Il telephone
ro,c Miss Estcla Srhramm. 33I ~ en
}sne. is in the Abingdon Hospital.
James y. Morrison, Jr.. 81 West
School House lane. escaped uniniurcd.
irhc marty were returning from tn" Hat
hcro Inn. where they had been dining
and dancing.
was intoxicated. was the statement
made at the Mueller home TODAY. "b".
cause he never drank, and never even
owned Il flask. lie was very active IN
church work. being mcmb T. of tn"
T'arry On Club Of the First lrcsby-
,cr;an Church of Germantown. besides
belonging TO the Y. NJ. E.. \. IIc
n,ayed in the Intcrchurr! Subnrh"n
baskctbnll League. and he was n mem.
bor of the Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
Flask Found IN Car
Morrison. however. is said TO have
admitted to the Abingdon police that
he and Mueller had been drinking al.
Enough he denied that either was in.
toyirated. Dr. J. Il. Carroll. who
created thu injured members of the party
A. the scene Of the accident, said that
h, found silver flask conta inng
whisky close By the wreckagc of the
IN could not have been Frederick =
A.sk that was found,' Mr.. and Mrs.
Nuellcr's statement continues. There
src SO many cars along that road that
finding flask near there signifies moth q:
ing. Such an insinuation is false and
unjust to him. -,
Hiss Foster and Mueller were killed
when the motorcnr struck n pole On
OlI York road Il mile south Of Hat.
trro.
Car Failed TO "Take" Curve
| Tho car failed to "takc" Il curve near
: the Hatboro High School. Mueller. who
was driving, and Mi $ Foster. who was
seated beside him, were thrown out over
Tho front Of the car. Miss Schramm
and Morrison were also thrown out, but
TO one side.
DR., Carroll and DR.. John Logan. of
Hnthoro. reached the scene few min
utrs rfter the accident and had the
injured persons sent TO the hospital. :.
Near the point Of the accident.
said DR.. Carroll. ~ found a silver =
mounted flask. partly filled with whisky
This was turn" d over to the authorities
together with other articles found near
the smash. 80,
Two other Philadelphians were killed
and fourteen others injured in acci
dents yesterday. ~ =,
.Ioscph Nolill. seven, 1890 \ort'
Twenty seventh street was struck by al
automobile at Girard avenuc an,
Twenty. eighth stree, and died Il few
hours later in the Mary DrcCxl lloin"
The automobile was driven by Charlie
Press. of 10 East Meyer street. who
carried the child to the hospital. Their,
be surrendered to the police.
Tho boy was q son of John Nahill
acting captain of Engine Company No
"a. at Twenty seventh and Thompson
streets.
Joseph DAILY. twenty six, 1919 Me-
Eean street q taXicab driver. WAS killc'
late last night wien his taNirab col
lidcd with another machine driven b,
Robert G. BOIL. Woodmont. Pa. Il
Fifteenth and Jefferson streets. Will
BOIL was his brother, Edward ID. Bhi
= Somcrton, Pa.
Boil was driving east on Jefferson
tcet when the cars collidcd. Tn,
Ece OF the impact threw DAILY out o
Dc machine to the street. H0hl nn
j. brother were arrested, BOhl bnin
barg"l with mans!aughter.
Auto Hit stone Pile
When their automobile struck ston
pile along the Harrisburg pix" five mile
vest of Lancaster last night five l'hi!a
dolphianS were injured and ono is in
serious condition IN St. Joscph's Hos
pital. The injured urc
Mrs. Isabella Dreyer. Apartment Il
H4l3 SAMSON street, badly hurt inter
raly. several ribs broken. with On
runcturing lung; head rut an
bruised.
Miss Martina Dreycr, accountant il
the United States Federal Rcsery
Bank; badly injured on the head.
Miss Evelyn Dicycr, fractured clavi
Gle
+. l.. Kennedy and young engrave
IN the Philadelphia Mint whose nam
could not BE- learned completed tn
party. Those two had their injurie
dressed at the hospital and were dis
charged.
An unidentified girl about eightcel
years old was struck by an automobile
last night us she alighted from Il trolle,
car at kenSington and Allegheny ave
MUGS. She is unconscious in the Episco
pal Hospital. Frank Rensing. of l5l
Germantown avenue, driver Of the auto
mob,lo. took the girl to the hospita
and then surrendered TO the police.
Doris {. Brown, seven years old, q
1S+i Ridge avenue, was struck yester
day By an automobile driven by tnthon
Agnes, Of 24l9 South Chadwick street
She was treated at ST. Josepl's ; Hos
rital for cuts aud bruises. Agnes wa
arrested
Surgeon Injured
DR.. e. Russell, of 20lO Cheslnu
street. professor of surgery in tempt
University, was injured cnii ~ yoSlcrda
when an unidentified autoist ran int
the back Of his car at Broad and Da
mond streets
DR.. Russell was going north on Broa
street and was starting to turn west o
diamond when the other machine struc
him. The driver Of the car sped away
~ spite Of fracture of the right nrl
and bruises Of the chest, DR.. Russc
drove to the Garrctson Hospital fo
treatment.
rive persons were injured late yes
terday when n truck filled with ic
s'rncK their automobile after Il car con
h'hlhg four men had run into the truck