The New York herald., 1922-05-16
Motorists on Lincoln High
way Found Dead-Alms-
house Inmate Struck.
TRAFFIC COURT BUSIEST
Fines 184 Speeders, Many of
Whom Thought Police Had
Relaxed Vigilance at Parade.

have been operated by the thief who
stole it, apparently a novice, dashed
to the sidewalk at Second avenue and
Thirty-eighth street. last night to
avoid hitting a spool of telephone
cable and crashed into a group of
| fifteen children playing in the shadow
of the spool, injuring eight so Sc
Bellevue Hospital. 1t was feared that
one will die.
| Five persons were killed in the day
in the metropolitan district and many
others were injured. The day was
the busiest of the season for the
Traffic Court. The explanation offered
was that the automobilists figured
that all tie police would be busy Sat
urday because Of the police parade,
but discovered that their reasoning
was unsound. Magistrates Marsh
and House disposed of more than 800
cases, among whom were 1S4 speeders
who paid fines ranging from 80 to
800.
SWInHa wIue NJ SOTncTs
| So far as the police have been able
to learn, the machine which hit the
children, a Maxwell touring car bearing
the license plate 661-4s3 ". T.. was
driving north in Second avenue There
were two men In the front seat, one
having his arms about the driver as
though he were showing him how to
| steer the machine. The car turned
west into Thirty-eighth street, hut the
driver described so wide an arc in turn
ing that on reaching the westerly side
| of the avenue he discovered he was
about to run into the cable spool just to
the west of the northwest corner.
The driver turned his car to the right
and the machine jumred on to the side
walk. fiinging the children in all direc-
tions. One little girl, Mary Linden
baum. 3, of sol Second avenue. was
knocked down. the car passing over her
body. She was the most seriously hurt.
There were screams from all direc-
tions and several women tainted. A
huge crowd gathered and the two men
in the car became SO frightened that
they ran away, leaving the car behind
| them. Policeman called ambulances
| from Bellevue. which took away Rose
and Alexander Lindenbaum, s and 8
years old. respectively. and sister and
brother of Mary Margaret LAMA. S,
and her sister Tessie, 7. of 243 East
Thirty-eighth street James Luice. Z.
of 2os East Thirty Eighth street. and
Rose and Alexander Rosenberg. and Z,
respectively, of 305 East Fortieth
street. All of these children were suf-
fering from abrasions and contusions of
| the head arms and body. Mary Lin
denbaum had a possible fracture OF the
skull and internal injuries.
The automobile which injured the chill
dren was claimed early this morning by
| Francis p Sansome, a real estate insur-
ance broker of 320 East Thirty-fourth
street. who told Detective William Forst
| of the East Thirty-1fth street station
that the car had been stolen from in
front of his Office short time before
the accident. The thief. detectives be-
lieve. had driven only little while
when he lost control of the automobile.
Two Children Killed in street.
August Dmma. 6. of 2477 Belmont
avenue. The Bronx. died in Fordham
Hospital from injuries he received when
he was knocked down in front Of his
| home by an automobile operated by
Raymo Carozzo of 240e Belmont avenue.
| The boy suffered a fracture of the skull
| and internal injuries. Carozzo took him
| to the hospital after the accident. Wit
nesses said Il was purely an accident. so
| Carozzo was not arrested.
Josephine ZetineslSy. 4. Of "a East
| Ninety-ninth street. was run down by an
automobile truck In front OF her home.
Joseph McKeon OF s13 Elton avenue, The
Al.
J front of the truck and that he threw on
the brakes but could not prevent hitting
| her. The child's mother picked her up
and took her TO Mount Sinai Hospital
where physicians said she was dead.
| McKeon. who is a driver for the Cardo
Drug Company. 601 East f34th street.
was arrested on n homicide charge
Two men were killed when the auto
mobile they were riding ran into tele-
graph pole on the Lincoln Highway.
New Jersey. about three miles south OF
venesia, 20, and Michael carrnassa. 81.
both OF Perth Amboy, ". J. No per-
son saw the accident. The bodies were
| found by State troopers.
| Jacob Schneider rs. OF the Ivy Hills
Aims House, was killed when he was
knocked down by n motor truck at High
street and Springfield avenue. Newark
I Walter ". Coates OF 247 Livingstone
street. Newark. the driver. jammed on
the brakes when he saw the man walk
/ into the street but Schneider became
confused In trying to avoid being hit
| by another automobile and walked into
| the path OF Coates's car. Coates and his
| helper. George Hulley OF 81 South street
/ Newark. were held for investigation.
! Peter Heslin and Daniel J. Lee, en-
! ployees Of the Department OF Plant and
Structures. had miraculous escape
1 from death when their automobile truck
skidded on the Vernon Avenue bridge
over Newtown Creek. In Brooklyn. tore
away thirty feet OF a guard railing and
plunged into thirty foot cut of the
Long Island Railroad.