Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-06
BOY IS VICTIM
OF AUTOMOBILE
Louis Schwartz Dies Follow
ing Injuries He Received
in Division st. Accident
DRIVER UNDER ARREST
Homer Leebesberger Taken
to New Brunswick on
MansIaughter Charge

Coming down Division street a.
bout $40 o'clock last night in an
automobile travelling at a rate OF
speed said to be twenty-five miles
an hour, Homer Leesbesberger,
twenty years old, of 283 Oak street.
struck seven year old Louis Schwartz
of 419 Division street. The boy died
at the local hospital about two hours
later from injuries received.
At the time of this accident, Lee
besberger was driving a car said to
be the property of his brother-in-
law, William Smith, of Oak street
and earlier in the day he had an
accident on the state bridge in an
automobile which belonged to the
Perth Amboy Beef Company. Lee
besberger was arrested on two
charges following the accident,
speeding and manslaughter, and he
was taken to New Brunswick this
morning to furnish bail on the lat
ter charge.
Officer James Egan was doing
traffic duty at the corner of Pros
pect street and New Brunswick ave-
nue. when he noticed a car approach
ing on New Brunswick avenue at a
rapid rate and with its horn blow
ing steadily. The officer gave a sig
nal for the car to slacken and when
he saw a small boy with his head
covered with blood and the occu-
pants informed him they were go
Ing to the hospital, he sent the car
on. The officer followed in another
automobile.
At the hospital the officer learn
ed that the Schwartz boy was struck
by the car driven by Leebesberger.
and when the latter, according to
the officer's report. admitted that
he had been travelling at a rate of
twenty-five miles an hour, the police
oficer placed a charge of speeding
against the man. Upon the advice
OF DIS. j. q. Wilson, B. F. Slobodi an
and John, Lund. Leebesberger was
taken to headquarters to await the
outcome of the child's injuries as il
had been found the child was suffer-
Ing from a compound fracture of the
skull.
Off1cer Egan returned to the hos
pltal later and was advised that the
child had died. Egan Immediately
notified Lieutenant Andrew Jensen at
headquarters and a charge of man.
slaughter was placed against the
driver. He was held without bail,
Eye witnesses of the accident say
that the Schwartz boy was standing
about four or five feet from the curb
and the automobile travelling south
on Division street could not stop
in time to avoid hitting the lad. 1t
Is said the boy was dragged a dis
tance OF twenty-five feet before the
car was halted. Marks in the street
will show this, the officer reports.
Oscar Wilson, of 154 Washington
street, and John Chuma. of SCI West
avenue, witnesses of the accident,
placed the boy in the Leebesberger
car and took him to the hospital.
Officers Egan and William Clooney
notified Mrs. Smith, the sister of the
driver, of the accident and the auto
mobile was taken to her husband, the
alleged owner.
First Accident
Leesbesberger was driving south
on the state bridge early yesterday
when he ran into a car driven by
Charles Vanhof of Newark, the lat
ter car was going north. The front
of the Leebesberger car was damag-
ed a lamp broken and the wheels
put out of line. The front left fen
der and running board of the New
ark car were damaged, and the axel
broken. No one was injured, ac-
cording to Police Chauffeur Koyen's
report. Leebesberger was driving an
Amboy Beef company car on this
occasion, the police say.