Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-31
ANOTHER MAN
. HURT BY AUTO
IN STATE ST.
Auto That Injured Man Sped
Away After Accident, the
Police Are Told
CAUGHT AT CARTERET
Injured Man Taken to Hospital
e--Eight Stitches Taken
In Wound on Head
CAUGHT AT CARTERET

Just week to the day upper State
street yesterday was the scene of an
other accident and in this case as the
one OF a week ago a man in the
street was struck by an autom obile
and the driver of the car sped away.
The automobile driver was placed
under arrest by members of the
Perth Amboy police at Carteret an
hour after the accident.
John Herman, twenty-eight, of 2S4
Rector street, is the man who was
struck by the automobile and it is
said that he was in the act of climb
ing aboard truck driven by Louis
Hansen when the accident occurred.
Herman was injured to the extent
that eight stitches had to be taken
in his head by DIR. Edward Klein.
The accident yesterday occurred
about 1880 o'clock in the afternoon
and Officer James Nolan was attract
| ed to the scene by a crowd few
| hundred feet from where the acci-
| dent of a week ago occurred. At the
scene the officer learned that Her
| man had been struck and a girl fur
! nished the information that the car,
a Ford, bore license N. ]. 1886 and
had a left window broken.
Lieutenant John Morris at police
headquarters was notified by Officer
Nolan and Chauffeur William Cloo-
| ney was detailed to the scene. Off
GERS Clooney and Nolan took Her
| man to the Office of City Physician
John V. Smith and when it was
learned the physician was not in
the injured man was taken to DR..
Klein's office.
Officer Nolan communicated with
Chief Niels J. Tonnesen after tearn-
ing from Railway that the car n. j.
1S2,396 belonged to julius DuSha
twenty-one, of Mckinley avenue,
Carteret. Permission was asked by
Chief Tonnesen for the two local
officers to go to Carteret to take the
guilty man back and this permission
was granted.
The two officers visited Carteret
! and in company with a Carteret po-
liceman, Csuka was placed under ar
rest and brought to this city. He
has been charged with failing to
stop to give medical attention to a
man he injured and also with fall
ure to report the accident at police
headquarters. His case will be dis
posed of Friday night.
After eight stitches had been TAX
en- in his head, Herman was remov-
w " itto 14OIi1S ny lilS pOIlCS. II -
said he was with Thomas Moran
at the time of the accident. Infor-
nation furnished by a girl regard
ing the car number was right with
the exception of the third figure.
While taking into consideration
the failure of two automobiles driv-
ers to stop after accidents, Chief
Tonnesen this morning referred to
conditions in the vicinity Of outer
State street when men are going to
and coming from the plants in that
section. There are no sidewalks for
a considerable distance a because
OF this. sidewalks in the vicinity are
not used. The chief said this morn
ing that he will detail officers to see
that the sidewalks are used If laid
In that section.
A week ago last night one man
was killed and two others injured
while on their way to work. They
were struck by an automobile driven
by Homer w. Ripley of Woodbridge
who sped away after the accident
and was arrested in bed at his estab-
lishment. the Woodbridge hotel.