Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-06-25
STRUCK BY AUTO,
CHILD DIES At
CITY HOSPITAL
Dorothy Bean Is Fatally Hurt
in Accident in Washing
ton Street
DRIVER IS. ARRESTED
Child Ran Out from Sidewalk
in Front of Car, Police
Are Told

Little Dorothy Bean, two years old,
| of 40S Washington street, passed
away in the local hospital at about
! 1880 o'clock this morning from in
jur.es received when she was struck
/ by the car of Paul L. Reseter, of 81
| Amboy avenue, on Washington
street, near Cornell. on Monday
| night.
Police Chauffeur Emil Koyen, who
! Investigated the au'ident, arraigned
| the driver before Acring Recorder
Stephen Somogyi this morning as Is
! the usual custom. and the court
! ruled that the driver would not be
held unless evidence is, produced
! showing that he was at fault in the
| accident. He was parvied to ap-
| pear tomorrow morning and II the
police fail to produce evidence show
/ ing the driver was at fault in some
! way. he will be paroIea.
| According to Officer Koyen's re-
| port, Reseter was travelling east on
! Washington street and the child ran
! out from the sidewalk and was
| knocfeN down. He took her to the
| hospital where she was placed under
the care of DR.. Mccormick. A frac-
tured skull Is believed to have been
responsible for the death.
Arrangements have been made to
ship the body of the little girl to
Clinton today, where burial is to be
| made.
Three young men were injured.
and two automobiles and building
at 430 Smith street were damaged,
as a result of an accident at the
corner of Smith and Grace streets
this morning. The drivers of the
two automobiles we're apprehended
by Patrolman Alfred Christopher
son on a reckless driving charge and
will be given a hearing in the morn
ing.
A Studebaker touring car driven
by Miss Hilda Rasmussen, twenty.
of 525 Amboy avenue, was travelling
east on Smith street, and at the cor
ner of Grace street, Miss Rasmussen
| pulled to the left in an effort to
avoid a collision with the Packard
| touring car of Lester Underhill,
| driven by Steve Bartos. twenty-four
of BAT Kirkland place, travelling
north on Grace street. The collision
was not avoided and both cars were
J damaged considerably. The Ras-
mussen car continued to the left
running into three young fellows
seated in front OF the store at 430
| Smith street and also damaging the
building.
The injured persons. Andrew Gal,
eighteen. of 354 Kirkland place,
Steve Wasielinski. sixteen, of 311
| Clifford street. and Joe Bartos,
seventeen. a cripple. of BAT Kirk
land place, were placed in the Un-
derhill car and started for the hos
pItal. At the carbarn, the automo-
bile had blowout and the injured
men were removed to another car
and the trip to the hospital was
completed. Gal had a bruised back
and suffered from pain on the left
side, Wasielinski suffered from a
bruised elbow and side. and the
right leg of Bartos was injured. The
| injured Bartos is a brother of the
driver of the Underhil machine.
After getting the injured persons
| to the hospital, officer Christopher
son arrested both drivers on a reck-
less driving charge. The injured
parties were treated by DR.. William
H. Mccormick, Jr., and early this
afternoon were released from the
institution.