The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-12-24
-Four Killed
On Saturday

! Autos exacted heavy toll of life il
Monmouth county late Saturday
night.
-Four pedestrians; three women anc
one man were struck and fatally In
ljnred by motorists.
One death occurred in Ash Try Park
two near Freehold and ne neal
Marlboro. 3
The woman killed in Asbury Park.
Mrs. Emma Price, go, of lO5 Mt. Tabor
way, Ocean Grove, was struck by an
auto on Lake avenue, suffering injuries
from which she succumbed In Ann
May hospital, Spring Lake. four hours
later.
Two persons, Mrs. Arvilla Emmons,
90, who resided near Freehold, and
Daniel Dougherty, 81, of Monmouth
avenue, Freehold, were killed about II
o'clock, the woman died instantly, when
they were struck By an auto about one
mile north of Freehold.
Mrs. Mamie Curley of Marlboro,
wife of Constable George w. Curley OF
Prosecutor John Quinn's Office, was
struck and killed by an auto containing
q party of returning deer hunters IN
Marlboro.
Mrs. Emmons and Dougherty were
walking along the EngIishtown road
toward Freehold when an auto
driven in the same direction by Will
liam A. Thompson of Freehold, struck
the couple. Mrs. Bmmons was drag
ged about 800 feet on the bumper of
Che car before Thompson cana to a
stop. She died instantly. Daughter
ty was thrown about 40 feet along
the road. Both suffered fractures of
the skull besides other injuries. Mrs.
Emmons' body was badly mangled.
Thompson, who was arrested by
Officer DeVries of the Freehold POI
lice, was arraigned about one hour
after the accident and held in $1,000
bail on each of two charges of man
slaughter. He told police that an
auto coming in the opposite direction,
blinded him temporarily with its
glaring headlights. He said that he
was SO close to Mrs. Emmons and
Dougherty that it was too late to
avoid hitting them. He is Freehold
taxi proprietor.
Funeral services for Mrs. Emmons,
who was a widow YVES held We'd
nesday afternoon at Q at Tennent
church. She leaves seven children,
three of them married. j. Laird
Hulse Of Englishtown was the funeral
director.
Dougherty is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Mary Doug herty ofMonnouth ave,
Freehold and two sisters.
DEATH OF MRS. CURLEY.
Mrs. Mamie, Curley, so, wife of
Constable George Curley of the coun-
ty prosecutors Office, died at the
Long Branch hospital at o'clock
-unday III rning as a result Of in
juries she received at o'clock Sat-
urday night when struck by a car at
Marlboro. Mrs. Curley was crossing
the highway at that place on her way
to the Mshoney store when, it is said
she stepped directly in front of car
driven by Ernest P. Caborelli, chem
ist of Alb Bergenline avenue, Union
City.
Caborelli, with party Of deer hun
ters had been to Barnegat and the gum
ners were returning to their home Wit
nesses said the car was not travelling
fast for it was stopped with eight feet
of the point where Mrs. Curley was
struck. She was removed to the Long
Branch hospital, where it was said she
suffered several broken ribs and a
fractured skull.
State trooper made the arrest and
Caborelli was brought to Freehold,
where he was held by Judge Law
renee under 81 500 bail for manslaugh-
ter. Besides her husband, Mrs. Curley
is survived by eight children. all but
one of whom are married.