Chief Moore of Newark Sued for Auto Death

Chief Moore of Newark Sued for Auto Death

When Chief Paul Moore's automobile ran down and killed Miss Marian Moy, on Market street, Newark, N. J., May 10, it was recklessly and carelessly driven, her mother alleges, in a suit for $10,000 damages she is bringing in the circuit court. Both Chief Moore and his driver, Fireman Isaac Wolverton, are cited as defendants. Abner Kalisch filed the papers in the county clerk’s office yesterday. The pleading alleges that the place was known to the defendants as a busy place where slow progress was advisable, but that on this occasion the auto was not under control. After hitting Miss Moy, it is alleged, the auto kept on to Mulberry street, where it struck another pedestrian, a man. The auto then turned and Chief Moore and Wolverton went to the assistance of the two victims. A coroner’s inquest ordered by Prosecutor Louis Hood, who conducted the examination of witnesses, after a three-day sitting, decided that the chief’s driver, against whom the charge was made, was blameless, the death of Miss Moy being attributed to accident. The grand jury, in session at the time, concurred in the finding of the coroner’s jury. Sworn testimony differs in every material detail with the bill of complaint. The action against the chief and his driver will be defended by the city, the defendants being connected with an arm of the city service, and in the performance of duty, responding to a second alarm of fire, when the accident occurred.

When Chief Paul Moore's automobile ran down and killed Miss Marian Moy, on Market street, Newark, N. J., May 10, it was recklessly and carelessly driven, her mother alleges, in a suit for $10,000 damages she is bringing in the circuit court. Both Chief Moore and his driver, Fireman Isaac Wolverton, are cited as defendants. Abner Kalisch filed the papers in the county clerk’s office yesterday. The pleading alleges that the place was known to the defendants as a busy place where slow progress was advisable, but that on this occasion the auto was not under control. After hitting Miss Moy, it is alleged, the auto kept on to Mulberry street, where it struck another pedestrian, a man. The auto then turned and Chief Moore and Wolverton went to the assistance of the two victims. A coroner’s inquest ordered by Prosecutor Louis Hood, who conducted the examination of witnesses, after a three-day sitting, decided that the chief’s driver, against whom the charge was made, was blameless, the death of Miss Moy being attributed to accident. The grand jury, in session at the time, concurred in the finding of the coroner’s jury. Sworn testimony differs in every material detail with the bill of complaint. The action against the chief and his driver will be defended by the city, the defendants being connected with an arm of the city service, and in the performance of duty, responding to a second alarm of fire, when the accident occurred.