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Show HILL REFUSES TO FURNISH BONDS FOR HIS CHAUJFFEUR WHO KILLED A WOMAN; HAD DISOBEYED HIS RULES 1 - . NEW YORK, . July ; 1. Frank C. Foote, a chauffeur employed by James N. Hill, son of J.J. Hill, the capitalist, capital-ist, is still under arrest in, connection with the death of an unidentified woman wo-man killed by the ponderous Hill automobile auto-mobile yesterday In Greenwich avenue. Foote was on "his way to court to answer an-swer charges of speeding when the fatal accident occurred. When remanded to the Coroner and held in ' 15000 . ball, the chauffeur ap-. ap-. pealed to his employer to furnish .bonds for him, but Mr Hiir. refused, saying that he should leave the court to- deal with him, as he had taken out the automobile au-tomobile without permission. The machine ma-chine was moving very slowly when it ran down the unknown victim in front of a public school and In, full view of many pupils. . . "When I bought the automolle and employed Foote -ten-'diys ago I made only two conditions with him," said Mr. Hill. "The first was that he should, never take the machine out of the gar-ege gar-ege . without my permission, and . the other was that he should never run at fast speed in the city under any circumstances. cir-cumstances. "He violated tooth rules within a few days. I accepted his excuses and his promise not to repeat the offense. Then: : he violated the speed rule for the second sec-ond time when going out of town to meet me. I told him I would wait until un-til I knew how the court regarded his. explanation of this incident before I dealt with him. I told him that" I would hot be In town and would not meet him today.' I "Rel jing . on that he took the machine ma-chine out again without permission. I hope the court will deal as severely as possible with him, and will make an example of him for the sake of those who use the streets and for all owners of automobiles whose chauffeurs use their names and their property with equal irresponsibility." '. , , |