Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1916 — Centuries of Bad Luck Await This Unhappy Man [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Centuries of Bad Luck Await This Unhappy Man

NEW YORK. —If there is any truth in the superstition regarding seven years of bad luck after wrecking a mirror the case of James Carty is something to consider. He broke three tons of mirrors last night in upper Broad-

way, and the first indication of the angered Fates was his presence In a cell of the West One Hundredth street station, Carty, who lives at 515 West One Hundred and Thirty-second street, was the motorman of a southbound Broadway trolley car. He had reached Nine-ty-ninth street on the trip downtown and, being unhailed by passengers at the crossing, bore along at a good speed. What appeared to be an iceberg brought him to a stop. The ice-

berg was an open motor truck filled to a considerable height with mirrors iand owned by Morris Armstrong of 792 Amsterdam avenue. The driver, (Eugene Morgan, apparently saw everything but the car. They met. The Automobile was driven ten feet sideways and finally toppled over, splintering every mirror it contained. ~ Two men on the seat of the automobile, Samuel Cohen and Richard McCrave, who had been assisting the driver, were hurled to the pavement ,»n<i Morgan was thrown several feet.