Not accessed through the Times site, but reportedly a reprint from the Times
article...
Dave Duffey
PARIS, FRANCE b Isadora Duncan, the American dancer, tonight met a tragic
death at Nice on the Riviera. According to dispatches from Nice Miss Duncan
was
hurled in an extraordinary manner from an open automobile in which she was
riding and instantly killed by the force of her fall to the stone pavement.
Affecting, as was her habit, an unusual costume, Miss Duncan was wearing an
immense iridescent silk scarf wrapped about her neck and streaming in long
folds, part of which was swathed about her body with part trailing behind.
After
an evening walk along the Promenade de Anglais about 10 o'clock, she entered
an
open rented car, directing the driver to take her to the hotel where she was
staying.Neither she nor the driver noticed one of her scarf's loose ends was
over the side of the car b caught in the rear wheel.
As she took her seat in the car neither she nor the driver noticed that one
of the loose ends fell outside over the side of the car and was caught in the
rear wheel of the machine.
Dragged Bodily From the Car.
The automobile was going at full speed when the scarf of strong silk suddenly
began winding around the wheel and with terrific force dragged Miss Duncan,
around whom it was securely wrapped, bodily over the side of the car,
precipitating her with violence against the cobblestone street. She was
dragged for
several yards before the chauffeur halted, attracted by her cries in the
street.
Medical aid immediately was summoned, but it was stated that she had been
strangled and killed instantly.
This end to a life full of many pathetic episodes was received as a great
shock in France, where, despite her numerous eccentric traits, Miss Duncan was
regarded as a great artist. Her great popularity in France was increased by
the
entire nation's sympathy when in 1913 her two young children also perished in
an automobile tragedy. The car in which they had been left seated started,
driverless, down a hill and plunged over a bridge into the Seine River. [The
article continues.]
Copyright B) New York Times, Sep 15, 1927
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