New-York daily tribune., 1859-09-29

Ysur RAILRoAD-THE COMPANY CENsURED-Coro.
psr Sohirmer yesterday held an irquisiton at the
Fourth WMd Police Station on the body Of David
Hszleton, the lad who was run over On Tuesday
evening in Oliver street, by car No. Of the Second
Avenue Railroad Company and amost instantly killed.
The evidence was somewhat conflicting in its charac'
ter, but mainly vert to show that the employees OF
the Railroad Company did not observe due caution,
for he drove too rapidly down the grade through Oil
street, from Chatham Square to South street. An
effort was made TO prove that the Conductor OF car
No. 3was not at bis post at the time Of the casualty
but failed He tesiSed to applying the rear brake
but said that it was broke and would not work
owing to the disabling Of the car from tie giving way
of the from. brake Below will be found copy Of the
most important portions Of the testimony adduceG be-
fore the Coroner:
Michael Redmond of No. II Oliver street, sworn,
ysI ding the soop house last evening about
quarter O'Clock when two coming down the
street the : Cd. was sTO~e,S win TOE Ssss..sS 10 s
the the adder 81 The lear OF the
car w.s oom,ns rapid rate Of speed
sps deceased on by the collision sId the wheel OF Ia
be a discussing the hor:r Of the rear car one
them % " oss no @
this they generally a. svey rapid rate
vent =, s 9InsS him over on hs osoE snd ss
covered that deed he conveyed No. lsi Olive
The bsve lived at No II Oliver street noe April
@ cnss, the rate .. .1ssS the fs % .5
coming very rsp both car. had seats on the top and
David HarTir gton, sworn, says-I am driver IN the
employ Of the Second Avenue Railroad Company drove the
street which ran into ssiaer 10 Dnys,
OF past switches which the into Oliver street
va sppyns the brste At the tune happened
called conductor through the DO not hno~ whether
hsh nos the brsf Wa. ped at end Of the
whether not the correcting rod Of ths rear
would been Of right sewsd the car being
run then tiled TO d,eDgage he bat did succeed before
the in front jumped of before the car struck
leg Of one my when eaped from the car
M hands and knee. 60, noo Of "s the Ipn nm more
Chatham square, where arrested; there was no pole a.
tsched cnt Of the car cannot be held back blythe
Jacob Sohsenleber says-I live in Houston street;
en- the employ of the Second Avenue Railroad
Company; have been In their employ for toe last three weeks
w which into another in Oliver street,
allowed forty minute. to m,se the ng from S
collision last evening" tined 10 use The brake and sop tue ar
regular OF excursion car aud Obliged time
considerably annoyed BY boys Jumping on snd On toe ea
do whether not any Of the company hurried the
driver.
AT this stage of the inquisiton, the Coroner and
Jury proceeded to Peck slip, and examined car No.
of the Second Avenue Railroad. 1t was found that the
brake of one end of the in perfect ORDER capa
bic of stopping the car; the hook Of the rod at the
opposite end Of the car was broken.
Officer Black of the Fourth Ward testfed--I have
post for the past fifteen months and have often
ported that the have dangerous rate ospeed
should Judge that sometimes they fifteen miles per
hour.
The Jury, after long delberation, rendered ver-
dict as follows:
"That David Ha,eon the deceased TO his death by
being Second Avenue Railroad Sept a. 1889
aud say that Second Avenue Railroad Company
for saonng at the brake o the cars
while passing through Oliver Ueet from Chstham square TO
South and Furthermore that the are driven 81 TOO
great rate Of speed a. this locality"
After the rendition of the verdict Coroner Schirmer
discharged the conductor and driver, who bad been
arrested. The deceased lived in Myrtle avenue, be-
tween Franklin and Kent avenues, Brooklyn. His
remains were taken to Brooklyn for interment.
PAwNBROKER FINED 800 FOR UsuRY.-Mr. III.
Strauss, of No. 7S Monroe street, complained before
the Mayor yesterday, charging w. X. Simpson,
Pawnbroker, of No. I95 Bowery with overcharging
interest on a sum of money which he had loaned to
him. Mr. Simpson was arrested and examined, and
the charge was substantiated. The Mayor offered
him his CHOICE either to pay $lOO fine, or to have hia
license revoked. The fine was preferred, and the
money duly paid over.
ConBLE PAvEMESTs UP-TowN.-Proposa!s for lay
ing cobble stone payments uptown were opened aud
awarded, yesterday, as follows s.,,-