The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-09-13
TERRrBLE TRAGEDY.
A Deaf Mute Ran Over by the Cars.
CoRoNER,s vERDIcT.

CORONER'S VERDICT.
On last Saturday evening, about
o'clock, a young man named Harri
son Daniels, a deaf mute, was run
over by locomotive and tender
attached to caboose, on the side
track in front of this city, and instant.
ly killed From the evidence taken
before the Coroner's jury, ex'
tracts of which we give below, it will be
seen that terrible responsibility rests
upon some one for the violent death oi
young Daniels.
W. S. NEwBURY
Being duly sworn said: AZ was at the
warehouse of c. B. Comstock & Co., in
the city of Albany, about O'Clock p.
NJ, on the evening of September 9TH,
1872. Suddenly locomotive and ten
der and one box car came upon the
side track in front of said warehouse.
do not recollect having heard the bell
or the whistle of the engine. They
We're running pretty fast; 1 should
judge about ten miles per hour. Sud
denly ur. Wm. Jackson, who was al
work for me at the warehouse, re-
marked that they (meaning the trainj
would run over that poor deaf and
dumb boy, Harry Daniels, and antici-
pating it, we both started and ran after
the train. When we had advanced
oh hoI icfo hot I,a
Comstock and Cheadle warehouses /
saw the body of the said Harrison
Daniels violently thrown out from un-
der the front wheel of the engine. My
impression then was that the body
must be terribly mutilated. l am not
certain that 1 saw him move after the
engine passed beyond him."
CHARLES KIEFER
Being duly sworn said: i'On the even
ing of Sept. q, 1872, about 6 orr O'Clock
r. NJ, / was sitting in front of the AL
bany Brewery. i saw Harrison Dam
iels coming up along the railroad track,
passing west. He was oil the south
side of the track, but before the train
came up he attempted to pass over the
track to the north side. About the
time he had got half way across the
track the car struck him in the back
and tumbled him down and passed
over him. 1 think two wheels of the
car that struck him passed over his
body. 1 did not hear any bell or whis-
tie at all; 1 thought of it at the time"
VIM. Jackson was sworn and his
testimony was in substance the same
as Mr.. Newbury's, except that he
thought the ears were going at the rate
of TO II miles per hour.
THEODORE CARTWRIGHT
Being duly sworn said: ''I was at
work in front of Comstock's ware
house about ten minutes before the
cars came by. or passed where was at
work. Harrison Daniels started up
the track. After the cars passed, my
attention was attracted by Nr. Jack
son remarking that they would "run
over that deaf and dumb boy" imme-
diately he called out ''they have struck
him." / looked and saw the cars
jumping up as they passed over his
body; should think they must have
raised up about foot. The next saw
was Mr.. Daniels lying on the track
after the cars had passed over him.
He was dead when [ reached him.
They were not ringing the bell, nor
was any whistle blown on the locomO-
tive as they passed. I think the en-
gine was running about ten miles an
hour, and if any thing a little faster.
would say, and probably every other
man in town would say the same, that
ten miles per hour is dangerous speed
in this city,"
After hearing the testimony the Cor
oner's jury rendered the following
VERDICT:
We, the jury impanneled to inquire
into the cause of the death of Harri-
son Daniels, do find that he came to
his death On the evening of September
Z, 1872, by being run over by the cars
on the Oregon & California Railroad,
in the city of Albany, Linn county,
Oregon. And we further find that il
resulted from the reckless manner OF
driving the engine through the streets.
(Signed)
r. N. POWERS. J. w. ANDERSON,
r. JACOBS, w. NJ. KETCHUM,
E. ID. WHITLOW.
The violent death of Harrison Dan
iels created gloom over the whole
city. Public indignation is aroused to
a degree which it would be unsafe to
intensity by the sad occurrence. II
there is no law to compel engineers
and conductors to be less reckless LET
the Legislature now in session enact
one. No one doubts that poor young
Daniels would have been alive to-day
had the proper precautions been ob.
served by those having charge of the
engine which ran over him.
THE STATES RIGHT DEMOCRAT, of
Albany has entered upon it's eighth
politically we don't. Between our
fixes and our dislikes, we find a ball
ance in favor of the former, and wish
it succes. s.-Roseburg Pa,atagraoh:
Thanks, me noble juke! Charity COW
ers multitude of sins.
FROM THE SoUND.-Our former
fellow townsnan, Jerrie briggs, ac-
co:panied by his wife, is In town on
visit to their friends. Mr.. briggs is a
resident of Seattle and he says he is
well pleased with his new. home. He