The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-03

-aHclrl RAILWAY COMPANY AND RICH
v.>D, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC
,,uprtD COMPANY CESSURED BY THE
aJEl.
,n a,cj,!cn. occurred on Broad street yes
.Say or,rrncon AT about o'clock. result
:, the instant death of Mr.. Thomas
..,r,i,,. Of No. Sl3 west Main street, and
49,, ;ri,,rv ii Mr.. Emmett Chalklcy, Mr.. j.
~ TI>.:,. Mrs. Leslie Tatum, and Mrs
The Accident.
!. on,,,lrs lha, one of the new cars {So.
-...u th,, c;ty railway was coming down
j~,,3 Sire; al the hour named above. with
t..~ rr..,ps,r>. and drawn by one horse.
Wien il reached the corner OF seventh
.u,.., the horse became frightened by the
,.,,,mrnl- OF locomotive on the trede-
=s,rnr. raiiroad and ran away ut iurlous
,..., towards the east.
.,r,. ,-for-. oI the driver. Mr.. James SUIT
~ f. 20" he frightened morse We're ior Il
.,'.. .,,,..-,.ill. but the >wiuglctrce bccom-
...' .-r,.,g,. u The brake all control over the
.-v.- ,n,t .,nd il dashed down the street
..~,..h.,s,yl speed. Car No. , was COM
-. n~a:d street Al the time, ana the
..-.. 9. .s,: o;t when near Eighth street TO
,Ia switch 80 ~ 10 turn his car down
...th >.T... V nile doing this be saw No.
g., .,rin.. -l,,iGly towards him, aud jumping
. ...yu c,r h. whipped NJ lis horses 50
........ ,..; ut tn" way 10 avoid collision,
,..r seemed imminent. The two cars
..,,.I = 8! distance OF only Il foot or tWo
.-.. ....i 81 I, that moment a lady icll ont
-~N.. Il on the left OF the track. and
,.. ...-r ,..>.rd over the spot where the pody
Mr. EEpma> Clcmmitt was presently
...,-.i ,,jn.. - lldly mang!pd rs 10 be ur-
-....n,I.i,, even By his brother.
g,r-.. r-oWd uf persons gathered on the
49,, 9rl fingered until Il late hour in the
..:.,: Au.,yy threats We're freely made
Inns, III" railroad company, and i; Is prob
......ta, 4 little encouragement would have
Id t. the earring up Of the railroad track
nd pcraa;.- other damage 10 the company
property. a., .
A.t,r the conductor jumped Oft the car
rl.. horse r4n on down Broad street, ana thc
c.t.- l,fi the rails at the corner ol Nlnth ana
I;ruat and ryaS drawn over the street pave
,l..nt toa point on Broad between Nlnth
.ui Tenth. where il struck the curDinS.
In, hor>, then becoming detached ran down
,i,. Sidewalk. and was only stopped after he
..rt cone tar doHn the street.
The Body OF tho Deceased
~, found sinr between the rails, with his
lead toward Eighth street. 1t presented a
...e,,,lv spectacle The sharp wheel OF the
ar had struck his skull and cut it in two in
. line running from the top Of his head
Irra,> the forehead and down to the cnln.
III. brains and blood were scattered on the
.,rJund lor Il distance Of about four feet,
,,yrr which the body had been dragged 10y
The car.
The. Coroner was notified Of the death OF
Nr. tlcmmitt, and promptly appearing on
,,,. spot he searched for means OF identIfl-
,..,:uu O: he body. \ pocket-book, con.
tanning receipts and other papers, discio>ed
III name" and nr>seuger was sent TO nOtlly
liz brother. MIR W. IL. Clemmitt. The lat
irr rnly recognized the body by the pocket
book and papers, and it was truly distress
IL. 10 witness his silent anguish rs he real
il,l The truth Of the unfortunate accident.
i speedily as possible the BODY was
,.l!crd on Il blanket. the scattered brains
collected with shovel, and the whole con-
,,,ed to no. Sl3 west Main street, the late
!,.,idcncc Of The deceased.
Eoromer's Inquest.
4 Jury having been summoned by cap
Iuln disney. they viewed the remains at the
. "
hr!d hy Coroner Taylor in the basement OF
III" sidney Methodist church.
The Jury was composed Of the following
gentlemen Charles Tanner. b. 5. Carlton,
J. +. Brown. John auer, John Renhart,
Martin OlS. NJ. W. Ford, Thomas smith,
l.C. Puckett. Charles Glosman, III. j. lay
,... caleb Jacob.
Witnesses Examined.
James SutltE WAS the first witness y
amn,d. He dcpo>"d: | am the driver OF
,rr,,t-car No. II. | was going from Holly
"c,d - Eighth and Broad: had on three
~ !ouT passengers, and got rs far rs Sixth
,,r.rt ":Icn The accommodation tram came
,'!: II the dcp6. Of the Fredericksburg rail-
.r4si. and before she got out another larger
r..yinn came past me. As soon as the horse,
which i 4 Young and very timid one, saw
H.. engines. which were both moving on
:.. >tYrs!. he became frightened. was
a.oul twenty feet from The larger iocomo-
i've. The horse always got scared at the
,.Y.ine or cars. and ran of with loaG OF
al->ru4ci> some days ago. He became ull'
r..na.,a',l.. q, the locomotive passed me.
,uurd hid 10 IL" right that he might not
,-,. il. ca"iu". 'Cuc horse qucted niue,
ru ~ti!l prt"ccd and plunged. As the last
Zach passed | pulled him back into the
main track. He ";> still unruIy and had
80 cotirol Of him. He kicked and ran WI IL
ui.I my ii.v!E" ANY p0wcrto stop HIM. ne
.r,r..clIain r:u"It around the brakcrod so
tMut colhG not move II. As | went on
,aw 10. = car coming up between Eighth
and Ninth streets. and | called out to every
ioGr 10 get out oil the way. The driver Of
N". barely GOT hi> car out OF the way by
whining Iii, horses. A jumped oil the
ar ! Jaw the deceased fall. and think he
jumped OH olcar No. ,. saw the horse knock
i.im down and he tt.l on his back. He was
tour feet from No. when he fell. saw
ar No. / run over him. Don't know what
.,cC;,lnc of Inv passengers. We have had
The horse ab0at TWO months. Only missed
,'riking cir No. about two feet. / jumped
~ It, ten feet. told superintendent yester-
day that the horse WAS scziry of the cars, but
:nought he would probably get over il.
considered him dangerous, because | had
'coiIblc with him before. [ think him per-
:rr'ly ,t.c, but Tor the locomotives. went
tack 10 NY car and found it stopped be-
;~c,n Ninth and Tenth. The horse was
zone found him standing i'll the gutter
~ rDnt Of the Howe Sewing Machine olhce
". +. Peters testified: | am driver OF
car No. >. About O'Clock this evening
'7unc up Ninth TO Broad, and when
'urncd up Broad ] saw Sutlitf in trouble
"l'h his horse, on account Of two locoino-
lives which saw near him. The horse was
turned around to the right side OF the car
drove up Broad to Eighth, and found the
N"Irch wrong, and had TO stop and place it
ilghi 80 that could turn down Eighth.
tad So many passengers on / had to step
over the sDatter-kOari TO change the