The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-12-05

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the boy lay, checking his horses ns soon NJ he
could. Does not think the driver was drunk.
There were several passengers IN me bus,
he ti.inks, and Mr.. siler, the owner OF the
or bus strike the boy, only saw the boy ly-
Ing on the ground, the blood rushing pr0fus-
edly out Of his nose. He % neyer spoke, but
took him up. Does not know the name OF
the driver.
: Question by prisoner-was not my horses
In u tgOt?
Answer-Could not say they were going
fast.
Question-What do you call fast?
Answer-5o fast II man could not get out
OF the way.
Question-How far was the boy from the
| corner?
Answer-Don't know.
Gu stion-Did you see him until he was
| down?
Answer-The boy was lying ten or fifteen
feet from the corner OF the street.
! william Eal, seventeen years old, sworn
Live In Dallas; was driving the street car up
Main street, between and O'Clock, No
| vember Both; saw the omnibus coming up
Main, turning the corner going up Jefferson
at Baum Il Kraft's; heard the driver hollow
to some one; do not know who. The next
thing he saw the boy was tangled up be.
tween the lead horses, one of which knocked
him up against the pole and down, the front
wheel passing over his shoulder, the hind
his horses; he was driving at a fast trot: sew
eral passengers were in the omnibus; this
| (the prisoner) George Seigel Is the driver who
was driving the omnibus when the accident
John Erdelmeyer-lives in Dallas; is
merchant; saw the bus coming up Main, be-
| tween7 and o'clock Monday, November
Both; was standing in my store door just
above Ullmann d. Co.'s, on the south side of
the square; saw 1t turn the corner going up
Jefferson ut Baum kraufts; saw boy COM
ing meeting 1t; heard the driver call out;
the boy was crossing the street; was six or
eight feet from the horses; he staggered,
| looked up, and Immediately the horses were
upon him; 1t would have been impossible
Tor hlm to have escaped, within seven or
nine feet of the sidewalk, near the banquet,
the horses struck him; saw no more until
saw the boy lying bleeding a good deal in
the street. and think that he had been run
ny
| some gentlemen then took him up and laid
him on box; when 1 saw the horses the
| driver was driving them in a very fast trOt;
1 did not see him check them up. This, (the
| prisoner, George Seigel) is the driver who
was driving the omnibus when the accident
occurred. From the gait the horses were
going, neither boy or man could have es-
| capped after the driver followed, because he
could not have checked up the horses; did
| the horses or throw down his break; the boy
didn't seem to know 1t was the bus, and was
confused.
Question. Was there any chance for the
Answer. Yes, his chances would have been
better than by going forward.
II the boy had known 1t was the bus he
might have probably ESCAPED by staying at
the corner; can not say whether the driver
was driving faster than he usually drives
y. w. Schaeffer swOrn-Lives In Dallas; Is
barkeeper of the Cosmopolitan hotel; be-
tween and O'Clock; saw the bus start off
in slow trot from the hotel, going towards
corner of Jefferson; saw the leaders strike
the boy just ms they were entering Jefferson
street; the leaders struck and khocked him
him and knocked him between the wheels
and the front horses; the horses stepped over
him and the right wheels Of the bus passed
over him; can not say what part of his body.
heard some one hollow before tie horses
struck the boy; think the person who ho-
low lowed said LOOK th ontH d1nt Enow who
seated on the bus with the reins in his
hand, before the omnibus left the Cosmopo-
itan, n few moments before the accident oc-
Question-When you first heard the man
hollow, could the boy have escaped
Answer-Did not see the boy did not see
the boy until after the horses struck him
saw them strike him did not see him
again until half an hour
/ Joe Thompson, colored, aged Ia, sworn |
Lives In south Dallas--was walking past
Baum q Krauft's this morning about eight
O'Clock, November3O lHa saw the omnibus
the corner, heard the driven call out, saw
the boy struck by the leaders, saw the front
horses step over him, the front wheel pass
get away, when the hind wheel caught him, |
passing over his neck. Does not know the |
BOY or drivers name; this tthe prisoner
George SeigeI is The driver who was driving |
the bus 1t the ii Of the accident. The |
horses were going In n fast trot' DO not |
know whether the driver checked up his
horses after the accident; was looking at the |
boy, who was lying on the ground in Jefler- |
Son street, bleeding.
jacob Wagner sworn-is II merchant in |
Dallas, doing business corner Lain and JEFF |
ferSon streetS-Does not know the boy who |
was killed ; was walking in his store be- |
tween seven and eight O'Clock a. NJ, Mon
day, November 80, 1874, heard noise, step |
ped to one OF the front doors, saw the ON |
nibus passing a little north of Baum Il |
Rrauit's corner, going up Jefferson street, |
and after it passed, u boy lying on the |
ground, apparently dead.
saw the body of the bog under the omni- |
bus az It went along; it was SO quickly done
was at first between me and the boy, which |
prevented my seeing him. l heard some
noise, do not know what 1t was; cannot
ientify the prisoner as the driver Of the
''us. iiie omnibus when saw II was going |
in fast trot, and something seemed to be
the matter in front ana they were being |
checked up lhcy went only II few feet be- |
fore passing over the boy.
Ali his III the city Of Dallas, county Of
Dallas, state Of Texas, on or about eight |
A. NJ, November ~, 1911.
Mn. hliI, swoIu-l was standing la the |
rear Of Ullmann q Co.'S there about 8 a m.
Monday morning, November 10, 1874 looing |
out of II window on the east side hear the |
bus coming UP Main street; saw tho lead |
hos strike the boy as they were turnins
up jefferson street, about four feet from the |
corner, and the team and bus ran over him; |
| heard some one hollow about the Time; do |
not know who 1t was or what was said; |
found the boy lying on the grounu In Jefftr- |
street bleeding profusely from his nose; |
moved MIN out of his blood; he was after |
wards moved out of the street; the boy strug- |
gled over and died just after moved him; |
the bus was going ut IA fast trot; the bus |
passed close to the corner, about eighteen |
IN chess d oes not know,an could not Identity |
the driver; all this took place In Dallas.
II. +. Nichols, sworn--Live In Dallas; am |
a policeman; does not know the boy; on |
Monday morning was standing on the south |
side of Main street and saw the omnibus |
coming nearly in front of williams q Bros; |
heard holiowing near Baum & kraufts; ran |
there: found the omnibus had run over the |
boy; arrested the driver; did not stop TO ex-
anime the boy; saw lie was bleeding; knew |
nothing of the driver but as "George; L
identity this man lthe prisoner, George Sell |
geD as the driver of the omnibus at the time /
OF the accident; L arrested him, do moi know |
the boy or his home; nave heard tnat ms
in Dallas. The driver was driving In u last
trot.
sworn Was In the omnibus at the time of
the accident; saw the boy struck by the
leaders breast chain and felt the bus go over
what thought was the boy. Got out and
helped put him on box. Ihe 'bus was go-
ing between five and six miles an hour. Tue
boy was about four feet from the horses
when first heard the driver halo the
horses were moving away from him. The
boy, had he moved to the right, would not
have been struck by the bus or horses. I
saw the driver put his foot down on the
brake when he cone to the corner. There
was an eff Jrt on the part of the driver To
stop when he saw the boy. The omnibus
vas stopped twelve or fifteen feet beyond
the body of the boy, 1 should judge.
Mr.. W. p. Siler owner OF tlse omnibus line,
sworn: Resides in Dallas; has the MANAGE
ment OF the omnibus line his vile owns IL;
left the San Jacinto, went to the Cosmopoli-
tan, took In passengers, started up Main 70
the Commercial, at a moderate trOt and in d
turning the corner OF Jefferson, l hearu the /
driver call out, "look there or take care
there" and saw a boy in the act of crossing
I..ff. ui.On ven a nj ne feet