The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-12-02
TnE OMNIBUS HORROR,
Interesting Points About the killing
OF James Parsons.

The case Of the state of Texas VS.
George Sclgcl, II driver Of II omnibus,
charged with driving over aud killing
James Parsons, IN the streets Of Dallas,
Monday morning ut an carly hour,
was tried ut one o'clock, Monday, be-
fore the mayor, General w. l.. Cabell,
sitting as n coroner,
Mr. Kmun Sworn--Was standing IA his
front door, corner OF MAIN ana Jefferson
streets the omnibus was going up Main,
turning the corner up Jefferson, passing,
heard some ore say "lOok out" did 80, saw At
boy lying In Jefferson street, the wheels OF
the omnibus having just passed over him.
Does not recullect having seen the boy pro-
vious to that time, that morning; has seen
him often passing.
Tne omnibus was going Mt more than an
ordinary rate-a fast ratc-and turned up
street Does not know who followed The
omnibus driver stopped the bus twenty
Ave or thirty stops beyond the place where
the boy lay, checking his horses us soon as hc
could. Does not think the driver was drunk.
There were several passengers in he bus,
he thinks, and Mr., Silor, the owner OF the
line of omnibuSes. Did not see the horses
or bus strike the boy, only saw the boy ~
ing on the around, the blood rushing profus-
eddy out of his nose. He never spoke, but
iii ed in II few minutes. Himself nnd Others
took him up. Does not know the name of
the driver.
Question by prisoncr--Was not my horses
IN u tr0t'
Answer-Could not say they were going
faSf.
Questiou-.WhGt do you call faste
Answer-So last man could not get olt
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?
AnswerThe boy was lying ten or fifteen
feet from the corner of the street,
William Eal, seventeen years old, sworn
Live in Dallas; was driving this street car up
Main street, between and o'clock No
vember 30th; saw the omnibus coming up
Main, turning the corner going up Jefferson
NJ Baum Kraits; heard the driver hollow
10 some one; do not know who. The next
thing he saw the boy was tangled up be.
tween the lead horses, one OF when knocked
him up against the pole and down, the front
wheel passing over his shoulder, the hind
wueel over his neck. The driver checked up
his horses; he was driving AT % fast trOt: sew
eral passengers were in the omnibus; this
the prisonerl George Seigel Is the driver who
was driving the omnibus when the accident
occurred.
Joan Erdelmeyer-liyes In Dallas; IN n
| merchant; saw the bus coming up Main, be-
tween and & O'Clock Monday, November
| 30th; was standing in my store door Just
above Ullmann u Co.'S, on the south side OF
| the square; saw II turn the corner going up
Jefferson ut Baum Il krauft's; saw n boy com
ing meeting 1t; heard the driver cali 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
iOr him to have escaped, within seven or
nine feet of the sidewalk near the banques
the horses struck him; saw no more until /
saw the boy lying bleeding good deal IN
the street, and think that he had been run
over by tue omnibus; he presented that APP
pearance, and was dead when reached him;
some gentlemen then took him up ana laid
hi 0n box; when | saw the horses the
driver was driving them in u very fast trot;
did not see him check them up. This, uhe
prisoner, George seigel,) is the driver who
was driving the omnibus when the accident
occurred. From the gait the horses We're
going, neither u boy or man could have pg-
| capped after the driver followed, because he
| could not have checked up the horses; did
not see tue driver make an attempt TO check
the horses or throw down his break; the boy
didn I seem TO know IL was the bus, and was
confused.
Question. Was there any chance for the
boy by going back to have escaped?
Answer. Yes, his chances would have been
better than by going forward.
III the boy had known IL was the bus he
might have probably ESCAPED by staying at
the corner; can not say whether the driver
was driving fta tr than he usually drives
Z. W. Schaeffer sworn-Lives in Dallas: Is
barkeeper OF the Cosmopolitan hotel; be-
tween and So'clock; saw the bus start Off
IN SLOW trot nom the hotel, gong TOWARDS
the boy Just ~ they Were entering Jefferson
street; the leaders struck and knocked him
TO the right side, tha wheel horses then STR ok
him and knocked him between the wheels
and the front horses; the horses stepped over
him and the right wheels ofths bus passed
over him; can not say what part of his BODY,
heard some one hollow before the horses