, 1875-09-22

TIE HOt1t'nTOS CASE.
Examination by <,.a Gorencr's 1MrT--
,s,I,r f,rtmtu:,I Proceedings E'ost-
po1lcN.
Tho inquest on tho body OF Mr. Nehemiah
IGonghton, killnA by 1'eing RIM over Of tAe cars
at tho Thiy.y.lhiri nlrce. croaanG OF 'ao cnl,
ca;o, lloc1; Island l. Pacific Railroad, mas he'a
Yesterday murulns, commencing nt IL O'CLOCK, At
tho residence VI tho ron Of Tho dcceaset on tito
corner Of l,uttcrflcA nn'l Thirt5-third sl'ceta'
santo difficulty aud dcIav wore experienced IN
| ilu,ug nltaba Jury. oHing to ITO lhtonfo
feeling against tho railroad Oh tho Part OF the
| ronitionts OF that nci5hho1hood. ho8ofa' h'on'
| after being np,nclol, wcte oxcused from ac1'
yco by roaao,, Ut objoetioas unjust than boifg
raisosi by Tho attorneys OF both parties wl'o ern
| present. 1t waB afternoon boso1e tho wofk OF
taking ovi'1enco WAS begun. TIM CoEonor IN"
| ius7 finally Het.led t!olnaclvca In Ealoon o'l
tho eotner OF sta,o and Tnrly-tAEa streets, and
commenced tho inquest.
atR. l.. !. woop.
y f,sgu1an al tho rA,iroad-traslng. Ths tho nras
witness. Ilo testified that he whs proscnt at tho
acc.dent Whom tho Michigan Southern train
passed up Thirty-third B:feot it stop2cl On tn o
| ctosslng s1 tako up passengers At that time
tho Bluo Island dummy was coming north. bo-
twocr Thirty -tOuttn A:ln 1!lty.lth hbtfc1e' AIo
engine Of tie dummy vlist!oi aud, whom hctwoon
that point anl Thrty-shirtl atroet, tho southern
crosse;. about ono-:lirt Of tue street, when tLo
f,el nf tho l.ucls Island dummy began to ring.
| rt,o N1tncss saw that ttero was no hanger on
tic woAt side Of tic stroet. 1is then
want oru, nd tho rear OF tho southern dummy
to ECO If ausbu!ly would DO III danger rem LUZ
incoming luck Inand train., l1ehch'nG the enu
ol lilo dummy, Ausenw au oa gentleman going
west acso.s tic truck. Ilo wna nor on tme main
track when tho Witness fhat saw him. Iho W.T.,
,,cre siloojt tho Lag Towards him. aud bccNonod
to I'm, to keep back. l1o did not oboy. but ap-
noa:cti to Lo loouug ut thu south-bouna train.
At sha: moment he lcard q man calling 'roIn
tlo other SIDE to ,r, ,l'' woIa "Ia rum n o,or s9
iln,. Jn.t thcu tho whittle. Of
tho a' Rock Island trim was blown, and tho do
ccuacd Ind QUO tout over tho 1fht tai!: lhe
wh,rlo alarmed him, antl no came 20 LUZ ~ siu
on ila track, looking around a. u to SEQ "i.as
was tue mattor. While thus looking around. tho
, tram struck him, lifting lin up about 1Sot.
aud h.oans hm bach a$sns sf, G ht an wa.
knockoa m @ aboat % foet, falling on llo trnel q
j tho Michigan Southern. Wtnosn wont over to
j dcceaHct to HOO II ho MAS greatly injured. iho
tsa.u Ind meanwhile Hsoppea nna hoas oasaoa rhny W.
d nut tho deceased Oh tho train nad cais1'o nttb
i down to slla County Hospital.
nU0ll cUMt5KY.
rrs:l}nY nj No, 24S uashel Atreet. GaE-ilttot ~
y ho a. coming over Thirty third ssroet, anu.
. whon arrtyl:1, Mt tho cornor Of ThEty-th'ri ana
u u Arnold st,oots, tho eouthern dummy was 1nn;
10 colnny on tho crobang. Tho 1sock Island
J. 1uu,1ly ua, then coming up ftom Thirty'fonrth
!. | Tin poutho,n dummy Stopped OIL tho crossing,
~ wl,ilo tho lkock Island cAo on 1T ratio ot ~ te
- 25 inen IN hour. IL ua nos t.nb ps,' W., ~
!" su,,l!l edge Of tho Btroet 4lo faw tho uecoasst
~ approaching tho TRACK Oh Tho other ado., ~ M
!" ceased walked acrosa until he feasles' LUZ
= - httt H4rft II
N lie was ctoaalnE the track, havlnE one foos on
tho track, tLo ou5ino Of tho Noek Island tratt
y struck l,nl, throwing him about 3U icet. W.T.
u, moss dill not any lnan Dhaalns alaG or mAs
VI ipK any slgna of warnIng.
u JAaIEs cAnAoLt,
VI rcsilipr On Dashel strcat, waa next sworn. III
H. tepllic1 that Lo had loft blu A0uks on tue morn
II, ,nl, nf Tic accident at about o'clock, going t.
II. lis work. lie had gonc pAat tho corner .
III Clark and Thrty.thd htrce'u vl,on 10 observe s
O. Tie accident. As we'll ta llo could SEQ tho 90
D. ceazol made MI effort to Eot ont ,. OF II 4,
ut tboaGht tho enEsuoor Ut tho train trio
ua to stop lilo locomotive hut It va
ut pf no so OH account Of tho great speod as Vl'le
10 IL was rluuiug. Tie thought that u must hny n,
:er opinion was that tho aoceased came 70 u
q {leat. through criminal carelcssuoss Oh tho paf
~ Ut tho railroad o.nroynh.
attorney for tho relat;voh Ut tho deceased, cala
cs thy attention Of tho jury to the tno-table o1 th
,ot ros1, showing that tle running limo bctWeo
re- tho Van Inren stsaat depot And tle oek s, isan
of. lnluutca including throo stops Of four miuuse
mt each, As tho legal running tlmo WAS bit
nlo miloH al hour within tho city limits, this va
,,,n | coarly disregard OF the city ordinance.
81 | Hnyorat other Witnoa5oa waro Io1t s1atnno'
s,l wl,uue Testimony was unmportaut, am dli'G!
hu litt!o from that given IN tho proceeding. IL
sit, Jury then retired, AMI returned shortly WITH
inr THE FOLLOWING yE1ln1cr:
N,dit itIt& t5ID Rre