The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-03-25

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death taking place FROM collapse az
shock 10 iWp hours amer lhr nptlAllnlli
found 40 wound nr WulsH Nn head Of
The deceased
H. i, Duncan, engiuprr vi llrump-
live No. ", testified % lp.luNs. AllpT
oar return rom Eagle Ford luhslAyl
40 three r. Ma Wr followed lhp plssfiir
ger train ihal Leaves nll depot az aHl
from tho dppnt ~ tho npper yard
where We DO most all Of puf sWltehlngl
after our arrival ~ ihp upper yard, !
noticed that there Wlh, ~ u usually
the case, uuite number Of boys and
negroes around the cars watching llielr
chances ~ get u ride, IN y few minutes
| thereafter, noticed llrre dnrklea On lhf
hind end Of the lanki told The prisoner
! 10. T., Davidson, Whp " my
fireman, 10 20 Oul and order them on
lac 0nlerel them oil, bnl they went lln'
medalFly fnrward aud gll 0n the Hat
cars that We were handinH they roe
malned on those ears unlll we were
ready 10 30 down town ~ soon 40 We
had out loose nnd started down iowa.
these three negroes Jumped on the en-
ginei told the brennan again ~ ~ out
aud make them gel oil they got oil,
but ~ We were running slow, they got
off and run around aud got on the
tank had run bat n short distance
when | discovered they were on The
back end Of the tank told prisoner
again 10 go aud 0rder them oil, and
mako them stay OIL he walked around
the tank, aud ~ he made his appear
nnGe NJ the back end 0f the tank, the
deceased Jumped forward from
the tank, Immediately IN the
middle Of the track did not lose sight
of the bremen until felt The wheels
run over something, aud then looked
down, prisoner was not In striking dis
lnnce Of deceased when he Jumped OH
~ aoOn ~ discovered that II was u
man under the wheels, | reversed the
motion Of my engine and stopped
took place about twenty steps west Of
Central crossing engine was running
backwards running about nix or eight
miles per hour,
&, j, Williams, employed nj the
yards of the Texas Pacific, testified ~
follows The train was switching about
the yard, aud noticed deceased, Tues
day evening, Jumping on aud oil the
ears, the lIplH Hlurled down To the de-
pot, aud he got on the front end of the
engine, aud was ordered of lac went
around aud got on the hind end Of the
tank while coming down, Just west Of
the Central crossing, the fireman went
out aud again ordered him OH; the
fireman was about the middle Of the
tank; heard him say something un-
dentOOd him 10 say, "Wc've run over
that fellow stop" looked down the
side Of the engine aud saw deceased
roll out from under the wheels of the
tank; jumped oil aud went 10 whore
he laid, II cOlored man came up and
asked deceased why he Jumped or
when he saw the fireman coming de-
ceased had hold Of his leg, hnlloaIng,
but made no reply; train running at
the rate Of six or eight miles an hour.
j, W. Keeper-Am yard master aud
conductor OF the Eagle Ford train; after
arriving from Eagle Ford, Tuesday
evening at . O'Clock, we followed the
passenger train TO the upper yards
near the Texas Central crossing, with
switching eng,ne No. IL had in
structed men TO place flat cars, loaded
with lumber; saw three darliics jump
ing from one ear to another; after the
cars had been placed, we started to the
lower depot about thirty feet west Of
the Texas Central crossing heard fire.
man shout TO engineer TO stop; was
in the engine ut the time; looked back
and saw the fireman about the center
of the tender; heard the engineer say
that we had run over somebody, ut the
same time reversing the motion Of his
engine, and stopped within thirty feet
of where the deceased lay after the ac-
cident; got OIL and went TO where de-
ceased was laying and found him with
his left leg badly crushed; deceased, IN
reply to II question, said he had been
pushed OIL the train; sent for city ply
stefan, and did all in his power for de-
ceased; ut the rate of speed the engine
was going, it would not be dangerous
for person to jump Off the side.
Charles ONeill: Saw deceased sit
ting up after accident; heard him
speak; appeared to be perfectly con-
scious; deceased, in reply to questions,
said he had fallen Off the front end of
the engine.
The jury, after short retirement,
returned the following verdict:
We the jury find that the deceased
came to his death by being run over
by engine No. II, belonging to the
Texas and Pacific Railroad company,
on Tuesday evening, March %, 1875,
and are of the opinion, from the evil
dence before us, that the deceased was
run over by his own carelessness.
After the reception of the verdict,
the prisoner was discharged.
The fatal results of this accident
should be warning to parents to keep
their children from the vicinity of the
moving cars. The only wonder is that
accidents of this kind are not more
frequent, as there is scarcely day that
trains are not compelled to stop and
drive off score of boys continually
hanging about the locomotive and
cars. Aside from the danger to the
| boys, it is a nuisance to railroad men
which should be abated.
Unclaimed Goods.
Among the list of unclaimed freight,