The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-22
SAD ACCIDENT.
A Little Girl Aged Three Years anu
Two Months Run Over and
Horribly MangIed by
the street Cars.

Yesterday morning about ten ocioch'
as car No. i, driven by Frank Mead, was
coming north on the main line OF the
Citizens Street Railway, little girl
named Ellen Conner, aged three years ana
two months, daughter OF Thomas Conner,
residing in Alley b, between twenty
third street and Alley l9, Centre Wheel
ing, was run over at the crossing at the
intersection of Main and Twenty-third
streets and horribly mangled. From all
that we can learn of the circumstance,
from the evidence adduced st the pre-
liminary examination of Mead, and
from the current gossip on the street,
it appears that the u. fortunate
little girl was in company with her
brother, little fellow OF the same age as
herself, the two being twins, and at the
time OF the accident, had been crossing
and recrosslng the street several times
during the day, evidently ON errands,
and had been noticed by several persons
on the streets. At the time of the acct
dent, however, the boy was in advance
of his little sister, and had crossed over
to the other SIDE Of the track nom where
she was, and it is thought by majority
of those who were near at the time, that
the little girl, in her haste TO overtake
her brother, had rushed upto the. car and
fell between the front and rear trucks, as
no one saw the front wheels OF the car
pass over the body, but u number OF per-
sons witnessed the child's being run over
by the rear wheels. Frank Mead, the
driver, states that the first H.
timation he had of the occurrence
was hearing q child scream, and feeling
the jolt OF the Car, but says he cannot
state how the child came TO be run over,
the action OF the mules attached to the
car having thrown piece OF mud IN his
eve ut the time, and he being engaged In
wiping 1t from his face, which TACT Is
substantiated BY witnesses. Mead, who
is said to BIZ one of the best drivers on
the road, stopped the car Immediately on
hearing the screams, and on looking
back and seeing the corpse on the track,
is said TO have been perfectly dumb
founded and almost speechless.
Ex-policemah Birch, VINO was near by,
came up Immediately, and, seeing the
state OF affairs, informed Mead that he had
better give himself up to the authorities
and have legal investigation of the
matter, and while the body Of the child
was being conveyed to its home, Mead
repaired to Squire Wheeler's office and
was placed under bonds Of 81 600 for his
appearance IN the afternoon at 3 o'clock,
Mr.. John Bishop going on his bond.
The chlld in the meantime having
been removed to the residence Of its pa.
rents, DR.. Conley was Immediately
called, and did everything that medical
skill could possibly do to save its life,
but without avail, the little unfortunate
dying about thirty or forty minutes after
the accident occurred, apparently uncon-
scious of any pain. The Doctor in
formed reporter OF this paper that had
the child lived it would have been badly
crippled for life, there being compound
communuted fracture of the right hip,
the bones being horribly crushed. and
that the abdominal muscles were torn
away on the right side, and large cash
cut in the abdomen so that the bowels
protruded. On the left side Of the child's
body were also severe bruises, tn ught
to have been caused by the conclusion
when thrown to the ground from the
force of the car.
Squire Wheeler impannelled a jury
consisting of Messrs. g. Murdoch, John
G. Reister, George Allen, Neil Conway,
Thomas A. Reed, W. Ii. Robinson,
Louis Delbugge, Edward Oshe, Lewis
Roth, VIM. u. Paten, VIM Chew md
Benz. Brocket, and an inquest was held
over the remains at the residence of its
father, yesterday afternoon, they return
ing verdict that said Ellen Conner
came to her death by being run over by
street car No. |, driven BY Frank Mead
After the inquest, preliminary exam
lnation of Mead was had, ~ d after ex-
aiming the following witnesses, Mead was
was discharged from custody:
John Wilson testified: Had never seen
defendant before he saw him wiping his
eyes on the car; heard child scream
and saw little girl under the hind
wheels of the car. When he first saw
the child a moment before the accident,
she was near the gutter. The car was
going very slow ut the time; very little
faster than walk He did no, think the
driver could have seen the child.
Edward Brannan testified: First saw
the driver putting on the break; felt the
car jot, and looking around saw the
child lying on the track; his attention
was first attracted by the alarm given by
Wilson. the car WAS stOpDed within five
feet Of the corpse.
Messrs. Sweeney, Donovan, and Burch
also testified as to the slowneSs of the rate
of speed at which the car WAS going, sub
stantiating in substance the testimony
given above, and the prosecuting s;tor-
ney seeing nothing to eliminate Mead,
the case was dismissed and Mead dis-
charged.
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