The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-27
local MATTERS.

Tar DEATH OF YoUNG DoSAHUE-CoRO-
,.+.I T>ovEST-Dcputy Coroner Christie
,.Sr~ Tompkin> on yesterday morning held
+. t''>; ;nlucst over the body OF Michael DON
oE,,c ,,,r vouth who was run over by the
''r. ~, the Chesapeake and Ohio road on
Tur,day and killed.
The following jurors were sworn IN ::
nr ". 4. Lee foreman}, James II. Pecor,
" W. Trihbctt. George I. Turner, John
Eg>,. and Sampson Jones.
samuel Lee. brakeman, was the first Wit
nos. who lcpoScd: He was with the en-
.tnc when ii coupled up with the empty
ear, Standing on the track. As they started
-, err bounced up. and witness ran to the
ra.;nccr and told him he had killed man.
He saw the last car pass over him. n car
and hall passed over his body. The en-
inner >toppcd the engine suddenly. The
engineer. Captain Bragg, went back to
3h.r,. pona!luc was lying. He was living on
II. face across the track, and was not quite
1aql. The Signal-hell was rung on starting,
and wa, ringing when the lad was run
over.
Andrew Walker. a workman on the road,
SAW ponahuc pitching cents on the track
Lrforc the engine came along. When the
engine coupled up with the cars the little
Loy> ran away, leaving the big boy lying
on the track. The little boys ran little
WAYS. halloocd and then ran back to the
track. Brakeman Lee gave the alarm to
the engineer. who stopped the train as soon
a h. could.
Daniel Donahue. brother OF the deceased,
dcposcd that he and his brother ana Ed
ward RYAN were pitching pennies on the
side Of the track. One OF the pennies lodged
in the track He and his brother looked
for il under the car. They could not find
il, and he told his brother to come away ana
leave il alone. His brother continued to
look for il. and suddenly the engine hooked
on to the train and moved off, running over
his brother. He halloocd and the train
stopped. \ car and half ran over him.
Witness could not say whether or not the
signal-bcll was ringing. He did not heal
any. His brother lived three minutes after
he was run over.
Edward RYAN. comradc OF deceased,
and his brother, testified TO the same facts
u> stated by Daniel Donahue.
William T. Pcrdue, tcamSter, testified that
he was loading wagon within about eighty
feet oI the train which ran over deceased.
He saw one Of the ears. as the train moved
oil. rocking as though il were Oft the track.
He looked under the ear and saw the wheels
back. The train was Immediately stopped.
-ts far H. he knew, no one could have seen
deceased in time to have stopped the train
Witness was q good deal about the depot
and hr thought the officers Of the Chcsa-
peakc and Ohio road We're usually very
careful to prevent accidents about he tracks
j. W. Dunn, fireman OF the engine at
tachcd 10 the cars that ran over the youth
testified that the train was going very slowl,
At the time OF the accident. He was ring
ing the bell all the time, and il the deceased
had not been jam under the wheels h
mght have gotten out before they ran owe
him. The employees about the yard had Il
Ice very careful to avoid accidents.
Other evidence was adduced, but no new
facts elected.
The following verdict was rendered b!
the jury:
That the deceased came TO his death July
-, 1876. about II O'Clock NJ, by being rul
over by ears attached to a train ut the Ches'
apcaGc and Ohio railroad depot. We art
furthermore OF the opinion that the railroad
company are in no way to blame for hi'
death.