, 1879-04-02

1UWtfH fCllnlH rs Nutla-HtaAGA III sAeJ "sto
during tho progress Of Tho war.
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"CR0WNEna QUEST VERDICT.
On Hun,lny Inst, at 1 o'clncls in Thu nftor-
noon, T,soM.s CoCunsNg, an inl.1n. 'nn1l tt'
years Of age, l'atl just lelt thu sidewalk III
tho corner Of Madison a,l.l Clinton s:rcusn 10
cross Madison, when liz w9s knocked down
by lorEo tlriyon ut gront speed, ha'sltnB
buggy In wl,tcl. wcro two nun. 4 few lionra
Inter A1r. CocunANn tl,c.l Of tho injuries he
hnss recuiyet.
Considering tho crouratancoa tint tho
horse was tlrivon nt E,lcl, spret1 through
tic public streets on n Sunday afternoon, isi
violation Of law md Of public tloccncY, mud
TINT aftor they hGst seun, nj ono Of tlscn'
ntln,its, the oll ,uan "sEln aroslnd by tho
forco of tllo blow, thu presumption ia
Irresistible tint tho two men IN tho
buggy were drunk. No othor con-
clusion Is consistent with NJ, Intelligent
understanding Of the case. Tho lorHs was
drivan with such spool, md turned tho
cornor 80 close to thu uitlowalk, that tllora
was no tilno 10 giyo .llo old man warning, or
oven for him to escape tic horse forced upon
mud over him by thu less rational nliliAtn Ill
tho vehicle. Ono of Tho Two mon III tho
buggy saitl TINT Mt t1lstanco Of ttrco blocks
from tho r!aco he "a!oppcsl, looked b0ek,
hut didn't tl,ink tho man WIS hurt, mud so
drove ou." Tho other n,nl, illu driver, snitl:
"Did not 400 tho laceasotl until upon him
| aaw tho lorao strike him md spin him
around, but did not imagIuo ho waB hurt; if
I Ind known that nnything serious had
occurred, would have roturned.' Fortunate
ly witness recognized tho two persons who
were in tho buggy, otherwise 1t is probable
no ono would hayo ever known who they
were, the parties themselves having 1eo1,
incapable Of giving tho matter n second
thought.
One Of lilo many great institutions which
iinve bee,i handed down as rart Of thu pal
latllun Of liberty md as II protection to lifo+
liberty, and property, IL tho oilico' Of Cor"
oncr mud tho judicial body known rs the
Coroncrs,nquost. OF oourse, Chicago, being
iirst-clnss city with nll tho great improve.
ments has Coroner'a inquest. No NM
can tlo aud ho buried without q doctors Ger
.incato until he has been sat upon by Cor
oror's Jury. So poor Nfr. CocunANE, III nd
tition to having: Ind lia ribs broken mt
80 rnpturod internally that lo blSd 10 leatl
in Il faw hours, was talen boforo tho Cor
onor's jury, aud that tribunal, after gravel,
weighing tile evidence, found the old n'a'
guilty Of ,jslo dc sA with having uulaw[slll,
mud crimiually killed himself. 11oro is th'
vortlict: u
awe. the 3nry. anll that tho accen.cA came tt
bin death from in}uIl|a received by beHg throw
to the ground by l1ttsp driven by JAAEa \. scnrr
and Wills thu uty,eppnot n9rco that TIN csilcno
is sufficient to Justify t&e hodinguf tho said JAns
a. ScoTr ctlag4u,of crlu,InAl caEeiesBncsd, yo
it Is tho epinlon os this tnry TINT tura waa carcoss
npsa, both on tbs 7hsrt nf j. A. Srnrr tN dririn
faster than he sholIAt q AaFN.moHthed horse. an
on tae part efthe dtrsased lit nioulng sor!y dcr0s
public stre+l mifhoiN treftslHg duo cars for hi
| oau pertoaal saft'y.,,'
/ Here nro two cr1Ihcs found by tl;s jury
t ~ Tint scor7 '1arovo hnrkl.mouthc
horse" fastor tl.aRt 10 should llayo dono; ali
i (3) TINT CoounASE.. MI in1irin nan Of Go yen,
of ago, moved sha!owly" across publ
. street, Not worl of responsibility for Il,
killing Of citizeh; not suggealion {
criminal disregard dt human lifo not q wor
. ~ to tho fnct that tho driver Of tl4la hors
, waa ut tho tiino committing MI unlawful Ill
i criminal net, aud therefore legally rcsponH
0 for oll tho consequences Of tlat net, cspooia
i ly tho killing Of q fellow being. This 'carne
u tury's Bympathics wero seemingly nll onIste
O | III behalf of tho !" hAril-moutlicl horao
Y which was tlriyon fastor Tim 1t should I'M
IL been, aud tl,ero is a mild suggestion III
I. tho tlriyor might bo punished under tho Ii
ii prohibiting cruelty to animals, but, rs +
= killing tho man, tllero waa no possible Gu
" except that Of tho oldgontlunan in "moyi,
II slowly across public street" on 6nnd
1t .atternoou, when lilo jury supposed the Htroe
ii aro given up to drunken ,nen, who aro nl't
10 drive "hard.moutle.l horses fsster tl
10 they should.
1t 4 moro disgaceful, or perhaps moro
20 ,lorant, verdict WIS harsly ever found by
70 Cnroncr'a jury. Wns It possible tint tic
~ mon lid not know TINT l,orsona on 1os
Of crossing strcot, have t's right Of why, n
d. TINT drivers Of l,oraos must atop their TEN
u to n1low passengers on foot to cross
Of safety? Can it DO That this Jury weto 40
I'd norant that they did notknow that this old e
at .lc1nnn, looking 10 thu right s1'l left, n
s, koeing ITO yehiele approaching, venturcd j,
rs dor tho protection Of tl.o law to exercise
cr right to croas the ntroot; aud tLat he llhd
sts moro roasnl to holoyo TINT q
by ,,crson would su.ldonly drive IT,
Of ut full apectl around tho corner r
ov- "srin him around," anil drive tho llo
mt and wagon upon him. crushing him 10 don
III. than no lal 10 expect somo other recl!
Il drunken mnn would Hloot him to Heath lief
l!s llo l.a.l half crossed tho s.root? How "slt
Ato III In tho ostlmation ot this jury, ~ MI
|, Il firm old man pernaittol to moya aoros
.an street? Wl,at enro calt al Oil n,rl inil