Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-14
CASUALTIES.
AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER Of
ACCIDENTS,
A Mans Neck Broken by Fall Over a
WaII-A BOY Crushed 10 Death on
tn. Raiircad-A Mans I've Put
Out-AnOlher Ma S fingers
Crushed CT, and Bows
Head Horribly Cut.
HAMMOND DEATH.

Early yesterday morning some sih"''
| bows who were paying about the streets
near the National road and Seventh
| street discovered the body OF an ola
qray haired man lying at the loot OF a
| high wall on the lower side OF Market
street in the board yard belonging to
Armstrong. Coen & Co. The little Tel
| low who first saw the body thought II
VAS a drunken man Who mad crept III
| there to he down. but other boys seeing
A pool OF cOtted blood about his heau
and face, at once saw that all WAS OVER
| with him. Squire Ankle Was summon
! ed and had the old gentleman taken 10
| the dry house on the grounds snort
distance from the place Of finding, and
A iury was summoned. Dr.. George |.
Garrison was called and made an exam,
nation OF the remains, which presented
horrible appearance, the lace re-
ing covered with blood, both cheeks
were diseolored, his temples ana eyes
were bruised and other marks plainly
showed the force. OF he blows that had
terminated the existence ofthe Old man.
His neck was also broken. An exam
nation OF his clothing developed the
|
| some receipts and other papers, by
which it was asCertalned that the deau
man was Alexander Hammond, an old
citizen OF Sellaire, and brother OF Nj.
! Hammond, who has charge OF the old
| fair grounds on the Island. From the
| evidence taken by Justice Ankle, an aD-
stract OF which will be found below, 1t
appears that Mr.. Hammond had come
up to this city for the purpose OF W.T.
Messing foot race on the oId ialr
grounds between his son, Dallas Ham
mond, and George Gaetley, ef Benwood,
and had remained up here during the
evening. He had been at the house OF
his brother ami promised to return
and pass the night. From the Island
he came over to this city, when he be-
| gan to drink and expose little money
| ne had with him, and between eleven
and twelve o'clock he was seen going up
Market street, taking the whole pave
| ment," AS one Of the witnesses put II.
The lumber ward OF Armstrong, Coen
K Co. on alley 3 and Market street, IS
irregularly below the street from two or
three feet to fifteen feet at the highest
| point, and the street is separated irom
| the ward by high stone wall, which IS
surrounded by paling fence. Some
| few oil these palings have from time to
| time, either on account OF age or by
mischievous persons, been removed and
never replaced Through the aper.
| tnre caused by the absence OF one IF
these palngs the old gentleman climbed
aud was at once preCipitated to the
ground below, a distance of twelve feet,
and, striking upon ms head, his neck
was disIocated and death followed i'm
medately. The position which the
dead man occupied when found, his
proximity to the base OF the wall, and
the further fact that his hat was on his
head when found, all induced the belief
that he had met his death at the hand OF
some murderer, but all these apparent
complications were satisfactorily eX-
planned TO the jury by the physicians
and others, and the theory OF murder
was abandoned as untenabie. Another
theory that induced the belle: OF murder
was an assertion that was made that he
had plenty OF money upon his person
earlv in the evening, but when his peck
e had been searched only SO 10 were
l,unu. When his sons arrived later III
the day they said their father had no
arue amount oil money with hun, ami
gave it as their opinion that the sum
found upon him was nearly all that he
had when he lett home.
'Squire Arkle alter viewing the re.
mains and hearing the testimony OF
some witnesses adjourned the hearing
until =. NJ, when Drs. Garrison,
Baird, Allen, Ulrich and Wilson viewed
| the remains. The Doctors said that his
neck was broken and his left arm and
right shoulder ont OF place, his left leg
| was also badly confused, and there WAS
| A bruise in the center OF his breast.
| Mr.. Hamnaud was 81 Years Of age,
! an Il had family Of eight ChilGren-siX
! daughters and two sOns-ali grown. He
was man of good education, having
been a school teacher in his younger
! days,and having travelled largely. In later
wears he has been engaged in dealing in
cattle.
Chas Beiters testified that he saw
him about 81 quarter alter eleven, com.
iug W Market street He WAS alone.
The Jury were as follows: Xenas Fish,
foreman, Robert Robinson. I. W.
| Raecker, Steve Crawford, VIM.
Russell, VIM. Grier, Michael Hrest,
VIM. Cots, Vim. Korell, VI. Jones, J.
A. McCartv and John Brining.
The verdict was: We, the jury. find
that Alexander Hammond came TO his
death on or during the night Of the l2th
| of November, 1881, by accidentally fall.
ing from stone wall on the west side
of Market street, between, Sixth and
Seventh streets, in the First ward OF the
city of Wheeling, county OF ONO, State
OF West Virginia. AENAS FISH,
Foreman.
Alter the inquest his two sons took
charge of the remains, aud at once re-
moved them 10 Bellaire fur intermcnt,
having brought Casket and hearse with
them ior that purpose.
MANGLED TO DEATH.
Fred Eichenrod, an eleven year old
| son OF Jacob EichenrOd, WAS draggt q
under the wheels of the cars OF a freight
train late Saturday evening, and ground
into an almost unrecogrizable mass OF
bleeding flesh. 1t appears that he and
several other lads had climbed upon the
train, which was moving slowly through
the southern part of the city, and had
ridden quite a distance, ami when the
train reached the Eighth ward school
house he attempted to jump oil the ear,
out his coat became entanglea in the
woodwork and he was dragged under
the wheels, with the results noted above
The remains of the boy were gathered
up and taken home to his horrostrirSen
parents. The funeral took place yester-
| day afternoon.
The REGISTER has frequently had &C.
casion to call attention TO the reckless
habit that boys have Of jumping upon
trains moving through the streets OF the
city. Under the ordinance regulating
the rate of speed, they are compelled to
not exceed four miles an hour, and this
enables boys to readily board any car.
A fearfully large number OF sickening
accidents have taken place in the last
few wears, and the only way OF prevent
ING them is for the police to arrest all
persons irrespective OF aye who violate
the ordinance in relation to this olieHso.
Seventeenth street, i'll East Wheeling, is
q good field ior the operations Of some
enterprising policeman.
,NnpEp'S TATESTRNpUE