Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-04
HOW IT HAPPENED,


gathered what he could from those who wit
nefssd 1t.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Jones had tagged Memphis and Little
Rock railroad train and put il on the Mem.
phis and Charleston track 10 give way for a
train of the Louisville and Nashville, which
was coming down. He was walking across
the hesspeake, Ohio and Southwestern
track when engine No. fl turned the corser
OF the old warehouse opposite the Pamela
Oil Mills and was upon HIM before he real
lied his danger. The tender struck him on
the hip and he fell under the wheels, which
crushed both his legs apd fractured his skull.
A throng of railroad men and employees of
the oil mill took him up and carried him
into the mill, where he was seen soon after
by DR.. W. B Rogers. 1t was evident from
the nature of his hurts that they mus. prove
fatal, and the doctor could do nothing. The
unfortunate man fingered two hours In terri
bic agony before death came 10 his relief.
AN INQUEST WAS HELD
soon after by Coroner SpeImau, who iupan
eled az i1rymen Martin Cohen, Miles John.
son, WIN. Groves, Charles Paris, E Lamb,
John OBrien and john Madden. The FIRST
witness examined was John Larkin, engineer
Of the Memphis and Little Rock train
which Jones had jagged. He said the Cues.
speake, Oaio snd Southwestern engine was
backing up at the rate OF eight miles an hour.
He heard no signal, either by bell or whistle,
from the engineer in charge OF the engine
| which did the fstsl work. His statement
was corrohorated by Bob Morris, the coored
fireman who worked with him, and by Wm.
Whitney, a switchman OF the Memphis and
Little Rock railroad. 1t is said that Jones
is the fourth man engine No. Al has killed
in twelve months.
THE JURY's VERDICT
was that the deceased came to his death by
being run over by engine No. Al of the
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern rail-
road, through The criminal csrelessness of
the engineer in charge. The name of the
engineer WAS not stated, as it WAS unknown
10 The jury at the time. Ii was subsequently
found that Tom Holland was the man.
ANOTHER VERSION.
J. B. Mcclure, the general fagman at the
crossing, iells story abent the sccident
which goes far toward eIouerSting Holland.
He says Holland blew his whistle twice
when passing the Chickasiw refinery, as is
customary, and rang his bell az his engine
reached the turn just beyond which Jones
was killed. Mcclure was not bsf1re the
coroner's jury.
THE DEAD MAN
was born in North Wales, where his parents
now live, and had just passed his thirty
sixth year. He had been in the employ OF
the Memphis and Little Rock road for
twelve years, and stood very high in the
esteem of his employers, being faithful,
temperate and an expsrt in his business.
he was member of Chickasaw Lodge No.
6. 1. o. o. F., and Tennessee Division of the
Knights of Pythias. Not long ago he won
the affections of fine looking young lady
and was TO marry her the present mouth. She
came down to The mill as coon as she heard
of the accident, and her grief, when she
realized the full extent OF her loss, was pain
full to witness. The body wss taken in
charge by the Odd Fellows and Knights of
Pythias and will be buried by them.
HOLLAND WAS ARRESTED
about o'clock, by Coroner Spelman, On a
bench warrant issued by Judge Greer chsrg-
ing him with felonious homicide, and lodged
in Jail. He will have a hearing this morn
ing on an application for bail. Mr.. Holmes
Cummins, attorney of the Chesapeake, Ohio
and Southwestern road, will represent him.