Daily globe., 1883-08-08
TIE coRoNER,s INQUEST.

Continuation Of the Inquest stpOn The Bod
les OF Mrs. 3hon,ley and Little Girl-TIse
End Not Yet.
At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the cor
oner's jury assembled at Warmers under
taking rooms, and resumed the inquest re-
specting the death of Mrs. Anthony Thom-
ley and little child, killed By the cars Oh
Sunday.
Before taking testimony the jury visited
the scene of the accident on the railroad,
so as to have a clearer understanding of
the evidence.
CHARLES V. PHILLIPS
was the first witness sworn.
at 9:45 Sunday morning I was in
my room on Fourth street, where'the rail
way crosses it, between Eleventh and
! Twelfth avenues south; my attention was
called towards the track by crowd look
| ing towards an engine which had stopped;
saw a woman and child; also a car ap-
/ preaching them apparently on ''fy"
switch; saw the child struck by the wheels
| of the car; and the woman by the car at
| the same time; the woman held parasol,
which few away when she was struck; the
car did not appear to have brakeman,
although there might have been one; no
fagman on the crossing; the little girl
was about twenty-five feet from the
sidewalk when I first saw her;
by measuring ON the inner rail, the child
was five and the woman eight feet from
the walk when they were struck; was
about the width of the street frem the &C.
oident.
EMMA LOUIS
sworn, testified: I was at the scene of the
accident on my way to church; saw the
car coming from the south and then turn
and go back again, but heard no bell ring
I was standing on the side toward Third
street; saw the fly switch; the car that rar
over the woman and child.
| EDWARD LOUIS
testified: 1 was on Tenth avenue ant
Fourth street crossing at the time of acci
dent; saw cars go north and the bell was
ringing, but the car and engine came baoi
very fast, and then the
BELL WAS NOT RINGING.
saw the woman and child about nint
, feet from the walk and am certain th'
, bell was not ringing; I saw the woman
and child struck by the car, but turned In.
head away.
PETER KLUNG
testified: l was at Fourth street south il
} company with the persons killed, an
B. about three feet behind them; they wer
. near the sidewalk which runs dowi
i; Fourth street, and about a foot o
l hc xJha hn
them; the engine was switching a car;
went north and then came back; Mrs
Thomley and child were walking on tn
4 track that the engine was coming on; whe
4 she saw the engine coming she ran fror
that to the track upon which the ca
!, was coming, and the! brakeman calle
! to her; the car was very near and sh
reached for the child; both were inside th
rails; car struck her and the
the child; I was four or five feet distant
j. did not hear the bell ring or q whistle;
y only heard man cry out; he was on th
r ground at the side of the car; saw no on
y on the car; heard no one call from tt
d engine; the car stopped three feet belo
y the scene Of the accident.
JOSEPH FoUCH
testified: was on the tracks at the scer
of the accident; saw lady with a girl; tt
woman turned toward the side track; ws
10 about sixty feet distant; saw a switch el
gine across the Fourth avenue crossin,
v coming toward the party; heard son
: one cry out; saw the car separa
n from the engine; the engine passed b'
tween me and the lady. but when it ha
:. passed I saw the woman fall backward
y and the little girl beside her; four whee
passed over her; I saw brakeman on Il
iS car; he was standing looking over the en-
of the car at the, woman and girl whe
l. they were struck; the tracks have bee
used as a public thoroughfare; there
If one notice on Fourth street prohibiti1
r walking on the track, and think there a
two at the Twelfth avenue crossing.
,e Adjourned until o'clock this afternoo
lie when Mr. Thomley will testify.