Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-19

tion-The Jury Render ferolct III
Accordance With the Circumstances
and without Comment.
Coroner SheftaII held an inquest yester-
dav at the Morgue for the purpose Of as
pertaining the circumstances connected
with the accident which resulted In the
death of Mrs. Ann Berrigan, who was run
over by a Coast Line Railroad street car
on Thursday afternoon.
Among the first witnesses who testified
was Judge d. A. O'ByTne, who was ID Inc
car when the accident occurred ne
stated that when the car reacneo the
so1th side Of President street; ABOUT
O'clock in the afternoon, on It's run to-
wards BroughtOn street, on Habersham,
he felt the front portion Of the car violently
shaken. He heard thud against the
dash board Of the car when the front right
wheel passed over some obstacle, and ne
heard a moan and cry. be then reanzed
that some one was being crushed beneath
the wheels. The second or rear wheel OF
the car also ran over the uniortu-
nate woman. When Mr.. OByrne saw
Mrs. Berrigan in a sitting posture on the
track. The conductor, at the suggestion
of the witness. sent a messenger and also
went himself and brought DR.. Stone. In
the meantime the deponent approached
the unfortunate lady. who was perfectly
conscious. but presented a most sickenlng
SIGHT. her lower limbs being crushed and
maugled in terrible manner. she was
Screaming and saving, 20, let the Doctor
give me something to relieve my pain and
let me die. Oh. will not some female
support my back!v A lady approached
and performed the kind office that was re-
auested. | really cannot say whether the
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the whole thing happened SO quick
/ Is. hut there were two drivers
1 ON the platform. and when l felt the jar
/ they were apparently attending TO tnelI
4 duty. The car ran about twenty feet after
! running over the lady. At the time OF the
I accident the conductor was standing on
! the rear platform, facing the forward par'
4 of the car and was attentive to his work
/ He was no more responsible or blamaDlt
Z than a person who was not there. The
( car was going at the ordinary slow speed
/ that is generally Shown when car Is
/ making a switch.
/ Mr., j. p. Puryis, the conductor of the
car. testified that he knew moth
/ ING of the impending accident
until he felt the jar of the cal
and saw the woman lying on the side oil
I the track. Jefferson Williams was il
! charge Of the mules and brake when the
4 affair occurred.
Jefferson Williams. cOlOred, testified
I that he was on the car with William Blue
/ also colored) who was the driver, in or
! der to learn. but was not regularly drlN
ing. and did not see the lady until Blue
/ cried out and put on the brake. The wit
ness also testified that the team was trot
ting fast through the square at the time
Of the accident.
William Blue testified that he was OF
the left hand side Of the car, and saw {
lady coming. When he first saw her she
was two feet from the mules, and hi
/ halloOed to Williams to put OF
/ the brakes, but he did no
put it on tight enough, and when the ca
/ was stopped it had passed over the woman
jefferson Williams was driving. TIT
right mule knocked the woman down
One of the mules, he said, was wild, ant
would jump on person in the stall.
Mr.. W. d. Champion was one of tn
passengers on the car, ana was sittln!
near the front window, when he saw th
team suddenly back, and thought he saw
the mule on the left strike the deceased
who made an effort to get cut Of the way
but fell, and the car passed over her legs
The driver tried to turn the brake, whel
Blue assisted him. This witness testified
that the team was trOttlng at slow gait
Harry Roberts. another passenger, ties
titled that he got on board the car at SOut
Broad street. and while the conductor wa
making change for him he felt the car jOl
twice. and ne looked behind and saw tn
deceased lying on the ground. He though
the car went about ten yards after pass
ing over the lady,
DR.. George ii. Stone testified that h
was called to attend the deceased, an
found that her right leg, from the knee
the ankle was crushed to shapeles
mass, and the bones Of the left ankl
broken. He had the lady re
moved to the st. JOseph's lntrmary
where he amputated the right leg jus
above the knee. The deceased recoYere
consciousness after the operation, bu
died soon after at O'Clock. The dOctO
also testified that in his opinion she die
from the effect Of the injuries, and tn
only statement she made to him was tina
she was going down town, and being
little deaf, she did not hear the car com
ing.
The jury in their verdict found that tn
deceased came to her death from "beln
run over BY car No. 8, of the Coast Lin
Railroad January Il, 1884,"
The remains of the deceased were in
tered yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'cloc
in the Cathedral Cemetery.
She was a native of Ireland and was
years of age and widow. An onl.
daughter survives her.
The two drivers are held at the police
barracks and Will appear in the Mayor
Court this morning to answer the charg
Of careless driving.