Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-10

SHOCKING u ATH OF 4 YOUNG
ORPHAN BOY.


william Mn 'Ireedy, a Fifteen -Year-O q
Lad, in Attempting to Steal a Ride on
"a street Car. Fails Under the Ngheai IS
and IA Fatally Irju -ed-rhe Cnruue.'-
T,vesttr.tiop-.rhaR Railroad ConnpAu,
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An ACCIDENT WAlch IeSuI1ei az VIC
Shocking death Of William MullfeedY'
I5vear.old white boy. occurred i'm iToup
sororo At uabor.blm aud Charlton
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The lad was playing IN va sI""' 49,
O'Clock, and as car Nd. oil the coast Line
Street Railway appro3chad he attempted
70 hmm ON tba front platform with the
10 Juulp ", f IN. .'.r ~. the square. IL.
- ~ 80; - ,.,..,sI hi. bl.lstt ia. punpI.
80 us'u Ji'3iI. nj ft,,. .,ul.t.. ana was stan
49,, o. tba v,.r nl.tJrm nl the pun.
xgbicb a6f5ins fba car tracks on the We
80 I'm he made tbaleap. 1t is thought
that bis foot NAV have slipp d as he made
The sprIng. for he m ssed the platform of
the ar aea fell to the track. Tae driver,
Henry Allen, Immediately applied the
braLes. and as the car stopped b. Jumped
on The bow WAS lifted OIC from under
fhe front of the car and placed in a re-
cumbent p0sitiOn on the grass. jie
moaned pitcously and seem d to be sufi r.
ing intense pain. A rowl quickly cp-
Iected buf II Wa- Aeveral minutes before
a nbN s,cian arrived. In the m-autime
the injured lad was carr across o.
square 10 thc OH .r # Dr. b. p. OAYerOs,
but he was NOT at nome.
DR.. GALLAGHER. a dru 1eist on a neighbor-
inc corner. went to The sc nc Of the
accident, but saw that he wound was
fatal. DR.. +. \. NJ ssesu soon reached
the Office Of Dr.. Oiycros. When he
arrived he found that the boy was dying,
and within halt an hour after the accident
occurred he breathed his last. An eX-
animation showed that the skull back Of
and above the ears was crushed. As the
wheels did not pass over the body il was
not manged.
Coroner Dixon was at once not fed
and, summOnlng jury, held an inquest
The remains had been removed to the
child's home, at the dwelling OF Mrs
Welsh, at Price and CASTOR streets. lie
was an orphan, bis parents having died
with the yellow lever IN 1916 IL was
afterwards taken 10 rear by Mrs. welsh,
and a sister was placed in st. Mays Or
phan Home.
Henry Allen, the driver, was the first
witness examined at the inquest. He
testified that while driving through the
square at the corner of Charlton and
HabeTsham streets he saw Aulireedy and
a cOl0Ted boy at the pump. lie saw the
deceased start for the car, and put on a
quick break. "Before the car stopped he
jumped and fell" Allen continued. "Ihe
ear did not pass over him. / WAS on the
lockout for boys IN the square, for they
are always jumping on the car ana in irOnt
of them.
Conductor Lewis, when sworn, stated
that he saw the boy fan, but couldn't tell
how or where be struck the car. He said:
she fell on the track IN front oil The
wheel. think the driver stopped the car
before it had ne l0f-et. w showed the
car back, and the boy was lying on the
track with his head against the wheel.
He was alive when went TO him, but he
would not speak.
h. b. Cassels, passenger on the car,
corrOborsted the testimony OF the preced-
ing witnesses. and added: 81 think the
driver was doing his duty. He was driy-
ing slow. The conductor was on the rear
platform. The car Was stopped about two
minutes. The conductor was anxious 10
summon Or. Stone"
DR.. M0sseau's evidence was that he
found the boy dying about l2;20 p. m.
The head and neck We're contested, and
turned blue rapidly. The lad died two OF
three minutes after his arrival. There was
a sli hit abrasion of the skin on the wrist.
In the opinion of the doctor, death re-
suited from apopleXy caused by paralysis
OF the heart and lungs. The neck seemed
to have been twisted hard, but was not
broken.
Mr.. l.. NJ. G. Oiyeros was next exam
ined. His testimony was similar 70 that
OF the others.