Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-07
KILLED ny A TRAIN.
THE CoRoNERs INQUEST To-DAY-THE TEsTI-
MoNY-NO ARM OF THE GATE ON THE B. & O.
RAILROAD AT H STREET ACROSS THE SIDE
WALK.


RAILROAD AT H STREET ACROSS THE SIDE
WALK.
The inquest on the body of Mrs. Sophie G.
Grammler, who died on Monday about noon
from injuries received by being struck by an
engine of the B. & o. r. R., at Delaware avenue
and H street, was held to-day by the coroner
The jury was composed of w. C. Harper, John
Myers, H. G. Thyson, Isaac Gutenberg, Martin
]. DOnOhue and Rich. H. Hudson.
After the jurymen had viewed the remains at
the residence of the daughter of the deceased
Mrs. Artes on 9Th street, near Q, the body hay
ing been removed from the house of the Little
Sisters of the Poor, on H and I'd streets north
east, after her death-the members were sworn
and repaired to the sixth precinct station on
9Th street, where the testimony was taken, as
follows:
Robert Nelson, colored, testified that as the
and just before Mrs. Grammler got to H street
witness who was at work near by. hearing the
rumblns OF the train, looked around and saw
the woman near the middle of III street. The
steam chest or cylinder struck her about the hip
and she fell. The train stopped and the con-
ductor helped herewith party who went out
to her-tO house near by.
BY turor-The gate was down, and he in
ierred that she mad got under the gate There
is no arm OF the gate across the fOOtWal, and she
was going west at the time.
Michael Hill testified that he resided at 1872
G street northeast, and was standing at the
crossing for ten minutes before the train came.
Saw the old lady on the east side OF the track,
coming down the sidewalk about 20 yards
him and the deceased. It seemed that She
must have walked right up to the cars. The
gates were down at the time across the street,
but not across the sidewalk. He could not say
1t was the engine or the steps OF the cars that
struck her. When the train stopped he went
but she had been picked up She was
that the steps struck her. 1t was an accomo-
dation train, and going at its usual speed. This
the Waterman halo to some one to "lOok out"
Robert II. Nelson was recalled, and said he
was sure tliatshe was in the middle of street
Samuel +. Labarrer, fireman of the engine,
testified that when they came around the cor
ner e saw Inc Gia say as she stepped on the
gates were down. that she had stopped, but she
matted and then continued to walk. Seeing
to attract her attention by pulling the bell and
calling to her. She however, walked right into
the engine, and the bumper struck her in the
slid from 10 to 20 feet
by a juror-There was nothing to indicate
that she needed either the train or the bell. She
seemed to be crossing H street at the time. She
seemed to hesitate as II unsettled whether to
Michael Sullivan. the gateman, testified that
he received signal to put his gates down and
he did SO, and looked to see If any one was ap-
he told to step back and then looked to the
other sidewalk. Saw a man walking on the
track the train was and called to him to
get of. He watched him till he saw him of,
and the train was then passing him; then saw
the train "brake up and did not know that
there was anything wrong. Looked under the
cars and saw the lady lying between the two
track. She was about half way between the
street car track and the curb. Witness did not
see the woman at ali till after the accident.
There was no gate across the sidewalk. Wit
ness was Hagnlan at that point before the
gates We're put up, about eight years ago:
Rufns g. Gosneii (engineerl testified that he
did not see the lady when she was struck. The
fireman pulled the bell, and called him to
look out" and he stopped the train. Was GER
tam that ne was not going over eight miller per
hour Tor he was looking out tor the train on the
Metropolitan branch, which runs into the depot
on the same track.
THE VERDICT.
TheJury rendered verdict thatSo Gramm-
Ter came to her death sfrom injuries received
by being struck by tho $50 q. m. incoming
train at the II street crossing, b. and o. r r.
hiio we believe, from the evidence, that there
was want OF proper care on the part Of the de-
ceased. We nnd that the company Is TO blame
for not having barricadeS on the sidewalk As
well as the carriageway
the mineral will take place from Mrs. Artes'
residence. 104l 9th street, at O'Clock, and the
intefnent Will be At Prospect Hill. The de-
ceased had resided here since 1853.