St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-13
SAINT PAUL MATTERS.
Verdict of the Coroner's Jury in the Case
of Mrs. Elliott, Killed at Macales-
ter Station.
From Talk at Committee Meeting There
is Desire for General Paving
Of Streets.
Members of the st. Georges Snow
Shoe Club Getting Ready for
Sport This Winter.
Routine of the Courts--A Reception
atDr. Stone's--Summaryo of Lo-
cal Happenings.

On the evening of Oct 80. Eva Elliott, a
dressmaker living at Minneapolis. was
struck by train on the Hast
ings & Dakota division of the Mil
waukee road at Manchester station,
and received injuries from which she died
a few hours afterward. At the time the &C
cident occurred. Mrs. Elliott was walking
from the platform at Manchester station to
the train which was about to start for Min
neapolis In order to reach the train 1t was
necessary for her to cross one track, and
lust as she stepped out from the station
platform. a train on the Hastings & Dakota
division dashed past the station, the engine
striking her just as she reached the center
of the track. Coroner Quinn decided that
an inquest was necessary. and on Nov.
Jury consisting of I. c. Field, John Sum-
mers. S. .. Sweeny, w. j. Freaney and l..
MusSetter was impaneled, and the taxing
of testimony commenced. Owing to the
trouble in securing witnesses, the inquest
was adjourned over day or so. and it was
notuntil Wednesday afternoon that a verdict
was returned. Thirteen passengers gave
testimony at the inquest, tie more import
ant facts regarding the accident being
learned from the engineer of the locomotive
which struck the woman. the station agent
at Manchester and brakeman on the train
which the woman was endeavoring to reach
when killed. The engineer of the train
testified that he was somewhat behind time
and expected TO get past Manchester station
before the short line train bound for Min
neapolis reached there. In this he was
mistaken, as before he reached the station
the short line train had pulled up at the
station. He saw the woman start from
the platform toward the train when he was
about one hundred feet from her. He
whistled and rang the bell, but she did not
appear to hear. Had she walked straight
across the track to the nearest car she would
have escaped, but when nearly to the car
she seemed to change her mind and started
toward another car. He testified that
trains seldom, if ever, passed each other at
stations and especially at this one. The sta
ton agent testified that just before the train
for Minneapolis stopped. two students from
the college hurried into the. station, pur-
chased tickets and as the train pulled up be-
fore the station hurried out.
The woman followed them but did not
make as good time in getting on the train
as the youths did. When she was half way
across the track he saw that she did not
see the train approaching in the other direc-
ton and started to warn her but it was too
late.
THE VERDICT.
The jury. after full investigation of the
case. returned the following verdict:
That Eva Elliot came TO her death upon
Saturday. Oct. 80, 1896, while crossing track
of the Chicago, Milwaukee g. St. Paul rail-
road, at a station upon said road named
Manchester. That she was in the act of
crossing one track to enter a car Of the same
road upon another track, and while so doing
was struck and killed by a passing train.
The attention of the jury is directed by the
evidence elicted 10 the eutire lack of protec-
ton to life and the constant aud imminent
risk of a repetition of this accident at this
and other stations where passengers are re-
Quired to cross the track in order to reach
cars standing upon tracks beyond, which. to
the unwary, may be but traps TO certainly
kill such as may be caught in them. We
feel that the state, the city or the railroads
should in some way be compelled to make
immediate and adequate provision against
the recurrence of such accidents.