Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-06-05
TERMS--&2. 90 PER YEAR
A LEAP TO DEATH.
Fatal Accident to Mrs. George H.
PendIeton.
Instantly Killed by a Runaway In
Central Park.

Central Park.
NEW YORK, May 20. Special. Mrs. Alice
Pendleton. wife of Hon. George IL. Pendle
ton of Ohio, our minister to Germany, was
thrown from carriage and killed in Central
park late this afternoon. Her daughter
Jane Frances PendletOn, - years old, who
was with her, was taken up unconscious and
is in the Presbyterian hospital seriously but
not fatally hurt. Mrs. PendletOn and her
daughter left Mr.. PendIeton in Berlin two
months ago and came to this city. The wife
of a son of Mr. PendletOn, Frank X. PEN
dletOn, a lawyer of l05 East Thirty fifth
street, was sick and they came to nurse her,
but she died recently. Mrs. PendletOn and
her daughter intended to return TO Germany
very soon. After o'clock they went to
BOwles IL Co, Albermarle stables, LeXing-
ton avenue and Thirty third street, and EN-
gagged Victoria and driver TO take them
through Central park. Hugh Reilly was the
driver. He had a spirited black horse.
They stopped at gls Sixth avenue for i've
minutes while Mrs. PendletOn did an errand.
Then they visite,. Dickens Riding academy
in West Fifty sixth street, where Miss Pen
dletOn left the carriage for a time. On her
return the carriage started for Central park.
Under the elevated railroad in Sixth avenue
the horse became frightened once by 4 loco
motive overhead and jumped, jolting the
ladies on heir seats, but they were in no
way alarmeh by the occurrence.
THE ACCIDENT.
1t was ; * p. m. that the black horse
swung the victoria into the park at the Fifth
avenue entrance and made up the east mall.
There Reilly turned up the centre drive and
| went north TO within about 800 feet of the
| Webster statue. Here the horse took fright
at something behind, which the driver
| thinks was vehicle, making a numbering
neise. The horse started running away and
| Reilly was pulled over the dashboard. He
| held on TO the reins and was dragged to
within about $50 feet of the Webster statue.
| At that point beth the ladies screamed and
| jumped out on the east side towards the
grass pic" Miss Pendleton, who sat on the
| right, .rSt. She fell on the grass bOr-
der. Mrs. l-endletOn fell on the road upon
| her head. The horse ran furiOusly four or
five rods further and brought no with its
head in lilac bush near the watering trough
on the circle. FOurteen-year-Old Pat Con
way, who was watering horse, caugh, the
runaway by the bride before it could extri-
cate its head. Meantime Mrs. PendletOn
had been taken up
QUITE DEAD
on the gravel and laid on the grass by the
roadhouse. Policeman Hall got some water
and with that and the practice of artificial
respiration taught him by the society for
first aid to the injured, he restored Miss
Pendleton to consciousness. She was suf-
fering from shock and from severe bruises
of the face and scalp. An ambulance took
her to the Presbyterian hospital. \ wagon
from the Park stables removed Mrs. Pendle-
toms body to the arsenal. Driver Reilly
was not hurt much and the harness was
not broken and the carriage was uninjured.
A park policeman arrested Reilly. IL was
not known that the dead woman was the
wife OF ex-senator PendletOn until Frank
K. PendletOn came to the arsenal in the
evening. He had learned the news by going
to the livery stable in search of his mother
! ( and sister, having become anxious at their
long absence. Coroner Messemer arrived at
the arsenal about the same time as Mr..
Pendleton. and after granting permit Ia
the sexton of Zion church to remove the
body To Mr.. PendletOn's house, he began an
inquest in the station house.
THE CoRONER's INQUIRY.
Driver Reilly testified that he lived at III
West Tbirtieth street. and mad been a coach
man twenty-five years but had worked fOI
Bowles X Co. only two months. lie had
driven the runaway team three or four times
before. He knew that IL the horse got any
show he would give plunge and try to run
away. He was familiar with all the roads
| in Central park. He was not driving very
| fast about seven miles an hour. This Is a.
high speed as is allowed IN the park. ~
| think IL was wagon that came up behind,
| Reilly continued. "and | believe that II
turned east over the terrace bridge. My
horse plunged and reared, and was pullet
| down over the dashboard and thrown on ny
head. was dragged along for some dis
stance--abOut 200 feet. After the horse wa'
caught drove him to the arsenal with th'
| same carriage, but changed the reins anC
| eut the bit into the bar from the check II
the ring. noticed the horse was unrull
under the elevated railroad. | was not I'D
tuxicated. have drank only one glass o
beer today, at noonrme. III was perhaps
200 feet from the place where the horse mrs
became unmanageable 10 the spot where
was thrown. The horse did not rear up
but was on dead hard run. The VlctOrli
has a very unsafe seat. IL lS 700 hlgh am
the dashboard is too low and narrow. III
horse galloped when he bOlted and the JERK
ing motion threw me on. | struck on th
drive on my right side and head. L kep
hold of the reins and tried TO pull IN on IN
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