New-York tribune., 1886-05-21

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% tried to bring on rs.pTaon lSTda "' Sn, soon
she hc was asa In9 aG to
Dr. sherman honss pyssan Er.nSs. o, tns
had slight con"soa % Of ' the head and lace.
moved TO the hospital was told that her Injuries were
serious The body of the dead lady was carried into
| Hugh Reilly. the driver Of No. III West 1hir-
tieth-st.. testified that he had been employed by
| Bowes & Co., for two months. but had been a
coachman for twenty-five years. He added :
had driven the morse had out today three or four
I knew that II the horse got any show he would plunge
ssS try TO- run away dr1ns % "19a1''d wa
about the longth of an avenue block below the
Webster Monument when the animal first became mo
over over seven miles an hour = wien a
Scna My Sr%S hoes. tnoD punsa and
pulled down over the dashboard aud thrown Oh my
head head was dragged along % about moO H0V 'eGS ens
boys and was enabled to get to my feet Iafterwari
the after horse caught and put them Into
| the bar fro1 the check in the rings .o
vas Ss,ofs mcs%'ss S,vs the Sss
cali there Then drove to Dekeis Riding school, on
| Fifty-sixthst. between sixth and Seventh aves Inc
tcod that the horse was very restiess under Sixth
ave- elevated road aud once made plunge when
ali right Til we reached the place OF the accident.
cannot say that wOuld hav" been able to control the
afterward harnessed him lie was on dead hard run
when thrown of. Ny seat was very unsafe.
When Coroner Messemer asked Reilly if he had
been drinking during the day, the coachman re-
piled that no had had only one glass of ale, and
| that was at his dinner
| Bernard Sheridan. who Is employed at the water
mG-truogh. told how he heard the screams of the
ladies, and, looking up, saw the runaway. lie
! said
| saw the ladies' Jump ont OF tho carrlsse tn" the
lazy Jumped on to % the hSr srss Tas aboa o6
think the ladies were thrown from the carriage
victoria was not u at the time The horse ian against
bush. ana stopped By boy named Patrick Con.
alive i when reached them the
SaGF SsSce DeSn %Gy tho 3so & park cSrrase wa. @
front That was tho only other vchcic saw The cider
lalyliyed two minutes Her eyes were open' but she
seemed to b, unconscious all the time
The boy, Patrick CONWAY, who stopped the
horse was also examined by the Coroner.
He said that he saw the horse running up
| the drive leading to the watering trough. and
make q circle toward the trough. The horse
ran against lilac bush, and Conway
jumped to his BRIDE and seized ii.
| The boy did not think that the horse was
much frightened, although he had been run
ming fast. The driver, Reilly, was about
! 300 feet behind when Conway caught the animal.
He came mp and took the turnout back
to where the bodies lay. The spot
was about seventy-Gve feet from where the
horse was stopped. Conway also swore that he
saw 40 vehicle near the Victoria. except the pa!k
carriage spoken OF By the last witness.
Hugh Refill, testified III addition to his former
testimony that the Victoria was bailt according to
the patteru Of all such vehicles The horses biz
| .f tlnk k,r IL
cure thau if it was Oh the lar. 1t is customary
in lis stable for driver to tax
out horse when he is hitchcd up
Edward Goode the melager Of the sable Of
Bowics & Co., at Thirty-third-st. and Lexington
ave, testified:
oftI Gfsfa Ss Aa after oes" t@' hss 'ne
Ara i. have SEAT drive
the Victoria secure and tho dashboard sufficiently
aa as We 'ae ways It safe Te
rs we'll hitched up as he could be and no other sac
az know The WAGON had bcon only recently repaired
and hat not been used but three or toir times Eey
worked for two months. have known him for nlne
years. He j. sober and understands his busnos an
VIII stick 10 a horse.
| The Coroner jury, before which the testimony
was taken, rendered the following verdict:
The death OF Mrs. Pendieton do to shock from a
compound fracture Of the skull and coneussion OF
the brain. she having jumped from
Victoria, the horse OF which
had run away We e1onerato the driver, Hugh Reilly.
from ali guilt clrclc9 mess. the accident OehG
PARK, May 20. 1856. about5 P.m
SKETCH OF MRS PENDLErON.
Mrs Pendcton WAS daughter Of Francis Scott Key.
the author OF Tue Star spinged Banner" sister OF
Philip Barton Key (who was killed by General sickeS.
and OF Roger B. Taney Chief Justice OF the
United States. she living In Baltimore when.
shortly before 1880, Mr.. Pendleton returned from
long tour amt residence In Europe and they were mar.
rled not long aftcrward. she subsequently visited
Europe herself after her husbands retirement from
| Congress- az the close of tho War. spending two or
three wears there I'm the education Of her daIgh-
ters Their only other child was a son.
Mrs. Pendeton woman OF rare intellectual gifts
and social accomplishments, aud made many friends IN
Onto, Washington and her other places or residence
One her homes IN summer for several years WAS
Newport. PendetOn cottage In that city contained
many works ART the least striking OF which was
marble portrait bust Of Mrs. Pendeton, executed ia