The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-16
CITY NEWS.
COrOner's Inquest over
the Body Of Conrad
Wagner.
CONVENTION OF THE CHI PHI FRA
TERSITY.
General New- and Brief Mention.
CITY NEWS
Gen eraI News and Brief Mention.

near I j o'clock at the corner Of Brook
avenue and Clay streets, very near to his
residence
The police about am yesterday ar
rested Mr. D. a Bransiord, the motor
man Of car No. p, on warrant Of
ieloniously running bis car over the bOiy
Of Conrad Wagner with intent TO wound,
MAIN and kill the said Wagner.
Tie case was continued until TO day,
counsel for the accused not being pres
ent Mr. Meredith, the counsel, came
down later, and the accused was sent to
jail pending the Coroncr's inquest at 4
pm.
Later in the day, a few minutes past
II O'Clock am, warrant sworn out
by Sergeant W :. Thomas, upon iufor-
nation received. was issued and exc
cuted on Carroll Taylor, charging him
with the same offense. II was issued by
Justice Crutchfeld He was taken to
the Third police station and there held.
THE IVQUEsT
At4oclock the Cor0ner's Jury. which
had been summoned by Deputy Consta-
ble Redwood, was present. They were
sworn In and in company with officials
and reporters viewed the remains, which
will be buried to-day at 10 am.
The body was partially naked and the
Coroner pointed out to the jurors where
the wheel passed across 1t, MASKING the
abdomen, crushing the hips and break
ing the left arm. The jury then pro.
ceeded to the Third police station, n
half block Of, where in the Sergeant's
room tie Coroner held his court.
There were present, in addition 70 the
Coroner. the reporters and the jury,
Judge Waddiil counsel for Bransford,
and Mr. Wyndham Il Meredith, counsel
for TAYLOR and the Union Passenger Rail
wav. Mr. r. j. Farrell. the superinlead-
ent Of the Richmond Union Passenger
Railway Company, Who takes the place
of both Mr.. Burt and Mr. Ddyids, was
present
Before any evidence was heard Mr.
Meredith raised the point that it could
not be told which Of the motor-men were
ia charge Of the electric car which ran
Over the Construction"
The Coroner thea required both Mr.
TAYLOR and Mr. Bransiord to retire and
come In only when called.
THE EVIDENCE
was then given. Coroner Taylor said he
had examined the body, saw the cuts and
wounds. and did not deem a past m0rte0i
examination necessary.
Robert Lee Gordon was sworn, and
sad I am motor man of car 30 re
side at 2Sl0 . street don't know of
The running over OF any one do not
run on the same car as NJ BransiOrd
does. our car left Harrison and Broad
streets tt 1895, and it probably took us
ten minutes to get 10 Brook avenue. !
saw something lying on the westward
track. ran slowly until ] got OPP
posite the object. / found il was a
man and stopped my car Immediately.
rung The bell for the conductor to
come out, and told him that there was a
man lying on the track and # he would
come with me, we could get him out OF
the way. 4 hack at this time drove up,
and | told the driver to stop, otherwise
he would drive over the man. thought
the man WAS drunk, as a short time ago
| found a man in that predicament lying
on the track near the corner Of Reservoir
anu GARY SlFttt0. NY tohuu'tVli WI
Ter, caught hold Of him and said he was
dead refused to touch him. | went
into Bevefidge's drug store, right at the
corner, and asked what should do. He
told me to 20 to the station house and
report | did so, and Policeman Epps
accompanied me back to the scene. The
body was moved out Of the way and laid
on the sidewalk ] asked the policeman
if he would need assistance any more.
and he replied NO / then gave him
my name and the number of my badge,
and took my car down town.
On 0ss-eNaminatiOn he said when
found the body it was lying on the face
more than on the back. There was mrd
on the back and all over the body The
head was to the south, and between The !
eastern and western tracks. ! know OF
nothing about the car that hangs low
enough To break an arm of person lying
on The ground. ] passed a ear on Clay
street somewhere between Hancock and
BROOK avenue lOu can see a long dis
tance by means of the headlight. except
when car comes from the opposite di-
recti0n, then it dszz.es the eye. found
the bodx about twenty-five feet east OF
Brook avenue Icrosslng. No one was
In sight at the time. 1t was
nearly If o'clock. 1t was an
inclement night and not very dark. j,
was not raining hard but had been.
When I held the left arm of this corpse
did not see that il was shattered. ! had |
a number of passengers on board who |
wished to catch the Petersburg railroad,
otherwise | would have remained longer
and helped. do not think he was run
over by the car, but by heavy wagon,
because running over any small object,
even a rock, would call the attention of
the motor man. The headlight on the !
ear was burning and the moior-msn
would have been obliged to see the man
had he been run over by car. The ma |
ture of his injuries would not have pre-
vented him from crying out | saw moi
vehicle except a carriage which was go
ing westward.
Judge Waddill, council for Bransford,
went out and consulted with him. He
preferred not putting him on the stand |
as the CorOner's witness at the present