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THE KILLING OF r. M. WHITE.
Thc Jury of fnquest.--The Testimony
and the Verdict Of the Jury.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROIINA,


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
AEEEvILLE County.
An inquiSition indeuted taken 1T Maj
james l.. Whites. in the County of .lhbeville,
the 10th day OF August, lSSS, before Il. W. Wat.
sou, Trial Justice, acting as Coroner for said
county, upon view OF the body of Richard
White, then and there being dead by the
nathS OF John Il. Carwile, John Bell, ID. w.
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row, JOS. Il. Lyon, John r. Ligon, DIR. John
Morrow, being II lawful jury of inquest. who,
being charged and sworn to inquire for the
means tht said Richard NJ. White came to his
death, upon their oaths do say: That from
the evidence said deceased came to his death
this day by being Knocked from the track OF
the ~ Il X. Division of the Port Royal ana
Western Carolina Railroad by the engine at
tached TO the Picayune or accommodation
train going South.
In witness whereof, I, Z. w. Watson, Trial
Justice acting as Coroner aforesaid, and the
Jurors aforesaid to this inquisition have IN
;erchangeably put our hands and seals the
day and year above mentioned:
T.. w. WATSON, Trial Justice,
Acting Coroner a. &.
TESTIMONY.
z, T. WHITE, being duly sworn, says:
| live about half mile from this place; this
morning was mt home; heard the train
coming between seven and eight Q CLOCK;
heard the train whistle; / thought It. was
heard the cars jumping; jumped out at the
door and run down TO the truck; when sot
there the train was running backWards; 1
asked the train hands what was the matter !;
he told me they had run over a man !; ! then
went and found that IL was Il. NJ. Whlte,
thought he was dying-he was gasPlng
stayed there Il few moments then ran PACK 10
the house and came back and asked him II ne
was hurt much he said no; l then had him
put on the cars and brought back to j. l..
Whites gate; they then brought him down to
the house in Mr.. Neel's buggy; have 6een
with him most OF the time since until he
died; asked him after we had got him IN
bed If be was hurt much; he said yes, that
he hurt all over: 1t was on the Port Royai ana
Western Carolina Railroad; the A. u n. dl-
vision about titty-scven miles above Augusta !;
it was the accomm odation train called the
plcayune; the train was going South from
Greenwood and was about ten miles from
Greenwood; he died about eleven O'Clock
did not sec him on the railroad track at all
until after he was struck by the train the
train was in about one hundred and twenty
five yards OF the place where Thought the
engine struck him when 1t blew; very soon
after they blew heard the train jumping,
then l knew there was something on the
track.
DIR. ID. W. YoUNGBLooD, sworn, says:
This morning l was on my way TO Il. T..
Whites and when got in sight OF his house
l saw the train standing on the track tnere
was n crowd of men standing around the
train: when got near the train the conduc-
come to the train; when got there asked
what was the matter; Several of the bystand-
ers said that MIR. II. NJ. White had been run
over by the train; then went up and found
Mr.. r. NJ. White lying on the embankment; !;
then examined him and found that from
the symptoms that he was seriously I'M ured;
then asked the conductor TO carry him Us
far as Mr.. Whites gate l came ON down
with him to the house Of Maj. White and was
with him until he died, which was about
eleven O'Clock. II was between seven and
eight o'clock this morning when was cal ed
TO him on the railroad. 1t was the morning
train or picayune and was going South on the
A. & X. division OF the Port Royal and West
ern Carolina Railroad and was about fifty
seven miles above Augusta and about ten
miles below Greenwood; the conductor knew
that was a physician and beckoned to me
and asked me TO take charge of Mr.. r. NJ
White and do what could for him. did so
and was with him un til he died.
DOCTORS CERTIFICATE.
We the undersigned physicians certify that
r. NJ. White came to his death this day from
injuries received by being Knocked from the
track by the Southbound Picayune train on
the A. u X. division of the Port Royal and
Western Carolina Railway.
u. w. YoUNGBLoOD, NJ. D.,
A. p. MCNEIL, M. d.