Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-06

Shortly after o'clock last night an cast
bound cattle train stopped on Virginia avenue.
and by its unusual length completely blocked
the crossings at both Sd and A. streets. SO
long did the obstruction continue that a num-
Der Of vehicles congregated on both sides of the
track at AZ street. four on the north side being
street cars of the Metropolitan railway COM
pany. The conductor of the cattle train finally
cut his train in two at ~ street. Then he
signaled Gate Keeper Lewis to raise the bars.
and when that had been done the stream of
wagons and street cars poured through until
the last car, No. 10, started to cross the tracks
The gates we're still up and the conductor
made no move, but Engineer Wilcox evidently
thought 1t was time to move on, for he backed
down for the purpose Of coupling up the cut
of cars, as it is stated, without giving any
warning.
THE STREET CAR STRUCK.
The street-car driver. Robert Felter, saw the
train coming toward him, and he put the whip
to his horses, but he could not escape. An in
slant later and his was struck by the moving
section OF the cattle train. There was a crash,
rafting OF broken glass, the shrek OF a
woman, the hoarser cries of several badly
scared men, and the car was off the track. The
car driver was slightly damaged, and so was
William Bond of 528 Al street. Others were
shaken up and bruised, but only one was Sc
verely injured-a colored woman named Lu-
clnda Willis, whose head was cut deeply In
several places.
MAN TORN TO PIECES.
The street car was soon replaced on its track
and the train was coupled up, but the worst
had not come. Shreds of human flesh and
scraps of clothing scattered along the south
siding and mangled body ut Providence hos
pltal are in the second chapter. The cattle
train had barely started out to go east when
the engine-No. 307-struck q man who was, it
Is believed, sitting on the track about 100 yards
east of Sd street. Engineer Wilcox at once
shut off steam and found that the unfortunate
man was wedged tightly in behind the cow
catcher. Officers Burns and Henry and Harry
Hutton. the ambulance driver, were on the
spot In little while and they worked hard to
get the victim out. Considerable force had to
be used and 1t was necessary for Mr.. Hutton to
take on his coat and crawl in beneath the en-
glne before the man could be extrlcated.
Every one present supposed that life was
tlnct in the crushed mass of humanity that was
placed in the ambulance. Both of the mans
feet had been cut off and were lying alongside
the track. His right hand was terribly LAGER
ated and the right arm broken in several
places. His mouth was smashed-in and every
tooth broken off, while his bloody scalp over
hung features that were unacceptable be-
cause of the cinders that had been ground into
them. The only symptom of life was a slight
stomachic tremor until the ambulance arrived
at Providence hospital and there the man said:
TAKE THEM THINGS OFF Me-
Officer Henry at once asked him who he was
and he replied: Il am James Sullivan. and
live at 93S Boundary; work for the Electric
car company"
Half an hour later he died. He was about
twenty-five years of age.
The police say that Sullivan was undoubtedly
under the influence of liquor when he was run
over. Shortly before that occurrence he was
seen in the vicinity of the 3d-street crossing in
company with a man named William Murphy
and both were evidently intoxicated
John Sullivan. father of the deceased, is
driver on the Metropolitan street railway
Officer Burns went along the track between
I'd and Sd streets this morning and found sew
eral pieces of flesh and remnants of clothing.
AN INQUEST TOMORROW.
The coroner will hold an inquest at the eighth
Drecinct station tomorrow