The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-13
THE DEATH OF SCOTT.
4 corcner's Jury Investigates
the Cause.
NO Very DAMAGING TESTIMONY.
Bns she yer-zfes Implies rs,ars- Tn the
Cable Company Remains tn Ee
Barred To-day.

An inagsess was he'd last evessing rs Coz
oner Smart. al the undertaking pario-s al
B0ansy & ~few4rg- CA the body q Charles
= scott. killed By s f4E frosa the Jackson
street. brgslge. near the Msms5oa szsogn.
after asissG struck by cable car. Fri.ay
last. Jgasas Rochester appeared as
attorney FOR the Seattle I7onstrsic-
tIou company. and ]. W. Morrison on be-
half og tie relatives OK the deceased. has-
ing for associate J. C. Walsh
The first witness called was IT :. Pittscs,
vito testified thai he vas with deceased or
October :. in the Mansion salyoa; that
shortly after be was caisesi oat and saw
ar. Ssost dying from fail from the bridge
above. The condition oi the bridge 81 TIA;
time wss most dangerous and liable 10
cause accidents.
Owen Mccarthy was sworn. tie SAID
! aE1 blacksmith. and saw Scott cone
up the gangp.ank, and when the alarm WAS
given by the gripman he could not ~
either way without danger, a. the car was
only ABOUT I'VE feet OF. IL
be had stepped the other way he would
have been instantly killed. | ran over and
helped TO pick up the injured man"
George Morris, sworn. said; II was
standing with Mccarthy and followed Al
Scott 20 get out OF the way. The car
struck him on the leg and he went over the
bridge. The remains here are those OF the
man injured that DAY. | couldn't say
whether scott was drunk or sober. Me
earthly threw the rope over to raise Scott
10 The bridge
Mr.. Pa;tick being recalled, testified as
follows: u have known Scott two wears
aud first met him in Vancouver, L. {. He
was married and had daughter and son.
never saw him drunk, He was strictly
sober and was always most abstemioas
man"
Joseph NJ. kessler testified Il am a
gripIaan on the Jackson street cable road
aud was on the car that knocked Scott of
the bridge. When about fifteen or twenty
feet away | saw him coming from the gang
plank and rang the gong 10 warn him. lie
stepped on the track lubberiy and As ii he
would cross over. When within six OF
seven feet of him sang out 20 him and
put on both brakes lie turned arount,
and the car struck him. The car went
about a foot and half after striking hira
got of TO assist in picking Scott up.
have been employed on the road about d
year.
DR.. II. :. Grant. city phytician, testified
that deceased came To his death from shock
and conclusion of the brain. together with
4 fracture OF the base OF the brain.
William Garrett testified that he saw the
man at the time of the accident, and did
not think him drunk or deaf
AN INDIRECT VERDICT
The jury retired and at the end Of an
hour returned with the following verdict
SEATTLE. Wash, October l.. 1852.
We, tho undersigned jurors summoned 10 in
inquire as To the death of one Charles > scott do
hnd as follows. to-wit: That the deceased was a
resident of the city Of seattle al the time of his
death. That the cause OF death of the deceased
Was occasioned by bruises received in falling of
or from Jackson street bridge on the ssh day ot
October. iss9. al about o ciock p. M. that thu
direct cause of his falling from said bridge was
having been struck by Jackson street cable car
while in motion; that the name of deceased was
Charles = scott, native OF England aud has r.
sided in the United states Gbont two years lasi
past. islgnedj J NJ BLANCHARD
GEoRGE Nm rooe
NELSON CHILBEEs.
Dnrel. AS Y0uNG
u. T. NEFTs
7. III. CASS. JE.
The body of Scott, which had been tenn
porarly emhalmed, viii be buried this fore
noon at la O'Clock from the undertaking
rooms OF Bonney & Stewart fniermeni
viii be made IN the Masonic cemetery