Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-11
HORRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
& Man Squeezed Between Bumpers Falls
and II Run Over-Shoots His Son.
ICorrespondenc, Of tho Richmond Dispatch.l

correspondence OF tho KichinOno DlspaNhI
ALEXANDRIA, October 10, 1890.
Last night shortly before O'Clock
Trainman Samuel Hicks. residing Mt 625
South Alfred street. was assisting IN the
making no OF freight train IN the Rich
mond and Danville fTeight-Yards, on the
western edge Of this city, and in stepping
in between the cars 10 make a coupling ne
was caught IN between the bumpers and
squeezed His cries caused tho engineer 70
start the engine suddenly, and Hicks Tell
TO the ground under the wheels, when
passed over his right leg at the thigb,
crushing 10 TO pulp.
The injured man was removed 10 the
waiting-rOom in the depot aud the compa,
ny's surgeon, DIR. O'Brien. was called IN ana
rendered the necessary surgical assistance.
Later the injured man was removed 70 the
Alexandria Infirmary, where he died at an
early hour this morning.
AN OLD sUPERsTITIoN.
There is an old superstition among the
railroad employees on the Midland ROAD
that where one accident occurs on that
road two others are sure TO follow ~ III
short time and observation has found TINS
20 be true There has now been two accl-
dents on the road within thcp past few days,
and another, according to the superstition
can be expected soon.
PEOPLE INDIGNANT.
The Alexandria people are very indlg-
nant at the action of the Baltimore owners
of the old cottOn-factOry on north wash
ington street. who, when there Is chance
of the building being opened As a bicycle
mandatory after lying idle Tor twenty
years, ask such an eXOrbltant rent that
the men who want the building nave re-
fused TO pay the rent asked.
The representatives of the company who
want the building offered TO pay Sl,OOO
per wear rent and TO pay all taxes, &C., on
the building, which would make the rental
run up 20 about $500. This the owners
have refused and ask $4,000 per year Tor
| the building.
There Is sore talk of having the tax as
! sessment on the property increased so that
| the Baltimore people will either have 70
use tho building themselves or let IL 70
some one else who will uselt. The rent ASK
| ed mas several times prevented the build
| ing being used.
AFATHFR SHOOTS his son.
A man named Theo. Roth, living near
| Roach's Spring, in Alexandra county, q
| short distance north of TINS city, WINE
angry with his seventv-year-Old wife start
| cd 10 assault and beat her. Her cries
| brought her son. William German, 10 her
| rescue. and when he attempted To stop ms
| stepfather the stepfatheT drew pistol ana
ful but not dangerous wound. koth was
arrested and committed 10 jail TO await the
/ action Of the grand jury by Squire Drum
mond. Bornan is doing well to-day.
GENERAL ILE's CANVASS.
General Lee has commenced his canvass
| for Congress He IL now in the southern
portion OF the district delivering addresses,
| and is assisted 10y State-Senator k. Walton
/ Moore, Of Fairfax county. They are ad-
| dressing large meetings and receive enthu-
| sastic welcome wherever they speak.
| Before the election-day they will have
| spoken in almost all the counties in the
| district.
MINOR MENTION
Rathbone Division. No. g. L. r.. X. of r.,
will attend the fair at Hagerstown, Md, in
company with the four divisions OF the
! Uniform Rank Knights ofPythias of Wash
| ington on Wednesday next. They Will
! take the Alexandra drum-cOrps with them
The County Court-Judge Chichester.
| having finished its work for the term, adj
| iourned for the course last evening.
The St. Johns Academy baseball nine
were Yesterday defeated by the Georgetown
| College nine by a score of 10 to -.