Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-10
TT WASA FATAL LEAP
,sr. HJNNIcuTT. OF PETERSBURG,
KILLED ON THE CITY RAILWAY.
a., inning from One Car He Strikes Against
Another and Receives Injuries
that Cause Death.


Two large pools Of blood on tho corner
tsMonroe and Main streets mark the spot
,shere another lamentable calamity caused
by the street-cars has occurred.
Last night about $50 o'clock Mr.. Henry
W. Hunnicut,. visitor to this city from
Petersburg. attempted TO leap from an
east-bound electrician on the City rail-
wav and struck against q west-boupd car.
which was passing at the time. receiving
Injuries from which he died IN less than
half an hour.
STOPPED, BUT TOO LATE.
Immediately after the accident occurred
Tho conductor of tho car against which tho
unfortunate man leaped checked up-in
fact. was about 20 stop when the fatal leap
was made. and rendered all the assistan CO
he could. The ambulance was teie-
phoped for. but could not be obtained.
and after Drs Franklin and Brsnnack had
boen summoned 1t was decided TO get
cayriaee and carry tho wounded man to
the Retreat for the Sick. Some difficulty
was also experienced in obtaining posi-
tive order for the carriage. and finally the
deceased was carried TO the Retreat IN the
wagon of Mr.. Burke.
HORRIBLY MAyGLKD.
A large crowd collected around the SUI
fering man. whose wounds were horrible,
and he cried out IN his agony, For 600
sake help me-" Some OF the people living
In the neighborhood sent out pillow. on
which the head of the poor man was iald.
and thus. in the streets and with strange
faces around him. his LIKELIHOOD was
Canaan Angle and Officer Orange arrived
nm the SCENE shortly after the accident
happened. h,oh :,
Sured Mr.. Hunnicutt. was greatly distress
ed. although he was not at all 10 blame LOT
the accident. He asked the wounded man
If il was his fault and MIR. Hunnicut simply
replied: That's all right, partner"
HE SOON DIES.
Az ,0.55. after having been carried TO the
Retreat for the Sick, MIR. Hunnicutt
breathed his last.
Deceased was struck on the back of the
hin. which was fearfully lacerated, and
from the amount of blood upon the car
track IL looked az If terrible slaughter
had taken place. Death was caused 10y the
shock which followed Immediately, and
when the end came he was too weak. IT con-
scious. TO give any utterance to his dying
wishes.
CONVEYED TO THE FAMILY.
Immediately upon tne utatL pi WI. II uh-
nicutt. with whom DIR. Peyer, OF the Re
treat. was slightly acquainted, a telephone
message was sent 10 Petersburg. IA the
private phones III that city had no one 10
respond 10 their calls, the painful duty OF
conveying to the relatives of the deceased
the news of the accident devolved upon
Mr.. Mcintyre. of the central Office.
Mr. Hunnicutt was about twenty-elght
wears old and unmarried. He resided at
:, & 81
II could not be learned last night whether
the remains would be carried 10 Peters
burg. as no response had been made 10y
the relatives of the deceased to the mes
sage. =
The accident seems to have been one Of
those unavoidable occurrences which
sometimes will happen III spite OF every
precaution.
THE NoToB-MAs's STATEMENT.
A representative Of the Dispatch called
nj the car-stables after the death of the
wounded man had occurred, and MI.
Iouis Never, the motor-man of Car No.
o. against which deceased struck, made
the following statement:
IL saw him when he swung of the car
going east right in front OF mine and put
on the breaks and reversed the current
backwards. At the time | was going at
very slow pace and was about TO stop for
MIR. Callaghan, the proprietor OF the OF.
Charles Hotel. who was about TO get
off. / did everything in my power to
save him. All the passengers on the car
There were several) told me to call on
them and they would exonerate me from
all blame in the matter, and said they
never saw q man try to prevent an accident
any more than / did. The man fell IN
humping, and that threw him under the
car. | think the front of the car struck
him. | am under the impression that ]
made the stop 80 quick that the wheel
didn't actually strike him. didn't have
10 pull him from under the car"
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
Henry Blunt, conductor of the same car,
"mef caught a glimpse of the man as he
made tie lump" After the car struck
hin he didn't think 1t went man
length
". 3. Collier, conductor of Car No. "a,
from which deceased jumped, said he had
,n.t passed the place where transfers
wore made for the Broad-street line.
The trangfer-bOv called out tor transfers,
no one responded, aud he went on. The
nan apparently did not make up his mind
10 change cars until No. "A had gone some
distance. He then jumped OIL without no.
tifying the conductor.
Lewis Williams the conductor. substan
TALLY corroborated this statement, and two
ladies on the car said they were certain the
man made no sign TO the conductor to stop,
The car only went few feet after the man
leaned from it.