Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-04
A NEWsROY,s SAD DEATH.
Little Willie Guyo Run Over by a Street Car
Delay In Getting the AmbuInnce.

Willie Guyo, an enterprising little newsboy
who has been selling papers and giving his
mother the proceeds of his sales, was the VIC
| tim of fatal accident on PENNSYLVANIA avenue
near the Peace Monument yesterday afternoon.
Willie was only twelve years old. but by sell
| ing copies OF THE STAR he managed to earn
more than good living and was great help
to his parents. His father is an Italian and his
mother Is OF Irish extraction. They live in
Purdy's court, and yesterday after
noon their young son left home and
started out on his usual business tour
to supply portion OF the population with
copies of The STAR. Less than three hours
later the parents received the sad intelligence
mat their son had been run over by street
car on the Washington and Georgetown rail-
road. The little boys mothers maiden name
was Martin and many of his playma knew
him as Willie Martin.
HOW -HE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
With his bundle of STARS Willie jumped on
the street cars and asked the passengers if they
wanted papers. In some cars he disposed of
several papers. while in others the passengers
had already been supplied. The last car on
which the unfortunate boy jumped was No.
81. of which Joseph S. Flemming was con-
ductor, and the car that inflicted the fatal in
juries was No. 104, of which John Feaster was
driver. Both vehicles we're open, or summer
cars. and the boy was on the size platform of
No 81. which was going west, when car No. 104
came along going in the opposite direction.
Exactly how the boy get off the car will be
shown at the coroners inquest this afternoon,
as some one made statement to the effect that
conductor flemming pushed the boy OFF the car.
but this statement is denied by the conductor.
However, the boy got off 104, he disap-
peared beneath car 81 and the rear if not both
wheels passed over his legs. inflicting wounds
that were almost necessarily fatal. His left leg
was so badly cut that it had to be amputated
and the right was also badly cut.
The cars were stopped and the little sufferer
was carried a few feet from the track with his
pillow for him to make him as comfortable as
possible.
SAID THE CONDUCTOR PUSHED HIM OFF.
He had not lost consciousness. but was aware
of what WAS going on. One of his statements.
so bystander says, was that the conductor
pushed him off the car, and then he begged for
his mother.
1t was but few minutes before the heart
broken woman was at the side of her dying son
and her heartrending cries brought tears to
the eyes of many bystanders.
Some one drove to the sixth police station
and asked to have the ambulance sent for the
boy. The ambulance is kept over in South
Washington, in out-of- the-way place. and
consequently 1t was something like half an
muir DtAOIe 10 convey the
injured boy to the hospital.
LAID HALF AN HOUR IN THE STREET
Car after car passed the scene while the am
bulance was being waited for and the passen-
gers were where they could witness the sad
sight. Bystanders complained of the slowness
OF the ambulance, but no one called vehicle
and removed the sufferer and he was permitted
to remain there in the street with his mother
at his side for about half an hour.
The ambulance finally arrived and removed
the boy to Providence Hospital, where he died
at o clock this morning.
Driver Eeaster and Conductor Flemming
were arrested and taken to the sixth police sta
ton Conductor Flemming denies that he
pushed the boy off the car and he saws that no
one regrets the accident more than himself
He says that the boy jumped on the car and he
called TO him to get OF, as he might get hurt
The boy remained on the platform until the
other car approached and then he jumped off,
Conductor Shaw of car 81 was on the rear
platform at the time of the accident and he
said he saw the boy just as he disappeared be-
meath the car.
The driver, Feaster, who is under arrest.
says that when he saw the boy fall under his
car it was too late for him to stop his horses in
time to prevent the serious happening.
When the boy died this morning his parents
and friends were at his bedside. where the sis
tiers and doctors were doing all they could for
the patient
AN INQUEST TO BE HELD.
This morning the dead body was removed to
the morgue, and Coroner Patterson decided to
hold an inquest at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon