The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-29

pushed past him into the car be had a
revolver in his hsnd-a big Engiish bull
dog he walked through the car with the
revolver in his hand, and 1 WAS expecting
every minute 10 sec him shoot some one ;
the cars were crowded, but there was safi-
cient room for every one inside the cars /;
when near the rear end OF the second car
Kelly got into a fight with some other man,
and the conductor came in and parted them T;
the conductor and Kelly had hold of one
another. and were being pushed forward TO
the third car. Kelly fell between the second
and third cars two or three parties had
hold of him when the train parted aud be
and one Of the men who had hold OF him,
fell on the track caught hold Of Milt Pile
| Just as he was falling and held him for sec
ond or two, when my hold on him broke;
jumped Of. struck on a stone pile, and bruis-
ed both my legs pretty badly one car and
the front trucks OF the second car passed
over the men before the train stopped the
accident would never have happened had it
not been for Kelly he behaved terribly and
was either drunk or crazy"
John Ward, who was conductor of the
train, said While was getting my orders
at lockwood the brakeman told me that
Kelly was going through the cars with re-
volver in his hand, terrorizing the passen-
gers when got on the train Kelly and an
other man from Johnstowa were clinched
near the rear end of the second car ! tried
to part them Kelly caught bold Of me the
crow pushed US toward the door ! tried to
get him in the next car he had q revolver
in his hand his hold on my coat broke and
he fell down between the two cars two men
had hold Of his arms / caught him at the
| hip the crowd pushed out on the platform
and my hold broke and l reached up and
pulled the whistle cord he had his hand in
which he had the revolver raised, and |
think he intended TO shoot me just as
pulled the whistle cord some one pulled the
automatic brake cord and the train
stopped suddenly, breaking Ithe coupling
between the second and third car. We run
about two car lengths before We stopped.
Both men were found under the rear trucks
of the fourth car. There were three engines
at the front of the train and when the auto
matte brakes were applied they pulled the
train apart We were running at rate Of
from twenty-five to thirty miles an hour.
The train consisted Of thirteen coaches, on
which were flom 1000 to 100 passengers.
THE VERDICT.
CoMMoSwEALrH OF Pa.
SOxERsET County -
An inquisition indented and taken in the
borough Of Somerset, in the said county of
Somerset, on the 9th day of July, A. D.,
1891, before me, Noah Casebeer, Justice Of
the Peace in and for said county Of Somerset.
to inquire upon the part of the Common
wealth when, where, how and after what
manner the said james o. Kelly and LueasT T.
Meyers came to their deaths, do say upon their
affirmatiOns. it so happened that James o.
Kelly, late of Johnstown, Pa, and Lucas 7.
Meyers, late of Latrobe, Pa, at or about the
hour of o'clock p m, of the 26th day of
July, A. D.. 1891, accidentally, casually and
unfortunately where engaged in struggle
upon the platform Of a car, constituting
a part of certain extra train running
from lockwood 10 Johnstown, Penna..
on the 5. & C. Z. R., containing Is crowded
passenger cars, drawn by three engines,
while running at the rate of % 10 . miles
per hohr, at a point on the said railroad
about one mile south of Shamrock station,
were suddenly and violently dropped from
the said platform to the roadbed by the
breaking of the couplings between the sec
ond and third cars of the train that the
said James 0. Kelly and Lueas T. Meyers
were then and there killed by the trucks Of
the third and fourth cars passing over their
bodies, infiicting certain mortal wounds,
causing instant death; that the parting Of
said train was produced by some cause un-
known, or by some person or persons to
your jurors unknown either accidentally or
maliciously pulling the air-brake cord, thus
instantly locking the wheels of all the cars
and also the wheels of the engine next the
at their regular speed. Your jurors do fur
ther believe that the said James o. Kelly
was in an intoxicated condition, and that
by standing on the platform and demanding
tickets of the passengers at lockwood sta
ton, by brandishing a revolver in the
faces Of passengers, and by threats Of
shooting and actual violence he made
himself so obnoxious and dangerous
to passengers, as TO compel passengers
and the conductor at the request of
passengers for their Own security TO remove
him from the car or to disarm and quiet
him that in the disturbance ensuing the
said James o. Kelly was separated from one
Wardsley in the second car and was by the
conductor of the said train removed or
pushed from the interior of the second car
10 the platform thereof, where he, Kelly,
made stand and resisted further removal
toward the third car that there a certain
person, afterwards ascertained TO be the
said Lucas T. Meyers, to the witnesses un-
known al the time, caught hold of the said
Kelly as if for the purpose of disarming i'm
or assisting in his removal when both per
sons in graphing and swinging between the
guard rails Of the two cars and while in this
HecLliOuf iAuStuSi " fp1,tA VI eHO ~S-
ductor pulling the whistle rope and the en-
giues not working in anision then, or by
someone pulling the air brake cord then who
is to the jurors unknOwn), the train sepa-
rated and the two contestants were
precipiiated to the track where their
left arms were broken near their shoulders
their heads all but severed from their bodies, !
and where they were otherwise horribly
wounded and mangled.
In witness whereof, as well as the afore-
said Justice Of the Peace, as the jurors
Aforesaid, have TO this inquisition put their
hand and seals, the 9th day of July, lS9l.
The above finding was signed by all Of
the jurors.
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