Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-03
: TENDERLY LAID WAY,
Little Waldo Negus CONSIGNED 70
His Rest
The Impressive Funeral Ceremon,.s
This ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as,o
How the Unfortuuate Acct.
dent Occurred.

The funeral of little Isaac Waldo Me-
gus, son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Ne,ns
an account of whose tras ic death from
being run over by an electric car an.
peared in Saturday evenings ARsUs
occurred from the grief stricken homo
1901 Second avenue, at ? o'clock this
afternoon. Rev. j. II. Kerr conducted
the services, assisted by Rev. a. G. Mar.
shall. Mr.. Kerr delivered a few remarho
OF tender sympathysnd coincidence to the
oereaved parents, and the choir of the
Central church. Misses Hley and Folsom
and Messrs. II. d. Folsom and w Fl.
Philleo, sang sweetly number ofbesuti.
full anthems. There were a number of
lovely floral emblems. The pail bearers.
ell friends of the deceased, were Eddie
Gest' Sidney Loeb, Styles Copp and Ed
die Frysinger.
IN Difference TO the wishes of the
afflicted parents no coro ner's INQUEST
was held. The unfortunat tie boy died
from the shock and before a thorough
examination could be made. After
death it was revealed that there we're a
number of injuries sufficient TO produce
fatal results. Not only was the right
arm ground TO pulp from the shoulder
| down, but there were fractures of the
skull and also the pelvis, while the alb.
dominal contents were torn and lscersted.
Death 10 one so afflicted can be regarded
! only as blessed release.
There are many conflicting theories as
10 how the little fellow met his terrible
fate. Capt. j. NJ. Montgomery, who
was passing along the avenue when the
accident occurred, and assisted q. D.
Folsom in carrying the sufferer into Ellis
coal cftice, dissgrees with the statement
of the playmaies of little Waldo that he
was hanging 10 tie back of
wagon passing down the
avenue and fell or jumped just as the
car came up that ran over him. Can't.
Montgomery says there was no wagon in
sight going down Second avenue when
he first saw the boy after the car had
passed over him. A minute before he
had seen him run from the sidewalk
where the other children were playing
and he thinks he attempted to catch on
to the Ger, or the one going down, and
| Was thus thrown under the wheels.
Mrs. Mary Howard who boards with
Mrs. T. II Ellis, at 1921 Second avenue,
was sitting IN the front psrlor of the
house, directly in front of which the
tragedy occurred, talking to Mrs. Ellis
and looked out of the window lust as the
car passed over the boy The fir st
saw, said Mrs. Howard, this morning,
1.-The back wheels of the car we're going
over the poor boys body. l meyer shall
forget the sight as long as live. The
boy bad been al the window but a few
minutes before speaking to me and We
had been commenting on his bright
looks. The next | saw he was under the
wheels. How he got there l don't know;
whether he fell FROM another Car or
wagon l cannot tell. AL saw was the
boy and the Car running over him, and it
looked as if he had fallen out of the bot.
tom of the Car and down between the
front and the back wheels"
Some have advanced the belief that
the boy fell from the dowr-going car
and under the front wheels of the car
which ran over him. while the theory
which is most generally accepted is that
which the story of the li,tle fellows
p!aymates sustains, that lie either fell from
wsgou gong down Second avenue or
jumped from it and lost his balance and
was thrown under the car. This version
Is partially sustained by the fact that after
tee occurrence young man called at Mr..
Negus' house and stated that he was
driving the wagon from which the boy
fell and offered to do all he could for
him. From the statement of the COM
panions Of the boy, the assertion of
Moterman Walsh that he did not see any
children on the pavement until the &C.
cident had occurred-the others having
stated that they were on the walk-and
what Mrs. Howard saw, the best conclu,
sion that can be arrived at is that the boy
fell between the trucks of the car and
only the back wheels passed over him.
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