The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-14
An Unknown Man Stretched
Across the Track Run
Over by a Car at
Grove ST.. Near
Twentieth.
THE PLACE DARK AND LONELY.
Driver Webber Felt the Way
Blocked and Discovered
the Corpse.

About half-past ten o'clock last night
man was killed on Grove street. near
Twentieth, almost directly under the
Delaware and Lackawanna bridge. and
one Of the lowliest and darkest neigh
borhoods in the city.
John Webber, driver. and John Caus-
tens. conductor. OF Grove street horse
car of the North HudsonECounfy Railway
Company, left the Hoboken ferry about
ten O'Clock last night. At the junction OF
Grove and Newark streets. Hobaken,
there is q switch and when Webber's car
reached there he was met BY car COM
ing from Jersey City, driven by one Wal
ters. and on which one Hobkins is con-
ductor
Webber. when the track was cleared,
started up, and had proceeded to within
about six or eight feet Of the northslGe OF
the bridge wnen be felt something jar
the car. DE stopped and getting down 10
Investigate was surprised TO mud the
maugled body Of a man upon the track
His head and neck rested on the track.
his hands were extended, and his feet
stretched towards the west.
The police of Captain Kelly's command
were Immediately notified and the ambu-
lance summoned, but death had been In
stantaneous.
HIS NECK BROKEN
DIR. Hoffman. OF Pavonia avenue, exam
ined the man and found the car had
passed over his chest. badly breaking his
neck HIS right arm was smashed. the
bone protruding. and the left side Of his
face disfgured. His skull was also frac-
tured. he was removed to Boylan's
undertaking establishment.
The man appeared TO be about twenty
four years OF i've; was five feet six inches
nigh, sandy complexion, sandy moustaohe
and hair. He wore black coat and vest.
striped trousers, white laundrled shirt.
Etandup collar and red neckrie; his
underclothes were white. All things
considered, the man looked to be respect
able and clean. His hat was bought OF
Kiem & Hoth, OF Hobokeu. In his
pockets were ninety-five ce nts, paper Of
chewing tobacco and a handkerchief
asked Driver Webber IL be saw the
man before he was struck, but curious
enough he says he did not While the
place is dark and lonely, the lamps for
the car ought TO have furnished suficiens
light to have disclosed an object upon the
track. But driver Webber says he saw
no one, and only knew something was
wrong when he felt the car blocked. Tbs
horses did not shy IN any manner, he
says.
NO ONE THERE TWO MINUTES BEFORE
OrlRcF W d1ltFc Oh tlt Eak going ~ xlo~
boken, and which passed the spot about
two minutes before the man Was dlscov-
cred, says he saw no one in the neignbor-
hood. Conductor Hopkins makes the
same statement.
Captain Kelly has been investigating
the matter personally and is doing all that
possibly can be done to fathom the mys-
terry, but SO TAR he has not been success
ful. No one has identified the man; in
fact no one in the neighborhood seems 20
have seen him.
a driver Of one Of Perry's coal carts
says that this morning at seven o'clock
he saw small white flask, with nickIe
or tin TOD, which would mold about one
good drink. laying on the side OF the
track directly under the bridge He did
not get down to get il. and half hour
afterwards, when he returned, IL was not
there.
Many theories are advanced as TO the
cause of the accident. Some contend tbs
man fell from the bridge, and others say
he was placed upon the track, but as yet
all theories advanced are supposition-
This morning Driver Webber and Con-
ductor Caustens were arraigned before
Justice Stilsing, charged with man
slaughter. They were remanded until
tomorrow morning.