The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-15
WILL HAVE EVIDENCE.
A Coroner's jury Standing
Upon Its Rights.
THE DEATH OF MRS. PERRY
Can Driver Aarous. Be Compelled
to Testify Against Himselt?-
A Nice Point.

Coroner Parslow's jury gave him an
astonisher last evening in connection
with the inquest in the case Of Louisa
Perry, the woman who was killed by a
horse car at the Newark avenue crossing
two weeks ago. The jury refused to be
discharged until the driver of the car,
William Aarons, has given his testi
lnony, and in consequence an adjourn
ment was taken to next Monday night.
Aarons was taken into custody, but was
bailed subsequently, and at once re-
sumed his duties as a driver. He has not
been in attendance at either of the two
sessions of the Coroner's jury, and when,
after examining number of witnesses
last night, Coroner Parslow remarked.
"This concludes the testimony, with the
exception of County Physician Converse's
Statement" the foreman at once pro-
Tested.
"We want to hear what the driver has
to say" the foreman said, interrupting
the Coroner.
HE is out on bail and can not be COM
PEELED to come here and testify" said Mr..
Parslow.
NO VERDICT.
"Well, If he doesn't tell us what he
knows about the case, we won't return q
verdict" declared the foreman, deter
minedly. ssas
yes" exclaimed another juryman.
land there's another man as we'll as The
driver whose testimony we want. he
was on the front platform OF the car at
the time Of the accident, and the testi-
mony Of each Is necessary before proper
verdict can be reached
Ali the jurors endorsed the opinions of
the two speakers, so the Coroner con-
cluded to adjourn the inquest to Monday
night. II will do my best TO get them
here" he said, "but cannot promise that
either will be in attendance The man
who was on the front platform we must
first find, and the driver we cannot COM
pei to come. However. think we will be
able to get one of the two men,"
None Of the witnesses examined last
night knew much about the accident.
William Leonard, the first witness testi-
ted that he was standing on Henderson
street, when Mrs. Perry tried to cross
the track in front of Aaron's car. "a
train was passing on the Penn
sylvania Railroad trestle over
think the noise frightened the horses and
rendered them uncomfortable. | don't
think the driver called to the woman. as
it strikes me his attention was taken up
with the horses. think the first inti-
nation he mad of the accident was when
UGOUlG Oh Uut blueWdlh CdllcQ A1o dutCa-
lion TO the woman under the car. Then
he at once put OH the brakes. The wheel
didn't seem to pass over the woInan's
body, but sort OF jammed it against the
track. The Car was going very rapidly. /"
CONTRA DICTORY.
Thomas Reynolds, conductor OF
Aaron's Car, testified that the car was not
going rapidly at the time OF the accident,
as just before 1T occurred they had come
to stop, and were hardly we'll
started when the excitement in
front attracted his attention. Reynolds
helped carry Mrs. Perry into Vockroth's
drug store. After she was taken inside
the woman exclaimed:-'Mv God. Pm
hurt That's all heard her say" Reyn-
olds testified. There were six passen-
gers on the car. five of whom were Ital-
ians. One mad stood on the front plat
form"
'sWhat sort of team did your driver
have?" asked jpryman.
;'You might call them crow baits," said
the witness.
another juryman.
William Vockroth, of No. 10 Newark
avenue, the druggist into whose place
Mrs. Perry was taken. said that nothing
was done for the woman Immediately
after the accident because he was not Il
physician. and fancying her ribs were
broken he was unable to do more than
telephone for an ambulance. The woman,
Mr.. Vockroth said, was accompanied by
little boy. Within five minutes after she
was brought in the ambulance arrived,
and she was taken off
Frank Ry an saw Mrs. Perry on the
track dragged about six feet. The
wheels, he thought, did not pass over the
woman's body. He at once seized the
horses by the head, and. backed them up
until the woman was taken out from un-
derueath the car.
The jury in the case is far more intelli-
gent than the average Coroner's jury, a
msjority Of them being business men on
the Hill. and after adjournment they an
nounced their intention of having Aarous
on the stand If it is possible to get him
before the Coroner. Aarons, it is said, has
announced his intention of saying moth
ing at the inquest A number of the en-
pioYes OF the railroad company were
present at the inquest, and uhey all de-
ciared that Aarons knew nothing more
about the accident than did the witness
who testified.