Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-29

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y " btgestseIly, colder clearing and fair tuesday
rraR1BEE DEATH.-Wiliam Epsns, 1e
.ars oId. son of Mr. Charles E. Egsns, met
5taryiDie death on Saturday night last and
sos ybcb should be warning t, the 10
oo ~ boys VINO. against ent-estise,
.'rests. aud evan special laws On the sub.
- ns,sist 10 playing on the cars So they
throueh the streets. Il appears that
1og Evans, aod number G, compsnions.
"a 6esn in the habit OF coDaregatipg ON
10Th paT Uaou street AID jumping" the cars
,beg passeG elong tha5 atseet on their
a. from he ". & o. TO tee Midland yard.
Ant 7:l5 O'Clock OF Saturday night ss
a.nsI 4syera! Of thssa coys we're OF the cor
sor oi Un!on end Duke stte.a as freight
lin Of feD CARS, wnIch bad been nads up
- the ". & o. yard. passed that corner.
s.re OF tbs boys Jumped the train. but
Shetber youog E9aus succeeded In getting
~ rhe cars Is act known. When near the
W .nar nj Union snd Wolfe s,rsets the two
brskemer, Parics Qainn and Jno. MoIn-
- ,gbo were on tho resr car, te t that car
~ over sou g hing, but did not know what
i,~as When toe train reached the Mid
and ,s.d the brakemen asked tbs c0nauo.
Wv Edward Owens, and engineer Wallace
uook II t1ay hed run oyer anything. and
l-.,p cd 20. The brskemsn then told the
ooaouftor OF tae!g Car having passed over
s'.,st1tpg aud said thai the trsin must
Is,s eilhsr run ovsr somebody Or
~ 9 eoup!lag or lynch pin had fallen In
~ tesn p!aced in tae frog" ST the
eoot ueued. Conductor Ovens aud tae hag-
nan Harry McLsaren, Ioel walked back
4 .1nra ms ward end when they reached the
t.Oo thev fourd the body Of the boy lying
~ the side Of the track, teriby uEog:eG,
and i've or tbEee persons looking ct it en-
5asyor,nr to Identify the remains. Soon
orawd collected, Inc BODY was identi.
lad and Coroner PGrvi5 notified, who
,,oua instructions for tie holding OF
az names a. Mr.. Demaine's ~
ds,tskiue establishment tbs DeZt morn.
inc. In The meantime, tle parents OF :ns
h.y VINO live on Fairfax street., Eesr WOLF,
ware notified OF The accident and they vera
slrost aycgpowered oy grief and the shock.
Tho reDsios were taken to MIR. Damaiue's
where the Inquest was held at 10 o'clock
ye.t.rday mc,Ging.
Al the tralnmsn test fad hut none OF
thom witnessed the accident. Both the co.
nser sud conductor were Gil the engine st
tho TING Of the accident ard botn were on
The LOCKOUT. out neither saw the boy nor d!d
the engine t-lke him, 40 no traces of blood
con,d be found on aoy pant OF tt. The Tag
man testified to having Jagged the train So
nsusl and the TWO brasemen test hsd Ia SUD-
stsncs IS st .tsd above. ALI the ttsinmen
testified to tEe trouble they had IN keeping
hoys OF the cars and the conductor ssld theG
on the previous trip, at 8 O'clock, he had
nut ten hoye off the train. Tha msn eald
the bows were very persistent and annoying
and tast sometimes On bsiDg pnt OIL the cars
they woutG go to the top Of TIE suuSei and
throw bricks st the men as the train passed.
under.
Ooy ono Of the boys who waya onthe cars
6. tie time could be fourd. His name is
Lee Lawrence. he gave an account OF
bog the BOYS got on and ctf tbs oars and
sad thew had been doing SO for long time,
tbough the srelumen would make them get
off. He had once seen Evans jump GO the
eovcstoher. He said GU Saturday night
number OF boys got OF the train at tas coz
Nor OF Duke street. He asked Evans IL be
yss going TO get on and tbs LIT er said yes,
though witness did not know watch side CT
the GER deceased jumped on. Witness rode
q short distance, loeD Jumped CIT and walk
ed through tae tunnel. Another boy w6o
tried 10 get ou the cars was dragged come
distance snd Il lslly e5 go EMO fell IN
mud puddle at the corner OF wilkes END
RoysI streets. Witness sai6 while ne was
walking back on tao track he was told
that somebody had been killed. and then
went to where the body was lying. Al
though no ore, 90 far as known, saw
young Eyen5 fall, 1t is evident that in try
ing ID Climb on one Of rho cara about the
middle CT the train, be slipped snd fell un.
der the wheels. He was dragged Is feet and
the wheels Of several of the cars ran over
him, crushing one sds OF bis body f,ightiul-
IL, while his hesd was also badly cut. BE
must havs hesu killed instantly.
After hearing the evidence, the jury, OF
which Mr.. J. G.. Bsckhem was foreman, re-
turned verdict thst the deceased came t.
his desth "by climbing On and slipping uader
the wheels OF s passIog train," and that the
railroad company vas in no way respon-
sible.
Young Evsna, for the past isw yesrs, had
been one OF the GAz sTTE carriers. be was
also pupil OF Washington scaool and was
bright snd active. HIS parents have the
sympathy of the COMMUNITY in their sad al
fiction. His fanersl took place tails even
Ing ard vas largely attended, among tatss
present being the pupils OF his school. Rev.
J. Il. Butler conducted the seEvicss.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIvERsARY.-The
large and appTecislive sudieace gathered at
Trioi,y b. E. Church last night were We'll
repaid for Drawing the elements to attend
the missionary anniversary. The exercises
we're very iniereetlng and Instructive, and
the following programme was veil rendered.
Recitation, My Mission, joe Roberts; solo,
Mal!ie Lynch recitation Elite Lyjes; reci-
tetion "The PannV he Meant to Give"
Walter Plerpoirt; solo, Miss Ida Bsgeett,
chorus by school; recitation. Miss Minnie
Stolps; address by Presiding Elder Rsv. A.
J Porter solo, Miss Lille Smith; dialogue,
by Eve young ladies', ent tied "Tns Way of
Life;" solo, Miss Efis Tyler; song by The
school. enu,led "Cons Over and Help U.s."
Inc whole concluding with grand and elo-
Quart missionary address By the pastor,
Rev. W. q. McAljsier. Mr.. Sherman B.
Fowler presided st the organ in his usual
msstsrlv styIe, With Dr.. w. Bechtel es