Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-13
FATAL SIGNAL-POST.
coNoucroa CHAMBERLAIN KNOCK
81 FROM HIS TRAM AND KILLED
90 Accident on the Atiantic-Coast Line
Yesterday Afternoon-State-
mcnt Of Passengers

II, / W Chamberlain. better known e
,bo travelling public and the people o
Richmond as Captain Walter Chamber
l,in. uopulnr conductor on the Atlantic
cast Line. was instantly killed YESTERDAY
afternoon hy being knocked f:ofn q tran
hva whisilinc. or signalpost. Yesterday
nornne AZ Weldon Captain Chamberlain
took charge of an excursion tram rom
Durham bound for this city. Soon ai''i
leaving Weldon he discovered that. one %,
h,. cars had hot box and It was ohseI "a
fhat Al intervals be would repair 20 700
platform aud lean forward 10 va. as"c,
ON several occasions this tcmpttH -
gers to 90 ont on the plat nm u'' e,,oi 9
ta.n Chamberlain respectfully uu' ,cii,n,
made them 90 back INFO the car 49,, -
danger OF being Knocked Oh ""'
s.enal-posts.
rttr ~rFN 10 swIN" o'I'
H.. 49,, s.aD 90 swing out from the
.r'.e..,.. t',t.ko 70 loOk ~ The box Wheii
49, ,r.. about ten miles south OF
n',...i,-e Wr. linden, one Oh the eNCul-
$3.50, Tursci that Tins time captain
S,@nfe,Iau leaned particularly iat ouV'
..Ith.Drh hr did not SEQ ulm IAN the
,..t instant saw hm lying on the ftouhu
Whom toe Cow az the Tram were noIlneI
a..1.,1.nf fhov were 10th 90 believe
DID, hutlu backing 90 tnc spot iouhu thc
t,f. ai,ri twenty feet tins side Of
,...,..f where Dc mad been hurled by the
,.,.. DID,. OBJ. blow. Blood was 0olng from
t..,.r.. at.d tl,ro were also blood marks
.ntI. po.t. Captain Chamberlain cap
e.t. evidence that the accident hap
t,...1 above stated. The BODY was lett
ia charge .t watchers and car sent Tor u
fr.- p,f,.~hurF. TINS morning Il viii be
brought g.. Richmond.
fngrssKD ~ HIS COURTESY.
Sir. IS. il. Walker. of Henderson, an
other of fie cXcur-louisis. also saw Gap
mr Cham berluu just before he wa struck
nrI .mmrllatcly afterwards. lie sara no
a.du.t know Captain chamberlain s name,
iuf hs Ras particularly attracted of ms
courtesy % the passengers. DE 'hcut-
.,.il-t- were about equally divided be
tween whites and negroes. AMI IA cou>e.
ounce of rumDr having been circulated
tNr' tl,v hat had % row on the tram and
Killed f.r conductor u squad of police
weren't Tire Brrl street depot 90 meet them
Dr t.,lr arrival iu Richmond, winch was
about , O'clock Yesterday afternoon. a
u.r. orderly crowd, however, never got
oI ffnL here.
Captain Chamberlain resided with ms
mother. ou the Brook road just beyond tho
cl:y huits. Ills father, who vas for years
IA business iu the second market dled
about wear aro.
IIlSK THIEF WAS TOCL PLAY.
According to tie DispArcHs Petersburg
tyorll the officers Of the r4al lu tina, CITY
LlyH some doubts regarding ihe theory at
NccI.u'. our special says:
e.. ..rfrr H...ff NJ q
rt lu thIs cifv tuC accident Was reported
90 Superintendent gl.Y. who. with other
.r..,r. ot ,hc road. promptly went 10 the
tcrue 30 q special tram and made tho
uu- b Investigation a. a. she cause of the
n..rltut. ihopisce of the accidcut was at a
f4ius tuowna Acr,e. lMs siding is about
il.i male 90 length and the two tracks
arc eight feet apart About midway Of the
distance and four feet from either track Is
o. Wl-tluF-pc-t. md 70 was thought that
Captain Chamberlain, while leaning from
The platform. had been struck by this post,
lui great doubt hangs upon this point,
and thor theory is that ho was knocked: Or
showed iiom tie platform hy some one, as
10 Is known that be- had great difficulty IN
preventing some Of the negro passengers
from riding on the platform and had soye-
rAl times ordered thcin INTO the cars.
Hr,BD TO MAZE THREATS.
"Oucin particular, whose name could
DIT bc learned. was heard o. make threats
AGAINST the Captain, and this same negro
was fNc first one 90 report the accldent.
lls was ALSO seen upon the same platform
r.tl 90. Captain az the time and place of
f.r accident IuIs theory Il the one gem
orally believed. and d. strengthened 10y the
-ut,m,ut ~ the ouly witness of the fatal
iul-an old negro Whown~ standing ON tho