The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-18
D%OUGHERTY'S DEATH.
Last Nights Inq uest Developed In
teresting Testimony.

The inquest into the killing of Samuel
Dougherty by a trolley car on May 8. be-
| gun on Monday night III the room be-
meath Library Hall, was contin ued last
| night.
The first witness examined was James
p. Biggane, who said tnat he resided at
No. 405 Grove street, ana was a letter
carrier by occupation He recoliected the
day on which Dougherty was killed.
II was on the motor the day the gentle
man was killed. !" he testified. Il gener-
ally get off al Fremont street. When we
were about 100 feet the other side OF Free
| mont street, | asked the conductor to pull
the bell, which ne did and The car slowed
un. When we were at about the centre
OF Fremont street | gos off. l had gone
about so feet on Montgomery street and
Fremont street when | heard the noise
OF the car going off the track, and tnfu-
| ing around, | saw Mr.. Dongherty under
the car. ] frequently ride OF the cars,
three times a day. The car Mr.. Dough
| erty got off was from 100 TO $50 yards from
Freemant street at the time of the acct
dent. The rnotorman on the car was on
was ringing the bell as he approached
Fremont street"
The next witness was John Hart of
No. 50 Jorda II avenue, tue motorman on
the car on which Mr.. Dougherty was a
a passenger. He said
II have been in the employ of the Jer-
ser City and Bergen Railroad Company
for the past ten years. / have been run
niDg a motor since they started. | was
breaking in on the motor the dav the ac-
cident occurred. | got the bell to stop at
Fremont street, u / did 80, Mr..
Dongherty got off and getting the bali 10
go ahead. 1 started the motor again. l
knew Mr.. Dougnerty. Mccoy was COM
ing up al about LOO feet from where |
started. He was ringing the bell. When
my car. when was No. 344, had gone
conductor 10 stop. Ibid so, and he came
around to the front and told me that
some one was hurt. Idon't believe that
ne knew at the time that Mr.. Dougherty
was killed. Idldn't leave my car. but
stood there for some time in charge of the
motor and then went ahead. That is all
| saw of it.
Next, John Judge, a bartender, of No.
S06 Montgomery street, testified as fol-
lows
81 was riding on the car that killed Mr..
Deugherty, on May 9. | got OF the car at
Brun >wick street on that day as about
four O'Clock. After getting on at Bruus-
wick street / rode as far as Freemont
street wtien the car stopped, and | SAW a
man under the wheels. | was standing
on the rear platform at the time. convers-
ing with a man who Was sitting on the
dash board IN front of me. / don't know
his name as he was a stranger to me. [
was not conversing with the conductor.
| was going on the hill. / couldn't say
how fast the car was nni 1t was
going at a pretty lively gait, but not any
faster than they usually go. l only ride
on the motors once fu q while, and that
day was the first time in a couple of
weeks. I was TO conversing with either
Mr.. slogan or the conductor
After Mr.. Judges testimony had been
read ami signed the foreman of the Jury
asked Tor a recess OF ten minutes, which
Coroner Parslow granted, after some
aiso1scinn Altar tha roracs ono nors