The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-10
mDOUGHERTY'S DEATH.
Horrible End of a Civil En-
gineer BY a Trolley Car.
Thousands Witness 1t.

oduuuCA - bOusu0lt9 q SAVAt
and a well-known resident Of the Bergen
section Of the city. met with q horrible
death yesterday afternoon. He was
struck by one OF the electric motors u
the Montgomery street line. u his BODY
was mangled almost beyond recognition .
Traffic GU the road was delayed for over
half an hour, rs the car which struck
Dougherty had to be raised with JACK
sore VS. to get at The body. A crowd OF
at least u Thousand people gathered
about the scene of the accident.
BAD CIRCUMSTANCES.
The circumstances attending the acct
lent are peculiarly distressing. Dougher-
ty lives at No. 234 Bergen avenue. Yes
tegday atteraoop, shortly after four
O'Clock, he ieIt his home, stating that he
was golpg down town 10 attend to some
business and would be back for dinner.
He boarded one of the electric motors at
the junction. He knew the conductor
and stood on the back platform of the
car chatting with hin. He was in I'M
usually good spirits.
As the car neared the corner of Mont
gomery and Freeman streets, Dougherty,
vino is SevenLy-siX years old, told the con-
ductor that he wanted to get off the car.
The conductor signalled to the motor
man and the car slackened its speed.
The car had not come to a full stop, how
ever, when Dougherty stepped of it.
The conductor had his attention attracted
to a couple of ladies, who We're about to
board the car. aud did not notice that the
old man was stepping directly in ronto OF
an up-bound motor, which was going aG
a huge rate of speed.
The motor going up the hill was In
charge of Felix Mccoy, "a young Irish
man, He has not been employed by the
company any length of time, but he Is
said to be a careful man. The Car was
crowded with passengers, aud all the
seats were filled, and many were stand
ing. About one-half the passengers were
Indies.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
When Dougherty stepped off the car
he started to cross the up track. Just as
he got Oh the track the motor struck him.
Mccoy did not see the old man until the
car was within three feet of him. Then
it was too late.
Mccoy put on the brake with such
force that several passengers in the car
were thrown down. The passengers
heard d sickening sound as the fsont
wheels of the motor passed over The body
of the old man. One of the passengers
who had been looking out of the window
witnessed the accident.
MY God, there is Il man under the car"
he cried.
PANIC IN THE CAR
In a moment there was the greatest
excitement. The ladies in the car i'm
mediately became panic stricken. All
the passengers left the car. The motor
man was as pale as death. The old mans
hand was the only portion of him that
could be seen. Not q moan or cry was
heard, and as the crowd realized that the
old man was dead beneath the car, the
excitement increased. The crowd gather
ed in Il very few minutes. Word was
sent to police headquarters and the
patrol wagon and several policemen were
soon on the scene of the accident.
letting THE BODY OUT.
1t was impossible to extricate the body
without lifting the car off the track.
Word was semi to the company's stable
and several workmen arrived with jack
screws. After half an hours work, and
In the presence of over one thousand
people. the car was lifted off the track.
The sight was a sickening one. yet
some of the crowd almos fought the
police in their efforts to get glimpse Of
the body. The poor old man was horribly
mutilated, Death must have been in
Simultaneous. His head was crushed to a
Jelly, and patches of his gray hair. clothed
with blood, clung to the Car wheels. lie
was ~disembowelled aad both of his legs
were almost severed from his body.
REMAINS TAKEN HOME.
The reuialnS were gathered up ana
taken to the Morgue and later they were
taken to the home of the family.
Mccoy was arrested and the usual
charge of manslaughter was preferred
against him. He was arraigued before
Police Justice O'Donnell this morning.
Ex-Judge A. Il. Garrettson Was on hand
to look after the interests of Jne railroad
company. After a brief hearing Mccoy
was remanded for further examination.
GU FITCH OF HIS LIFE.
Mr.. Dougherty was formerly connected
with the old Camden and Amboy Rail-
road. ABOUT twenty years ago he Was
Chief Engineer OF the Jersey City Water
Works, Il later was Consulting Engin-
eer.