Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-16
A FATAL ACCIDENT.
Naval Ohicer Badly ManSled While Try
ing to Board . Cable Car.

n NAVAL Omcer Badly M3nGie0 w Mic Try
ing to Board . Cable Car.
About 6 o'clock last evening Lieut. l. K.
Reynolds, q. 8. N, commanding the coast sur
vey steamer Endeavor. was fatally injured by
being crushed beneath the wheels of grip car
No. / Of the 18th street cable line near 18th and
@ streets
Lieut. Reynolds alighted from a Georgetown
car and secured . transfer for 14th street car
going north He then went to the cafe in the
Riggs House, and as he came out 14th street
car No. 1, James Goode, gripman, was just
passing. without waiting for it to stop on the
north side of G street at the transfer station he
attempted to jump on the front part OF the
grip car. Missing his footing he fell. or was
thrown by the moving car under the wheels,
the front wheels of the grip car passing over
both legs above the knees.
Releasing his hold on the cable Gripman
Goode instantly applied both the wheel and
track brakes, but not before the man had been
dragged about twenty feet and was badly man
gled. The grip had to be lifted from the
track before Lieut. Reynolds could be extri-
Gated. A carriage WAS called and he was re-
moved to the Emergency Hospital.
At the hospital an examination OF Lieut.. Rey-
nolds injuries disclosed the fact that the bones
in both legs had been badly crushed and they
were broken above the knees.
The unfortunate mans injuries were such as
to prevent him from being seen by friends last
evening" and at late hour last night the ply
sicians at the hospital said that the condition Of
Lieut.. Reynolds was unchanged.
Late last night Officer Cramer arrested Grip
man Goode upon the charge of assault and bat
terry, and he was released by Lieut. Amiss on
600 collateral for his appearances in court
when the case is called for trial The witnesses
to the affair say that 1t was purely accidental.
Lieut.. Reynolds was about forty years of age
and came from Alabama. The Endeavor has
been at the Washington navy yard for the last
four or five months.
HIS DEATH THIS MORNING.
Lieut.. Reynolds died at the Emergency Hos
pital at o'clock this morning Of shock result
ing from his injuries. 1t was discovered that
the. bones of both legs were badly crushed
above the knees, although the flesh was not
torn TO any great extent. Everything was done
by the hospital staff to relieve the injured man,
but he gradually sank until death ended his
sufferings.
The deceased was unmarried and the news
of his death at once telegraphed to his
mother and brother, who reside in New York,
and they are expected some time during the
day. Coroner Patterson was at once notified of
Lieut.. Reynolds death, and viewing the body
this morning gave permission for it to be re-
moved to the Scottish Rite Cathedral on G
street between 10th and 18th streets. from
whence il is understood the funeral will take
place. The funeral will be conducted under
the direction of the Navy Department and the
Masonic order.
Coroner Patterson stated to STAR reporter
this morning that he would first examine the
witnesses of the accident in order to determine
whether he would or would not hold an in
quest.