The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-30
SHARES and Breaks.
FOURTH MOTOR VICTIM
Boy Thrown From a Mail Wagon
aud Instantly Killed.

The Greenville trolley road has claimed
another victim. Although In running
order but four weeks. four accidents
have SO far occ urrsd. and the road bids
fair TO Guido the Brooklyn system. On
Saturday afternoon. at half-past four
o'clock, a most shocking accident o.
CURED at Henderson street. William
Gepp, seventeen years old. Of No. SO
Sussex street. who Is employed as a
driver on the mail wagon which
collects all the mail matter from the
various sub-stations In the city. was
thrown from his seat by Mot or No. 344,
which struck the vehicle, ana SO ba Oily
mangled that he died u few nome nts
after being struck. Gepp had been col>
lecling mail from the sub-stations aud
was on his way to the General Postoffice.
He drove along Grand street and chose
the downtown track OF the road as his
delivery. AS he reached Grove street the
motor was at Jersey avenue. II was
going at a good rate Of speed, and when
it reached Grove street Gepp was half
way down the block. Mo.orma9
No. 795 Ocean avenue, raug
the alarm bell vigorously n Gepp
turned slightly towards the curb stone.
but not enough TO allow the motor to
pass by. In the meantime the motor was
bearing down upon the wagon. Motor
man Warner, seeing that the motor
would strike the wagon II he did not stop
1t. started TO u the handle to the point
which cuts of the current, when a
strange accident occurred. AS Warner
grabbed the handle and gave IL a turn 1t
slipped off the peg to which it was
attached. Before Warner could place it
back again on the peg the motor, which
was going FULL spead. struck the wagon.
Gepp was thrown directly in front OF
the car and the cruel wheels passed over
his body managing ir beyond recognition.
The motor continued on its mad flight
until it reached the middle of the next
block when the motorman recovered his
senses aud brought the car to a ~standstill.
The car was well filled with passengers
at the time. and when it was brought TO
a stop they jumped off aud hurried back
to the spot where the wagon was struck.
A large crowd had gathered by this
time, and Policeman Rogers who saw
the crowd assemble ran to the
spot and seeing the PROSTATE form
lying in the street, summoned the First
p~rectnct patrol wagon. Before the wagon
arrived, however, Gspp had breathed his
last. but the body was taken to the City
hospital nevertheless. It was afterwards
removed to SDeer's morgue. Police man
Rogers placed Motormau Warner under
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in a First precinct cell. where he had to
stay until this morning.
After the body of young Gepp was
taken away in the patrol wagon, Police
mar Rogers found the he trt and entrails
lying In the street. He notified the
superintendent eff the morgue and these
were also taken away.
Motorman Warner was arraigred for
examination this morning in Justice
O'Donnell's Court, but as the witnesses
Of the accident failed to put In an APP
pearance he was remanded until tomor-
row. He will have to spend the inter-
vening time in a cell. as he Is held with
out bail.
The witnesses of the accident all de-
clare that they saw the handle slip off tha
peg and do not blame the motormau but
Geup. who stubbornly stuck to tue track
until the motor was almost upon him.
Que of the motormen of the road said
to a reporter of THE JERSEY CITY News
this morning that it /. a commou occurs
curence for the handles to slip off tine
pegs. He said that the present way Of
attaching the handles Is very unsafe, as a
motorman is liable to lose control of the
motor If he does not exercise extreme
caution.