The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-04

rhe Bisssrmpn and Railway Csupany
Exencratca From All Dinme for the
Deuth or Iosrub a.. Tsou,ltu~ss.

rhe BIessrnpn and Hallway Cs.pany
Rxencrasca From All Bl.pe for the
! Death or Joseph @. Temltnssn.
Coroner Joseph q. Kirk summoned
the following Jurors to bold an Inquest
In the case OF Joseph @. Tomlinson,
who was killed on Wednesday on East
Eighth street by electric car No. Al,
r. Joseph Green, William II. Long,
john B. Ginder, A. ]. Kooch, Joseph
Mccormick, John B. Dunbar, Charles
Z. Sparks. Thos. ]. Giles and Richard
+. Fox.
The jury met at the Delaware
House at $50 o'clock last evening.
ana proceeded In special car to the
residence OF Lewis D. Hewitt, step
father OF the deceased. at No. 724 Ben
nett street, where the body was View
lied by electinB r. Joseph Green fore.
The Jury then proceeded to the resi-
dence OF Joseph II. Horner, on the
northeast corner Of Eighth and Ben
nett streets, for the purpose Of ex-
amining some OF the witnesses who
could not attend the City Hall.
Mrs. Ella Horner testified TINT she
knew the deceased, and that on the
day Of the accident he was at her win.
dow asking for her son Jesse. After
he left the window she did not see
him again until he was on the track.
She had known him about six months
and had never heard OF anything
being the matter with his hearing.
The witness did not notice the gong,
but was SO accustomed to hearing II
that the car frequently passed without
her notice. The car YVES not running
unusually fast, and she heard the
motorman when he halloed to the boy
She had frequently noticed Thomaf
M. Sommers as he passed. and alwayi
considered him very careful man. II
answer to question, the witness sale
the boys were in the habit OF running
across the street In front OF approach
ing cars.
Miss Lydia Kelley and Joseph Har
were also examined. and their testi
mony was substantially the Same o.
that OF the preceding witness.
The jury then proceeded In the oal
to the City Hall. where the testimon,
OF the following witnesse was heard
John II. Broom. L. w. Bounds. Ma,
Abramson. Mary Zeigler, John Fowler
Charles Edmunds, Hilda Oldson. Louis
Emmering, Annie Gabriel, Catharin
Ayers, George Graham. John Haggerty
Harvey Vandegrltt and William Nard
Some OF these Witnesses were on tn
car at the time, and they all agreed i
saying that the boy ran directly Il
front OF the car when 1t was but tw
or three feet distant, and that just a
he started to run tho motorman ha
lloed to him and rang the gong. II
, also put on the brakes and reverse
the motion and did everything in hi
power to avert the accident. 1t wa
also shown that Sommers lie consic
erred one Of the best and most careful
,'men In the employ of the company
and that at the time the car was nc
running fast.
\ Sommers, who was present, made
! statement in which he gave about tn
same account OF the accident. III
room was then cleared Of all exceT
e the jury, who after fully dlscussin
the matter, rendered tho followin
; verdict: ........
/. Resolved. that Joseph c. TomliI
; son came to his death on August %
1898, by being run over on East Eight
street. below Bennett, by electric ca
lNo.~41, and that no blame can attae
to the motorman or the company. 9
0 the affair was purely accidental"
e The jury unanimously decided to d.
e nate their fees to the family of the d
/. ceased.