Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-16
SU NOAY'S CASUALTIES
Two Men Killed by Railroad and Brought
Here.
Cutting and Shooting Arrays Two
Cable Car Accidents-Fell From
a Tree-Skulls Smashed.

Saturday night and yesterday came near
being repetition of the corresponding pc
Rod two weeks ago. Two dead bodies found
their way to the morgue. although they were
killed in Maryland, and several victims of
assaults and accidents found their way to
the Emergency Hospital The only fatal
affair was the one in Maryland, on the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad near
Magruder's station. Three Swiss Immigrants
tramping from New York to this city look
ing for work. were struck by an express
train. Two of them were instantly killed
and the third member of the trio was pain
FULLY injured. The men. ii is thought. had
been In this country but a short while. They
were walking on the railroad track about 10
O'Clock yesterday morning, coming this way.
with them was a colored man. whom they
had met on the road, and he was apparently
acting as their guide. Behind them they
heard moving train. and stepping from in
front Of it to the southbound track they
Were in the same danger. The wind was
blowing at the time and this probably pre-
vented the travellers from seeing the train
coming toward them. Before they, could re-
allze the danger they were in, the fast ex-
press train struck them and sent two of
them to eternity without a moments warn
ing. The third member of the party had re-
ceived fracture of the skull. his shoulder
was broken and he was otherwise badly
injured. The colored man had evidently
stepped from the track just before the train
reached them.
Such was the condition of affairs when
Engineer Parsons stopped the train and sent
the crew back to investigate. The dead
bodies and the injured man were put on the
train and brought here. Two patrol wagons
and an ambulance met the train at the
depot The dead bodies were sent to the
morgue and the injured man was removed
to the Emergency Hospital. Although so
dangerously injured, the patient regained
consciousness later in the day and was able
to tell part of the story of his companions
and himself Passports and photographs
were found on them and from these and the
statements of the injured man II was
learned that the dead men were Paul v
Neuenschvander and Frantz Rebsamber.
both from Berne, Switzerland. John Has
senfratz is the name of the injured man.
He, is % years old and he came from Frau
feldt, Switzerland. Six months ago he left
his home and came to this country looking
for work In New York he did some labor
ing work and then he started south with his
two companions. who are now dead. They
visited Baltimore, but being unable to get
employment Fhere. they started for this city
Saturday moIhing.
Coroner Woodward viewed the bodies at
the morgue, but as the mem We're Killed in
Maryland he could do nothing other than
thought the bodies would have to be
buried at the expense of the District To-
day he notified the representative of the
Swiss government here of the affair.
At the hospital today IL was stated that
the injured man was holding his own.
Cable Car Accidents.
There were two cable car accidents
Samuel jackson, a colored tailor, was one
Of the victims, and. although not killed he
is in a bad way. The accident happened
near the corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and 11th street. He lives al No. AS Goth
street. Saturday night he worked late. and
1t was nearly / o'clock in the morning be-
fore he ready to start home. In
crossing the avenue he walked in front of
the cable car and was knocked down. In
the absence of a fender on the car the
hic,e. and the fracture of ribs and the
inf1iction of severe external injuries re-
suited. Before being removed from the
track the man lost considerable blood, and
when he reached the hospital IL was
thought he would die. but the doctors did
what they could for him, and this morning
he appeared no worse.
The other accident happened in George
town. William Gilroy resident OF Charles
county, was the victim. He got OF a car
on the wrong side of the track and was
struck by the train moving in the opposite
direction of the one from which he alighted.
the railroad men.
Two Women Fight.
There was fight between two colo-ed
women in the Division" and both women
are now in the hospital Although both
women are painfully injured 1t is not
thought that either of them will die. Sadie
Horton and Grace Caldwell are their names.
They live in a house kept by a woman
named Annie Snively. The women had not
been on good terms for long while and
about O'Clock yesterday morning, afte- a
night of carousng, their in feeling ended in
a fight. cuspidor used by Grace Caldwell
laid bare her victims skull. while Sadie
used penknife on her assailant, infiicting
nearly a dozen ugly cuts about the sides
and shoulders of Grace. The numerous
wounds Were repaired by the Emergency
Hospital physicians, and the women were
sent to the police station under arrest
This morning, when the effects of the
whisky had died out. the women were in
such bad condition that they had to be