The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-13
HIS HEAD CRUSHED
Young Man Killed by q
Trolley Car in Sight of
His Own Home.
HIS MOTHERS PREMoNlTIoN
She Was at the Window Watching
-Motorman in a Hurry to
Finish His Days Work.

Another trolley tragedy occurred last
night at Monticello and Jewett avenues
Its details are more sickening n pa
thetic than those of any preceding one.
The victim was killed within a few doors
of his home, where his mother sat at the
window watching for him to come. She
saw the crowd gather but luckily a pro-
lection of an adjoining house hid the
accident itself from her view.
The victim of last nights accident was
John Cooper, twenty-five years old, or
No. 27 Monticello avenue. He was knock
cd down and Instantly killed at Jewett
and Monticello avenues at HIS o'clock
last night by motor car No. 314 of the
Newark avenue line. He was returning
home from Newark and was a passenger
on a north bound car. He got off at
Jewett avenue and passed to the rear
of the car to cross to his home, which is
on the west side of the street. Coming
south was the Newark avenue car.
AT FULL SPEED.
The cars after eleven O'Clock are usual
ly driven at full speed, as the road is gen
orally clear and the motormen are anxi-
ous to make time and finish their last
tlips as soon as possible. Car No. ga
was going as fast as it is possible Tor a
trealey car TO go. Cooper carelessly
started to cross the street without nrst
looking to see If & car was coming from
the opposite direction. He had just step
ped on the south bound track when the
car struck him. His body, instead OF
being thrown under the wheels was hori-
81 aside and landed between the tracks.
His head was mashed to a pulp, ms
brains were battered out ard both arms
any ether part of his DO Y. He must have
been twirled completely around by the
shock, as his body lay with the head 70
tire north. His brains and a piece OF his
skull landed fully six feet from the rest
MoToRMAN LOOKED AROUND,
The motorman heard the car strike
something and brought it to a standst1n.
Looking around he saw the man lying
beside the track. The people in the car
hurried out and a large crowd OF passers
by soon collected. Patrolman Allison of
nne Fourth precinct was on the scene a
few seconds after the accident and placed
The .motorman, Archie Mcdonald. of No.
g. Church street. under arrest. The con-
First street. The tragedy occurred on
the dividing line of the Fourth and
Seventh precincts. Sergeant uekbe ana
9atcolran Collins Of the Seventh precinct
Fsere but a block away. They saw the
aHd gather and hurried 10 the scene.
*seant Quinn and Patrolman Van
1eu~en came soon after. The policemen
"a 4 up the body and laid it beside a
nSsFi fence on the corner and then sent
for Speer's Morgue wagon, which took
charge of it.
the dead mans face was d~isfgured so
that even his own relatives could not
have recognized It, but a letter found in
his pocket gave q clue as to his IDENTIFY.
A SAD DUTY.
Pa<rolnan Collins called at No. 20I
Monticello avenue and was met by Mrs.
Cooper He asked her for a description
gather and instantly divining what had
happened she eried:-"You needn't tell
me, I know ALL"
Then she nearly swooned away. She
had to be assisted upstairs, where she
broke the news to her husband, who had
retired for the night. and to her daugh-
bowed down with grief and was weep
ing bitterly. She said her son had left
home early in the evening and had prom
ised her that he would return at eleven
o'clock. She sat up and waited for him.
She was watching for hin at the win
dow shortly after eleven o'clock when she
saw people running towards Jewett ave-
nue. and saw a large crowd gather. She
had a sort Of premonition that something
had happened to her son and started
down the stairs to go and investigate.
returned TO her lonely vigil by the win
low. She had been there about twenty
minutes and was beginning TO get Uneasy
when the policeman ranE the bell.
She was somewhat prepared for what
he had to tell her, but he shock nearly
prostrated her nevertheless. She wanted
10 WISH TIE AoFSue 10 see HeF SON, Out
her husband persuaded her not to, as he
feared the sight would be too much for
her.
IN COURT.
The motorman was arraigned before
Justice Douglass this morning in the
Colnmunipaw avenue court. Examina-
ton was postponed until four O'Clock
this afternoon. Two dark spots mark
the scene OF the tragedy. They lie six
feet apart. The larger is where the body
lay. The other is all that is left of John
Coopar's brains, which the Traction Com
pany have kindly covered with sand to
keep passers by from sickening at the
sight.