The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-28
NCRUSHED UNDER A CAR.
SAD ACCIDENT ON THE CLAY
STREET ELECTRIC LINE.
walter Hicks. Little Newsboy. Fell and
the Wheels Passed Over His Body
How IL all Happened.

rool OF blood IN the middle OF the
tick OF the Clay-street electric railway.
rag way between Broad and Grace on
seventh street. marks the spot where. at
t4 o'clock yesterday evening. little
,oc,yc-ycar-old Walter r. Hicks. a news
b., was run over by car number 81
and 500 horribly mangled that he died at
81. o'clock at the city Amshouse,
whittier he had been taken.
The uewsboys are accustomed 20 gather
.t seventh and Broad every evening, and
..,, swarm upon the cars IN thcr at
,,mpts 20 sell their papers Car No.
Cd closed car AMI was being run by
v..oyuan Crarics Cannon, who is ono
~ tle most trusted and careful employees
- me Electric Railway Company, haV-
f,s been with the company ever since II
started. and never Up TO Yesterday even
,-e having had any accident with any
.r tlat he has ever run.
BOARDED INK CAR.
yyher Motornan Cannon stopped his
..- NO seventh and Broad. little Walter
t..rIei II with his papers. lie did not
g.. any, and Cannon made him get of
I.ufc staltinl tne car. Just as the
.... boy stepped & r a gentleman beclscn-
, Rim back, supposedly TO purchase
. paper. He however, changed his mind
s'I Walter started 10 get off the car
r. went TO the front Of the car and
caught hold Of the guard rail preparatory
GU stepping or.
rac little fellow stepped the wrong
par and lost his balance, but kept ID
.~r un 10 the guard rail. The motion OF
tae car caused him 70 lose his grasp. and
Oh next second he was under the wheels
. che car
ir endeavoring TO get OF he was stand
irr behind the mOtOrman and as ne
e. u II
know what had happened until Thomas
walker. n cOloTed man who witnessed
90 boys fall. rushed out and followed
% him 70 stop the car
IRON THE WHEELS.
r. ,ook about five minutes 10 oxtricate
o.. .0r from the wheels of the car. Dur
-f ls time a large crowd gathered.
rcident occurred just opposite the
s..r nat runs back of the Theatre. Some
.,-a was hastily gotten from livery
..a near at hand, and on this the
Tree feilow was laid.
He presented a horribly managed and
s.s.rIrC sight Both OF his legs were
DO .G above the ankle his backbone
Nas broken and prOtruding through the
ska while nearly his entire scalp was
'.r. away. and he was also terribly cut
about The face and the rest Of the body.
Tle title fellow was conscious. and told
his name and his mothers. Re said she
worked 10 the 81. Clair Hotel She was
QUICKLY S4NuDNtls tul OWING 10 the TACT
t-f fhe boy had lost consciousness and
presented such an awful sight Sergeant
cosby persuaded her not 10 look at him.
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.
Nrs Hicks is a widow, and Walter is
l.. only child. She Is the matron at the
Valentine House. which is run by the
.,le management as the st. Claire Hotel
Nrs Hicks has only been working for
SIR Petit. who runs both houses,
week. She Will be remembered as the
woman who about two years ago shot
ana KILLED her little fOurteen-year-old
l.r laughter and little Walter were liv
.,- near the Male orphan Asylum and
during the night the little girl got up for
some purpose. Her mother heard her. and
thinking IL was a burglar. fired with
fltal results. Drs. Oppenheimer and
Huchman were quickly upon the scene
and did all I'm their power to alleviate
fle little fellows sufferings until the
ambulance arrived. when he was convey
el 20 the almshouse His mother also
went with him. being driven after the
ambulance in a cab
Notorman Cannon was Immediately ar
rested by Officer Thomas j. Wrenn and
taken 10 the Second station. where he
was baied by Justice Graves for his APP
pearance this morning. Mr.. y. J. Griffin
going his security.
II certainly would be the proper thing
for the man who called the boy back
on the car 10 come forward and give
DIS testimony, SO tldt the mOtOTudn
may be eXonerated from all blame.
The funeral viii take place at q o'clock
this evening from Park Place Methodist
The boys Of the Male Orphan As &um
viii attend in a body.