The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-08
CRUSHED BY A MOTOR CAR.
HENRY NILES. COLORED, run OVER
AND KILLED.

Chased by n Crowd of Negroes. lie
Jumps in Front of n Belt Line Car
His Body Dragged over the Cob
bIestOne Pavement and Fright
fully MangIed-SupPosed 10 BE the
Negro Who killed Another AT the
Flying Horses Few Yards
From Where He Met His own
Death.
Henry Niles. colored. was run over and
instantly killed by an Electric railway car
at South Broad and Randolph streets last
night about $50 O'Clock. The man was
badly mangled, his neck being broken and
skull crushed and his right leg nearly
severed al the knee.
The police at once notified Coroner
Goette. who went to the scene and made
an investigation. owing TO the fact that
some Of the witnesses could not DE found.
the coroner decided TO postpone the In
quest until 10 o'clock this morning. The
inquest will be held at the coroner's Office.
The dead mans body was sent 20 his
home in LePagevile He was IS years Old
Savannah. Florida and Western railway.
According to all the information that
could be obtained by the coroner. the kill
ing was entirely accidental and did not
result through any fault OF the motorman
or conductor. The man. it seems, ran out
of South Broad street right in front Of the
car. which was coming along Randolph
street.
Motorman Lybrand who was In charge
OF the car, said that he was ringing his
bell as he approached the Randolph
street crossing. when he saw a negro run
out in front Of the car to the middle Of
the track and stop. Thinking the man in
tended to take the car. he switched of the
current for the purpose Of stopping it. The
man did not step one side. as he thought
he would, ana was struck by the car and
knocked down. The front trucks passed
over his body, which then caught under
the trucks and was dragged about thirty
feet. The car was stopped and the body
taken out and laid on the sidewalk. Quite
a crowd Of negroes gathered, but there
was no excitement. The conductor and
motorman were detained by the police
until after the coroner had investigated
the matter. when they were released.
From what was said by some Of the
negroes who were gathered around, II
appeared that Niles and several Others
were standing at the corner OF South
Broad and Randolph streets, when some
OF them began to throw rocks Niles
was one OF those al whom the rocks were
thrown He ran out into the middle Of
the street before he saw the street car.
Some thought he was struck by a rock
just as he got in front of the car, as he
appeared to stagger instead of jumping 10
one side out of the way of the car, as he
might have done This looks like very
plausible explanation. and the coroner
will investigate further on this line to-
day.
John Floyd. a negro who was in COM
pany with Niles just before the accident
was taken in charge by the police. Floyd
was too drunk, however. to tell anything
about how the accident happened He
will be used as a witness in the inquest
to-day
There is an interesting circumstance in
connection with the killing Of Niles. Four
or five years ago a negro boy was stabbed
70 death at the flying horses" a short
distance from where the accident oc-
CURED last night Niles and his brother
were arrested for the murder The evil
dence showed conclusively that one OF
the two had done the killing, but It could
not be proven which, and both men were
acquitted. Several negroes who saw Niles
last night declared that he was the one
who killed the boy at the flying horses"