New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-31
TO ANSUER THE INDICTNEAI
SUMMONS ISSUED TO THE METROPOLITAN
TRACTION COMPANY.
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY rNGEH CALLS
rroN IT TO ArrEAE ~ corT NEXT
WEDNESDAY II CONNECTIONS WITH THE
f<vEsrIiArioN or THE DEATH

INVEST ;AripN or TIE btAtH
or Mrs ANDREWS
Assistant District Attorney Ungcr yesterday sent
to the Metropolitan Traction Company a NOTICE 10
appear IN Part OF the court Of General Sessions
rcx, Wednesday and answer to an indictment for
,uanslauEatcr in tne second degree The 'ndl't-
ru.rt Wa handed up rs The Grand jury ON Friday
I'm connection with 30" pr"senimcrt which con
tain,i a recommendation chat law BE- passed
compelling al cIhl" and trolley cars 10 nave man
a, All times ON The rear platform thereof WHO'S
only duty T. hall to give the al for stopping
and starting the car
Tn. Grand jury found the Indictment after in
yesugatng the death o. MR.. Elizabeth Hoyt An
drcn- eh'ch occurred more than a year ag" MIS'
Andrews was trying 90 get on a Broadway cable
car e, Twenty -nrsi-st ON February .. l''' when
tho car started suddenly. ana sh" fe or Was
thrown violently g. m" pavement. receiving An
injury 70 her head which caused her death ON the
following day.
soon after her death Coroncrs Inquest failed
&, lmpi.a;~ the railroad company. and later an
att.mr. to have the company indicted 10y Grand
jury failed NJ. Andrews son. Cornelius y.
Andrew. OF the RaLcr & Taylor Publishing com
pauy IN Wet SNtccutn-si.. advertised for Wit
nc-tcs OF the accident however. and procured evil
Irncc which wa. Iid before the Grand Jury few
days ago. \ against the Metropolitan Traction
company has also been begun by Mt Andrews 10y
81" lImaLre
VITA q friend AMI they signal,i or cable ear
stop In front IL Park 4 T.lforfs store In Broad
way The car dI stop. and Mrs Andrews friend
stepped on the rear platform OF the car. The con
ductor OF the inside the AZ the time
aud 10 is alleged that h. fillcI TO that Mis-
Andrews VAS ABOUT To- follow her friend on the -:
when he gave the signal t. start. The sudd"n
starting OF the car caused Mrs. Andrews to b.
thrown violently to the ground. AMI In tt1; way
She received her fatal injuric-.
After ne indictment the on tails Of the New
York. New Haven and Hartford railroad Company
account OF the loss of life In the fark-ave. tun
mel several yeats ago tncr" was decision 10y the
courts that Individual officers OF such corporation
could not held Ter such accident. but that the
law provided Tor only I'm" OF 500 to b' inflicted
upon Il corporation I'm case such an Indictment was
followed rs conviction. TWO years ago the law
Was hfn"udcd SO as I" permit Of fur OF 5000. ami
Tn" indie mcnt OF thu Metropolitan Traction COM
pany h. the first To- b" found under that amend
mcnt The llw also prcscribcs the manner I'm which
The proceedings against ~" corporation shall be
taken ana Tn trSt step following tn" indie tmrut Is
to summon n" company to appear and plead.
Tribune reporter who went 10 mako inquiries
Il the office Of the Metropolitan Traction Company
az Broadway and iiouston-et Yesterday was Pc
fcrrcl 20 Mir Rob uson. the company attorney
who said that there Htr" TWO sides to the case
There witnesses of the accident. ne said. who
prepared to state that the car wa already IN
motion when Mrs. Andrews tried To Sct ON the ear
the worst IL could have been due only To care
l,f-nrss on the part OF an "mployc. No hlm"
should attach to the company ne thought but there
would b. proper answer mad" to IN" indictment,
and q hearing Of the ease before u proper tribunal
doubtless would st At rest all matters IN dispute