Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-08
IIR. DAVIS ACCIDENT.
mother Rider Thinks His Horse Was
Stampoded by Mounted Police.
FAMILY LEAVE ron THE NORTH.


rious killing.
Mrs +. i. G. Davis and two OF hoi
sons left FOR New York yesterday 10 Jo"
the remains Of Mr.. Davis. VINO was
Inystcrlouslv killed while riding th'o's.
Central Park on Tuesday evening 49,
7l5 o'clock. As published in yeS'e''''
Dispatch. the funeral VIII t'"e IN ST.
Pottsville. IA. whore MI DAVIS ''''.
family lived for many years p''o' -
oo,,,,,,,. ., Richmond as general man
go. 80 the Richmond Locomotive ana
NfachIne- Works - ..
M doth Of Mr.. Davis stl seems %
rolt.d in pcrpleNity. no one sa"
,to accident SO far as has yet Oeeh ie"i -
-, and several theories are BENG ad'
-, On the New York papers. Inc
World has a long statement from d ts"'
tIeman who observed Mr.. DAVIS rldlhH
through the park. but did not see the
c..,,,ltv. He attributes the affair TO lhe
reckless fast riding Of seVeral noun, ~
rolfr.. ana the doctor who examined VI =.
Davis stated that his skull had De'i.
crushed 10y j. horses hooi' WINE V"e ~,
his legs aud one OF his arms ""'
broken. o..,.,
WHAT THE STRANGER SAYS
The gentleman interviewed by the
World reporter says ......
81 rode up 10 the Sevcnty-second street
,.-,sr. iust MS the policemen were car
r,Irr the dying man 10 the slae Oh slle
ttffs-,.stb There were four or hNc
,.oIicemep grouped about the body. one
Goa ridd,n on 10 catch the dead man $
ro,.e Another had gone 10 send IN an
,.,,t.,,iorco call. The horse was piouEht
l9ck almost at once 10y mounted Oh,
Gov His saddle was not diSalIdhs' a.
there Were no marks II DUST on NM =
ann certain that he did not IAN OF Io''
over the dead man. as the policemen az
,... / should be loath to make any III
90. oba'r,,a against the policemen, but l
c,r,ot resist the belief that their reckless
aiding may have had 20 do with the
,,er,e death Night after night, LOT
,oonths and years past. | have comment
~ an the reckless riding Of the mounted
policemen. 49,.
..,r-hov start for their stables at about
49,. COMIC time from the various posts, ana
.rev delight I'm racing. Every man VINO
.ii.s late in the park will bear me OUT
,n the statement that the pohcemen ~
homo NJ a reckless rate OF speed suCh az
vroiIld cause the arrest OF any man NOT
on the force
AT 4 FURIOUS PACE
orast night. lust before this killing
occurred l was riding south JUST above
e., S.ventv-second street bridge. ana IN
the deep. rock-lned gully through when
the bridle-path passes, the polceileh'
whom I saw about the dead man rev
moments afterwards, came galioplnS paS'
the AZ a furious rate.
There were about half dozen ol
Them. almost in bunch. lnelr hoIseS
49, not cautcring. but practically rae
~ they were going at tor
r,ce-l. but a few hunlreds yards ut most
,ro,n the spot where Mr. Davis met his
seath.
..rrom long observation Of the home
rd-hound park policeman's methods
avn convinced that the men We're gal
oplnR hard when they reached the spot
rb.re the death occurred. Mr.. Davis
,os evidently going north. This Is
ID evident hy the fact that he was
brown. rs we'll as by the evidence ~
she men az his stable. VINO TESTIFY tnat
he had Just started ont. and must have
been going north, since he could nct
have been already returning from MS
ride The statement n tho policemen
mat he was going south as they We're. IL
false as Il appears to be. is a very grave
Item against them.
SOME HORSE LOGIC.
On my opinion MIR Davis was going
slowly north. He could not have been
going fast. for II was warm evening
and his horse when brought back was not
heated. The calloping policemen. rush
Ing through the rocky dehle. startled his
horse. Of course The inclination of a
horse under such circumstances, as every
horseman knows. would be TO turn
sharply and race back with the flying
horses
Mr. Davis's horse. stampeded by the
horses flying towards him. turned sud
denly and threw his rider. Then NJ
ran back as the other horses were run
Ming lie was easily caught and brought
back when the racing horses were
STOPPED.
Tho question Of Mr. Daviss death IS
most serious matter. II should be
definitely shown what share the reck-
l-ss riding OF the police had in il. His
skull was crushed and his leg was
broken such injuries are not commonly
received in falling from a horse. They
ar. injuries that would be inflicted II a
f,s. up several horses gall0ped over
'r.-trate body.
f- uavis's horse did not fall and In
'r tre injuries described. That Is
Practically impossible As I rode up thf
tfae man, his hands still quivering
"s 20 the right side of the road
N- i. .slIently tried 10 turn 10 the
extreme r-ht. for almost against The
tho proper side for a man
ar,1 there was a great pool OF
t,..,.rrYru THEORY
'It u.s. -.hc the horse in turning
thr'E -r against the rocks and
cIt' .sl,l ! hope the accident
hap r.- u.f way The nature Of the
Wo-rl ' head will show whether II
was can. iv contact with the rock or
by hr ho0f The broken lee
"oulI n.i bro counted for by the hurl'
ms ~ o. r head first against the
rock"
Aciire-D .r'a.u Dillon. Of the New York
police. states -tat the mounted policemen
acre p'ru..-.. % cinter their horses
"htn returning from post. but were not
permitted O. r1lop them. He said he had
'.. mon sely, and he was
tansieI they "'fr riding in a slow cantei
when ih- accident occurred.
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