New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-24
UNDER TROLLEY WHEELS.
TRAGIC END OF A NIGHTS OUTING
= J. READ. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF
STREETS KILLED NY A TROLLEY CAR AND
HIS FRIEND EX-ALDERMAN n o'CoN-
NELL. sUCCUMBs FEW HOURS
LATER TO AN ATTACK
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rx fisherman Danc, O'Connen. Of BROOKLYN
and his partner in contract work John J Read a
tenu.y superintendent o. streets. spent Thurs
aay together at an outing OF the Manhattan Club
y. the Ninth Wari. Within twelve hours after
thev had separated both were dead. Mr.. OCon-
ner was stricken With apoplexy at Gimans sa-
loon No 1855 Redford-avc.. at 10 o'clock yester-
d.v morning ~ Read was instantly killed by
q second-avr trolley car al 1870 o'clock yesterday
moraine at Twenty y-second-ave. and Eighty
slxth-s;. Bensonhurst.
rv-A,de-nian O'Connel. Mr.. Read and Thomas
r Rvrnes 2 contractor CT Bsnsonhurst went on
the outing toge,her. and Nj Read had driven Mr.
pvrnes 10 Bensonhurst and was on his way back
when the trolley car struck his phaeton. His
,orses were across the track when the carriag ge
uas struck Nj Read was thrown to the ground
landing on the right side Of his head and neck
His neck was Sroker and his face badly bruised.
p- p A. Boetzkes. of 3ensonhurst, sum
moned but could do nothing. James G. Elliott
and Walker A. Sarles. the motorman and con-
ductor were arrested. charged with homicide.
Justice Cowenhoven yesterday held them in 81 900
n await the result of the CO; oners inquest. There
ras nothing in Reads pocke' s by which ne could
ne Identified and his body lay for nearly twelve
hours at the Bath Beach police station unrecog-
nized Then Mr.. Byrnes. his companion OF the
night before called at the station and told who
he was While Byrnes was at the station lament
ing over the death OF Read. whom he had known
from boyhood news OF Mr. O'Connelrs death
reached hir,. lie burst into tears. Read was
about thirty-hve years old. married and
leaves a widow and one daughter The scene or
the accident is the same place where the rear
end collision took place about two months ago. IN
which several people were nurt. Mr.. Reads car
riage was not badly dam aged. The horses were
not found until about eleven hours after the ac-
cident They were on the old Neck foao IN
Gravesend.
The ex-Alderman and Messrs Read and Byrnes.
after their outing on Thursday night. spent the
time until about - O'Clock at Gilman's saloon in
Dcdford-ave whe they all partcok literally OF
Iqnor Mr. Read then took Mr.. Byrnes away
with him in his carriage and OConnell was as
sisted upstairs to bed on the third floor. He was
not to be called till 10 o'clock Yesterday morning.
hut at about S O'Clock chambermaid. While pass
ng his room. heard something strike the floor
NTH violence and reported IL to Mr. Gilman. The
hitter waited two hours before he went up 10 see
vhat was the matter. He found OConnell dead
on the floor The gas was slightly turned on. but
the windows open and the room was not
foul enough. in the opinion of Dr. Gulick who
was called IN. 10 cause asphyxiatlon The doctor
said apoplexy was the cause OF death. OConnell
was a bachelor and lived with his sister. Mrs.
Theodore X Martin. at No. 515 Carlton-ave.
OConnell was born in Brooklyn in lA7 He
became a wallpaper manufacturer and In 1913
was elected Alderman from the Ninth Ward. He
succeeded himself four times. He later kept a
LIQUOR saloon and did contract work for the city.
He was man OF considerable wealth. He and
Brooklyn cattle-dealer. were TO be married In
October.