The San Francisco call., 1896-10-25
STERN CENSURE
FOR THE RAILROAD
A Jury Uses Strong Lam
guage Against the
Corporation.
An Inquest Over the Body of
Young Calvary Killed by
a Mission Car.
DIFFERENT IDEAS OF SPEED.
Many Witnesses Contend That the
Car Was Exceeding Twelve
Miles an Hour.
DIFFERENT IDEAS OF SPEED.

For severity and earnestness the verdict
returned yesterday by the Coroner's jury
impaneled to inquire into the death of
Eddie Calvary, killed by Mission-street
car on October 20, is almost without a
parallel. While it was shown that the
sad accident was largely due to the care
Iessness of the deceased, the railroad was
practically charged with his murder.
On the night of October 20 young Gal
vary boarded an outgoing Mission car,
and when few yards from the Four
teenth-street crossing jumped off the side
nearest the sidewalk. He then attem pt-
ed to cross the parallel track and was run
down by an eastbound car. The unfor-
tunate youth was crushed and ground
into an almost shapeless mass, though
his natural vigor sustained life for brief
period after the accident.
At the inquest yesterday nearly dozen
witnesses were examined, and few of them
told the same story. Some affirmed that
the car was running at high rate of
speed, while others affirmed that the
momentum could not have exceeded four
or five miles an hour.
The testimony OF the principal witnesses
is told below.
James T. Manton-I was on the Twenty
second-stree car when l noticed boy
going across the street and remarked to O
friend, THAT boy will be run over"
saw the car Jump and | knew that he was
under it. did not particularly notice the
speed of the car, though / should iud ge it
to have been about twelve miles an hour.
James Doyle, who was with Manton at
the time told practically the same story
James Gallert was sitting on the front of
an outbond car when he saw boy lump
in front of the other car. That was all he
knew, except that he thought the car was
running beyond the average rate OF speed.
William S. Kirk. who was on the car
that killed the boy, said: II heard some
body yell and then, locking over, saw the
boys feet as the car passed over him. The
car at the time was running very slow."
| J. NJ. Leady, motorman-I saw the boy
| Jump off the other car when I was only
| three or four feet away. Ny car struck
| him and stopped as quickly as possible.
| We were not running over three or four
miles an hour at the time.
j. G. Brandoline said he did not see the
accident, but was satisfied the car was moi
going over five miles an hour. Probably
the most important witness examined wa!
George Hareourt, the companion OF youns
Calvary on the ill-faed ride. lie said:
Calvary wanted Us 10 steal ride, bu
/ protested vigorously at first. Finally W,
boarded the. car. Calvary riding on tn,
bumper and swinging himself partially
under the car. Just beyond Fourteenth
street / missed my friend and looked
around just in time TO see the other ca
run over him. have no idea how fas
the car was foing."
The other witnesses examined testified
substantially to the facts as above re
corded. Some saw the boy runnin,
toward the track, and others just as th
car struck him. As to the speed OF tn
car the opinions ranged from five to fiji
teen miles. The jury retired, and at tn
end of fifteen minutes returned the fol
lowing verdict:
That deceased met his death through
gross negligence on part of the Markets tree
! Railroad by not having proper and sufficjen
guards or tenders on cars of said corpora tion
and by running said cars at too high rate c
speed. L. F. HABER Foreman.
A. A. BAUZ
/ HARRY GABRIELL
G. A. ROUSE.
f. c. FELTER.
| JOSEPH II. HILTON.
ROBERT Down.
| G. How ARD.