New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-27
AN OLD WOMAN MANGLED.
MRS. MLEoD KILLED BY A TRoLLEY-cAH
WHILE ON HEP WAY TO CHURCH.
EVERY BONE IN HER BODY WAS BROKEN. AND
SHE WAS DRAGGED FOR FORTY FEET
RECOGNIZED by HER DAUGHTER
IT WAS HER FIRST WALK

1T WAS HEX rlnot
IN MANY WEEKS.
Chrstiana Mcleod, sixty-seven yeaio o.u
widow who lived with her marrieo oaoe"'.
Mrs. George r. Valentine. and Mit' - -
Marshall. at No. 25s Rodney-st, was ihs'a"..s
KILLED Yesterday afternoon by trolley-car NJ. '-'
~ the sumncr-ave line, at Broadway ana Noo-
ney-st She was frightfuly mangieo' anu HUI
head was almost severed from her BODY
Mrs Mcleod was on her way to attend 'he
afternoon services in the South ihro gu
PRESBYTERIAN Church, Of which she was me-"
,e- Two months ago Mrs. McLeod's husband
AGA and since that TIM she has been IN poor
health. and left the house for the first time
x.sterdav in many weeks. In the morning E''F
to,d her daughters that she would like TO at'eha
church She was persuaded by Mrs valentine
10 wait until the afternoon service VINO" -
b.,d al 4 o'clock Mrs Valentines husoah"
.. the superintendent Of the Sunday-sohool'
Al . o'clock Mr. Valentine. with his sister-ih-
law Mrs. Marshall. left the house 10 a''eNo ''e
Supday-school Mrs Valentine remaining a'
nome with her mother. AS they were iea''hs inc
house Mrs. Marshall told her mother to be rea'y
at $40 o'clock at which time she wouio re'u'"
and accompany her to the church.
81 don't want you to 60 alone, SAID MrS
xse rshau "for fear that something may happe"
to YOU"
She promised to wait, and an hour ia'eI was
ready to leave the house She became ihp'-
tient and at $3.50 o'clock told her oaoen'e''
Mrs. Valentine. that she thought she wouio 81
alone as she was tired Of waiting lor MIS-
Marshall.
II feel strong enough, and know the walk VIII
do me good" ..
After leaving the house Mrs. Mcleod crossed
ali
s,ou,v toward Broadway. Mrs. valentine
watched her mother from WINDOW. one ""u
about two blocks to go to reach Broadway
a. ~. ettemnted 70 cross Broadway the troll
Yev-car came rapidly along. and was run"'"e'
.a,,,r % eve.witnesses. at the rate Of twenty
miles an hour
Uu IinL the motcrman. twenty-five years
old NJ No 3O6 Stagg-st., was In charge' anu
william Ellison OF No. l,4101a Bergeh-s,;, was vac
the conductor The fender was what is caileu ne
sridron AS Mrs Mcleod stepped upon nv
track the fender struck her and she turneu
complete somersaut falling on the opposite ra a
the wheels passing over her body Inc car ,r m
filled with passengers and many JuHpgu In.
their seats and ran to the PLATFORM me ~ q
nroceeded forty feet .efore II was brougnt 10 a
stop. dragging with it the mansIeo Douy, ~, "a
was necessary to raise the car IN oroer 10 leio ~
the body Willing hands lifted the car anu tie
voman was removed. Every bone In her boo!
The body Ind just been laid on the sidewalk
when Mrs Marshall came along. Seeing me
crowd. Mrs Marshall made INQUIRIES and was
told that a woman had been killed by car
Pushing her way through the CROWD she re'os-
nzed the face as that of her mother
She did not faint. but utterng tne wI hsre
.hs coi,ansed Soon as revived Mrs. Marshall
told her Sister Mrs. Valentine. of the accident;
The body was taken to the Clymer-st. station
and later removed to keevess undertak'hs es
tabshment in Broadway near keap,st 49,.
Both Fink and Ellison We're arrested: Az tne
station Fink told tn police that he did not see
Mrs Mcleod until she stepped upon the track
in front Of the car.