The sun., 1898-10-12
ANOTHER TROLLEY VICTIM
A Young Mans Life Crushed Out
Beneath an Unprotected
Trolley Car.
THERE WERE No TENDERS
A Few Dollars JudiciOusly Spent
BY the City Railway Com.
pany Might Have Saved
the Life OF Young
Nephi Linsey

The Wilmington City Passenger Rail
way Co. has added another murder tt
its list.
In her humble home at No. 1905 West
Second street, mother sits weeping
over the mangled body Of her first born
On Thursday next. all that is mortal
of Nephi Linsey will be laid at rest in
Mount Salem cemetery.
Two days ago he was healthy, happy
boy, his mothers pride, her hope in the
days to come. On Monday morning he
went to his work as usual. Monday
afternoon his crushed body was brought
to her.
They told her the tale Of horror. How
in avoidlnga carriage he had been struck
by trolley car without tenders running
at high speed, dashed to the ground,
crushed, cut and mangled beneath the
wheels.
1t is doubtful if the mother realized
what she was told. All she saw was the
battered face and mutilated form of the
boy she loved.
Her agony was heartrending, and for
hours her reason tottered. Gradually
from sheer weakness she became m ore
quiet.
Then the neighbors who had come to
offer their service soothed her, and with
deft hands and kindly hearts did what
they could to ease her troubles.
Nephi was l6 years Of age, the oldest
of five children, three girls and boy OF
whom survive. OF these the boy and the
eldest girl are afflicted, and for this
reason the blow fell the more heavily.
The boy went with his father each
morning to their work on the Brandy
wine Springs road where they we're en-
ployed as carriers.
The wages were small but the boy was
proud that he could Go even so little to
help his mother. His mother was
wrapped up in the boy. His future was
her one thought, and he gave promise Of
! a realization o. fondest hopes.
Now her dream is ended, and with the
light gone from her life, her hopes
blasted, she can only weep binding tears
over all that mans greed has left her.
Young Linsey's death is terrible in
cident, yet it is, only that which
threatens the lives of every one, old and
young, at every street corner which is
crossed by the tracks of the railway
company.
The criminal close -fstedness of the
railway company is responsible They,
and they alone, murdered young Nephi
Linsey.
The SNUG faced hypocrites who sit in
the directors chairs at the stated meet
ings of the company and search for new
economies" "
The penny.grabbing skinfints, who,
to save the few paltry dollars necessary
to provide at least semblance of safety
to the public, run their juggernauts in
all parts of the city.
What matters it to them that they
crush the life out Of man? Why should
they put tenders on the cars when fen
ders cost money and would decrease
their dividends?
1t is only workingman's boy and his
people haven't the money to bring suit
The gentleman who sits in his easy
chair and remarks, "Another All, that's
too bad, but it can't be helped. What
did he get in front of the car for" does
not feel the agony. He only knows that
his dividends come in with a reasonable
regularity.
Anything that interferes with their
frequency or size is all that touches him.
And yet this murderous policy of
economy is costing the life blood of
the people of this city. No man knows
when he starts to cross street whether
he will ever reach the other side.
Accidents" occur with startling fire.
quency. and yet fenderless and with un-
protected sides these menaces to the
safety of our citizens shoot down our
streets.
Somebody slips, the car rushes upon
him, there is a scream of agony and a
crushed and mangled form that was once
man is taken from beneath.
Kind friends take the victim home
,and the doors close.
Then few days later the deputy cor
oner gets jury together and they hold
an inquest. A verdict is rendered of &C.
cidental death. The company is exone-
rated and that is all the public knows.
Behind the doors of the home into
which the body was borne there is
brokenhearted mother, whose eyes are
dimmed with bitter tears, whose voice is
shattered by sobs, whose reason totters
as she thinks that her boy Will never
more come home at night after his days
toll.
This is a side that the public does not
see and consequently never thinks Of
This is the side that the director of the
corporation never allows himself to con-
sider
And this is the result of the wilful neg
ligence, economy, or what ever name it is
thought best to call it,
In reality it is legalizsd murder. Muir
der sanctioned by the city government
who allow it. Sanctioned by the Legis-
lature, upon whose throats the grip of
the dollar has been SO strong as to make
them frame laws which permitted this
thing to exist.
There is no excuse which will cover the
point. Tenders are needed and must be
put on.
The blood on car No. 2 of the Front
street line is a terrible reason why
The motormen employed by the COM
pany have by their unceasing care and
watchfulness kept down the list Every