The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
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testimony. Mr.. r p vernilion represen-
ted me railroad and Mr.. Conley crossed
examined for chs state
Mr.. Thomas Voss was the first witness
called He was Interrogated as follows
by Mr.. Conley:
What is you busiress?'
city constable
Did you see the Rock Island train going
south az about ?. N. or the 18th fnst?"
Yes sir"
state what rate OF speed it was going
az that timer
81 should say twenty miles an hour"
Was the bell ringing?"
NO sir. IL was not. II came pretty near
getting my wife and children and myself"
Mr.. McNEAL's STATEMENTS.
Questioned by Mr.. Comfy.
Where were you on the night Of the
13ta?'
Down at the depot on the way to the
show on the south side Of Douglas ave-
nue."
Did you see the train coming south?"
Yes sir"
When did you first notice st7"
About $780,
you first noticed it?'
About q block"
state if you noticed at what rate Of
speed it was coming?''
Il think very fast"
You were on Douglas avenue?"
Yes sir
WAS there any Waterman there?'
NO sir"
AT least did not see any"
Was any gates DOWN."
NO sir
Now George go ahead and state what
you saw as fully as you can"
I'VE had just crossed the track"
Who was with your
Lon Denton and Ed Atkinson And I
said TO the boys There comes the train,
just look at the people coming
Was there great many people going
across"
Yes sir. The train was coming very
fast. I should judge about Is miles or
twenty miles an hour and this time came
and never checked up any, Just came very
fast and the train struck the hind end OF
the truck. threw some of the people 70 the
east and some TO the west side Of the
track. The ones that fell on the east side
were not hurt as could see. Mrs. Myers
said. George my mother is hurt. I wish
you would find her and we went across
and found her very badly hurt, afterwards
died.
Did you hear the engine whistler
Eyes sir
How far was Il from Douglas avenue?"
About a half a block"
WAS there a vehicle across the track
just in front Of this one that was struck?"
Yes sir, Just ahead
That vehicle cleared the track?''
Eyes SIR
How much do you think?'
About two or three feet"
How far behind that vehicle was the
vehicle that got struck
Not very far, right up close together"
They were going rapidly"
YES sir
Were they racing?'
Il don't know"
DO you think they were?'
well, we were right on the east side
OF the track and could not teu don't
think So"
How rapidly were they going. do you
tdink?"
About as rapidly as ordinary horses
could trot."
Did you see any one go out and try
to stop the team that got struck"
NO sir"
Where was this team when you first
saw it?'
About 80 feet west Of the track"
saw the trainT'
Yes sir"
you think you saw the train about how
far north?"
About First street"
Where was the tram when it whist
led?''
About First street or this side OF First
street. IT came 50 quick"
Mr.. SCHAD'S TESTIMONY.
Where we're you2"
IN a baggage wagon on the east side
Of the track
Ibid you see the traIa?''
Yes sir"
when did you first see it?'
Between TWO and three hundred feet
away"
Vow please state just what you did or
saw"
I hauowed 70 our driver 10 hurry rp.
We go5 over about twerty feet when ire
lrsin passed.
In your judgment how fast was it
going2"
About eight miles an hour"
What did you seer
People scattered all over the pavement.
49, -,--.a ---- -. :
was nothing 10 obs,ruct the engineers
view"
How FAR was your team when you frs
saw the engine
About tair,y feet On ,he west s.3e o.
tee track
You say you were twenty feet OF the
east side when X passed.
Yes So.
Then You must have travelled abou:
6ftv fset2"
Yes sir"
JAS. HAWLEY'S STATEMENTS,
What IS your business
y work for tae United States Express
company
STATE what you saw
Wei. 7 saw the train quite ways Up
TIE track and : said Here she comes
AID ! said ve dad better Sc; ready.
Eas pulling I'D a truck and made good
deal ot noise and about that time heard
a dull sound and looked Up rhe track ard
as 7 looked Up the track 7 saw someone
hanging on ire train ! SAID chs-e IS some
one hCrt, and We ran up3 and raised
woman OF the piho- and carried ter into
The depot and set her down IN s sea.
then came back and there was some fe--