Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-27
DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENT
Verdict Of Coroner's Jury in Case of Daniel
Garvey.
Testimony Showed That He Walked
Internationally in Front of
Electric Car.

idiHci SdINSy, the eitSfiy man WIN Was
badly hurt by an electric car on Bright
wood avenue near Des Moines street yes
terday afternoon, as published in yester-
days Star, died about $50 o'clock, less
than five hours after he was injured. His
sens, who are members of the police force.
reached Freedmens Hospital soon after
their father was taken there for treatment.
Coroner Carr held an inquest this MORN
ing at the eighth precinct station. The
railway company was represented by
George P. Hoover, while Attorney Oscar
Nauck was present in the interest of rela-
tives of the deceased. Conductor Mohler
and Motorman Bergman were present at
the inquest and made statements concern
ing the accident. The jury heard the testi-
mony and returned a verdict of accidental
death.
Undertaken Spindler took charge of the
body and prepared it for burial. The
funeral will take place tomorrow morning
at o'clock, from the Church of the I'm
maculate Conception.
Deputy COrOner's Statement.
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook described the
injuries received by the aged man. He
found that the right leg had been broken,
the right arm fractured and the right ear
badly cut In addition to these injuries he
found severe fracture of the skull. This
he said. caused DEATH
s. E. Cissell. who was a passenger on the
car, testified that his attention was at
tracted by the vigorous ringing of the bell
He looked ahead and saw an elderly man
crossing the street. In addition to ringing
the bell he conductor shouted to the pedes-
TRAN. Witness said the brakes were APP
pied. and the conductor did everything in
his power to prevent an accident Mr. Gar
vey. he said. seemed to pay no attention to
the ringing of the bell. His only object
witness thought was to cross the TRACKS
Just he SteDDp6 n ba TN of
the car he Wa; struck. The car went about
sixty or seVenty-five feet after the acct
dent occurred.
Witness said the affair happened on a
down grade. The car he said was not
running at an unusually fast rate of speed.
II was a south-bound car and witness
anougnu me object of the man ahead in
crossing the track was to stop the car in
order to come to the city. When he paid
no attention to the warning witness con-
Guided he was deaf or blind
Ps Shar les W. lmmich, a resident of Takoma
am aiso passenger on the car said he
aio not see Mr.. Garvey until after he was
INJURED. witness thought the car was go
ing al ABOUT the usual speed. The accident,
ne sald, occurred near Des Moines street
John II. Boggs, coiored, was riding on
the rear platform of the car. He looked
ahead an, when he heard the ringing of the
stepped on the track, witness said he look
ed and saw the car. Witness thought he
could have saved himself if he had made
a qulck movement. The car, he said, was
going at the ordinary rate of speed
Another View of Speed.
w. l.. Chauncey testified that his atten-
ton was attracted to the car because of the
high rate of speed at which the car was
running. He saw Mr.. Garvey standing IN
the east side of Brightwood avenue and
Des Moines street. Mr.. Garvey started
across the street, and witness noticed that
seemed
the assistance of the injured man as soon
as he realized what had occurred The
speed of the car. witness said. was three
or four times as fast as the usual rate of
speed.
Joseph Bergman, motorman, testified
that he was in charge of the car that in
fiicted the fatal injuries. He said his car
left the District line at 1910 O'Clock, and
reached the scene of the accident ten min
utes later. He said he noticed a man stand
ing in the street. and afterwards saw him
approach the car Mr. Garvey, he said,
not attempt to cross the track until the
car neared him. He did not look north until
he was on the track. Then he looked and
witness thought he made an effort to get
out of the way when the fender caught his
right foot and threw him from the track
AT the time the accident occurred, witness
said his car was going at speed of about
nine miles an hour The law. he said al
lows speed of fifteen miles an hour
Witness said he used the bell on the car
and also called to the pedestrian
E H. Mohler, conductor on the car, gave
similar testimony. He said that Mr. Car
vey WIS looking straight ahead of him
while crossing the road. The car, he
thought, Was going at a rate of about nine
miles an hour. After the accident hap
ptned the car went about two lengths of
the car before it stopped. This closed the
evidence and the case was submitted to the
jury.