The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-22
CRUSHED TO
DEATH UNDER
BUGGY WHEELS
Isaac w. Jones Was
the Victim.
JULES GAMAGE THE DRIVER
IN HIS BUGGY WERE W. B. JEN-
NINGS AND a. W. BROWN.
The Aged Victim Was Attempting to
Cross o'Farrell Street When
he Was Knocked Down
and Trampled Upon.
JULES GAMAGE THE DRIVER
IN HIS BUGGY WERE W. B. JEN-
NINGS AND a. W. BROWN.

Isaac w. Jones, an aged lottery dealer,
was knocked down, run over and killed
last evening at the junction OF Market
and OFarrell streets and Grant avenue
by i buggy driven by Jules Carnage,
president and manager of the Harding
Collection Agency.
w. B. Jennings, the well known horse
man, and a. W. Brown, who resides at
the Palace Hotel were with Carnage In
the buggy at the time the old man was
struck down.
Carnage and his companions had just
turned into O'Farrell street from Market,
and when the buggy was between the
curbstone and car that was at the ter
minus Jones attempted to cross the street.
He did not see the buggy before it was too
late. The shaft struck him and knocked
him down The horse grew frightened
and paving the old man under his hoofs
he dashed up O'Farrell street at the top
Of his speed. The wheels of the buggy
so heavily laden passed over the PROSTATE
man and rendered him unconscious.
He was sent to the Receiving Hospital,
but the doctors there saw at once that it
would be impossible to save Jones life.
His skull was badly crushed, his collar
bone broken and he had sustained severe
internal injuries.
After knocking the aged pedestrian
down Gamage's horse became unman-
ageable and had run quite a distance be-
fore he could be controlled. When he
succeeded in stopping the spirited animal
Gamage left his buggy in charge of Jen-
ningS and Brown and returned to the
scene of the accident. Carnage claims not
to have realized the seriousness of the old
mans condition, otherwise he states he
would have surrendered himself to the
police at once. He says he was driving
slowly and was in no way to blame for
the sad accident. When seen last night
Mr.. Carnage made no attempt to deny
that he was the driver of the buggy He
had not heard anything of his victim s
condition. and grew alarmed when in
formed that Jones was probably fatally
injured. AT the time of the interview the
aged lottery dealer was still alive. He
died shortly after IL o'clock, and his body
was removed to the Morgue. The de-
ceased resided at 533 Fifth street
II was not driving fast when my buggy
struck the man." said Mr.. Carnage when
seen last night. I'VE. were driving up
from the Palace Hotel, where 1 had been
attending to some business. My horse is
very spirited animal, but I had full con-
troll of him up to the time the shaft
struck the man who was attempting to
cross the street in front of US.
when I drove up to the junction of
Market, Grant avenue and O'Farrell
street. I was compelled to slow up to
pass the string of people who were walk
ing up and down Market street. It was
only a few feet further up where I struck
the man, so I could not under any cir
cumstances have been driving fast. My
horse was walking up to the time the
man tried TO pass US.
IT sincerely hope that the old gentle
mans injuries will not prove fatal. 1t
was an unavoidable accident that / would
not have happen again for all the world.
will give myself up to the police the first
thing in the morning