Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-12

OLIVER TARBoT.


II arrived home from work and was
washing. was standing by the glass
at the back door when the car came
down. / saw it coming down and saw
little fellow on the track. and threw
the towel down and said: My God.
they're going to hit that little boy
There was no bell rang at all and /
hadn't the words hardly out of my
mouth until they hit the boy and it
looked to me as though they dragged
him 20 or rs feet. OF course. didn't
measure it. The front wheel PASSED
over him and the hind wheel was on
parts CT his limbs. / saw man, did
not know whether it was conductor
or motorman, take hold of the child
and give him jerk or two to put him
out. I said: That's terrible and l
started and didn't finish washing and
ran up there and I said to the conduc-
tor: Don't move that car another inch
until the coroner comes / went into
the house. In the meantime this man
had carried the little fellow in, and laid
him down on the floor. His face was
on the floor. picked him up and held
him in my arms until somebody fixed
comfort and / laid him down and took
a flannel dress and folding it up made
pillow upon which l. laid him. Then
Fritz Rebus and the doctor came in
about that time. We picked him up
and laid him on the bed. That is all
know"
Q.-"Mr Tarbct, you were there
when this motorman or conductor took
the child in, were you not?" Al
was part of the way up when they
struck the child. He laid it on the
floor before we got there and ran back
and got on the car"
Q.-"Did you hear him make any re-
marks after he carried the child in
there?" Al said: Don't you move
that car an inch until the coroner
comes"
Q.-"What position was the child in
before the car struck it?" A-"The
little fellow was on the track. He was
not quite the centre of the track when
the car struck him."
Q.-"How far was the car away when
you saw him." At was over 20
feet. l had just made the remark:
They are going to hit that boy"
Q.-"Did the motorman make any
effort to stop the carr" Al didn't
notice. They were running at a rapid
rate. The same as they had been run
ming ordinarily. They were running
at the ordinary fast speed"
Q.-"What effort did he make after
the child was struck?" A.-"They
stopped the car in about 70 or rs feet.
The child was dragged, l would say,
about so feet before he went under the
front wheels"
Q.-"Did the motorman make an eff
fort to use the fender?" Al could
not tell you. l was not hooking at
them. l was excited at the time. AS
near as l can possibly state, the car
ran 70 or rs feet before they took him
out. I ran UP as quickly as l could. l
don't know whether the motorman or
conductor took him from under the
wheel. He appeared to be fast under
the hind wheel. He pulled him two or
three times before he got him out
When / went in l picked him up and
held him until some lady fixed COM
fort upon which | laid him."
Q.-"About how fast do you think
that car was running?" A.-"Ordin
arily." \
Q.-"Like they generally run?" A.
Yes. sir
Q.-"There was no bell rang?" A.
NO, sir
o.-"You live back on that street,"
Ayes"
ct has always been the custom
to ring the bell?" Al haze noticed
them when they were running at or
binary speed"
Q.-"You saw the boy before he was
hit?" Al saw him just before"
.Q.-"You did net notice the motor
man making an effort to check the
carr" A-"No, sir. l noticed they
dragged him 20 or rs feet before he
fell under the front wheel. They stop
ped the car just as the hind wheel
came upon one of his limbs, and either
the conductor or motorman pulled at
him a couple of times before he got
him from under the wheel
cit was pretty close to the cross
street where they hit him was it not?"
Ayes, ST."
F. NJ MILLER.
Il was sitting on my front porch and
saw the child make an effort to cross
the track from the curb stone. The
car struck him and dragged him quite
a distance. While he was under it l