The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-01
THREE ARRESTED.
Sensational Occurrence on South
Side Last Evening.
WAGON AND CAR COLLIDE
at Main and Twcnty-Fourth Streets.
The Wagon Overturned and the
Nineteen Passengers Thrown to the
Street-Happily None Was Badly In-
jured-The Operator and Conductor.
We're Arrested. I

Last evening about 6:1O o'clock. car
No. II on the Wheeling Railway Com
pany's line, struck 4 wagon, at the cor
ner of Main and Twenty-fourth streets,
injuring several of the passengers in
the wagon. The victims were not seri-
ously injured. but the affair created in
tense excitement In the. vicinity, a
4 crowd of several thousand people being
attracted shortly afterwarG to the
scene. The operators OF the car were
( Inter put under arrest by the police.
The wagon belonged to Frank II. Kit
son. who conducts a grocery ut 2l09
Main street, and was utilized to convey
passengers to and from Benwood. 1t
was driven by L. w. Conner. whose son,
Clarence. acted as conductor. Accord
ins TO the statement OF Mr.. Conner. he
was turning off Main street, to go up
Twenty-fourth when the car crashed
into the wagon. One wheel was pushed
under the wagon, and In an
instant the wagon was over
turned. precipitating the nineteen &C.
cupants. including several girls en-
ploycd at the Wheeling Stamping
Works. TO the ground. While all got a
shaking UP. the worst sufferers were
Mrs. Ella Lemon, Miss Ella Hall and
Clarence Conner.
Mrs. Lemon sustained the most in
Su nd ha Of ip,f rarr,nyaH
her to her home at Benwood Junction.
Her head was cut and three of her ribs
broken. Miss Halls arm was spralned
and Clarence Corners, who was thrown
thirty feet by the force of the shock,
sustained 4 bad cut in the head. Three
or four girls received minor bruises. The
horse attached to the wagon escaped in
jury.
The car was manned b. Conductor
August Sampson and Motorman Sitas
Shaw. Immediately after the collision
they reversed the trolley rope, and ran
tn" car up town, instead of attempting
10 continue the Journey south. a large
crowd soon collected in the vicinity and
telephone message 10 the city build
ing brought Mayer Sweeney and squad
5f police down In the patrol wagon. :.
Captain Clemans and his men lost lit
tie time In arresting the car men. AS
stated, the cay was run back up town,
and Shaw and Sampson We're arrested
while running it over the bridge. An
other non-union employc. ". ]. Whit
man, who told them TO sneak to Ohio"
was placed under arrest by Captain
Cicmans. The conductor and motor
man had Just come out Of the COM
PaRy's Main street office when the chief
and Office knahe arrived. They board
ed their car ana had started over the
bridge when the chief called on them TO
halt. which they did and were then ar
rested
Shaw, Sampson and Whitman We're
committed to jail by Squire Rogers for
their hearing before him to-day at p.
IN. No bond was given. Whitman
overheard Captain Clemans telephoning
from a Main street place to arrest the
men at the coiEpany's Office. and he hus-
tied there and advised them to escape.
4 number of witnesses have been
summoned for the hearing this after
noon. and include Harry Hall. Ella
Hall. Ada Halbert, Ella Lemons, pas
sengcrs in the wagon. George ST. Mey-
prS and p,berr Witnesses Of the occur
renee who will testify MS TO whether the
car gong was sounded.
The first accounts Of tho affair We're
highly exaggerated. The large crowd
that soon gathered was calm and show
ed no manifestations Of vtoiercc to the
cars that passed the spot later.