The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-05

inch or SO over the telephone WIRE the
slightest sag bringing them together
OTHER ACCIDENTS.
"When I read of the accident in the Fourth
District last night. l wondered why IN INC
world II was that the fire and police leie-
phone service had not oeen proviaea hSave
them. all street car lines have them. why
haven't they been put in the police phones:
Now. / don't know whether they could Pc
used on the police phones. but II they could
what a great saving II would nave peen.
Surely IL such a thing is prdcticabie, fuses
will be adopted on the system at once. oucn
an accident is not possible with the fuse.
This loss Of life is but a warning. otner
terrible accidents will follow as sure as inc
night follows the day. as long as the over
head wire is permitted In the downtown
districts. There is but one real remedy
that is to require that all wires In the con-
gested business districts be under ground:
The conduit system Is our only hope. and l
shall urge such legislation as may be neces-
s. Eyns sG eS Gopid of tho Imperial company
mo enc regrets this awful accident more
Fnere l were 1G; U only " to Mis lamps on the
circuit, with a total voltage of $50; A volt
age OF 500 would kill Just as quickly as one
at Sing Sing. What protection to life would
It be to have a Limitation OF 5000 volts un-
der those eircumstancesi MoIo1y ,bnu 99
dents, you know. will happen"
KIELY SAYS THAT
BLAME SHOULD BE FIXED.
Captain Kelly Of the Fourth District said;
Somebody is certainly responsible for this
most deplorable affair. Who 1t Is / cannot
say. The responsibility should be liked az
delay, adopt such precautionary measures
as may be necessary to prevent a recurrence
of such a catastrophe. The men whose lives
were shocked out in the twinkling OF an eye
were worth more than all the electric COM
panies on earth. Looney had been In the
service five years. and q more honest. du-
tiful and courageous officer I never saw. He
did not know what fear was. In the two
years / have had charge of this district he
had made some OF the best captures; o,. :.
year only. During that time he had con-
Quoted himself In a gentlemanly and Ofhcer-
like manner, and would, ! am sure. in time
have made an excellent officer"
The inquest on the death OF the two Of
ficers will be held to-day at 10 o'clock.
FUNERALS OF Ii
DEAD OFFICERS.
take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Their
bolies were removed to their respective
homes yesterday. Looney will be removed
to Rock Church, on Grand avenue, where
the funeral services will be conducted. His
pallbearers will be Sergeant James Quin.
Ivan and Officers John McEneny. Robert
Early, Thomas Hagerty, Thomas Curley.
James KIM and Michael Bree. he burial
VIII De IN CALVARY cemetery.
Officer Beckmsnn's funeral will take place
at hrs late home. No. 4i29 Easton avenue.
His palibearers will be Officers Gustaye
Hagemeier. James Moran, Maurice, Biz
mingham, Ed Lally, James Lynch. James
Kinney, Joseph Biggio and Patrick Houli-
han He will be buried In Bethany Gene
terry.
Yesterday morning the fellow-oflcers Of
Patrolmen Beckmann of the Third Precinct
and Looney of the First Precinct Of the
Fourth District met at the station and au-
thorized Captain Kiely to purchase appro-
pirate floral pieces to be sent to the homes
Of both of their dead ~comradesI The pieces
were selected yesterday and now stand be-
sides their bsers. Floral stars six feet high
with six points were selected for both. In
the center of the floral star sent to Looney's
home, worked in flowers, Is his police num-
Der, 2l9, and on the scroll a. thu bottom