The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-01
EVERE DIES
OF HIS INJURIES
Another Victim Added to the List.of
Dead.
FIXES BLAME ON NO ONE.
Coroner's Jury, After Hearing All OF
the Evidence, Finds 1t Was an
Accident-Thrcc OF the Bodies
Were Taken North.

Another victim was added to the list
of those Of Saturdays accident at SIX
teenth and Main Streets, when traveller
employed in the construction work on
the Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina
Railroad, fell, killing three men outright
and injuring five others.
Arthur Everett died about O'CLOCK
Sunday afternoon and the body was short
~ afterward removed to the Biilups un-
dertaking rooms, where it was prepared
for burial. Everett was the last OF the
injured to die. He had been caught IN
the debris and his skull crushed. Be.
sides, his body had been made one mass
of bruises and Commissions, and he had
been internally injured. Soon after he
had been extricated from the debris, he
was removed to tho Virginia Hospital
and he fingered until yesterday after
noon, when death relieved his sufferings.s
The body was prepared for burial and
the funeral took place from his late res
idence, No. 1920 Darlington Street, this
city, yesterday afternoon. The services
were conducted by Rev. Preston Mash,
and the interment was made in Oalhwood.
BODIES TAKEN HOME.
Tho bodies of Bowers and Mar
zolf Were taken North yesterday
morning on the Florida and West
Indian Limited. The Pennsylvania
Steel Company took charge of all
the bodies and had them forwarded to
their destination. They also delegated
two men to accompany them. Josiah
Mace, a fellow-townsman of Bowers, ac-
companied the body of Bowers to Hall
fax, Pa, and w. Il. Gross, of Dauphin,
was in care of the body - Marzolf, and
cared for Willard Brubaker, one OF the
injured.
The body of the unfortunate Plock re-
manned in this city until last night, when
William Benn, OF Philadelphia, arrived
and took it to that city for interment.
BLAME NO ONE.
Eve, the jury. find that Walter Flock,
George Bowers and Harry N1arZoif came
to their death from causes unknown
The jury empanelled by Coroner W. H.
Taylor to determine the cause Of the
deaths of three men who We're killed in
the frightful accident Saturday afternoon
met Sunday morning, but after being
in session for "a period of three hours,
found that they could not place the
blame, and by their verdict exonerated
the Pennsylvania Steel Company and its
representatives from any and all respon-
sitilty for the deaths Of the unfortunate
men.
The jury was composed of the follow
ing: j. E. Garrison foreman), r. a.
Woodward, Colin Meades. R. S. Childress,
James w Gibbon and e. NJ Mobiles.
They We're duly empanelled, and exam
ined four witnesses.
The first evidence given was by John
w. Carroll, of Baltimore, the foreman
in charge of the work. His testimony
was to the effect that all possible care
had been taken and precaution exer-
cised: that the traveller had been properly
dashed, and that it had been used in the
same way and in similar work many
times before. He could in no way
account for the accident, and the
first intination he had of it was
when, after giving the order to slack
the boom,' he saw the boom tremble,
and then came the crash, all of the
machinery falling to the ground.
He could account for the accident in
no way.
ALBRIGHT's EVIDENCE.
Engineer G. Harry Albright, of Hali-
fax, was the next witness. Engineer
Albright corroborated the testimony of
Foreman Carroll. He stated that every
precaution had been taken in the opera
ton of the traveller, and that the lashings
had been properly secured. He told in
detail how he called to Bowers, Plock,
Marzolf and the others TO look OUT and
had warned them, and how he had
jumped and saved himself.
Engineer Albright said that ne could
attribute no cause for the accident, and
t1iouSiiL Liz 1 II NoUid iie-NSi oS S->PiGiiieei'
He was of the opinion that it was one
OF those occurrences which seemed
destined to happen and did happen.
Two other witnesses were called
Assistant Foreman Joe SINNERS, who
was caught by falling timbers and had
shoulder-blade broken, and a Mr..
Meyer, who had witnessed the accident.
The testimony of each Of these wit
nesses was corroborative of that Of
Foreman Carroll and Engineer Albright.
Work Will be resumed on the elevated
structure to-day. but hereafter no travel
Ter will be used in the placing of the
Orders in position.