Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-07

going at q high rate of speed. He knew
the car was going very rapidly. but he
could form no idea Of the rate OF speed
that the car was making.
Foreman Rang the Bell.
William Brown, colored. testified that he
saw the hose carriage when 1t left the
house. Foreman Wagner was ringing the
bell The car, he said, was coming down at
lively rate and he saw people standing
at 9th and r streets wave to the motor
man to stop. Witness expressed the belief
that the motOrman paid no attention to the
warning. He did not see the car until it
mad almost reached the crossing. A boy
who works in a grocery store at 9th and
X streets. he said was one of the persons
VINO waved warning to the motorman.
II. l.. Meeks, 446 II street northwest tes-
titled that he heard the crash. but did not
see the car before it struck the reel. Wit
ness heard the bell on the hose carriage
ringing. but he did not hear the gong on the
car sounded
Heath Taylor, 100 4th street northeast.
testified that he thought the car was run
ming at the rate of ten or twelve miles an
hour. He thought the car was not going
very fast Witness heard the bells on the
car and fire apparatus ringing. He saw no.
body wave to the motorman to stop.
Jonn 5. Chapman. colored, testified that
iI car and hose carriage Were both max
ing good speed when they met on the cross
ing. lie saw colored boy wave to the
motorman to stop his car. Witness said the
car and reel were making about equal
speed when he saw them.
Foreman Wagner Testihe..
Frank j. Wagner, foreman of No En-
CINE Company. testified that Monday after
noon, at 3:21 o'clock, an alarm was sound
ed from box 232. His company, he said,
was due at the fire first. Witness rang
his bell from the time the reel left the
house until the car struck it. Witness said
a Of
speed. He saw a colored boy at the corner
of 9TH and r streets with his hand up
lifted. apparently with the intention of
calling attention of the motorman to the
hose carriage. Witness said he could not
see the car until he was within about
thirty feet of the tracks. The car covered
about one hundred feet while the hose car
rage was going thirty. He realized the dan
ger and urged the horses. as there was no
other chance, he thought, to get out of the
way of the car. When the crash came
witness was thrown high in the air and he
fell on the concrete pavement.
John G. kinsnger. driver of the hose car
riage, showed plainly the effects of the
accident. He told the jury that the
was coming very fast when he it. The
hose carriage was only short distance
from the tracks when he first saw the car
Foreman Wagner. he said, did not say any
thing to him at the time about driving.
After being injured he knew nothing.
How fast was the car gong?" asked
the coroner.
Il don't know" answered witness, but
1t was going pretty fast
Witness said he was looking ahead to see
where he was driving. The horses were
on a medium run. He had no idea of the
rate OF speed that his horses were making
Did You urge your horses when YOU saw
the carr" inquired Mr.. Hoover.
No, sir, answered witness.
Did you think you could get across with
out the car hitting you?''
II can't explain about that"
The Motormnn Warned.
Frederick Alexander testified that he wit
messed the accident. Just before the car
struck the hose carriage he saw colored
man waving to a car. The man, he
said. was about the middle of 9th street
Ten seconds after he saw the man wave
his hand the car struck the reel
Daniel Jones. the colored boy who was
referred to by the witness Brown as hav-
ing waved to the motorman to stop, was
sent for. He responded, and told the jury
that he tried to stop the car in the man
ner mentioned because he thought there
was going to be an accident.
Witness said ne also saw Neal Fortune
wave to the conductor. The car, he
thought. was going at full speed.
MOtormnn n Witness.
James Hamilton. motorman on the car
which figured in the smashup. was exam
ined. He was badly injured and it was
iitCtSSdIy LOT UlIl 10 Dc i-SSlStCu ne lc3ll-
fled that his car was going at the rate of
about seven miles an hour when he saw the
hose carriage. He had already turned OF
his controller in order to reduce the speed
of the car. When he saw the danger he.
tried to tsop. He saw nobody wave to him
or call to him to stop the car. A car
going at half speed. he thought, could be
stopped within ten feet.
Conductor j. D. Baron, who was on rear
OF the motor car at the time the accident
occurred, told the jury that the hose
riage was making fast speed when he first
saw it. The car. he thought, was making
seven or eight miles an hour.
This closed the testimony and the case
was submitted to the jury.
Nfland's Funeral.
The funeral services over Niland's re-
mains will be held at the residence of his
uncle. Redmond Sullivan. 1872 2Sd street,
Monday next, beginning at $50 am. Re-
QUEEN mass at st. Stephens Church. at 0
o'clock.