The age-herald., 1901-12-30
East Lake Trolley Car Run Into by Southern SWitch-
 ing Train
PASSENGERS SHAKEN UP
Conductor of Electric Car Pinioned to the Ground and Killed Without Bone Being
 Broken.

An East Lake street car with a trailer and six passengers was run into and knocked from the track yesterday mor1- ing at 5;15 o'clock at Twenty-seventh being pushed by a Southern Railway switch engine An account of the accident was printed in an extra edition of the Age-Herald. One man was killed in- stantly and three others injured. The dead:
 E. N. JONES, conductor on street car.
 The injured:
 ED GREEN, negro brakeman, both legs broken and legs crushed; very serious.
 H. M. FEAT. woodlawn, passenger, bruised on legs; slight.
 J. N. MAVERICK. motorman street car. bruises; slight.
 The accident occurred just before day light the car being the first coming to the city from East Lake. The engine was regular switch engine employed in the yards. and was pushing freight cars from one portion of the yards to another. The street car crew and the men in charge of the switching train claims they knew nothing of the presence of the other.
 Car Turned Over. The first street car was knocked from the track and turned completely over. The second was also thrown from the track, and under this one Conductor Jones was crushed to death. He was pinioned face down, and singularly, not bone in his body was broken. Ed Green, a negro brakeman employed by the Southern. was riding on the freight car which hit the trolley car. He was thrown to the ground and had both legs broken and head slightly cut. He was removed to Dr. Copeland's infirmary, where 1t was found necessary to ampu- tate his left leg. He is in very seri- ous condition and may die. The motorman, J. N. Hambrick, es- capped with only slight injuries sustained by being knocked from the car. He was thrown on the opposite side of the track to that where MT. Jones was thrown. The injuries of MT. Feat were also slight. He was able to come into the city with his daughter After he had seen her go to train he returned home. No other passengers were injured.
 The passengers on the car were: MT. H. w. Lavender, East Lake; Mrs. Net tie Clinton, of Chattanooga, daughter of MT. H. M. Feat, with two children; MT. w. M. Reed, MT. Will Carroll, and MT Jim Hughes.
 Cause Hard to Determine The cause of the accident is difficult to determine, both the street car employees and the Southern Railway employees claiming they were not to blame. The latter claim the car ran onto the track at high speed, while the street car men claim the car was stopped and that sig nals were given before they moved. They claim also that they did not see the freight cars moving until almost on them. Mir H. M. Feat, who was on the car with his daughter, Mrs. Clinton. gave the following statement of the accident "when the car reached the crossing Conductor Jones went to the front step ped off, and signaled the motorman to move on. At the time I looked out the window and it seemed to me the freight cars were standing still Before I could do anything or think of anything the freight cars struck our cars and knocked them from the track, injuring and frightening us all"
 Shortly after the accident Conductor c. s. Plecker and Engineer A. B. Rogers, of the Southern switch engine, and Mo- torman J. N. Hambrick were all placed under arrest on the charge of man. slaughter. They were placed in jail, but succeeded in making bail in the sum of $1,000 each during the afternoon, and were released.
 Coroner to Investigate.
 Coroner Paris will investigate the col lision in holding the inquest over the body of Conductor Jones. He has sum- moned about 20 witnesses and will begin the hearing this morning at o'clock in his office at the courthouse. The remains of MT. Jones were removed to his home on Seventh street in East Lake yesterday afternoon. He leaves a widow and five children. four girls and one boy. He was highly regarded and had been with the Street Railway Com- pany for ten years. No funeral arrange ments have been made.