The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-22
MOTORMAN MITCHELL HELD
FOR MRS. LACEY'S DEATH

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THE CORONER'S VERDICT. q
, We, the Jury. find that the deceased Q
, came to her death on the 10Th of .
August at sos q. m, at the inter- &
D section of Goodfellow and Easton Q
D avenues. as the result Of fracture .
. of the base Of the skull and q q
D fracture of the wrist. caused by car q
D No. 2040, Easton avenue division Of q
D the st. Louis Transit Company. q
D August 20. 1901 on the east side Of q
D Goodfellow avenue. at its inter- q
. section with Easton avenue: that q
D william J. Mitchell. the motorman q
D in charge Of said car. was culpably .
. negligent IN the operation Of the q
D car at the time Of and Just prior to .
D the death Of Mrs Annie Lacey: that .
= the ofilcials Of the st. Louis Transit q
. Company were accessories to the .
Q death Of Mrs. Lacey. in SO far as 4
. they prescribe a schedule for the .
. Easton avenue cars which enforces .
Q q dangerous rate of speed. Z
Q Verdict: Manslaughter. Z
q THE JURY. q
Q Nathan Lisak. No. 1siSl Franklin Z
Q avenue. Z
: r. Preluzky. No ls2o Franklin ave- I
O nue.. Z
. F. W. scherrer. No. 1910 Franklin Z
q avenue.
. Joseph Gibbs. No. 1sos Franklin 4
q avenue.
: Herman Lochner. No. 124s Franklin I
q avenue.
. H. sigolon. No. 12c Franklin ave- Z
q nue..
. THE WITNESSES. Z
Q Motorman W. J. Mitchell. Z
O Conductor Lewis.
Q Mrs. Alice Hoffman. No. s157 Ridge Z
q avenue.
Q Charles W. Walton. No. 15z7 Black
q stone avenue.
Q John H. Hunger. No. 570 Garfield Z
q avenue.
: John McMahon. No. $40 Easton {
q avenue.
. Mrs. John Cook, No. s1ss Easton
Q avenue.
. Sergeant Purcell and onicers Ball Z
Q and Hade Of the Mounted District. Z
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hand at the motorman. The motorrnan triet
to stop the car. she said. but could MT.
Charles W. Walton Of No. 1871 Blackstone
avenue saw the accident.
Il nedr0 some one say . WOmau udu UccA
run over" he said. '.and locked back
Mrs. Lacey's body was lying about ffteeI
feet from the track, where It had beer
thrown by the car. stepped II on anc
found the car had run flfty-eight feet aftel
striking Mrs Lacey before It came to
DO you have any idea how fast the car.
ran by there" Fitzsimmons asked.
About seventeen or eighteen miles ar
"Do you know how fast this car was 20
ingy'
Il do not
John H. Hunger Of No. 5722 Garfield ave
nue. said he thought the car was runnini
about ten or twelve miles an hour. He saiS
Mrs. Lacey started across the street will
her head down. without noting the impend
ing danger. He called to her but she pait
no attention. She had no more than reached
the far sice Of the track. he said. when thu
car struck her. She was thrown fifteen fee
through the air. 1t was more than an hou
and q half before the police arrived on thu
scene and sent the body to the morgue.
twenty miles an hour said John McMahor
accident. Il know II was going too fast fo
any one to board It."
Sergeant Purcell and Omcers Ban and
Hade testified to the finding Of the body and
its removal to the mofGue. when the,
reached the scene all the evidences they
could get. they said. seemed to show tha
the accident was unavoidable, % no ar
In his testimony. Mutorman Mitchell sal.
his time between 0oodfelloW avenue ant
Taylor avenue was two and ons-half min