Evening star., 1901-11-18
A PLATE PRINTER KILLED
ANDREW MARTIN MEETS DEATH ON
HIS WAY TO WORK.
Tries to Catch One Car and is Struck
by AnOther-The MOtOrman's
Statement.

While hurrying across Massachusetts
avenue at 9TH street northwest this morn
ing to catch what is known as the bureau
car Andrew Martin ran against an east
bound Columbia car and received fatal In
juries. The accident occurred about 1:3O
o'clock and the victim died at the Emer-
gency Hospital three hours later. He was
a plate printer and lived with his wife and
two children at 64O Morris street northeast.
Mrs. Martin was notified of the accident
and she hurried to the hospital, reaching
there before her husband expired. He was
unconscious, however, and unable to recog-
nize her. Coroner hewitt was notified OF
the accident and he viewed the body later
in the day. An inquest will probably be
held tomorrow morning. Mr.. Martin, who
was well known in the northeast section
of the city, had been employed in the bu-
reau of engraving and printing for several
years.
How the Accident Occurred.
This morning he left his home about the
usual hour with his lunch in his hand and
boarded a west-bound Columbia car, eX-
pecting to reach Massachusetts avenue and
5th street in time to catch the car that
would land him in front of the bureau
shortly before o'clock Just before the
Columbia car reached the 5th street cross
moving away. The only way he could catch
it, as he supposed, was to jump off the car
on which he was passenger and start to
oyertake the bureau car. In order to over
take the moving car 1t was necessary for
him to make good speed and he started be-
hind the car from which he had jumped and
was about to cross the eastbound track
Just as the car from the western terminus
of the road came along. Martins head
struck against the front of the car with
such force that he was rendere ed uncon-
scious He fell to the asphalt pavement and
when picked up blood was streaming from
his mouth and nose.
Taken to the Hospital.
The dying man was carried to the side
walk, where Motorman Wilton Robey as
sisted in caring for him until the arrival
of the Emergency Hospital ambulance,
when he was hurried to the hospital. Upon
his arrival there the doctors found the in
jured man was suffering from a cerebral
hernorrhase and he also showed evidences
or possible fracture of the skull. His
case was regarded as hopeless. The police
of the sixth precinct were notified of the
accident, and Lieut. Moore had an investi-
CATION made. From what the officers could
ascertain they regarded the affair as an &C
cident, and it was not until after Martin s
death that the motorman was summoned
to the station to be held until Coroner
hewitt could make an investigation. Motor
porter, said his home is at 14O9 H street
northeast, and he has been on the fairoad
nearly seventeen years. This morning s
affair, he said. was the first serious acci-
dent in which he had figured.
The Motormnn's Statement.
According to his statement, his car
stopped on the west side Of the crossing
at 9Th street and when he started ahead
and pushed over the crossing he sounded
his gong to warn pedestrians that his car
was moving. His car had not gone more
than sixty or seventy feet before he saw
MIR. Martin come from behind the west
bound car, running very fast. There was
nothing that he could do to avoid the acci-
dent, and as soon as he realized that the
man was going to run against his car he
reversed his current and applied the
brakes. The car came to full stop before
1t had moved five feet. and Mr. Martin
was picked up near the front wheels. After
the injured man was carried to the hospital
the motorman proceeded to the car barn
He was very much affected by the sad af-
fair. Mr.. Martin formerly lived in Phila-
delphia.