The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-04

head from which blood was flowing free
ly. The President quickly regained his
composure and the three soon after re-
paired to the residence Of Charles r..
Stevens, near the scene Of the accident
Mr.. Craigs body was found Just behind
the car His shoulder and chest were
crushed and the body was frightfully
mangled
Driver Pratt was found unconscious in
the road. His shoulder was dislocated,
his ankle sprained and mis- face badly cut
and bruised. He was Immediately placed
| in a carriage and taken to the House Of
Mercy where he was attended by two doc
tors who tonight said he would recover.
Agent Craig's body was taken to the
residence Of Mrs A. Stevens adjoining
the house to which the President had re-
paired with Governor Crane and Secretary
Cortelyou and later was removed to an
undertaking room in this city.
CAR MEN ARRESTED.
| A few moments after the collision Drs.
Colt, Thomas and woodruff arrived and
attended the President and his Secre-
tary. Half an hour later the journey to
| Lenox was resumed. An anxious crowd
meanwhile surrounded the house and the
President stopped long enough to assure
the people that he was not injured in the
least and to express his great grief at
the death of Agent Craig Chief Nichol-
son of the Pittsfield police and Daniel
Ryan, an officer of the New York city
department, who is on his vacation in
this city. were driving about 100 yards
ahead of the Presidents carriage and
| were among the first to reach his side af-
| ter the collision. They Immediately
placed under arrest the motorman Of the
car e. Madden and Conductor James
Kelly and they were later taken to head
| quarters. in this city.
| Governor Crane, in relating his expe-
rience, says he heard the gong of the
| approaching car in ample time and he
Immediately arose and warned the motor
man to stop. He says that the man ap-
parently paid no attention to his signal
or those of the troopers alongside and
the car continued until 1t struck the car
rage with great force.
i ACCUSED OF MANSLAUGHTER.
no one on the car seems to be able to
explain how the accident happened. Even
the motorman and persons on the front
seat are apparently unable to tell why 1t
was not avoided. 1t is said driver Pratt
turned to cross the track sooner than
teams ordinarily make the turn but that
he was forced to do so because OF the
fact that his team of four horses required
more room and the two troopers on the
|
get through. Motorman Madden and Con-
ductor Kelly furnished bail tonight. The
charges against them are manslaughter.
They will probably be arraigned tomor-
row morning. The defense will probably
present no evidence and the men will be
held for the grand jury.
George and Hugh Craig OF Holyoke.
Mass, brothers of William Craig. the
victim of the accident arrived here to-
night and are in consultation with the
authorities. 1t has been decided to take
the body to Chicago for interment.
In arranging the program for the day
Mayor Engler had requested all business
to be suspended in the city: he also had
made special requests of the Pittsfed
street railway that 1t suspend business on
North Street during -the exercise at the
park and while the President was driving
to that point.
| ASKED TO BE CAREFUL
He also asked the manager of both
street railway companies in the city TO be
especially careful as to the running of
cars on all streets through which the pro-
cession would pass.
The car had started on the upward at
the beginning Of the hill just before the
collision and it is pointed out that con-
siderable power must have been applied
Just before the crash in order to start 1t
up the incline under the Roadway 1t had
Frederick s. Clark who was an eye
witness of the accident says he had gone
to the top of Howard Hill for the pur-
pose of securing a photograph of the
President in his carriage. He was near
the Howard house, he says, when he saw
the party approaching. He saw the
horses as they turned to the east
just before they reached the cul-
vert The car he saw coming at a fast
rate of speed but a short distance behind.
He says he saw that in moment an ac-
cident must occur because the car was
going at such a rate of speed that it
could not be brought to stand-still with
out a collision. In his opinion the car
was about 100 feet to the rear when the
leading horses were turned onto the track
to cross to the other side of the road.
He heard considerable yelling just before
the crash and he believes 1t came from
the mounted men. He saw the car strike
the rear wheel of the Presidents car
riage on the left side, ploughing 1t along
and striking the front wheel on the same
side and then the wheel horse on the
left side, upsetting the carriage and
throwing the driver and officer from the
box to the ground.
SPOKE TO MoToRMAN.
| Mr.. Clark says IL was very dusty at that
point. lie says ne saw the PRESIDENT
thrown out and saw the Gov
} ernor assist him to his feet. AS the
President arose to his feet, Mr.. Clark
says he saw him walk to where the mo-
torman was standing after leaving the
ca". and speak to him.
MaGden, the motorman, In telling his
story, gays the car had motors of sixty
horsepower. The car Is not fitted with
air brakes On account of the Presiden-
tial exercises. ne says, the running sched-
ules on all lines of the company were
disarranged. He said he left the Coun-
try Club for the Stanley Works, but
reached only the Campbell House or
South Street when he was forced to
make a stop on account of the ropes
drawn across the streets. Madden says
that according to orders. he remained In
front of the Campbell House until the
time for his car to return to the Country
Club He says the. car was due at the
Country Club at 9:45. that he did not In
any way interfere with the procession
and. so far as he knows the car was moi
, chartered for any special occasion.
MoToRMAN WAS CAREFUL.
As he passed over the railroad bridge
I $50 or 400 feet from the scene of the ac-
ctdent. he says he shut off the power and
! put on the brakes, the car then being on