The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-12
PRESIDENT ONLY BRUISED
Secret Service Agent Craig Is
Killed and Driver Ser
lousy Injured.
ALSO KILLED
Secretary corteiyou, Who Had a Seat
in Presidents Carriage, Escapes
With Trifling !njuries-The
Horses Were Killed. .2

Lenex Mass, Sept. A terrible &C
cident overlook the Presidents coach
"a short distance from Pitts1eld at
about 10 o'clock this morning. After a
short visit at the home Of ex-senator
g. Dawes, the president started on a long
sdrive to Lenox. The. party had not
gone far when an electric car ran Into
them, throwing everyone to the ground
sand badly damaging the coach.
The president received a cut on the
ahead, Governor Crane was bruised, and
William Craig, a secret service man,
was instantly killed.
The president was able to resume the
Journey to Lenox, but sent word ahead
there should be no cheering.
After leaving Senator Dawes house,
-four carriages, containing the presi-
sent and his immediate party, were
friven down South street, two carriages
on either side. When near the Coun-
ttry club, at a railroad crossing. an
electric car was noted coming at a
terrific rate of speed. Mr.. Craig sig
nailed the motorman to stop, but he
apparently paid no attention to the
warning, n the car came %plunging
fon Its work Of death. The presidents
carriage was literally smashed to
tpieces.
Motornnan Was Speeding Car.
A witness Of the accident stated the
.motorman was speeding his car in or
der to reach the club. The president.
Governor Crane and Secretary Cortel-
you were piled up in a heap.
An aWe-stricken crowd which wit
messed the accident rushed to the pres
adent,s carriage, but with no expecta-'
!tionI he would be alive. The president
was cut on the right side. of the chin,
and his face is much swollen.
Secret SerVice Agent Crair r-oa
fkllled outright, and d. j. Pratt, the
driver OF, the coach, sustained a frac-
ture Of the skull, which it is feared will
result fatally. -
The accident happened at a point
"a mile and a half from this city, near
tthe Pittsfeld Country club house,
while the president and party We're en-
joying a. coaching trip from Dalton,
Governor Cranes. home, where the
president spent the night, to Lenox, a
distance OF twenty miles over the Berk-
shire hills.
Conductor and Motornan Arrested.
The car was in charge Of Conductor
James Kelly, with LUX J. Madden on
Ahe front platform. The car struck
Ethe coach in the rear and smashed in
the back of the vehicle, tipping it over
:and throwing the occupants to the
ground. Motorman Madden and Con-
sductor Kelly were at once arrested and
brought to Pittsield. 7,
The president, who, in falling from
'ahe coach. sustained only slight bruises
and a few scratches, Secretary
tCortelyou, who suffered in a manner
similar to the president, with the ex-
.ception that he was cut on the head,
with others Of the party, went to the
Country club, near. by, where their
wounds We're dressed.
In a short time they proceeded to
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sat IL O'clock. After remaining on the
tsceen of the accident an hour, the pres
adent determined to continue his jour-
.aley to%tockbridge.
Stockbridge. Mass, Sept. 3.-The
presidents train left here at 1916
o'clock for Bridgeport, Conn, from
which point he will embark for Oyster
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