Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-01
HORSE AND MAN DEAD
BOTH DROWNED IN THE JAMES
CREEK CANAL.
Huckster and His Team Go Over the
neutrality-suspicious. of
Accidental Death.

George Garrison's dead body was found
in the mud Of the James Creek canal near
H street about ESQ o'clock this morning,
the team and driver having been accden-
tally precipitated into the stream. Only a
short distance from the mans body was
his horse and wagon. The head of the
horse was imbedded in the mud and slime
the weight of the vehicle having rendered
1t impossible for the animal to regain its
feet.
1t was shortly after II o'clock last night
when the accident occurred but nothing
was known Of the affair until this morn
ing at low tide, when the body was found
resting on the mud above the surface of
the water
A Waterman in the employ of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company notified the
police and the latter soon recovered the
body and sent it to the morgue. Coroner
hewitt viewed the remains, received an ac-
count Of the circumstances under which
the body was found and gave a certificate
Of accidental DEATH Undertaken J. Will
liam Lee took charge of the body and pre-
pared it for burial. The funeral arrange
mel ts have not yet been made, but it is
mere than likely that members of local
Grand Army Post will have charge of the
ceremonies.
Mr.. Garrison was pensioner. sixty years
old and lived at 62 M street southwest. His
wife was very much alarmed over his fail
ure to return home last night, and early
this morning she went out to search for
him. When she heard that a fatal acct
dent had occurred only a short distance
from her home she fastened to the canal
and saw the body of her husband before
it was removed from the filthy stream.
Had Been Selling Fish.
Garrison was a huckster and had been
selling fish recently.
Yesterday he left home about daybreak
to get a supply Of fish, and it was after
dark when he started home. A few squares
from the canal he stopped at a business
place where he conversed with friends I'M
til nearly IL o'clock, and then started home
He had probably not been away from his
friends more than ten minutes when he
went overheard and was drowned. His
horse was blind. From South Capitol street
to the canal there is a we'll defined road
way that Is used by teams hauling ferti-
lizer and sand, and there is nothing in the
nature of a barricade there to prevent fatal
accidents Many lives have been lost in the
sluggish stream because of the absence of
proper safe guards. The dangerous condi-
ton of the canal has been reported upon
more than score Of times by the police
authorities. The coroner's juries have also
condemned the place when passing upon
the question Of lives lost there, but the de-
lay in needing the warnings has added
many victims to the already long list
The Dangers There.
Several years ago attention was called to
the dangerous condition along the canal by
the South Washington Citizens Associa-
ton, and several feeble efforts to reduce
the danger have been made. The arching
Of the canal south of G street has been
suggested in reports upon the matter. An
other suggestion was for the construction
of an iron fence along the wall Such i'm
provements would interfere to some extent
with the operators of sand and manure
boats, but would reduce the number of
fatalities. %