Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-09-04

Motorman Paid no Attention to Sig
malls and Presidents Carriage B
Dashed to Pieces.
Special Officer Who Was Killed Had
Been on Duty at White House
for Many Years.

Lenox, Mass, Sept. "A terrible &C.
cident overlook the presidents coach
g short distance from Pittsfield about,
10 a. M. After short visit to the
home of ex-senator Dawes the presi.
dent started on the long drive to Len.
OK. He had not gone far when an elec.
trio car ran into them, throwing every
one to the ground and badly damaging
the coach. The president received a
cut on the head, Governor Crane was
bruised and William Craig, a secret
service man, was instantly killed. The
president was able to resume his jour
ney to Lenox, but sent word ahead
that there should be no cheering. q
After leaving Senator Dawes house
the four carriages containing the pres
ldent and his immediate party were
driven down South street, two car.
riages on either side. ( When near the
Country club and at the railroad cross
ing an electric car was noticed coming
at a terrific rate of speed Mr.. Craig
slgnalled to the motorman to stop, but
he apparently paid no attention to the
warning and the car came plunging on
in its work of death. The presidents
carriage was literally smashed to
pieces. The president, Governor Crane
and Secretary Cortelyou were piled up
IN q heap. The awe-stricken crowd
which witnessed the accident
Rushed to the Presidents Carriage,
but with no expectation that he would
be found alive. The president was
cut on the right side of his chin and
his face is much swollen. .5i .s55
Secret Service Agent William Craig
was killed outright, and D. J.. Pratt,
the driver of the coach, sustained a
fracture Of the skull which it is feared
will result fatally. Il !. .sl s,..5# I,
The coach was a regulation tallyho
vehicle in which the president and his
party We're enjoying a coaching trip
from Dalton, Governor Cranes home,
where the president spent the night, to
lenox, tsl, a distance Of about twenty
miles over the Berkshire hills. The
car was in charge of Conductor James
Kelly, with Motorman Luke ). Madden
on the front platform. 81
The car struck the coach in the rear
and smashed in the back Of the Yehi
Gle, tipping it over and throwing its
occupants to the ground. The car was
not badly damaged. Motorman Mad
den and the conductor, Kelly, were at
once arrested and brought to Pitts.
field. Pratt, the driver Of the coach,
also was brought there and placed in
the Pittsfield hospital. The president,
who, in falling from the coach,
The physicians at the hospital say
that Driver Pratt's injuries include q
dislocated left shoulder, his ankle Isl
sprained, his face badly scratched and
his body bruised. After an examina-
tion the physicians decided that he
would recover.
Sustained Only Slight Bruises
and a few scratches, and Secretary
George B. Cortelyou, who suffered in
manner similar to that of the president
with the exception that he was cut on
the head, with the other members Of
the party, went to the Country club
nearby, where their wounds were
dressed. In short time they proceed
ed to the Curtis hotel at Lenox. arriy-
ing there at II o'clock. The president
retained his complete composure, all
though he was solicitous for the rest
OF those in the carriage.
After remaining at the scene of the
accident for an hour the president de-
termined to continue his journey to
stockbridge. After a brief stop at
Lenox he was driven to the train.
In the next carriage to the presi.
dents when the accident happened
was DR.. g. "A. Lung Of the navy, who
the president for lust
such emergencies as this, and who was
promptly on hand to render assistance
to the president. But the president
was disinclined to receive medical at
! ttention, mt saying he was but slightly
hurt. 8 4 -
n The president Is programme for the
day included journey from this state,
through Connecticut and he was to stOn
at I4enox and Stockbridge and Great
Darlington in Massachusetts and AZ
New Milford and Bridgeport, Ia Con-.
necticut. At Bridgeport the yacht
Sylph was to meet him and take him,
back to Oyster Bay. 55
GIANT IN PHYSIQUE.
Officer Craig Special White House,
VI Guard for Years.
Lenox, Mass. Sept. 4.-Williami
Craig. the secret service man who was
killed, had been on duty as special
guard at the White House for many
|. ears. He was forty-eight years old
and was q giant In physique. He
weighed over 200 pounds and was more