The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-09
Accident Occurred at Foot of
 PeaIsOns HiII
YOUNG MAN VAS WELL KNOWN
Stepped of One Car and Got in Front of Another Which Hurled Him Seventy-flve Feet-Eye Wit
 ness's Statement.

Justin E. Cooke, IS years of age, was struck by an electric car running north ward on Twentieth street at the inter section of Avenue H last night about 7:15 o'clock and instantly killed. His skull was crushed and his neck was broken.
 Cooke alighted from Loope car No. S2S going southward, which it is stated did not come to a standstll. He went around behind the car and started to cross the other track, and when about half way across another Loop car, No. 3le, which was coming down Pearson hill at great speed, struck him and threw him, ac- cording to eye witnesses, about seventy five feet. He died instantly.
 The rolling mill loop car which struck the young man was In charge of Motor man G. E. Payne and Conductor T. H. Crowder Both of these men were placed unddr arrest on charge of manslaughter' but were released on s2CO bond each.
 Young Lady Describes Accident.
 Miss Lucille Drake, who lives at the residence of Dr. M. A. Copeland, 7A S. Twentieth street, was sitting on the porch and saw the accident She describes 1t as follows
 "Our house is the second one on TWen- tieth street north from Avenue H. ana I saw the young man jump on the car when it slowed down at Ave nue H. He came around behind the car' and when he saw the other car coming started to run across the track. when about half way over the car struck nm and threw him at least ten feet In the air and his body fell on the pavement directly in front of our gate, which is at least seventy-five feet from Avenue h.
 ."rhe car which struck him was gong at terrific speed. I don't believe l nave ever seen car come down the hill so fast. It ran almost to Avenue G before the motorman was able to stop it.
 q ran out to the street as soon as the accident happened and saw the young mans head was badly crushed. It LOOK ed to me as though this was caused py the car striking him and not by his be- ing thrown against the pavement.
 Manager Mcclarys Statement. .l. B. department of the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company, made the tol- lowing statement:
 "rhe only account have of the acci- dent is from the motormen and conduc- tors in charge of the two cars. The con- ductor of the ear from which MT. Cooke alighted says that his car had not stop ped; that the young man jumped orr while the car was in motion.
 "It is rule of the company that car cannot pass another car which Is standing still without coming to stop itself. If the car from which Cooke alighted had stopped and the car coming down the hill had run past it, the motor- man would have violated the rules.
 From what I can gather, the young man was largely at fault for not looking before starting across the track The Deceased's Family.
 Justin E. Cooke was son of MT. and Mrs. John w Cooke who reside at 2l26 Avenue H. His father is travelling rep resentative of the Birmingham News and Is well known all over Alabama. The deceased was employed at the Yateman- Dickinson company, on Twentieth street. He was a young man of fine character and was highly esteemed by his employ CTS. He had four brothers-John, Webb, Young and William.
 pr. J. c. LeGrande, surgeon for the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. happened to be on the car which struck the young man and he and pr. John A. Moore examined his injuries and found that he was killed instantly
 Lige Loy's ambulance was called and carried the body to his undertaking es- tablishment on Third avenue. where 1t remained last night. The funeral ar- engagements have not been made. LIMITED COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS