The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-05
LIFE CRUSHED OUT
BY TROLLEY CAR
WHILE HURRYING TO SUPPER
FIVE-YEAR-OLD ADELINE NEUS-
LEM ALMOST INSTANTLY KILLED.

MiII-Haven Car struck Child and
Front Wheels Passed Completely
over Body, Crushing and ManEling
It Carried to Nearby Drug
Store. but Child Died Before Aid
Could he Given Her-MOther Pite-
ousIy SObbed and Cried 81 Want
My Chfld"-COnductOr, MOtOrman
and Inspector Arrested.
Mangled and crushed, but still living,
little Adeline Neuslein was tenderly
lifted from under the wheels of Mill
Haven car late yesterday afternoon and
carried into Huff's drug store on Ogle-
thorpe avenue and West Broad street,
where she died within a few minutes.
Everything possible was done. but
before any aid could be extended the
Lizzie Neusein. sat only a few feet
from her childs body. sobbing piteous-
ly and begging for an answer to the
question rs she dead?"
The accident occurred at $3.50 o'clock
near the corner of Margaret and West
Broad streets. A Mill-Haven car. in
charge OF Conductor w. T. Davis, Mo-
torman Joseph Milton, and Inspector B.
i. Grooves was running up West
Broad street. Adeline. only years
old, started across the street obedient
TO a call to supper, and before she no
1iced the car it was too close to her
to be avoided. Inspector Grooves was
acting as motorman. He did every
thing possible to stop the car, but did
not succeed until it was too late.
The front wheels passed over the lit
tie body, crushing it, Motor
man Milton was the first to jump from
the car. He picked the help
the wheels. A glance showed that she
could not live, but medical aid was
summoned. Before the physicians ar
rived, however. life was extinct.
Mother Told of Accident.
Mrs. Neuslein. who lives on Presi-
dent street. was notified of the acct
dent at once. She was busy preparing
supper and had sent a neighbours lit
tie girl across the street to call AIDE
line home. A minute later the little
messenger rushed into the room sob
bling, and without warning, cried ooh,
Mrs. Neusein, Adeline has been run
over by the car
With a cry the mother rushed from
the house and started toward the
crowd which was following the men
carrying the body. She reached them
as they were entering the drug store
and a. glance was sufficient to tell her
the worst had happened. She attempt
ed to reach the little form, but kind
hands held her back. fearing the re-
suits should she see the disfgured
body.
The mother her little son beside her,
sattin the front of the drug store, sob
hing and begging each one who came
from the rear room for some word of
her child. At times her grief became
too great to control and she would
stretch her hands toward the room in
which the body lay and cry piteously
Give me back my girl. / have these
children, but | want her! l want her!'
Body Was Crushed.
Coroner Keller was notified of the
accident and hurried to the scene. An
examination showed that the body had
been badly crushed, and that though
life had fingered for few moments,
that there could not have been an in
stant's consciousness after the car
struck her.
The left side of the face was mangled
and a cash was cut just above the
cheek bone. The skull was frac-
tured just back of the right ear The
right arm was broken and the left leg
fractured near the hip joint. The
little chest had been crushed, the
slight examination revealing that there
was scarcely a bone in that part of
the body which had not been broken.
After the examination had been
completed Coroner Keller gave permits
sion for the body to be removed, and
prepared for burial. The conductor,
motorman, and inspector were all taken
to police headquarters where they
gave bond to await the verdict of the
inquest. The inquest was set for IL
o'clock to-day at Huff's drug store.
The stories of eye witnesses to the
accident differ somewhat in placing
the blame. The streets were crowded
at the time of the accident
II was said by some that
the car was almost upon the little one
before she attempted to cross the
tracks. A number of those who were
present were subpoenaed as witnesses
at the inquest, as well as the ply