The evening world., 1905-10-19
Six Little Victims Ground Under
Wheels at DeKaIb Avenue
Crossing.
CARS GO UNCONTROLLED.
Witness in Latest Case Put
Out Of Court for Insisting
Upon TeStitying.

The De Kalb trolley death trap has
claimed another victim. Run down on
the line running between the De Kalb
avenue station and RIdgewood, Rufus
Enrich, ten years old, No, lSi9 De Kaib
avenue, was buried to-day In Evergreen
Cemetery, followed to his grave by
three hundred children OF the neigh
borhood, Twelve little boys from
Rufus's school acted as pallbcarers, and
the whole neighborhood followed the
little body.
Four other children have been killed
on the same block by the same line
within the last ten months, and two
others during the four months previous
that that. Not one motorman has been
punished, and NJ charge has been made
against the company or It's employees.
although the police blotters and te,tl.
mony before Magistrates show that
every accident has been lue to the same
cause.-The carelessness Of the motor
men In approaching the triple crossing
Of the De halb avenue, the Central
avenue and the Myrtle avenue lines.
This Is one Of the most dangerous
crossings In the city, but the danger Of
the junction Is added to by an arrange
ment By which shuttle-cars are run
between the De Kalb avenue station
and Ridgewood OF a schedule Of seven
minutes,
Change Tenders Without Stop,
Seven minutes Is little enough for the
trip under the most favorable clrcum-
stances, but when that time has to be
made on a regular schedule, not enough
time is allowed for the motormen to re-
verse their cars and change their fcnd-
ers between trips. The result Is that
when the H~ucklehorry cars are APP
preaching the junction the .motormcn
are generally busy arranging the fend-
ers for their return trips, and pay no
attention 20 what Is g1ing on in the
block between Hamburg and Myrtle
avenues.
The motorman who killed little Rufus
Emrich-Frank Marshalsky-was ar
rested and arralgned before Magistrate
Furlong In the Williamsburg Court, but
when Undertaken Frederick Knoll APP
peared and volunteered his testimony
"a to how the boy came to his death the
case was continued and the undertaken
was told ~ he did not keep quiet no
would be put out Of court. When he
insisted upon giving his testimony he
was peremptorily put out OF court and
told to take his story 10 the Coroner.
In the mean time the motorman was
held for examination, but no witnesses
were summoned and nobody was asked
TO tell how the boy came 10 his death
The hearing before the Coroner comes
up to-day, and Il Is confidently pre-
dicted that Motorman Marshalskl will
be released, as all the other motormen
have been VINO have killed children on
The same block,
Death Traps Victims.
The record for the current year, ig'
norlng the four months before, shows
that on March q oscar Buker was
killed. He lived at No, 1869 De Kalb ave-
nue. and was killed in front Of his
home, In the middle Of the block be-
tween Hamburg and Myrtle avenues.
Salvatore Arzarro, FIVE years old, OF
No. 3l6 Central avenue, was killed by
car No. 2jS, driven by Motormhn Michael
Casey, on July Is, dying in ST. Cath
arine's Hospital July l6. The motorman
was arrested and released the follow
Ing day without examination, so far US
the records show.