Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29

but the slippery condition OF tho tracks
yesterday caused an increase in the speed.
There was no wagon on the street to inter-
rupt his view. Witness said he used sand
upon the tracks and did all he could to pre-
vent the accident. The child, he stated.
was caught in the, fender and then rolled
out before the car came to a stop. He
thought the car went from sixty-five to
seventy feet from the time the fender
struck the child until it was brought to a
stop. The car went about five feet while
the child was IN the fender. 1t was his
opinion that the child was going all the
way across the street when he saw her
cross the north tracks, and had she not
turned so suddenly and started back she
would not have been struck.
William II. Parker. living at 1914 street
northwest and employed in the navy yard.
was a passenger on the car yesterday. He
knew nothing of the accident until the car
stopped, and then he assisted In the re-
moval of the body from beneath the car
Witness was seated near the front of the
car. and the shouting of colored man TO
the motorman was the first thing to at
tract his attention and indicate that there
was trouble. He thought the colored man
shouted after the motorman started ring
ing his bell Witness thought the car was
not running as fast as cars usually run
along e street.
Mrs. Carrie Lester 40 New Jersey ave-
nue. southeast, testified that she was walk
ing along Z street yesterday afternoon.
when she looked and saw the ch.id on the
Witness screamed and was SO much af-
fected by the affair that she was assisted
away by friend. She could tell nothing
about the movement of the car or the dis
lance it went after the child was struck
Saw the Child.
Capitol Policeman Dunn testified that he
was in his house getting ready to go to
work when he looked out of the window
and saw the little child standing upon the
track. He saw the car when 1t came along
and struck the child. Witness said he
thought the child was too young to realize
the danger of being struck by a car. He
sad often seen children on the car tracks
and had seen them cross directly In front
of moving cars. There Is a hydrant near
the corner, across the street from his
house, and children frequently play about
it.
Rev Aquila Sayles, colored, pastor of the
Providence Baptist Church of this city and
the Mount Olivet Church of Arlington, Va,
testified that he was a passenger on the
car and that he saw the child before the
car struck her. His attention was attract
ed to the front of the car by the sounding
Of the BELL Witness said the car was go
ing at slow rate of speed and explained
that the motorman had had trouble In tax
ing an ups grade on account of the slippery
condition of the tracks. He thought the
motorman did everything in his power to
prevent the accident.
George Cleveland testified that he wit
messed the accident from the park and
heard the gong on the car sounded num-
Der Of times before the child was struck.
f. E. Mcpherson testified that he wit
messed the accident from the front of his
home. He saw the child on the street
and the sounding of the bell on the car at
tracted his attention to the vehicle. Wit
ness thought the car was not going as fast
as they usually go along E street, and ex-
pressed the belief that the motorman did
all he could to prevent the accident. Wit
ness thought the car was running at the
rate of about thirteen or fourteen miles an
hour when it came down the e street grade
Edwin Bruce and others were examined
before the case was submitted.