Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-10-02


Of September, 1905, find that deceased
came to her death from being thrown
| from and run over by her wagon as
result of collision with car No. 2, Of
| the albuquerque Traction company
at the corner of Railroad avenue and
| Tenth street. Sgned-A. j. Crawford,
]. p; Walter D. Jones, Henry Auge,
Thomas II. Kent, A. J. Love, D, Grant
| S. D. Sanderson."
The above is the finding of the cor
oner's inquest over the remains of Jo-
sefita Duran de LucerO, of Duranes,
| who was killed in a street car accl-
| dent Saturday afternoon at the corner
! of Railroad avenue and Tenth street,
| and it does not eXonerate the Traction
| company. as stated in the Morning
| Journal. The coroner's jury was sworn
| in yesterday morning at the undeTtak-
| ing parlors of A. Borders, on West
| Gold avenue, and after viewing the
remains adjourned until 3 o'clock in
| the afternoon, when testimony OF wit
nesses of the accident was heard at
the city building.
In exhibiting the corpse Undertaken
| Borders explained the nature of the
| injuries, and what probably caused
| death. He said that the face was
bruised and lacerated in several
places. and this was very evident, and
| that the collarbone was broken and
the chest crushed. This portion of the
remains bore heavy broad bandages.
! The left foot was also brushed and
badly swollen.
How Accident Occurred.
Fully a dozen people saw more or
! less of the accident. Chief of Police
McMiliin and City Clerk Lee were
among the prominent people on the
car, which caused the catastrophe
but the doctors. who attended the wo-
man the hour she lived, the conductor
and motorman, superintendent Chad
bourne of the Traction company, and
| the husband of the deceased woman,
were among the witnesses. The nus
| band was probably the most damaging
witness to himself, and NJ. o. Chad
bourne was probably the most damag'
| ing witness for the Traction company
| Mr.. Lucero said that he saw the car
coming quite a ways off and Thought
that he could get across the track in
front of it. The car conductor testl'
fed that Doran was standing up IN
the buggy whipping his horses, when
the car struck the buggy. This Duran
denied on the witness stand, but he
had not entirely recovered from the
! shock of the accident and the loss ol
his wife and it is doubtful If his teSu'
mony at the inquest will be accepted
before a jury in event the case comes
to trial, which is very probable.
NJ. O. Chadbourne testified as TO the
! instructions given conductors and mo
| tormer. by the company. He said that
the speed limit of a sixteen ton car
such as those in use in Albuquerque
was about twenty-five miles per hour
No. 2 he said was the slowest car ol
the four in use by the Traction com
pany and would not run faster than
| twenty-five miles per hour. The mot
ormen are instructed to run at tull
| speed between Fifth street and Old
Town, and at half speed through the
business portion of the city.
A car going at twenty-five miles
an hour can not be brought to a stand
| still under sixty feet, according to the
testimony of Mr.. Chadbourne, and the
car which struck Duran's buggy mad
probably been going at about twenty
| fie miles an hour when the motorman
| first perceived that Duran intended TO
cross the track. The passengers on
the car say that the brakes were SO
forcibly applied just prior 10 the accl-
dent that it ioited like it was running
over small stones on the track.
Moto1man Parr said that he saw
| Duran drive out of Barelas road on
the south side of Railroad avenue
quite a distance in front of him, and
began ringing the gong, but he did not
think for moment that he would at
tempt to cross. When this became ap-
parent lie Lamediately reversed the
car. The momentum of the car was So
great that it was carried past the
crossing. Passengers on the car veri-
fed the testimony of Motorman Parr
in the matter of reversing the car.
! Woman Was Dragged.
| Lou Schoenecker, a bartender who
was on the car, gave probably the
most accurate account of the tragedy.
He said that he saw Duran driving
! toward the track and stood up when
! he saw that the car was going to
| strike the puggy. The vehicle was
! tilted up and the man and woman fell
! from it together The buggy did not
! turn clear over, hut soon righted itself
! aud the horses started to run. The
" WOman's shawl became caught on the
! buggy and she was dragged probably
! twenty yards to a point few feet
north of the Tenth street crossing.
| Her husband was Oy her side in mo-
ment and holding her head. She was
! conscious and in great lain. An am
! bulance conveyed the injured woman
| to the Sisters Hospital, where she
! succumhed to her injuries an hour at-
ter tue accident. The car was stop
pc. about forty feet past where it
struck the buggy.
/ Would Settle for $50.
DR. J. +. IearCc attended the dying
woman at the hospital, and DR., d. O.
| Norton examined her wounds, Dr..
Peavce said that the immediate cause
| of her death was the shock of the cat
astrophe and an internal hemorrhage.
| This resulted from her crushed chest.
Sc died in great pain.
While the jury was considering the
| evidence there was considerable spec
ulatlon as TO what the verdict would
! be. Attorney A. ,. McMileu and
I Z. V. Chayes had assisted the court in
/ securing the evidence, the former look
| ing after the interests of the corpora
tion and Mr.. Chayes appearing for
| Duran
Mr.. Chayes was seen at his office
this morning and stated that the com
pauy would be sued for $4,000. He
also said that his client had been ap-
preached at the city building before