The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-25
.COR0NER'S JURY |:|'Y|
EX ( | { HIM NJ
Engineer Lowry Not Held Re Re.
spotisible for Death ct Of
5sass8s,5 Miss Webster. 3ss5
PRICE TELLS HIS Is STORY Y
Says He and Girl Had Quarrelled
Bit Once Miss Smiths
I Testimony.

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This Il y THE verdict OF the coroners
Jury III tie Mamie Lee Webs ter case:
At m inquisition taken at NO. Soo l1a Sc
Marshall Street, in the city Of Richmond t
on the oath day OF January. 1905, before ed
me- pr. VIM. II. Taylor coroner upon on
the view Of tho body of Mamie Lee Web =.
ster, thens1ying dead. The Jurors sworn
to enquire when, how and BY what means
tho said Mamie Lee Webster came to her
death upon their oath, do shy that she
came to a her death on the 25d day Or \
January 1906, accidentally from INJURIES
inflicted on tile 23d day OF January, 1900
by a trainiso Of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway Company, OF which FNal llt1 y
Lowry was engineer and they OF opinion
that no blame should be attached to the
engineer Sforttiiis occurrences. Il, II NJ .si
SS In testimony thereof. tho said coroner
and Jurors hereto set thcir, hand and
sea /. Il BIZ &
Seal a. H. TAYLOR Nj p.
4, u. SlI44S IA Coroner
(seal) II Is, L. ;PUILEN Foreman.
(sehl) t38sf$S III RI a.. WOODWARD,
fs (seal) III SssDSSfs j. r. ELLINGTON s y; g 5
5f{a( Seal gssass ~ OIL NV. GARRISON, f
f6S (Seal) "a. II. sIIULCHER. Xii ts5 i
i$f ( Seal) Sss ~ W. GIBBONS. " s
III The coroner s Jury al tier having viewed
tho body at SBli Hey $ 1nd akirg 6estab-s
lishment, \ ad journed to tho coroner's of
flee, n inS The (. City Hall. where the case
was gone into y n q thorough manner
WIN. II u. Price was the first witness
examined. s 81 IL a sEEa
4 He admitted practically all that was
published In The Times- Dispatch on yes
Eterday, but explained that his giving the
name OF Steinbach was a Joke. He also
stated that Ills giving the telephone mum q
berAof the City, Bank as his own and mis-
statement ~ that he was q bookxeeperE q \
the American National Bank were also
Jokes. s33Esi3. * s 81
Monday II light the witness was reported
as stating that the gate protecting tho
crossing on Broad Street, fell between
Miss Webster and himself, but yesterday
he averred shat the ga te was down: and 4
that, Miss Nv ebstcr bent down and went
WeereS5Not Engaged.
h \ He also. stated that on the \ day ter
meeting the gll some months ago, he
told her tina Z his name was not 8 In x
back. Witnesses Sswore that the glrl and.
his friends called him stcinbec k8$sup u to
the time or the accid dent II stated that
his relatlons4II Were pleasant with the
girl that he had not d sked her to mar
~ him and that they were not engaged 4
tia they had fad bit one little Quarrel
and. that bo.lt eiying ttent.iho9n I.
from, anothera ma n. sss8si
"A Miss N1oll slnl rienl 81, the
dead gill, sfh 3 ~ wa ltress y
Kirk wood 81 esfa duran /, Ss wore tha Miss
Webster had told Her I hat n. Price
(steinbeck,s sha fsaidJ had, come ito X her
home on last Tidays night and had told
her that unless She mad g up. he Quarrel
with him, he would kill her, q
m Later Miss Smith said that Miss Web
ster had treated the matter as ajoke. .i
Miss Webster also told her that Stein
beck price, had said Ito her: You
promised TO be mine and no one else
shall have YOU III III " &. a.
Other witnesses proved that the kill
Ing was accidental Il and q that n no: blame
attached to Engineer Lowry. s5H 81
gs.R The body Of Mamie Lee Wsbst err Will
be sent to Jetersvllle. on this mornings
train, permission having been given BY
the coroner last night for the removal OF
the body. tt.s8 355 s5
largelyln this matter Is q bookkeeper. .
He is a native OF Mount Airy. N. c., and
has been a restdcntgo OF Richmond since
1901. The case viii come up 1.-THE Po-
lice Court to- morrow. sG N "a, "A +
s8 Mr.. &Kass Fischer, who appeared In the
case as an acquaintance OF Miss Web
ster and vlstors8to the residence Of
Mrs Marablc on Nineteenth Street.
where Miss Webster boarded, said last
night that tho statement that he lived OF
the Nineteenth Street house was q mis-
take. II am q visitor a t the house, /" he
an III 'sand do not live there. +" y if8 fgi