The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-23

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he found the men, hc said. working on
the wires; but on second question he
replied that he didn't know whether both
nen--Wright and G,ilett-wefe working
on the wires. He told Gullett If every
thing was all right to send the return
signal to Chief Shaw, and said to Wright
LOOK out, there He started up again,
and, when halfway UP, heard SOUND
from a man ,in agony. lie saldO thai
Wright became perfectly rigid" and
8lell backwards, and then lie saw him
strike on the back Of his head. Wit
Dunford When he came back i. he
couldn't get the ambulance, as the tele-.
phone was out OF order. ana sent ono
Of the men for an undertaken.
What do you think happened to him..
no was asked. He replied that he thought
that the cause OF death was the electric
shock. He then described thes situation
Of the wires, saying that he could see
thom near tho edge OF the roof. do
told q passing conductor that he would
have the wires cut, IL the cars were
he did not know who had cut them.
Captain Guigon. representing the Vir--
ginin Passenger and Power Company
asked him If Wright had on a hat or
helmet, He did not know, and did not
see any gloves. He was also questioned
by one Of tho Jury whether It We're GUS
tomn.y for the Fire Department to cut
tile wires in cases OF, this sort. Ills reply
was that he didn't know. But he added
that he would get, anybody to cut tbs
wires, If there were any danger. VI
sizzling Flame"
Abraham H Kaufman said that he
was coming down Broad Street, and al
he went into Rupert's restaurant. near
by, to get out Of the rain, he saw two
men ascend the ladder. identified
Wright; after q he was dead, rs one Of.
them. He saw the light. which ne de-
scrlbed as q ..sizzllng flame on the roof.
In few seconds he heard { O 81 cry OF OF
agony-not very long, butsv agoniized. :,
and simultaneously heard heavy thud 9.
He rushed out and saw men CARVING ing q y
body into Hutzler's. jils :3 Fs.,s's.
"A policeman said, phone for. 81 al doc S;.
tori, but he couldn't get telephone co A.
'necton, and after returning, saw two
physicians trying to resuscitate Wright,
But the prostra te mans eyes were glazed
and there was no movement
The testimony OF Mr. Gath
right, engine fireman, was much on.
the same order. He steadied the foot,
Of the ladder WHEN Captain Wise came
down, and then saw the wire - arcede
UP. again. Somebody said. Call sWrig ht,i
and he Immediately ran toward the lad-
der, with Captain Wise about fifteen feet
behind him. But he heard the stricken
man. scream, and then saw him fall and
strike on the back OF his head. He didn't
know whether Wright wore gloves. He
said the distance OF the fall was % or
80 feet.N Wright was rigid when he fell.
and striking on THE back of,fhis head,
landed all in heap. Wright fell within
five feet OF where he stood, and ut did
rot look as though he had slipped.
Mr.. Gullett Testifies.
Charles L. Gullett, the man who cut the
wires, and who was one OF the best and
most Important witnesses, was next called
to the chair.
4 When he arrived on the scene, he saw
Immediately that: an arc had been formed
on the roof He went up. and seeing
how matters stood ran back to get his
gloves and his cutters. Returning to
the roof he found Dunford leaning over
the wires. and Wright picking and ca on
ing at one of the wires in an effort to
replace on It's #insulator. He shouted
to him, Look out there, mani re
then came down and said that every
thing was all right. He said that he.
found the wires on piece Of scantling,
two by four, of&tle knob and put them
back. This was the cause OF the trouble,
he said, and that as soon as he.had put
them in their proper position, everything
was perfectly SAFE He said that the
cause OF the whole trouble was in the.
telegraph wires going into tle Journal
Office, coming In contact with the Pas
senger and Power wire, and causing an
.arcng."' s3
He made only temporary fixture
being afraid to cut the WIRE, as there
were an engine and horses directly un-
derneath. The insulation was burned off
both wires. He said that Wright could
not have touched the Passenger and
Power wire ms the place OF contact was
a square away. He could have touched
only the Western Union wire. Replying
to Captain Guigon as to- The nOn-cOnduct-
ing power Of Insulation during such IN
electrical storm, he said that he wouldn't
trust 1t any way. He replied to the
question as to whether a wlre could
carry enough current Of itself to kin
any one, that ne sCl1C1 not Know. lie as
cribed the trouble to the Western Union
wire adding that the Passenger and
Power wire was all RICH I. lie said that
he cut the dangerous wire In the street,
as 1t was necessity,
Not Separated or Broken.
Replying to Captain Guigon. he said
that the wires on tho roof were not
separated, or broken when Wright was
handling them, but his picking them up
might have broken them.
Captain Guigon: Sin picking up the
wires, might they have come apart and
so caused his death?' Witness replied
that he didn't know, but that the cur
rent "came from where the telegraph
wire sagged down and became embedded
In the telephone wire.
s"The sagging was on the tie Wire,
wire used to tie the main wire to the
glass insulator. All that It needed was
a pulling up. and the conduit Il for, the
two currents could not have been
formed." n,
DR.. Thomas 3. Leonard, formerly, q