Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-10
WAS DUE TO ACCIDENT


Washington Electric Company. We believe
| from the evidence submitted that the death
was due to accident"
This Is the verdict Of the coroner's jury
| that today investigated the cause Of the
death OF Mr.. McKimmie. the young man
who was run over by a car On the Bright
wood line Of tho Washington Railway and
Electric Company q short distance from
the District line. Friday night
Introduction Of Testimony
sergt 8. ]. Harris Of No. 10 police pre-
cinct was the first witness called. He stated
that he arrived at the scene about twenty
| five minutes after the accident and found
| the body lying between the car tracks. He
| also found hair and bone scattered along
the track for eighty or ninety feet, showing
1nat the body had been dragged a distance.
The witness was told by men on the car
| tnat ran over the deceased that they
thought he had been first struck by q prevf-
| Gus car. An examination Of this car dis
Parts OF bottle that smelled strongly of
| liquor was found on the body.
Sergt Charles H. Bremerman Of No 10
precinct was next called. Witness told Of
having picked up broken bottle which
had contained whisky, at the point where
the body was found. He also told of his
| investigation and Of interviewing several
coroner.
Officer Cavanaugh testified to the arrest
| OF the Murray boys and Of Kraemer on sus-
| piclon that they knew something of the &C.
| cident, and also toIu OIL the movements of
| McKimmie before he was killed.
Officer e. T. Elliott of the Brightwood
precinct, the next witness testified that he
| had been notified Of the killing Of the man
and OF the condition Of the body when
| found.
Officer William steurmann, In his testi-
mony, spoke OF the investigation that con-
| nected Norman Kreamer and Frank and
| James Murray with the case. =,
| witness stated that he was told by the
| motorman OF the car which ran over the
man that he had seen Norman Kreamer
night Of the accident. and that Kreamer
had stick under his arm. The witness
| afterWard was told. however. that Kreamer
mad reached home before the accident oc-
| CURED. Witness also related the incident
| OF visit he made to the home Of the Muir
! rays, in Maryland, in the Investigation of
| the case. and Of the fact that James Muir
ray had asked John Schroeder II he had
heard Of any one being killed on Bright
| wood road. The witness also said he saw
what looked to be a pool Of blood on the
doorway near the house Of Mr.. Kreamer,
on Brightwood avenue. about fifty feet
from the scene Of the accident -
1t was afterward stated by a witness that
| the blood had dropped from a wagon in
which there were some freshly killed hogs.
Trainmen al Witnesses.
John p. Bowers. motorman of the car
! that Is supposed to have run over McKim-
mile. the next witness. stated that he was
| running his car up the Brightwood track,
Friday night. and saw a man lying on the
track. He endeavored to stop his car, but
he could not, and the car wheels passed
over the prostrate form. 1t was a dark
Of about ten or twelve miles an hour When
the car stopped the body was lying under
the rear platform Of the car. Witness
stated his car did not drag the body. as It
dent occurred at about $50 pm.
H. G. Cosgroye. conductor Of the car,
corroborated the testimony Of Motorman
Bowers. =
J. R. Guthridge. motorman in the en-
play Of the Washington Railway and Nec-
| trio Company stated that at about ESQ
O'Clock he saw three men At Fern street
and Brlghtwood road. The three men were
| hurry. Kreamer and McKimrnie. tho latter
the man who was killed He saw Kreanner'
had big stick In his hand. The men
seemed to be drunk and were talking loud,i
ly. They made motion as If they wanted
to take car, but he did not stop for
them. The conductor said they were
drunk, and he did not want them on the
car.
Norman Kreamer Of Oak Grove. D. c..
one of the young men who were with Nc
Kimmie a short time before he was killed,
was the next witness. He stated that he
had met McKimmie in a bar room near
Brightwood avenue about dusk Friday
evening. James Murray and Minton Brady
were. with him. Witness said he had been
drinking, but that he was in bed at $50
O'Clock He left McKimmie between Tako-
ma Junction and Harding's bar room about
O'Clock. Witness went into a store to get
something to eat and there he and James
Murray and Brady met Frank Murray.
When they left McKimnie he seemed to be
sober. At this point. Motorman Guthridge
recognized witness as one of the men he
saw standing on the corner of Fern street
and Brightwood avenue. but witness denied
bed at o'clock Friday night The first he
knew OF the killing Of McKimmie was early
Saturday morning. when the police came to
the house.
Corroborates His Son.
MIR. ]. c. Kramer. the father of Norman
Kramer. who was next called. stated that
his son came home at S:45 o'clock Friday
night. but went outside and talked at the
door Of DIR. Parsons carriage for about ten
minutes. He then. came back into the
house and went to bed.
James Murray testified that he was with
Kramer Brady and McKimmie Friday
night, and he last saw McKimmie at the
District line about $50 o'clock Kramer
had then been taken home. They had all
been drinking. Witness and his brother
spent the night at Mr.. Schriver.s house.
He denied having been on the corner of
Fern street and Brightwood road at $40
O'Clock with McKfmmie and Kramer. He
took Kramer home between and o'clock.
Frank Murray, who was next called, stat
ed that he was with McKimmie and had
given him drink. He had been Drinking.
but had knowledge Of any quarrel amonr
the boys with McKimmie the night he was
killed. ~
Norman Kramer was recalled He aIso
said that there had been o quarrel among
the men that McKimmie was with the night
he was killed.
L. 'Harten, a saloonkeeper on Brightwood
avenue. knew the Murrays, Kramer and
McKimnnie. They had been drinking a lit
tie. but McKfmmie was not under the in
finence of liquor.
Martin NJ. Brady was acquainted with
McKimmie and was with him between q
and o'clock Friday night He took a
drink with him In Harten's saloon, but left
McKfmmie about pm.
Allan 8. Wall, q conductor on the Bright
wood avenue car. told Of having passengers
named Murray and McKimmie on his car
about $50 o'clock. They got on at villa
Flora and left It at the District line.
Ashton Cobourn, residing at Oak Grove
testified that the body was still soft. like
that OF q living person.
Dr.. r. w. Baker, acting deputy coroner.
who made the examination OF the body. tes-
tided that It was badly crushed, but he
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