The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
DEATHS ARE THREE
sMrTH AND GROWN DIE FROM
 THEIR INJURIEs.
Motornsnn In Charge of Car Held To Await Further investigation
 of The Case.--The Print CTS, strike Situation.
Advertiser Bureau.
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Mobile, Jan 70. Last nights accident to car No. q l. of the Beauregard and Charlestor street electric railway line of the Mo bile Light and Railroad Company re.
 suited in three deaths instead of one. III Adolphus [. Smith, q railroad fireman
 died shortly after l o'clock this morn
 ing at the City Hospital, and Conduct
 or2George Cronin, who. at first was re- ported to have sustained injuries in the
 back. died a short time thereafter at l his boarding house, where he went
 after making his run and being re- \ lieyed.
 N The effects of Adolphus J. smith Hi were given a thorough examination | and from Atters on his person 1t was f found that he had recently resided al | Hattiesburg. Miss. card showed he | was member nf Beauvoir Lodge. No. 1 572. Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire l men; that he was an Odd Fellow and
 Mason. An insurance policy for $1.500
 was also found on his person, made | payable to Miss Reba Smith, of Ruffln,
 S C. The person named in the policy l has been communicated with.
 George cronin, the conductor, came known of him. The Mobile Light and Railroad Company at once began ef- forts to locate his relatives.
 Motorman Edward Fowler, who was in charge of the front end of No. 21. was brought before jury, empannell- cd by Coroner Hfrschficld at an early hour this mornings and allowed to been in the employ of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company. off and on, for several years. He thought the switch was thrown and claimed to he going at moderate rate of speed when tho car took the curve. He stop ped his ear as soon as possible and then went to where the mon were ly- Ing on the ground. One man was dead and the other, suffering. The men he referred to were the negro and Mir. Smith. He said the conductor appear ed to be hurt. but finished the run, then was relieved.
 The Coroner's jury recommended that Fowler be held pending further inves- tigation- Pursuant to this recom- mendation the following entry was made on the police docket: Edward Fowler. motorman by occupation: SC years old; lives at 704 Delaware street; charge, manslaughter; bonded
 By instruction of Chief Of Police Rondeau, Edward Fowler, the motor man, was re-arrested. He had been given the privilege of bond in the sum of $t00, the charge being manslaugh- ter. Fowler was required to give bond in three cases in the sum of $500 each. Ir the first bond J. S Johnson, Chief Inspector of the Mobile Light and Rail- road Company. signed the bond. and J.s Howard Wilson, President of the company. signed the three bonds.
 The negro. who was killed, fer many hours remained unknown. At noon Mir. Jingle of the undertaking firm of Haas & Davis, viewed the body and recog- nized the man as Clarence Batnes, hearse driver for his firm. Mir. Jingle had known the negro all his life, and at once secured permission to take charge of the body. Barnes was S6 yea,s old, a native of Pensacola, had been employed here for eight years. Mir. Jingle stated that he would give the man decent interment.