The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
Son of J. M. Harrison
 the Victim. LITTLE ONE CRIES FOR PAPA AFTER BEING HURT Street Car Men Arrested on Charge i of Murder. After Hearing Before Recorder, Com auetor and Motormnn are Dis charged as not Being Guil-
 ty of Criminal
 Intent.

Ab tHe ICpuAt OA O oSANOS VI dent, which happened yesterday morn ing about s:3o o'clock. James Monroe Harrison, IT,, the three-year-old son of James M Harrison, of 21s North Perry street was killed. S. B. Poole and Samuel c. Wood were in charge of the car which struck the child ana were arrested on the charge of mur- der. but were released after prelmi- nary trial.
 The accident which resulted in the death of the little boy occurred on North Perry street. about fifty rect north of Madison avenue The chiio had been out playing across the street and had just started to run back hoihe when Riverside car No. 7s, on a return trip, struck him.
 At the time of the accident, about s:ao o'clock. Conductor Wood was op- erating the car. while Motorman Pooie was eating his breakfast.
 Twanty-ffve feet from the corner or Madison street stood a wagon and on +be farside of 1t, the child had been nlaying. Rushing around the wagon be ran directly in front of the car anu nefore the brake could be thrown on .- ths motor reversed. the little oody was ground between the wheels.
 rumnine from the car Conductor wood gathered the mangled form In h,. arms and was hugging him to his hreast when officer Westcott' "no nas witnessed the accident from the ,rort oY the police station arrived ana n,aced Conductor and Motorman under arrest.
 The little arms were intwined .syotfnd the nsel<sof the man who naa unwittingly been the cause or the ,ata1ity. and when officer Westcott sttampted to take the body from the conductor the child only clung the .,.,tar and between his sobs murmur- ed Papa"
 nown the cheeks of the conductor .oursed tears that came unbidden 10 hia ayes and as the strong man soooeo he walled: ,,.., ,rst his age. What can I do? What can
 Body Terribly Mangied.
 Al nolice headquarters where the ohiId was taken, still clinging to the neck of the conductor, 1t was found that the little body was so badly man. gIad that death was only a question Of a short time. The front wheels or the car had almost severed both limbs and on the track where the accident occurred were later found two bones that had been cut out entirety ana were scraped clean Of flesh.
 Physicians and the parents Of the child were hastily summoned The men of medicine realized upon thelr arrival that their art would be without avail in the effort to save the I,-e or the H. scene as quickly as he could be found. The mother was prostrated by the news to such a degree that she was placed under the care of physicians.
 After a valiant struggle against death. life soon became extinct and the manRied form of the little child was taken to Leake's undertaking establish ment, where it was prepared for burial. which will take place this afternoon at Austele. Georgia. the former home
 !, M Harrison, the father of the child, ia local agent for a bottlinR company. As this was an only child. he and Mrs. Harrison were particularly affected by the accident
 Has Little Child of Own.
 Conductor Wood has suffered almost as much as the bereaved parents; Speaking through the bars of his cell he said yesterday afternoon:
 q have a little boy in Philadelphia just about the age of MT. Harrison's little one, and I would rather have my own boy to have died than to have been the cause of this ones deGth-
 m all hr0ke Tn the affair and don't think ever want to operate another car. I did all could to avoid the accident, hut the child was close in front of the car and the wheels had passed over his body before had time to stop"
 MT. Wood is thirty years Of age and has been Montgomery for about month.
 The child was an exceptionally bright boy for his age and was known and loved by all the people in that part of the city In which he lived.
 Discharged After Hearing.
 Conductor Wood and Motorman Poole received a preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon. in the office of Chief of Police Taylor, before Recor- der Baber, and were dismissed.
 Attorney Hill prosecuted the case against the men. but after hearing testimony from F. O. Durfee. B. R. Snowden, officer J. P. Westcott and others, Recorder Baber decided that Wood and Poole were not cr:minally liable for the death of the child and therefore ordered that the men be discharged from custody.
 In explanation of the decision rem dered by which the men were discharg- ed, Recorder Baber said last night that the testimony was so conflicting in re- gard to the personality of the men, that he could not do otherwise than decide as he had done.
 Some of the witnesses testified that Poole was acting as motorman and others were equally positive in af- firming that Wood was running the car. Neither of the men was called to the stand to testify and 1t could not be shown from the testimony that the men had acted with criminal intent.
 Ruahton and Coleman. attorneys for