The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-19

constantly run at high rate of speed,
and I bolieve criminal negligence
caused toGight's tragedy"
Street Car Men Silent.
MOtorman Porter refused to make
statement as TO how the accident hap
pened. Superintendent Arnold could
not be reached, and all the other Off
Gals of the street railway company,
including the wrecking crew, either re-
fused to talk or professed not to know
anything of the details of the accident.
At an early hour this morning the dis
patcher at the street car barn on Sec
ond East said no report of the accident
had been made to him.
Conductor Erickson was asked for a
statement of the accident, but he
wouldn't talk. Neither would he give
any reason for refusing to give the
public his version of the affair.
1t was stated at the disDatcher's of
fee of the street car company that
Porter is a new man in the employ of
the company and that he was working
extra on the Wandamere line last
night, his regular run being on the
Poplar Grove line.
Car Rested on Body.
Jenkins body is at TayIors under
| taking parlOrs on West Temple street.
The funeral will probably be held Fri
! day. The body lay under the car for
about thirty minutes before the wreck
ing crew could release it. The car did
not leave the track, however. A large
| telephone pole near the place where
the car was stopped after the collision
was broken square in two presumab bly,
| by the impact of the horse attached to
the buggy driven by Mr.. Jenkins and
| Miss Griffith. The buggy was demol-
! ished.
CrawIs Under Car.
Fifty men worked franticaIly with
the crew of the wrecking car last night
! to extract the body from under the
wheels. DR.. ]. c. Landenberger had
| been called. and he crawled under the
car to ascertain whether Mr.. Jenkins
was dead or not. A hasty examination
/ showed that he was. As soon as the
| body was taken from under the car il
was placed inside, and with j. w.
Jenkins and the other relatives who
/ hal arrived on the scene the car was
run to Taylor's undertaking parlors
and from there to the barn, where Con-
| ductor Erickson left it and went home.
[ Mrs Arthur Harvard a sister of the
victim and mis- only immediate relative,
/ was notified at once, as were the MEM
/ bers of the J. w. Jenkins firm and the
|
| fifth was taken home by friends. Her
] face is badly cut and swollen and her
body is somewhat bruised. She could
/ tell but a disconnected story of the &C
cident last night. "Mr. Jenkins and !
/ had been down near Liberty park and
were returning home when we reached
| Third South street. We were driving
north on Sixth East. and as We at
| tempted to cross Third South / thought
/ raI1
| Jenkins to be careful.
we were talking earnestly, and be-
! fore either of us realized it the car
was upon us. The horse was just on
! the tracks. ana Mr.. Jenkins attempted
/ to check him when he reared and drew
us in front of the car. 1t was all over
/ in d minute. A crash came and the next
! l remember is crawling out from under
the front end of the car and a few
minutes later seeing it begin to move
with MI jenkins still beneath it."
Had On Air Brake.
/ Car No. 43 is a big, modern car, sup
piled with an air brake that was in
working condition last night at the
time of the accident. 1t was fairly well
/ loaded with passengers. 1t is consid-
cred good work to stop a heavy street
car with air brakes within space of
! fifty feet, according to the statements
of the motOrmen of the street railway
| company here. In testing for the eff
! cheney of air brakes it is considered
/ a good stop to bring car going thirty
/ five miles an hour TO a standstill in
seventy-five feet.
| Scores of persons heard of the death
of Mr. Jenkins with sorrow last night
| He was a popular business man, OF
sterling character.
He was born in Salt Lake Feb. s.
1862, and has lived here all his life. He
was unmarried.
The funeral will be held Friday aft
ernoon though the details have not
been decided upon. 1t is understood the
| deceased was possessed of considerable
property. The remains will be at Tay-
| lor's until Friday.
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