The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-22

DRAGGED OUT BY
HIS OWN BROTHER
Car Had to Be Hoisted by Jack
screws--Body Lay on Crowded
Street for Considerable
Time Crew is Ar
rested and is
Bailed.

I w nile attempting 70 cross Broad
Street near Second early iast nigh,
Alfred T. Morris. brickiayer. fifty.
three years old, was run over aud al
most instantly Killed by Broad and
Main street car. No. 3s1, in charge of
Moiorinan b. G. Barnes and Conductor
e. X. Cannon.
The accident occurred about 6:Su
O'Clock, just a$ the largest crowds OF
the day were on the street. and q
curious, Mortified throng Immediately
gathered about the scene OF the trag
edy.
The car which killed Morris was
filled with passengers. who rushed
from their seats when the shock of
the collision told them of the accident.
Great excitement followed, and 1t was
all that a dozen policemen could do
to keep the crowd back.
wa. HI. Brother.
Morris was struck near the corner
of Second and Broad Streets. and was
dragged eight or ten feet before the
car could be brought to standstill.
He was found firmly wedged
beneath tile forward trucks. and 1t
was not until jacks were brought, a
half hour later. that the car could be
lifted and the body extricated. The
mans forehead was crushed in. his
left foot was broken ALMOST off, and
the body was otherwise mangled.
r.. r. Morris was among the first To
reach the scene, and he 1t was who moi
knowing that the dead man was his
own brother, dragged the body from
under the wheels He was almost
prostrated with grief.
DIR. T. r. Leonard. who was passing
by at .the time. crawled under the
car. but found that Norris had passed
beyond reach of earthly aid. Death
must have been almost instantaneous.
For nearly a half-hour the bods lay
between the two car tracks. and Was
Iii 70 Viewed by. hundreds OF the NOS
bidly curious. The cars were blocked
for a long distance. Others passed.
however. along. the westbound track,
and women screamed as they went by
which had been the cause of the death
stood with lights out both it's troll
ley poles being down. Motorman
Barnes sat on the steps sorrowfully
guarding the remains of the man he
had tried SO desperately to save. He
then would not say much.
He stated that he did all In his
power to prevent the accident. ringing
his bell, shouting warning Vud- re-
IDENTIFY dazed by the passing of many
cars. and doubtless became confused
by the medley of sound. According to
the statements Of witnesses, he ran
in front of the car.
Policemen Acree, Palmer, Tate, Kraf-
ton and Sergeant Brown arrived il a
few minutes, and they were followed
by Captain Epps. The officers had the
grea test difficulty in ekeeping:the crowd
between the car tracks. and was placed
on the pavement Just below the corner
of Second Street. There 1t remained
for considerable time awaiting the
coroner. DR. Taylor viewed the body.
and decided to hold the inquest at $3.50
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
After taking the car back to the
sheds, Motorman Barnes and Conductor
Cannon were placed under arrest by
Police Station, where they were later
bailed by Judge Witt.
What NIotOrmnn Says.
AT the station Motorman Barnes
stated that Mcrris attempted to cross
the street from the north side, and
that he was right in the middle of
the track, in front of Julius Sycle's
him coming. the motornan rang his
gong furiously, shouted aud reversed
his current. IT was impossible, how
ever, to stop the car. and it struck
Morris fun in the body, throwing him
under u the wheels and dragging him
was SO firmly wedged that no human
power could dislodge it. Some time
was spent in waiting for jackscrews.
which We're c.sed to hoist tho car. This
body was afterward taken in charge
by the Bennett undertaking establish
ment.
Eye witnesses state that the car was
not going rapidly. and the motorman
said that he was running at only five
points,
Alfred Morris was ffty-three years
of age. He was married. and is sur
vlved by his widow and three sons.
The family lived with Mrs Hill, near
Park.
Norris was a bricklayer by trade. He
Is said to have been once in very af-
fluent circumstances.