The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-11
KILLED IN RUNAWAY.
Baltimore Woman Takes Fatal Leap
From Buggy.

From our Houcksville Correspondent.
Mr. and Mrs. S. j. Cockey, of Bal
timOre, came to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Burk's Saturday morning, December 5,
to pay them a visit, they being cou-
sins of Mrs Burk. They spent very
pleasant time, it being their first visit
to this place. Sunday afternoon Mr..
Burk hooked two horses to his surrey
and Mrs. Burk and her son Randolph
started to take Mr.. and Mrs. Cockey
to Patapsco Station. In front of T.
W. Buchman's home the bit broke on
young horse which is spirited
animal, the other horse an older one
and perfectly safe. Mrs. Burk was
driving and is an excellent horse wo-
man, but had no control of the young
beast They dashed madly down the
road.
Mr.. Cockey, seeing the situation, at
Weaver's lane jumpeG out, thinking
he could catch the horses, but was
hurled to the ground, but unhurt. He
called and motioned to his wife to re-
main in the vehicle, but she jumped
and was dragged several feet. She
was instantly killed. She lay in the
road quite a while with no one near
but her husband. Mrs. E. J. Hoffman
was the first to arrive, later came the
neighbors of the community. Mrs.
Burk and her son remained in the
surrey, not knowing that Mrs. Cockey
was hurt, the horses going at rapid
rate down the road. The horses were
kept in the middle of the road. AS
they neared the church Mrs. Burk
kept her presence of mind, and know
ing she had two sharp turns to make
in the road, thinking she and her son
would both be killed, she told him to
climb over the seat and out the back
of the surrey and jump, which he did
and was unhurt.
Mrs. Burk still held on to the reins
and by leaning out kept the vehicle
from being over turned. She made
both turns safely around Wesley
Church, and the animals dashed mad
ly down a steep hill this side of Her
ing's mill. At the mill several men
tried to stop the animals, but failed
AS the horses were going up Lep-
pos hill Mrs Burk climbed over the
dashboard, walked out the pole and
attempted to mount the animal whose
bit was unbroken, but she could not
do so, being heavily dressed, and was
tossed off, She sustained several
bruises.
Geo. w. Rill and his son, seeing the
animals coming, succeeded in stopping
them. They got new bit, and Mrs
Burk and her son were taken home
In the meantime Mrs. Cockey was
| taken to the home of Mr.. Burk. DR.
E. M. Bush was sent for. He exam
ined her body and found her skull ant
meek were both broken. Esquire Alb
! bott, of Hampstead, arrived and de
j cided an inquest was unnecessary
+ Undertaken C.. V. Upton and son tool
! the body to Baltimore Monday morn
ing. The body was buried Thursda,
at a. m.
Mrs. Cockey was Al years of age
She leaves a husband and two grow
daughters to mourn her loss. Mrs
Cockey was a member of CORPUS
Christi Roman Catholic Church o
Baltimore.
The people of this community sym
pathize greatly with Mr.. and Mrs
Burk. While accidents cannot be pre-
vented, they are greatly distresse'
over it. Mrs. Burk undoubtedly dis
| played more bravery and kept he
presence of mind a great deal bette
than many a man would have done
and she is worthy of praise. TIL
hand of Providence was certainl
manifested. 1t seems almost miracul
GUS that all were not killed.