The evening world., 1908-03-05
MOB THREATENS
MOTORMAN WHEN
CAR KILLS GIRL
Two Hundred IncenSed Men
and Women Try to Lynch
Mangan OH Street.
SAVED BY POLICEMAN.
Sergeant Pacifies Throns Bent
Upon Taking Life of
Fleeing Man.
SAVED BY POLICEMAN.

While on her way home after the
Brellich. eight years old. was knocked
down and killed by a Second avenu7
Ninth street. The accident occurred
within few hundred Yards Of til.
parents OF the little girl. Mr. mad Mrs
Jacob Brcllich. No, 202 East one Hun
dred and Ninth street,
The streets at the time were crowded
with several hundred children returning
from the public schools in East one
Hundred and Eighth and East one Hun
dred and Tenth streets. and a crowd of
about 200 angry men and women quickly
formed and came very near moboinS the
p1otorman. Edward Mangan, of No. e40
East Twenty-second street
Mangan left his car and ran for his
life. never s,opping until he reached the
car barn thirteen block distant, where
he Was arrested by Detectives Martin
and Higgins.
Motormen are instructed to drive the
cars slowly ~ all crossings near schools,
and 1t is charged by witnesses of the
accident that Mangan was Violating this
regulation.
Car Kills Little Girl.
The little girl, a pretty child. whose
parents are poor. her father being a
tailor on a small scale, with small
and much worn satchel slung over her
shoulder. was crossing west on one
Hundred and Ninth street, and the car
came down upon her so quickly that she
didn't have time TO run. The efforts of
the IN torman to stop in time were un-
ayailing. and the child was struck bv
the fender and her body thrust between
II and the wheel truck. The car. No.
1850 ran fully thirty feet before +,
stopped.
The excitement Of the scores Of fright
ened children who saw their school
Mute disappear under the car and ran
screaming about the streets attracted
men and women from the stores and
residences near by, and soon the car
was surrounded The motoman and
the conductor. William Barth. of No
7o6 Forrest avenue. bv that time were
on the ground, and with the few pas
sengers who were on the ear were look
Ing under the front platform for the
little body
Crowd Made Threats.
The excited school children in small
groups begaL to crowd around and tell
OF the accident, and 1t was not long
before a murmur against the motorman
began and swelled into shout for the
mans life. The women were the most
excited. and all that was needed 10
NA
was q shrill shout from a tall woman.
and with her sleeves rolled
back.
The big brute" she cried. ito run
down the poor little child He ought TO
be strung up
In second this was followed by
other cries favorinR violence. and the
crowd. which had swelled to fully two
hundred. made a RUSH for the motor
man. IAnean wasted no time. He had
his controller in his hand, but he threw
It on the ground and dashed up Second
avenue as fast as he could with the
crowd after him. They did not follow
him far. but went back to trv to get the
little body from under the car.
Police Sergeant Michael ]. Colbert
was on hand by that time, and he did
Never mind the motorman," he said.
He'll be attended to all right. You
men come and help me get the little girl
from under the car" Then with the aid
OF about fifty men the car was tipped
over on its side and lay near an IL
pillar.
Death Was instantaneous.
The body of the little girl was found
wedged in between the fender and the
truck Death was probably instantane-
Gus. The chld's books were scattered
along the track, and from one of them
her composition book-her name and
address were learned
Her last work was a composition, a
the tcp of which was written "A Plum
blossom" and on the margin OF whiyh
evidently in the handwriting of nor
teacher, WAS written: L., 100 per cent :"
The sight Of this in the polccman's
hands enraged the crowd more thar
ever, and there were threats to follow
and deal with the motCrman. Sergt
Colbert, fearing that this threat would
be made good, telephoned To the East
one Hundred and Fourth street station
aaid called for the reserves, An am
bu!ance In the meantime came and car.
rled the little girls body 10 the station,
where her mother and father went as
soon - thsy we're ustiAe6