Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-21
CHAUFFEUR NELSON EXPLAINING ACCIDENT To
CO AND POLICEMEN
to Col Cole. as the car sped toward them;

to Col Cole. as the car sped toward them:
'Gt-e him plenty of ROOM
The witness said the auto in which he
was passenger appeared TO be standing
still. The electric car was an old-fasll-
Toned one Of brownish color, and to the
best of the witnesses recollection 1t had
no headlight.
when I saw the flashes of light ahead
l remarked TO Maj. Cole:
II believe that fellow has burned out
Maj Cole and l discussed the great rate
of speed at which the car was moving
through an eXcavated place-where the
accident occurred. | also remarked that
the motorman must have lost control or
his car
The wrecked auto had been pushed from
the Ieft-hand side of the track TO the
left when witness returned from the hos
pital. He generally corroborated Col.
Coles testimony
George Newton. the colored Waterman
for the Crawford Paving Company at the
place of accident said he had placed
thirty-two red and green lighted lamps
about the distractions before the acct
dent occurred.
He was with the District Waterman
when he heard the crash of the accident.
1t sounded like two trains coming to-
gether He found the Hubbard auto AL
mashed up. A lady was lying on
the ground near the rails. The auto
mobile was ION "a tilt" partly on the
cavation. Witness did not observe
whether the rear lights of the auto were
lighted.
Chauffeur Nelson's Story.
AXel Albert Nelson. who said he was q
native of Sweden and had been in this
country six years and was employed as
chauffeur by Mrs. Hubbard, testified that
he had been so employed for two years
and two weeks He learned the trade of
a machinist in Sweden. and had toured
with Mrs. Hubbard last summer through
England and Scotland. He said 1t was
twenty-three minutes of O'Clock when
he left the residence of Mr. Farchild.
and as he was about to start Mrs. Hub
bard directed him to go slowly, as they
might meet Mr.. Fairchilds carriage in
the road.
The witness said he travelled at the
rate of from twelve to fifteen miles an
hour. AS he left the Fairchild residence
he lighted the rear lamp to show the
number of the machine. Mrs. HubDaid
was seated on the right When he ar
rived within $50 yards of the eAcaVa-
ton where the accident happened he
looked behind to see If car was com
ing Not seeing any he entered the
tracks and slowed down to ten miles
an hour
Hearing noise behind him. he looked
bdck and saw car approaching DIT ii
rapid rate He tried to swing his ma
chine off to the left track but pole
interviewed. The car was coming. at full
speed about ~ 10 100 yards in the rear
as he looked back the second time. IF
could have gone ten or twelve yards
further l could have cleared the tracks
and the accident would have been averted.
put on fun speed but the work car
struck me just as / was turning. The
impact was at the right-hand corner o.
the rear of the auto The machine con-
tinued over the roadway and graZed a
pole.
II threw the auto off the track be-
fore it could crash into another pole
This threw the machine into a sand
bank, where it stuck. The car pushed
the auto about five yards. Mrs Hub
bard was hanging over the side of the
auto when lifted her from the car to
the roadway"
Motorman Takes the Stand.
Samuel Cleveland Wiley. an extra mo-
torman of the Capital Traction Com
pany, who was operating the car which
struck the machine, was the next wit
ness.
Acting Coroner GlaZebrook explained
that the witness had refused to answer
any questions that would incriminate
him. Mr.. Dunlop, representing the rail-
road company. asked the privilege of OBJ
tecting to any question of the kind men
toned that might be asked Wiley.
Motorman Wiley said that the car was
moving along within tine speed limit and
that there was no light on the rear of the
automobile The brake on the car he
said, was not strong enough to stop the
car when he applied II III an effort to
the overhead switch blew out When he
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