The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-02
COFFIN INQUEST
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observation-disclosures
stated death could have been caused
from any one Of three injuries sus-
tanned, a broken neck, crushed side
and the larnyX twisted back in such
a manner that it caused hemOrrhages
DR.. Keylor said the injured man ex-
PRED minute after he arrived.
Visiting Physician Testifies
DR. J. P. Driscoll Vas the next wit
ness. He is a physician at Pasco
and was passing when he saw the acct
dent. He was. the first man 70 the
side of Coffin. This witness testified
that both wheels went over Coffin, the
front one over his face and the rear
one over his neck. Driscoll said he
was first attracted by the peculiar
sound of the whistle of Bakers ma
chine which, blowing almost continu
ally while the machine was going down
West Main street. DriscOll testified
that the Whistling sounded until the
machine was within so feet Of Fourth
street where it turned in and hit COT.
fin. He estimated the speed of the
machine at between 8 and 10 miles per
hour He said the car stopped with
one wheel on the dead man for min
ute and then rolled over.
Arthur Harris Next.
Arthur Harris of the Dacres hotel
was the next witness. He said there
was nothing in the rate of speed that
attracted his attention to the car and
that the car did not go over four feet
from the time it hit Coffin. He tes-
titled there was no light at the june
ton of the two streets Monday night
and that it was very dark.
Only One Headlight Burning.
Albert Neibergall. councilman. was
the next witness. The most important
thing in his testimony was the in
formation told for the first time that
only one of Mr.. Bakers headlights
was burning. He estimated the speed
the machine was travelling to be about
s to 10 miles an hour. He heard no
whistle.
Stepped Back Into Path Of Auto
James F. Binford. Touchet, was the
first witness called to make the state
ment about Coffin's lodging back and
forth before he was struck. He tes-
tilted that Coffin first started to cross
the street, then saw the auto and turn
ed back Baxter then tried to run
| in behind him and Coffin stepped back,
| then forward again and then back di-
rectly il front of the machine. jacob
Wilson witnessed the crash and says:
! Baxter slackened his speed before
! rounding the corner. He estimated
| the speed to be 10 miles per hour
Another eyewitness, John w. Monroe
| us West Main street was next called
!, He said the speed was not slow by any
means.
| Jesse w. Carpenter, who narrowly
escaped injury himself, was the next
called to the stand. He said, "Bax-
| ter was coming pretty swift around
! the corner" He heard no horn but
| saw the lights. L. E. Jones said his
attention was attracted by the contin-
ual blowing of the whistle.
| Low Rate of Speed.
! Tom Eubanks saw Coffin just as
! he was struck He said the machine
was not travelling at a high rate OF
speed John Martin heard the whis-
| tie. saw the dashboard lights and one
| headlight. In his OPINION the Cal
was travelling eight miles per hour
w E. Anderson, Soldier. Idaho. heard
the horn Joe Hall says the machine
ran about eighteen feet past the point
where it first hit Coffin. w. II. Lyle
said the car ran 10 feet from where
Coffin lay.
Locomotive Engineer Says Six Mile
Speed.
| Ray SnOdgraSS saw the accident He
is locomotive engineer and estimated
the speed at six miles. Ike Ferris
H w. Havis, A. Heintz and Ray Gal
lagher were also called. Mr.. Baxter
I again recited on the stand of how
Coffin wavered before the collision ant
he said he almost shouted to him Ny
| goodness man won't you stand STILL
The verdict seemed to be satisfactory
to all present Coroner MacMartin hat
men summoning witnesses during thu
morning and handled the inquest in {
creditable manner.
Much interest has been manifested
around town as to the charge of man