Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-22
FUNERAL ON SUNDAY
Mrs. Gertrude N. Hubbard to
Be Laid to Rest.
DR.. WOOD WILL OFFICIATE
At Church of Covenant, Where She
Was Worker.
UNUSUAL VERDICT OF JURY
Coroner Glazebrook Says He Never
Heard Of Such a Disagree
ment Before.

Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Gertrude NJ. Hubbard. widow of
Gardiner G. Hubbard, and the victim of
an automobile accident Wednesday even
ing on Connecticut avenue at Cleveland
Park. will be held at the Church of the
Covenant. 18th and n streets northwest.
of which congregation Mrs. Hubbard was
devoted member. Sunday afternoon at
3 O'Clock. The Presbyterian service for
the dead will be conducted by the pas
tor. Dr. Charles Wood, assisted by Rev
George c. F. Bratenahl of the Ep.- ,al
Cathedral Close, warm personal FRI, 4 :
of Mrs. Hubbard.
Preceding the obsequies at the church
there will be short service for the fam
lily at Twin Oaks. the Hubbard home, on
Woodley lane.
John w. Foster. Charles ID. Walcott, di-
rector of the geological survey: Charles
{. Glover. Gen. George NJ. Sternbers,
former surgeon general United States
Army; Prof Willis l.. Moore. chief OF
the United States weather bureau; Hilary
Herbert, former Secretary of the Navy,
and Mr. Crouter of Philadelphia.
The interment will be in Rock Creek
cemetery.
Charles J. Bell, son-in-law of Mrs. Hub
bard. said today that letters and tele-
grams of coincidence and sympathy have
been received from all parts Of the world.
Jury Establishes q Precedent.
The verdict rendered by the coroner S
jury at the inquest over the accident
which resulted in the death of Mrs. Hub
bard. after the close Of The Stars re-
port yesterday afternoon. is regarded as
an unusual one. 1t was reached after
six hours had been spent in listening to
testimony and more than two hours of
elaboration and discussion among the
jurymen in locked room.
We find" states the verdict "that
Mrs. Gertrude NJ Hubbard came to her
death as result Of a collision between
her automobile and Capital Traction car
No. 3D. and that inasmuch as we cannot
come to an agreement as to the fixing
of the responsibility. we recommend that
the case be submitted to the. grand Jury
for further investigation"
The rocks upon which the jury is said
10 have split were as to whether there
was lighted lantern on the rear of the
ffuDDard automobile at the time of the
accident and the speed at which the work
car was moving just before it crashed
into the auto. There was testimony on
both sides on both these points.
me motorman OF car 13. which struck
the Hubbard machine, Samuel Cleveland
Wiley, and Conductor Claude NJ. Haven
ner tarried about the morgue until the
verdict had been reached. They were,
however, under the watchful eye Of Po-
liceman Moore, upon whose beat the dis
aster occurred. When Morguemaster
Schoneberger finally came to the front door
OF the gray morsue building and excaim-
ed. "A verdict has been reached" the two
railroad men were allowed to go their
way, Mr.. Dunlop, attorney for the Capt.
tai Traction Company, promising to have
them respond to any call from the au-
thorities.
Deputy Coroner Larkin w. Glazebrook,
who conducted the inquest, said he would
lay the entire matter before the grand
jury at once.
Says Light Was Burning.
Testimony was given by Claude Nj.
Havenner. conductor of the work car late
yesterday afternoon. He testified that he
was not certain whether the headlight of
the work car was burning when the car
left the barn. but after the collision he
observed that it was burning brightly.
The car was going at the rate Of ten miles
an hour, he added.
After assisting to remove Mrs Hub
bard to Maj. Coles automobile" Haven
ner said, Il went to the wrecked automo-
bile and felt the rear lamps. The door of
the red lamp was open"
why did you feel the lamp?' DR..
Glazebrook asked.
ITO see If 1t was cold or warm so l
would know whether it had been lighted
when the collision came. / found it was
stone cold. That convinced me the rear
light of the auto had not been lighted"
This testimony was in direct contradic-
tion of that of Axel Nelson, Mrs. Hubbard g
cha uffeur, who declared he had lighted
certain lights. including one in the rear,
before starting for Washington from the
Fairchild home, where Mrs. Hubbard and
Mrs. Morse, her sister, had been visiting.
O. B. Ruzzard. foreman for the railroad
company, who was on the work car when
the accident occurred. testified that the
car left the Chevy Chase Lake car barn
at 5:j2 o'clock pm, and the collision
happened at about eight minutes past q
o o'clock. He said the brake was not suf-
ficient to control the car In the emergen-
cy, even after the current had been re-
versed.
II dunno, sab, what made me feel de
automobile lamp testified Charles John
son, negro laborer employed by the
railroad company, but felt Of it an it
wuz real cold
Johnson referred to the rear lamp of
the Hubbard auto. His statement that
he felt Of the lantern was In reply to
also testified that the bottom of the lamp
was in place when he felt 1t.
Finds Bottom Of Lamp.
James SOTTelI, cOaCnnlan Tor MRS. HUB
bard. then testified that he picked up the
bottom of the lamp about fifteen feet from
the spot where the car dashed into the
auto.
Darkness was coming on when the last
witness. DR.. Edgar Snowden, who per-
formed the autopsy upon Mrs. Hubbard's
body, was called to the stand He testi-
fed that the back of the skull was
crushed. the nose broken. the right eye
destroyed and the forehead crushed.
Death was due to hemorrhage of the
brain and fracture of the skull"
Acting Coroner Glazetrook. in discuss
ing the unusual verdict of the jury, said
1t was practically hung jury. He
explained to the jurymen that hung
jury in coroners inquest was unheard
of. and that the six men had established
q precedent.