Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-11-23
Inquest Held This Morning
Before Coroner Maier aud
Jury in Vanmete1' s
Death.
BOYS ARE
CONTRADICTORY
Very Many Witnesses Testify in
the Case, But the Stories They
Tell Do Not Dovetail All
the Way Through.

Coroner Henry Maier held the in
quest this morning to inquire into the
death of little Harry Vannieter. The
jury is Arthur Sooy, Joseph Simpson,
Frank l.. Ingles, Edgar F. Riley,
Henry K. Roscoe, Charles D. Carney.
DR.. w. Leslie Cornwell was the
first witness called. He testified that
the cause of the death of Harry Van
meter was blood cot on the brain
in the right temple
He said if he had been Immediately
called at the time of the accident, he
did not think it would have made any
difference. He performed the opera
ton about 2.30 o'clock in the after
noon. No medicine, he said, could
have stopped the bleeding and prevent
the blood clot.
VIM. Knight, a little boy, testified
that he was down on Mill street that
afternoon at shooting match with
air rifles. He told the names of a
number of boys that were there, and
dla saw Tony Casario hit Harry Van
metre in tho temple Indicating the
spot in his own temple) with stone
or brick. The whole bunch of boys
were shooting their rifles and throw
ing stones. He didn't know what
started the boys, but they were fight
ing with stones. He and Harry Van
meter, Bert Shinn and Ralph Shinn
were on one side and Tony Casario
and Moore boy and others were on
the other side. They went down on
Mill street to play Indian Cowboys.
He afterwards said that he did not
see Tony throw stone that hit Harry
but he hit him with his fist. He could
not see whether he had a stone in his
hand or not
Albert Shinn, II year old boy, tes-
titled that they were up on the hill
and those boys came to chase them
away. Saw Tony hit Harry, but did
not see a brick, but saw him hit
Harry with his fist. They We're all
throwing bricks at each other.
Ralph Shinn, 13 years old, said he
was with Harry ON Thursday morning
on East Commerce street and East
avenue. Saw Tony and others play
ing football; did not see anyone hit
Harry Vanmeter-neither with stone
nor fist. Saw Harry go through the
pipe land saw boy with black pants
on throw brick into the pipe. The
crowd of boys who think they own the
hill got the boys who were playing
foot ball to come over to chase the
Harry Vanmeter crowd away This
crowd was mad. Isadore Bloomfield
one of Harry's crowd-told him that |
Tony hit Harry with a stone.
David Link, very little boy of the ,,
crowd, said he did not see Harry hit, |
but saw him holding his head
John Link saw the boys attack Har- |
ry when he came out of the pipe, and |
DN&S AAlilJ DuI hC SOulu AOL lClI w HO
was hitting Harry. Those boys were
all around him.
Louis Blumenfeld was with Harry |
Vanmeter ON Mill street to have a lit |
tie fun. One boy threw one brick in
the pipe, when Harry was going
through it, he said, but he did not see |
the boy who threw it. Did not know
Tony. Harry told him that Tony Co
sario hit him with stone.
Isadore Blumenfeld IL years old, |
knew Harry Vanmeter. They were |
out on Mill street He and Harry went |
through the pipe, and when Harry
went out of the mouth of the pipe |
they "got" Harry, and hit him with |
a brick. Before this they had been
fighting with bricks in a street fight. |
Saw Tony Casario hit Harry with !
stone. He was firm in this statement,
that he saw Tony Casario hit Harry :