Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Lee BeaIl, Engine Company
Driver, Thrown From Horse.
ANIMAL STRUCK BY CAR
Rider Strikes on Head in Street,
Causing Fracture to Skull.
FORETOLD DEATH IN DREAM
Father of Deceased Saw Accident
While Asleep on Thurs
day Night.

Lee Beall. forty-seven years old. driver
| OF No. - engine company's horses, died
at Garfield Hospital about 1O:45 o'clock
| this morning as result Of fracture of
the skull. the injury having been received
when a horse that he was exercising
was struck by street car and he was
thrown to the roadway. The accident
happened about $50 o'clock, when the
| horse SHE'D in front of the southbound
car about 100 yards north OF the quar-
ters of the company at Brightwood
The horse was so seriously injured that
Dr. {. Barnwel Robinson, the District
veterinarian, found it necessary to kill
1t. Hezehiah Dodson. motorman in
charse OF the car. and L.. Robinson. con-
| ductor. were taken to the tenth precinct
police station to be detained until Coro-
ner hewitt can finish his investigation
| Theodore Beall, father of the de-
ceased said this morning that his sons
Thursday night.
1t was as plain as day." said the
aged man, "and a gray horse did it"
The horse. which is gray. has been
In the department since May 10, 1910,
and had never become accustomed to
noises of street cars and automobiles
Beall was riding the horse and lead
ing another, giving them exercise. He
wood Hotel, and was returning to the
engine house when the accident hap
pened. The animal SHE'D in the direc-
| tion of the car tracks The car struck
thrown upon his head, the force of the
contact with the road being severe
enough to infiict fracture of the base
| of the brain.
Treated on the Spot.
DR.. A. V. Parsons of Takoma Park
and DR.. C. B. Heinecke, the latter Bealrs
family physician, attended the injured
man before he was taken to the hos
pital. He was accompanied to the hos
ipital by George l.. Tarbell. neighbor.
and DR.. Heinecke. Dr. Charles S; White
and DR.. W. III. r. Brandenburg, the lat
ter a surgeon in the fire department,
| saw the injured man at the hospital.
Bealrs condition was so critical that the
surgeons decided it was useless to per-
form an operation Mrs. Beall, who was
hurried to the hospital by DR.. Parsons
shortly after the accident, was with her
husband when he died.
The deceased is survived by his widow
and two children-Nettie, sixteen, and
Lee thirteen years old. Last night his
daughter received her diploma at the
graduating exercises of the high school
and this morning her father hurried to his
home at 614 Longfeiow street to extend
his congratulations.
1t was stated by all the witnesses that
the street car was not going fast and that
Motorman Dodson brought it to stop
almost instantly. Dodson Is well known
to the members of the fire company and
they stated that they did not blame him
for the accident.
Inquest on Monday.
Coroner Nevitt directed that jury be
summoned to hear testimony Monday
morning in order to determine the ques-
ton of responsibility for the accident.
This afternoon an autopsy was performed
at Garfield Hospital and the body was
| later removed to the home.
1t is probable that members of Stans-
bury Lodge. No "A. and Royal Arch
Masons will have charge of the funeral,
the deceased having been identified with
both organizations.
Chief Wagner hurried to No. % en-
gine house as soon as he heard OF the
accident, reaching there shortly after the
injured fireman had been taken to the
hospital. He later went to the home of
the fireman and from there TO the hos
pital, where he saw Mrs. Beall He d.
rected that the flags on the buildings Of
the department be placed at half-mast.
Driver Beall was a native of Prince
Georges county, Md, having been born
between Upper Marlboro and Queen Anne
in 1864.
In July 1898, he was appointed a men,
Der Of the fire department. and many
years of his service were spent as a mem
Der of No. engine company. He received
a promotion the second year he was in
the service.
In 1888 he was a victim of the fire at
the George w. Knox Express Company's
stables on street northwest. He sus-
tanned severe burns about his face and
hands while NJ. II. Fenton and d. O'Don-
oghue. members of his company. were
burned to death, and s. f. Mastin, an
other members OF the company, was
crushed to death.