The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-17
FATAL CROSSING
 ACCIDENT IN MENA
MRS. l.. BENNETT KILLED, MIR. BENNETT AND JAMES MOORE
 DANGEROUSLY HURT.
The Three, With Walter Tallman, Were Driving Across Kansas City Southern Tracks When Struck
 by Train---Jury Ccnsures Road.

Mrs. L. Bennett was instantly killed, MT. Bennett, her husband, and James Moore dangerously in- jured and Walter Tallman slightly hurt by being struck by a Kansas City Southern passenger train Sat- urday afternoon while crossing the tracks at teh York crossing while riding in a wagon. They were on their way to their home in Potter.
 The remains of Mrs. l.. Bennett were buried Tuesday morning, MT. Bennett is in fair way to re- covery, and James Moore has not fully regained consciousness and the result of his injuries sstill in doubt.
 Walter TalIman, the other vic- tim of the accident, is carrying his left arm in bandage.
 Mrs. Bennett's neck was broken and the back of her head was bad ly crushed.
 MT. Bennett suffered compound fracture of the left arm, his nose was broken and severely cut his under lip was lacerated and there are punctures and lacrrations all over his head. He, il is now thought, will recover.
 James Moore received a severe shock over the heart and in the back and severe internal injuries in the left side of chest, also a bad blow on the left side of his head. He has only partially recovered consciousness and appears to have lost power of speech. His recovery is doubtful.
 William Tallman, the only one of the four who was able to give a connected account of the acci- dent, stated today to representa- tive of this paper that the party had been attending lawsuit before Squire w. k. Murray, near Oliver Chapel, and before starting to their home at Potter came to Mena and did some shopping. He said that Mrs. Bennett and Jim Moore occu- pied the spring seat of the wagon,
 Moore driving. MT. Bennett and he occupied chairs in the rear, Mr.Ben- nett on the left, the side from which the train struck. Mr. Tallman says they were driv- ing along at a very moderate gait, and, he believed, the team was walking as they approached the track, the road being an upgrade. He says there was on sound save 1 the rattle of the wagon, and is very sure no whistle was sounded until the engine was right on them. Hearing this whistle, he turned his
 head and says the engine did not appear to be more than thirty feet away. Without seconds hesita- ton he threw himself out of the
 wagon, and sayl he does not think he had yet struck the ground when the crash came. Tn some way the
 wagon was thrown over him with
 out striking.
 Tallman says he jumped to his feet and saw Bennett lying a few feet away, apparently dead Then he ran to the engine, which had stopped a short distance down
 the track and there called attention of Engineer Burt Worrel and Fire
 man 0. A. Farmer to the fact that
 two persons were on the pilot of the
 engine, and assisted in removing
 them, after which they were placed in the baggage car and the train
 backed to the depot.
 Tallman's injury was to his left
 elbow, probably result of striking
 the ground. It is not thought to be
 at all serious.
 One of the horses of the team
 was killed outright. The other re-
 ceived broken leg and was shot. | The office of Dr. Davis was turn
 cd into hospital by the accident
 and the two seriously injured men
 were being cared for there by the 1 physicians, Drs. Davis and Lee, and Mir. Moore's wife, and daughter of i8 and i6 years, until Tuesday afternoon, when they were carried to the Major Burke house on Jans- sen avenue, where they now have a trained nurse.
 The fact of the death of Mrs.
 Bennett was kept from Mir. Bennett until late Sunday fearing the shock would be injurious. When told. however, he took the news as well as could be expected, and di- rected that the burial be at Gam as above stated.
 The train, which was in charge of Conductor J. J. Myers, went on south when the dead and injured had been removed from the bag gage car.
 The Coroner's jury, convened by Squire Radcliffe worked on case till late Tuesday afternoon. when verdict was returned censuring the railroad for negligence in failing to have it's right of way cleared so that the view of trains would be unobstructed. and for running train at a speed faster than prescribed IL