The Cairo bulletin., 1912-11-11
HERMAN SANDER,
|. AGED merchant,
KILLED BY CAR
I HIM
Dies Shortly After Being
Struck on Washington
Avenue.
NEARLY S8 YEARS OLD
Resident of Cairo 45 Years and
R in BuS.ness for So
Years.
NEARLY SS YEARS OLD

tyg3 iclLlaH cdHueI, grocer mt au
old ana prominent citizen OF Cairo,
was almost instantly killed by "a
street ear last evening while cross
ing Washington ayenre near Tenth
| street His body was badly crushed
and dcath resulted within a few
minutes after the accident.
The car that struck him was No.
| 81 Of .he outer belt line going south:
the mctorman was Roger Martinelli.
1t was about $50 o'clock when
Mr. Sander left Peter Days place. on
Twelfth and Washington avenue,
where, according to his usual GUS
tom on Sunday afternoon, he
met several of his old friends at
catds. He was in company with
Joseph Nollmer At Tenth street he
parted from his friehd and started
diagonally across the street. making
a short cut, in doing this his back
was partially turned TO the car and,
being little hard cf hearing. did
mot see or AGAR the approaching car.
IMar+innllf, the mDtorman, saw him
crossing the street and began pound
| ing vigorously ut his bell to attract
his attention; he had already turned
oil the power when further Up
washington avenue. getting ready TO
let of a passenger, Nick Arter at
Ninth street Arter was in the cab
OF the car with the motorman, pre-
pairing 10 get off, and saw the situa-
ti)n. Both saw at once that Mr..
Sander was paying no heed to the
changing OF the bell and both real
lied he would surely be run down.
The 'notofman gave an agonizing
seseam. reversed the lever and put
his whole strength upon the brake,
but the momentum ef the car was
too great and it crashed into the
unfortunate man at rhe Instant he
had stepped into the middle of the
track His body disappeared ufider
the car and was dragged along "a
distance Of about nifty feet before
the chr came tc a stop
AFTER and several OF the other
passengers said they could hear tho
crunching Of the bones as the wheels
passed over tile body The ear was
wen SIZED With passengers, mostly
women. Several Of Them screamed
loudly and cama near fainting. Sew
eraI people were on the sidewalk
nearby at the time and saw the ae-
cidcnt. One young lady tainted at
Che sight and would have fallen to
the walk, but for the timely assist
ance of combanion.
When Mr.. Sander was taken from
under the car he was still breathing,
but expired few minutes later.
One OF his legs had been cut off. his
head crushed and it is said other
bones Of his body were broken
We was bleeding 50 badly that the
spot where he lay was 50 thiekly
saturated with flood that quantity
of ashes was placed there as an alb
sorDaDt after tuc body had been re-
moved to Feith's undertaking rooms.
where Coroner McManus gave orders
10 take it,
The inquest will be held this
morning, beginning at O'Clock. at
the city council chamber.
Martinelli the m9torman, was
placed under arrest by police Of
icers and taken to police headquar-
ters, hut after the preliminary in
vestigation he was permitted to go
to his home on Twenty-seventh
street. Martnclli has been en-
ployed as motorman fer the past five
months and has been regarded by
the officers of The street car company
as careful man
Herman Sander is ,he senior r,eui-
'Der of .he firm Of r. Sander & Son
TtJchn p, SANDER, the wells known
grocers. at 6l4 Commercial avenue.
lie resided with his SON and wife at
T04 Jefferson avenue Casper San
der, house manager of the Alexander
Club 10 another SON He also leaves
"a daughter, Elizabeth. who resides
la 81, Louis, and brother. John III.
sander ot Indianapolis. Ind. He
had recently attended the golden
concluded an pnea stx.