Evening journal., 1913-01-24
CORONER WANTS
MORE TESTIMONY
Conflict as to Cause Of Males
Death Causes Probe TO
Go Further

Coroner Spring held an inquest
last night in the case Of Harry c.
Male, colored, Of New Castle. who
died following a fall from New
Castle line car and after hearing
many Witnesses the inquest was con.
tinued to hear further testimony.
On the night OF January II, Male
was a passenger on a New Castle
line car and when the car reached
the switch opposite the farm of for
mer Levy Court Commissioner Meg
ginson. Male either jumped or fell
from the car, striking his head on
the road and a few days later died
of shock
Charles l. COuntiss, who was con-
ductor Of the car. testified before the
jury last night that Nalle was noisy
on the car and used profane language
while talking to colored woman.
Male wished to leave the car in New
Castle but instead of sitting down he
went to the back platform of the car
and jumped of. The car was stopped
and Male was found to be uncon-
scious and was taken to New Castle
where ne was attended by DR.. r. r.
Roth
Dr. Roth testified that he was call
ed to see the man and responded
within 20 minutes of his arrival at
home He found him unconscious
and smelling very strongly of whisky.
He found a cut on his face and a
bruise on his head. The former he
sewed up and the latter he treated.
Leaving medicine for him, he left
him and called to see him next morn
ing AT that time he found the
man standing up and leaning over a
table, complaining that he could not
sit down because OF soreness and pain
in his stomach. Feeling that Nalle
was not seriously injured the doctor
left him, but returned again in the
afternoon, when he was told that a
negro doctor had been called in the
case and that he need not treat the
man This was the last he saw of
him, because he was soon taken to
the Delaware Hospital, where he
died.
Dr. ]. w Bastian, coroners ply
stefan, testified TO having held a post
morten examination upon the body
Of Male and of finding that he had
died OF peritonitis. He said that
there was an incision in the mans
abdomen.
An affidavit was read from Frank
NJ. Southwick. a private in Company
r at Fort Dupont, who was on the
rear platform Of the car when Male
is alleged to have jumped off, in
which the soldier corrobOrated the
testimony of Conductor Countiss,
Southwick is sick in bed at the fort.
Vandyke Roberts, the negro boy re-
ferred to by Countiss in his testi-
mony, told substantially the same
story as told by the conductor and
by the soldier.
Lydia Robinson, a negro woman,
who lives at the same house in which
Male lived testified that Nalle was
on the car, but was not drunk or
using profane language and that the
conductor came to him twice and told
him he would get OFF sooner than he
Wanted to unless he behaved himself
She said that later the con-
ductor told Male to follow him and
the latter did so, going to the rear
end of the car In a little while she
said that someone told her that the
man who was talking to her on the
car was dead She said that she saw
them bring him in and lay him on the
floor of the car.
The jurors decided that conflicting
testimony had been produced and ask
ed Coroner Spring TO produce more
witnesses.