Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-04
SAW GREEN'S HEAD
TORN BY A FLYER
Graphic Story of Death Of
Banker Told in 500, 900
Damage Suit.

A graphic story OF the killing OF
Lewis C. Green. banker, of New
Canaan, Conn. on the station plat
form of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at Elizabeth on June 1,
1911, was told by DR.. George II. Her,
of Brooklyn. in the Supreme Court
before Judge Adams In the hearing
of the 100000 suit for damages
against the railroad company brought
by Lucius NJ. Monroe, jr, as executor
of the estate of Mr.. Green.
DR.. Her was one OF party that
had attended a wedding In Elizabeth
on the night in question, and was
with Mr. Green and a number OF
others on the station platform walt
Ing for a train to take them back to
New York when the accident hap
pened.
Its Speed Terrific.
| The accident was caused by the
Federal express, one of the Pennsyl-
vania's fast trains, running an hour
behind time, rushing through the
station so fast that the suction is
| alleged to have caused Mr.. Green
| to lose his balance and fall to the
platform. When the train had pass
ed 1t was discovered that the skull
on the left side of his head was torn
entirely away. Dr. Her told this
story:
while waiting for the train l had
walked down the platform and as l
turned to come back I saw the head
| light of an approaching train coming
at q terrific rate of speed. yelled
| a warning to the others who were
twenty or twenty-five feet away
from me and as I did SO the train
rushed past where Mr.. Green was
standing. I saw him put UP his hands
as though to hold his hat and the
next instant he was shot forward as
though out of catapult.
HE was shot along the platform
and l thought he would be pulled un-
der the train by the suction. threw
myself forward at full length on the
platform and seized the body, think
ing Mr.. Green had only lost his bal
ance and fallen. The wind caused by
| the suction whisked a silk hat from
my head and threw the tails of an
overcoat I was wearing up around my
head. AS soon as 1 could disentangle
myself l tried to help Mr.. Green up,
but found he was unconscious and
practically dead.
His skull "Exploded."
His skull was fractured; exploded
would be better word. and / saw al
once the injury was mortal. The
wound was so large that 1 could
place my entire hand in his brair
pan. l did not see him struck by
anything that would cause such 9
wound, which from the appearance
was caused by some sharp or pointed
instrument entering the head from
the rear just below the ear and goine
through to the front.
What ever it was that hit Mr.
Green, did not remain in the head
and In coming out 1t tore away g
piece of the skull, probably three
inches in length by two in width
That part of the skull was not found
and was evidently carried away i'm
paled on whatever it was that hao
entered the head
The Railroads. Defense.
The railway officials contend thai
when the engine and cars were ex'
amined at Jersey City there was
nothing to show that 1t had hit any
person, and that Mr.. Green was toe
far away from the track to be STRUCK
by anything projecting from the loco
motive or one of the cars. Both side.
seem at loss to explain what i
was that entered the back of Mr.
Green's head and tore through 1t
carrying practically all of the skull
structure with it on the left side o.
the head.
Mr.. Monroe, as executor, Is repre-
scented by George w. Glaze. of New
York, and Howard MacSherry ant
Horace C. Grice, of this city. Will,
Albert c. Wall represents the rail
road company.