The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-22
MRS. ]. B. BURR|s MET
DEATH IN BIRMINGHAM
.
WAS WELL KNOWN in AN
DERSON COUNTY
KILLED BY CARS
Vas Related tc Many Anderson
People and Had Relatives in
This City and County

(FrOm Sundays Daily Iltelliccncer
! News reached Anderson yesterday
or the death of Mrs. John Il. Burriss,
! which occurred Wednesday night in
birmingham after she had been run
over by street car In that city. Mrs.
l'urrls' husband came from Anderson
| nnd they both were related 'tO a
number of people in this city. The
following account OF the sad death
Is from the birmingham Age Herald
of Thursday:
"ltcturing home from the mid-wcek
prayer meeting, Mrs. Elizabeth II.
l'irriS aged GO years was almost in
stantly killed when struck by an asst
bound East Lake car ut Fifty-siXth
street and First avenue. Woodlawm Mt
9:15 o'clock last night Her husband,
John B. Burriss. prominent mer-
chnnt Of WOodlnwn, was seriously in
jurcd in the accident.
"The accident happened Immediate
ly In front Of the Woodin undertaking
rooms. Mr. ami Mrs. Burriss. both
elderly people. were walking home
from the Fifty-sixth street Baptist
church and n; they crossed First
avenue going couth at Fifty-sixth street
car No. 20G of the East Lake line, in
charge of Motormnn Willie Kinchloe
and conductor J. Chamblec, going
cast, struck Mr.. I'urris and hurled
him against his wife, who fell heavily
10 the ground. suffering n heavy con-
cusaion Of the brain. Mr.. l,urris suf-
fercd serious bruises about the limbs
nnd also was greatly excited by the
double shock of the accident and the
death Of his wife. Mr.. Burris Is blind
Died Few Minutes After Accident.
In:n moment or two an ambulance
of tho Woodin company had removed
Mrs. Durris to her home Mt 6004 Third
avenue, south. but the shock had been
10 great and siio died or arriving at
her home.
"rhe police and coroner were imme-
diatcly notified Of the accident and
Motorman kinchlOc was arrested by
Sergeant Cole of the Woollawn pre-
rinct and brought to the police head
quarters on the charge of manslaugh-
tor. .i,S}.st
"Coronr Charles l.. Spain on being
told OF the actions of the police. or
dorcd that the bond OF tho motorman
should be set ut $500 and that he
would. conduct an inquesk this morn
ing. An hour after the arrest of
tho motormpn. he secured bis liberty
Though dir. Iiuey. an official OF the
Birmingham Railway. Light and Pow
cr company. making his bond.
Thomas IL. Clay who Is with tho
Southern railway company md who
attended prayer meeting at at Fifty
sixth street Baptist church last night
said: N
''Mr. Burris had just finished maxi
ing Nlk at prayer meeting. He Is
blind, YOU know. md had to be lead to
tho front to mnke his speech and very
shortly afterward tho meeting closed.
IIo and Mrs. Burris evidently were
among tho first to leave the building,
for ns ] came around the corner Of
the church heard q scream and I
rushed over to where the. car was
stopped.
Mrs. .Burrls was APPARENTLY dead
with an awful cut near her left ear
and the binding headlight OF the car
shining upon her shall never for
get.
|. II helped Mr.. R"-ris up and his
foot was badly hui. and there wero
bruises on the side of his head. I
noted that he had lost enc shoe en-
tircly md we searched high and low
Tor It. We finally found 1t tammed
between the car coun'ing aud tho body
OF the cnr. indicasi.g that. his foot
had been caught, IL the coupling go
tightly as to tear he shoe off. He
told me that the { ~, dragged his some
distance ~. 5a. ~. ~ ;, !. \ \
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