The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-27
F|VE-YEAR- OLD BOY
IS KILLED BY CAR
Eugene Noel, of Danville, KY,
i Fatally Injured in High
land Park.
RAN IN FRONT OF TROLLEY
Suburban Families From Their
Porches Are Unwilling Spec
tatorS of Accident.

Eugene Noel. five years old. son OF
| John Noel. Of Danville. Ky, was fatal,
ly injured last night by an electric car
in front of the home of his grandfather.
T. ID. Valentine. sol Fourth Avenue
I liighla md Park. where. with his mother
and two small brothers. he was visit
ing. The accident. said to have been
i unavoidable. occurred at 9:lJ o'clock
Thea the child who had been playing
with several companions. dartcd di-
rectlv in front of the huge car. Death
/ resulted I'm less than fifteen minutes.
! the child never rcEaininE conscious
! ness
More than n score of persons wit
messed the terrible scene. and some ex-
| citc,ncnt was caused by the accident
! The porches of the neighbor:uC houses
were hlied with people. but the mother
of the little boy had just entered the
! house. being spared the sight. The
! child had run heedlessly on the track
and was beneath the wheels before
| any of the mortified spectators could
! make a move. hut not. however, before
/ Motorman W T.. Robey had reversed
/ his current and applied the brakes in
! an unavailing effort To save the little
| life In so doing he was badly burned
/ by electricity. ard tainted twice from
the shock For several hours he was
under the care of physicians.
MIS- Noel. mother of the child. came
/ ncr" three weeks ago with Eugene and
! TWO oIh"r bo%s, one older ana one
/ younger. Her husband who is a rail
/ road engineer remained at home and
/ Is still unaware of the death of his
/ son. although he was notified by telc-
1 gram that tho boy had been seriously
/ hurt. lie is expected to reach here this
afternoon.
/ LAD RAN IN 'FRONT.'
OF ONCOMING CAR
Eugene and his elder brother had
peen playing all evening, and just be-
/ fore the accident went across Fourth
Avenue to visit some ncighboring chill
urea, Nhen these went in their homes.
the two small visitors started to again
cross the street. Eugene began to
run. ana darted in front of the oncom-
ihr car before his intentions were
KNOWN. The car WAS going at a fair
speed and might have stopped in time
but for the fact that it was slightly
down grade. and the tracks were made
slippery by tar preparation which
mas recently been put on the street.
inc lender struck the little boy and
reached him the brakes bit in and The
gar began to back up. Il. T.. Knox. who
i iYns I'm IN the vicinity of the accident,
hoy up and rushed across the street
to the Valentino home. Physicians
were summoned, and the City Hospital
I'm pulaicc, IN charge of Dr. NJ L.
noEie, Jr'; made record run. DR. Paul
kedd had rendered emergency treat.
- 'Ht ne cIlIu uleu without max
ing Il sound
pr. j.. Fulmcr Bright, acting coroner
OF ilcmrico County. arrived in less than
!; half hour, and after Viewing the
body, decided TO hold an inquest
jury has been drawn, and VIII meet
~ noon to-day in the Town Han
MoFoRMtN ROBEV
Placed UNDER ARREST
hohSN' The inotorman. after beint,
,reatcd' WAS placed under arrest by
deputy Sheriff j. Il. Lyme. of Ilenrico
county, and taken to the County iii
where ne WAS bailcd later. with com,
pany officials as bondsmcn As II il
Scncra!iy conceded that he had NOT
ncen 10 blame IL Is expected that lac
VIII be released from the technical
custody to-day Traction officials stale
mat ne Is one of the most careful
employees in their service. lie has been
mas never before had an accident
tnc accident caused a serious DELAY
IN the Highland Park schedule fo,
more Than an hour y joint sunday
sch"ol excursion had been run ycstcr-
gay. ana the cXcursionists were DELAYED
In getting home
NO arrangements for the funeral will
nr mace until the father reaches here
ihc body Was badly cut and bruised
An examination disclosed a fracturcJ
skull, while one leg and one arm were
crushed ANA almost severed
On" OF the S.ddcst fcat-rcs OF tho
Hcath ~ the fact that Eugene would
nave h"eil ilNc years old on Wcducs-
uaE' ana hhd been looking eagerly for
ward 10 his birthday. He had on
dcared himself to both adults and chill
90 10 have birthday celebration on
Wednesday, ~"