The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-23
TWO KILLED ON RAILROAD
BRIDGE,

Baltimore Frederick Train Run
Over Man and Woman.
Two persons were killed and one
entirely escaped from injury on Sat-
urday evening when a trio was trap
ped on the MOnOcacy railroad bridge
at Frederick Junction shortly after
1.30 o'clock, and run down by the
BaltimOre-Frederiek passenger train
as they stepped from in front of an
approaching freight.
George Wilson GreenwaId, 81 wears
OF age, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. James D.
Greenwald, 1876 West Patrick street.
Miss Bessie Ada BarthlOw, "a years
OF age, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ii. BarthlOw, 32O East Patrick street.
D. Clifford Stull, Is years of age,
and son of Mr.. and Mrs. o. Il. StuII.
2o1 West Patrick street, was with the
party and escaped injury by standing
between the double tracking until the
two trains had passed. He was in n
very nervous condition.
Greenwald was killed instantly.
stepping from the south to the north
track in order to escape an east
bound freight.
MISS Barthlow, who followed
Greenwald was struck by the passen-
ger engine and knocked down an en-
bankment just at the western end of
the bridge. She was unconscious and
internally injured. She died at the
Frederick City Hospital about 10
O'Clock on Saturday evening.
1t was on Saturday evening that
Greenwald, who is quoted by Stull as
having said, I'll never be caught on
that bridge when / know a train is
coming" disregarded his determina-
tion to walk over the bridge when he
knew a train was due. According to
Stull, Greenwald said as they started
to walk over the bridge, we had bet
ter hurry, for train is soon due and
Wen be caught on the bridge"
All OF last week Greenwald, with
party of five companions, camped
along the eastern banks of the Monoc-
acy river, at a point known as Kel
Mar. Those in the party were:
Greenwald, o. c. Stull, Clarence A.
HerWig, Dallas Shook and Roger
Lipps.
Miss Barthlow visited the camp
on Saturday afternoon in company
with Greenwald and was walking to
Frederick Junction to take a train for
Frederick when she was caught on
the Monocacy bridge.
Miss Barthlow and Greenwald were
killed by the passenger train which
they intended to board at Frederick
Junction for Frederick. The couple
stepped from the south track to the
north track to avoid being run down
by the east bound freight and were
struck by Baltimore-F Frederick pas
senger train, due at Frederick Junction
at about 7.45 o'clock. None of the
party, according to Stull, knew that
the Baltimore passenger was coming
up behind them, although the engi-
neer says he sounded the whistle sew
eral times.
Greenwald was struck squarely by
the passenger engine, and was pick
ed from under the pony wheels by
the trainmen. His skull was crushed
and his two ankles broken. He had
several slight cuts and bruises on his
forehead and face. A part of his right
shoulder was cut off, There were
several bruises and cuts about his
body.
Miss Barthlow had both legs broken
and was injured internally. She fell
a considerable distance when the mo-
mentum of the engine carried her
over the embankment.
The victims were but ten feet from
the western end of the bridge when
they were run down.
The crew of the Frederick-Balti
more passenger train which on Sat
urday night at Frederick Junction
ran down Miss Bessie A. Barthlow
and George w. Greenwald was ex-
honerated from all blame by cor
ner's jury Monday morning. The YER
dict was:
George Greenwald and Bessie Bar
thlow were killed by being struck by
an engine of B. & o. Train No. 21 July
IL, 1915, 7:40 p. M, their death being
purely accidental and unavoidable, we
therefore eXonerate the engineer and
train crew from all blame"
The inquest was presided over by
Justice Aaron R. Anders, called to
investigation the cause of the death
of Miss Barthlow and Greenwald.
Members of the jury: Harvey r.
Lease, foreman; Charles P. Troxell,
John Mehrling, Frank V. Staub, Spen-
Ger c. Stull, Henry j. d. Hagan, Will
liam +. Miller, ]. Marshall Grumbine,
Newton M. Zentz, William w. Zim-
norman, Henry Dertzbaugh and Geo.
r. Phebus.