The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-02
Boys DEATH
TO Be PROBED
BY CORONER
And Jurors to Ascertain How
the Little Fellow Was
Killed.

a coroner's jury composed OF r. l.
Fittro. James Burlington. A. T. Red
man, John Whelan, p. NJ. Long and A.
Hamburger met AT l o'clock Tuesday
nj the Lynch Osborne Undertaking
Company's establishment on West
Main street to investigate tho death
OF Virgil Digman, aged Z years, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Digman, OF l7S
East Pike street, who died while en-
route TO a hospital from injuries he
received when run over by Bridge
port car in East Pike street Mt 3:ll
o'clock Monday afternoon.
E. A. Shrader. motorman on the
car, which struck young Digman.
was the first called to the witness
stand. He said the first he saw OF
the boy was when he darted from
behind yellow wagon which was
going up East Pike street. At the
time the horses heads were at the
front end of the car. He rang the
bell and reversed the power but the
car struck the boy and carried him
about 200 feet before 1t stopped.
When asked by Coroner Mason how
fast he was going Shrader said about
NNCHhy all
f. l.. Neatwole. conductor on the
car. was next called to the witness
stand and he testified that he did not
see the accident. The first he knew
OF It was when he heard a woman
on the car say that the car had
struck boy. When asked how fast
tho car was going, he said about
twenty miles an hour but was not
sure as there was no way OF telling
how fast 1t was going.
number OF residents of that sec
tion. passengers on the car and pass
ersby witnessed the accident, but SC
many different stories are told as to
how 1t happened that the exact man,
ner will not be known until the evi.
dence is gathered by the coroner't
jury.
After hearing tho evidence OF h. A
Furgeson. w. +. Dillon. Claude Fans.
Ter and c. Il. Stout, the jury adj.
iourned until such time as other wit
nesses who were wanted could b.
summoned and brought before tn,
jury to testify.
From what can be learned Il ap
pears that the boy while playing IL
the street had just dropped off a pass,
ing wagon and did not notice the ap
preaching car. He stepped on th'
track, and before the motorman couIt
etop the car, II struck him. He sui.
fered fractured skull. both legs
were broken and many bruises ant
cuts were received. The body wa;
dragged some distance by the car.
Virgil Digman was n student at the
Linden Avenue school and after re
turning home from school Monday
afternoon he went to the Clarksbure
Transfer Company's blacksmith shot
near the Pike street bridge where hiA
father is employed. His father stated
TO a representative OF the Telegram
Monday evening that he started his
boy home after he had been at the
shop for few minutes and the next
time he saw his son was when he
identified him at the st. Mary's hos
pital where he had been taken In an
automobile following the accident. In
regards to the accident Mr.. Digman
said that he had heard several stories
us TO how It happened but as he did
not see it he was not sure and would
not say.
The body was taken to local un
dertaking establishment and prepared
for burial. 1t was taken to Melrose
Randolph county, Tuesday and the
funeral services and burial will be
held there Wednesday.
Besides the boys parents three
brothers survive him. They are Her
bert, Kirby and Orpha Digman, all
older than Virgil.
f. A. Shrader, motorman, and e.
L. Heatwole were in charge OF the
car that struck the child.