The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-12
cosoNER'S JURY EXONERATES
STREET CAR GREW FOR
DEATHS
Of Miss Fay Moore and Marjory Wun-
schel-lnquest Was Held in the
Court Room Yesterday.

Probably no more pathetic story was
ever told 70 a coroner'S jury than me
one recited yesterday by {. +. Gal
lagher, motorman on car NO. 1SS' OF
the Shadyside division Of the Wheel
ing Traction company. which ran down
of the Island. July s, and inflcted IN
turtles fatal 10 her niece, Marlory Nun
schel, who died the next day. Mr.. Gal.
lagher's story, told StraightforwaruIy
to the jury In the crtmlnal court room
YESTERDAY, resulted in the following
verdict being rendered.:
I'VE, the jury, find that the SAID
Fay Moore and Marjory Wunschel
came to their deaths by. being
struck by Wheeling Traction car
No. 1SS and that no plane De
attached to the crew OF the car
for the cause of the accident.
tSigned)
B. E. HAMILTON. Foreman.
JAKE OTTO,
RICHARD ,WlLk1E,
H. L. CHAPMAN,
CLARENCE BIGGS,
R. P. GLASS.
GALA MITCHELL, Coroner.
The inquest was conducted by Cor
oner Mitchell and Assistant Prosecut.
Ing Attorney F. A. O'Brien. &; r Gat
lagher was the flrst witness called. ne
said that he was motorman on car
No, 1sS, Shadyside division, July o. o;
1915, and that he came across the
Steel bridge about Sol. The motor
man said that while he was not regu-
lar motorrnan, yet he had had years
experience working almost fu!i tlnle.
GALLAGHER said that he "dritted down
the decline on the bridge and that ne
saw the little girl playing along the
curb.
he said he kept his car down Win no
power on and proceeding very Slowly.
He said the lady stepped onto the
pavement and took. hold Of the child s
left hand and then stepped back 10
the curb. Feeling that all danger was
passed, he said he kept coming along
until within few feet OF where tne
accident occurred, the woman stepped
into the street with the child. hesl,
tated looked at the car coming anu
then | hit them The, motorman
explained the workings OF his car say
ing it behaved better than any car
ne ever worked and responded to the
air like r live thing.
The motorman said there was a
fender on the car and that it was IN a
regular position. little more than SIN
inches above the track Gallagnel
said tina, he tried to, quiet the iittie
= girl after he struck her, and hndipg
~ himself about ready 10 collapse. ne
telephoned the car barn at the Island
and was relieved Of his run. III
never forget that sight" ne said as
he left the stand.
John Hobbs, conductor. was mex
called but knew very little about y
other than that there was snarl
stop. Louis Keyser.1 manager or me
Hawley building, and an uncle OF tne
little girl. coneradicted Mr.. Gallagher
to the extent of saying there was a
car obstructing his view, and that the
car travelled about sixty feet after II
struck the persons.
Toll Keeper Mercer was the mex
witness and said the car was going
slowly and that he saw the woman and
child step into the Street; ., dns e sIs
dence taken as a whole developed me
fact that the. car struck the. girl and
woman head on. and that they were
pinned beneath the front trucks. these
holding them fast until. the car vas
perr1;r the;r extraction.