The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-16


,,.ha ne how S and by what means
Frank C. Barlow came ~ .a mts
That The said Frank c. Barlow
a 90 20 HE death in Ohio coun--
w West Virginia, as the result OF
IN unavoidable accident, being
a. hv an automobile driven
hv Dr p, NJ. Phillips on Satur-
Gav evening January IL, 1911.
Quo, was the verdict returned last
ov o bv q Jury empanelled by cor
over r G, Hobbs to investigate liie
dnoth Of Frank Clinton BARLOW,
uear.o1d SON of Mr.. and Mrs. William
barlow, who was fatal ln1ure1
when he was struck by Ut: =. W;
phillips' automobile al EolI anu
Twenty-third streets SATURDAY uSe ~
ing, resulting In the childs otalis d.
The Ohio Valley hospital at loui
o'clock Sunday morning
Prosecuting Attorney d. A. MChte
and Assistant Prosecutor Car! haclIf
man conducted the examination " "
Witnesses before jury composed y
Edward Duffy, Al Richards, j. y:
Bauman, Clarence Biggs' Jaiuea
Holmes and II. w. Hugger.
Dr. J. e. Marschner, county physl-
o;an who with DR.. c. w. Ulfert, per.
formed the autopsy upon the body, OF
frank Barlow at Schrader's under
| taking establishment, in the presence
; of DR.. John Gilmore. pr. FleWlg'. ~
| 2. NJ. Phillips and Others testllISu
! that the autopsy reTeaieo the az
sence of two teeth, evidently uue ~
a blow, an abrasion on the chm, aura,
sions on the legs and on. the TiEhe
side: also a medium lnclslon IN ine
body made by surgeons in onerallnH
on the boy. Internal examination us,
closed that the stomach mao ,; oee.'
hurst omen and a rupture in the ilver'
, The ruptures OF the stomach and Nv
or he said, caused the death. THESE
! he said probably were caused by tne
| how falling or wrenching his .oooE
when the stomach was full.
DR. c. W. Ulfert another county
physician gave practically the same
| testimony regarding the disclosures
made by the autopsy. =.
DR., George Viewig testified OF at:
tending Frank Barlow both at his
home and at the hospital. Upon
opening the abdomen at the hospital,
he said he found ruptures OF the
stomach and liver. These openings
we're repaired he said, and the boy
was mt to bed, where he reGa!ned
consciousness. He left then, he said
and knew no more about the case un
| til he learned that the boy was dead.
| The body upon which the autopsy
was performed at the moFgue, inc
Doctor testified, was the body or the
boy upon which he had performed
| the operation.
EITHER DR.. Phillips or asked him
! If the machine had run over him. Dr.
Viewig testified, but he didn't seem
to know"
ble that the boy could have lived, DR..
Viewig answered:
mo: this was only repair JOB.
There's a difference between an oper-
alton and a repair job. In this case,
| il is my opinion, the shock OF the rup'
tured stomach and ruptured liver
caused death
William Barlow. IT. s-year-old
brother Of the dead boy. testified
that on Saturday evening about 1880
o'clock, on Eoff street. between
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth, he
was pulling a sled and his brother
had an ice skate on; he was skating
near the curb.
"He tried to cross the street and
couldn't make it. The auto came and
hit him. We were on the right side
of the street. The auto was coming
up on the right side. He tried to go
to the left side. wanted to stay out
of the road"
The boys story indicated that the
boy was struck by the left hand side
OF the auto and it knocked him out
to the center Of the car tracks. The
auto wasn't coming very fast, he
said; DR.. Phillips was driving. The
car stopped just after it hit Frank,
the boy said: and Mr. Brooks and DR.:
Phillips put him in the machine and
! took him home.
THE machine was pretty close
when Brother started across the
the little witness said; 'T told him 10
stay on my side but he thought he
could mako it,
Albert Mcgale. who was in the car
| with DR.. Phillips. who was going to
the dashboard light was on. that he
[ was looking at the spcedometer was
registering 10 miles an hour at the
time Of the accident. The lights were
on, he said and the streets were
clear. The boy with the sled passed
to the right: not the length of the
car ahead Of us the other boy step
ped in front Of The car
DR.. z. NJ. Phillips testified that he
was driving his Chalmers car up
! Eoff street, on the right hand side of
the car. had my headlights on. he
said; I realized that ii was a danger
ous night TO drive in the fog. snow
and rain. was looking around the
windshield. heard something strike
the fender on my side of the car and
realized something was wrong. I ap-
Piled my brakes ard stonped. The
first 7 saw or the boy. Mr.. Brooks
was in the act Of picking him up. If
the bow ran in front Of the car from
the right side of the car. the car must
have been so close that the radiator
obstructPd my view as looked
around the windshield"
VIM. Fl. Brooks testified that he
was on the west side of Eoff street,
Slightly north Of where the accident
occurred. 81 was looking into my
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