Virginian Pilot Sunday December 16, 1900 KILLED BY A CAR Charles A ESLEECK, Met Sudden Death Last Night
He was employed at the Navy Yard as a Brick—Mason—His Face so Crushed as to be Unrecognizable Identified by a Union Card in His Pocket—Motorman and Conductor Surrender to Police Pending Bail Charles A ESLEECK, a brick mason employed in the navy yard, was struck by a car on the Portsmouth Street Railway last night at 9:35 o’clock and instantly killed.
The accident occurred on Lincoln Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, at the bottom of a slight grade and a point where the street is very dark, the nearest electric light being at the corner of Lincoln and fourth streets. ESLEECK is said to have been somewhat deaf, and it is probably that this had something to do with the accident. He lived with his family-consisting of a wife and four small children, at 517 Fourth Street, which is not more than a block distant from the scene of the accident. ESLEECK left his home about half an hour before he was killed.
As far as could be learned last night there was but one witness of the killing, and that was Motorman W M GRANDY, of car No 7. The car left the ferry at 9:30 o’clock and was running on the navy yard circuit. Motorman GRANDY states that he did not see ESLEECK until not more than ten feet from him, and that ESLEECK was then standing motionless on the track. The fender of the car striking him just above the ankles, tripped ESLEECK forward and he dived head foremost toward the car, striking the fender with terrific force. The body rolled to one side into the street and the car passed by and was about to a stop several feet beyond. When Motorman GRANDY and the conductor of the car, J W GAY, ran back to where the body lay, ESLEECK was dead. His face was unrecognizable and his identity was not learned until his union card was found in his pocket.
The motorman and conductor of the ill-fated car went to the police station and surrendered themselves, until some arrangements could be made to get bail, which at the hour this report closed had not been furnished.
Coroner HOLLADAY was summoned to the scene of the accident and viewed the body, after which it was removed.
Virginia Pilot Sunday December 17, 1900
CRUSHED BY A CAR
Deaf Citizen Did Not Hear Its
Approach and Was
Killed
Eye Witnesses to Terrible Street Tragedy Tells Coroner How Mr. ESLEECK Met Trolley Car Saturday Night A fatal accident occurred on the Portsmouth Street Railway Company’s system late Saturday night. The victim was Charles A ESLEECK, a brick mason, employed at the navy yard. His face was so terribly disfigured by the blow from the car that he was unrecognizable and was only identified by his working card.
The story of the tragedy was told at the inquest held by Acting Coroner John c NIEMEYER yesterday afternoon. The Coroner’s jury met Sunday morning to view the remains at the earliest possible moment after the accident, as is customary, and adjourned until later in the day, when testimony was heard from eye witnesses to the tragedy.
Motorman GRAND, of car No 7, of the navy yard division of the system, said that the car was going at a fair rate of speed, and that he was sounding his gong although in the middle of the block, on Lincoln street, between Third and Fourth streets, Suddenly, he said, he saw a man attempt to cross the track not ten feet from the front of the car.
GRANOY testified that he used every effort in his power to stop before striking the man, but without avail. When he saw the man he did not appear to be making any effort to pass on, but seemed to be motionless on the track. The car had just passed down the grade at that point, and had lost much of the momentum it had this attained, consequently his efforts to stop the car were unavailing - Conductor J W GAY declared that he did not see the man on the track at all and only knew of the accident after it had occurred, It was testified to by John NEERIEGA and other witnesses that the dead man was very deaf, and NOBRIEGA said he had difficulty in making him hear when he met him a few minutes before the accident.
A colored woman who was on the scene said that while she did not see the car strike ESLEECK, she saw him start across the track at the moment she heard the noise of the car’s approach. She heard a bareheaded lady across the street scream that the car had killed a man, and she saw the prostrate body of ESLEECK lying where the force of the collision had thrown it. This was the extent of the testimony and she was dismissed.
The young lady who saw the accident was a Miss FLEMMING, and she is expected to testify before the coroner’s jury tonight, when the killing will be further investigated.
The funeral took place this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the residence of the deceased, on Lincoln St. The services were conducted by the Rev George E BOOKER, pastor of wright Memorial Methodist Church. The remains were buried in Oak Grove Cemetery
He was employed at the Navy Yard as a Brick—Mason—His Face so Crushed as to be Unrecognizable Identified by a Union Card in His Pocket—Motorman and Conductor Surrender to Police Pending Bail Charles A ESLEECK, a brick mason employed in the navy yard, was struck by a car on the Portsmouth Street Railway last night at 9:35 o’clock and instantly killed.
The accident occurred on Lincoln Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, at the bottom of a slight grade and a point where the street is very dark, the nearest electric light being at the corner of Lincoln and fourth streets. ESLEECK is said to have been somewhat deaf, and it is probably that this had something to do with the accident. He lived with his family-consisting of a wife and four small children, at 517 Fourth Street, which is not more than a block distant from the scene of the accident. ESLEECK left his home about half an hour before he was killed.
As far as could be learned last night there was but one witness of the killing, and that was Motorman W M GRANDY, of car No 7. The car left the ferry at 9:30 o’clock and was running on the navy yard circuit. Motorman GRANDY states that he did not see ESLEECK until not more than ten feet from him, and that ESLEECK was then standing motionless on the track. The fender of the car striking him just above the ankles, tripped ESLEECK forward and he dived head foremost toward the car, striking the fender with terrific force. The body rolled to one side into the street and the car passed by and was about to a stop several feet beyond. When Motorman GRANDY and the conductor of the car, J W GAY, ran back to where the body lay, ESLEECK was dead. His face was unrecognizable and his identity was not learned until his union card was found in his pocket.
The motorman and conductor of the ill-fated car went to the police station and surrendered themselves, until some arrangements could be made to get bail, which at the hour this report closed had not been furnished.
Coroner HOLLADAY was summoned to the scene of the accident and viewed the body, after which it was removed.
Virginia Pilot Sunday December 17, 1900
CRUSHED BY A CAR
Deaf Citizen Did Not Hear Its
Approach and Was
Killed
Eye Witnesses to Terrible Street Tragedy Tells Coroner How Mr. ESLEECK Met Trolley Car Saturday Night A fatal accident occurred on the Portsmouth Street Railway Company’s system late Saturday night. The victim was Charles A ESLEECK, a brick mason, employed at the navy yard. His face was so terribly disfigured by the blow from the car that he was unrecognizable and was only identified by his working card.
The story of the tragedy was told at the inquest held by Acting Coroner John c NIEMEYER yesterday afternoon. The Coroner’s jury met Sunday morning to view the remains at the earliest possible moment after the accident, as is customary, and adjourned until later in the day, when testimony was heard from eye witnesses to the tragedy.
Motorman GRAND, of car No 7, of the navy yard division of the system, said that the car was going at a fair rate of speed, and that he was sounding his gong although in the middle of the block, on Lincoln street, between Third and Fourth streets, Suddenly, he said, he saw a man attempt to cross the track not ten feet from the front of the car.
GRANOY testified that he used every effort in his power to stop before striking the man, but without avail. When he saw the man he did not appear to be making any effort to pass on, but seemed to be motionless on the track. The car had just passed down the grade at that point, and had lost much of the momentum it had this attained, consequently his efforts to stop the car were unavailing - Conductor J W GAY declared that he did not see the man on the track at all and only knew of the accident after it had occurred, It was testified to by John NEERIEGA and other witnesses that the dead man was very deaf, and NOBRIEGA said he had difficulty in making him hear when he met him a few minutes before the accident.
A colored woman who was on the scene said that while she did not see the car strike ESLEECK, she saw him start across the track at the moment she heard the noise of the car’s approach. She heard a bareheaded lady across the street scream that the car had killed a man, and she saw the prostrate body of ESLEECK lying where the force of the collision had thrown it. This was the extent of the testimony and she was dismissed.
The young lady who saw the accident was a Miss FLEMMING, and she is expected to testify before the coroner’s jury tonight, when the killing will be further investigated.
The funeral took place this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the residence of the deceased, on Lincoln St. The services were conducted by the Rev George E BOOKER, pastor of wright Memorial Methodist Church. The remains were buried in Oak Grove Cemetery
Virginian Pilot Sunday December 16, 1900 KILLED BY A CAR Charles A ESLEECK, Met Sudden Death Last Night
He was employed at the Navy Yard as a Brick—Mason—His Face so Crushed as to be Unrecognizable Identified by a Union Card in His Pocket—Motorman and Conductor Surrender to Police Pending Bail Charles A ESLEECK, a brick mason employed in the navy yard, was struck by a car on the Portsmouth Street Railway last night at 9:35 o’clock and instantly killed.
The accident occurred on Lincoln Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, at the bottom of a slight grade and a point where the street is very dark, the nearest electric light being at the corner of Lincoln and fourth streets. ESLEECK is said to have been somewhat deaf, and it is probably that this had something to do with the accident. He lived with his family-consisting of a wife and four small children, at 517 Fourth Street, which is not more than a block distant from the scene of the accident. ESLEECK left his home about half an hour before he was killed.
As far as could be learned last night there was but one witness of the killing, and that was Motorman W M GRANDY, of car No 7. The car left the ferry at 9:30 o’clock and was running on the navy yard circuit. Motorman GRANDY states that he did not see ESLEECK until not more than ten feet from him, and that ESLEECK was then standing motionless on the track. The fender of the car striking him just above the ankles, tripped ESLEECK forward and he dived head foremost toward the car, striking the fender with terrific force. The body rolled to one side into the street and the car passed by and was about to a stop several feet beyond. When Motorman GRANDY and the conductor of the car, J W GAY, ran back to where the body lay, ESLEECK was dead. His face was unrecognizable and his identity was not learned until his union card was found in his pocket.
The motorman and conductor of the ill-fated car went to the police station and surrendered themselves, until some arrangements could be made to get bail, which at the hour this report closed had not been furnished.
Coroner HOLLADAY was summoned to the scene of the accident and viewed the body, after which it was removed.
Virginia Pilot Sunday December 17, 1900
CRUSHED BY A CAR
Deaf Citizen Did Not Hear Its
Approach and Was
Killed
Eye Witnesses to Terrible Street Tragedy Tells Coroner How Mr. ESLEECK Met Trolley Car Saturday Night A fatal accident occurred on the Portsmouth Street Railway Company’s system late Saturday night. The victim was Charles A ESLEECK, a brick mason, employed at the navy yard. His face was so terribly disfigured by the blow from the car that he was unrecognizable and was only identified by his working card.
The story of the tragedy was told at the inquest held by Acting Coroner John c NIEMEYER yesterday afternoon. The Coroner’s jury met Sunday morning to view the remains at the earliest possible moment after the accident, as is customary, and adjourned until later in the day, when testimony was heard from eye witnesses to the tragedy.
Motorman GRAND, of car No 7, of the navy yard division of the system, said that the car was going at a fair rate of speed, and that he was sounding his gong although in the middle of the block, on Lincoln street, between Third and Fourth streets, Suddenly, he said, he saw a man attempt to cross the track not ten feet from the front of the car.
GRANOY testified that he used every effort in his power to stop before striking the man, but without avail. When he saw the man he did not appear to be making any effort to pass on, but seemed to be motionless on the track. The car had just passed down the grade at that point, and had lost much of the momentum it had this attained, consequently his efforts to stop the car were unavailing - Conductor J W GAY declared that he did not see the man on the track at all and only knew of the accident after it had occurred, It was testified to by John NEERIEGA and other witnesses that the dead man was very deaf, and NOBRIEGA said he had difficulty in making him hear when he met him a few minutes before the accident.
A colored woman who was on the scene said that while she did not see the car strike ESLEECK, she saw him start across the track at the moment she heard the noise of the car’s approach. She heard a bareheaded lady across the street scream that the car had killed a man, and she saw the prostrate body of ESLEECK lying where the force of the collision had thrown it. This was the extent of the testimony and she was dismissed.
The young lady who saw the accident was a Miss FLEMMING, and she is expected to testify before the coroner’s jury tonight, when the killing will be further investigated.
The funeral took place this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the residence of the deceased, on Lincoln St. The services were conducted by the Rev George E BOOKER, pastor of wright Memorial Methodist Church. The remains were buried in Oak Grove Cemetery
He was employed at the Navy Yard as a Brick—Mason—His Face so Crushed as to be Unrecognizable Identified by a Union Card in His Pocket—Motorman and Conductor Surrender to Police Pending Bail Charles A ESLEECK, a brick mason employed in the navy yard, was struck by a car on the Portsmouth Street Railway last night at 9:35 o’clock and instantly killed.
The accident occurred on Lincoln Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, at the bottom of a slight grade and a point where the street is very dark, the nearest electric light being at the corner of Lincoln and fourth streets. ESLEECK is said to have been somewhat deaf, and it is probably that this had something to do with the accident. He lived with his family-consisting of a wife and four small children, at 517 Fourth Street, which is not more than a block distant from the scene of the accident. ESLEECK left his home about half an hour before he was killed.
As far as could be learned last night there was but one witness of the killing, and that was Motorman W M GRANDY, of car No 7. The car left the ferry at 9:30 o’clock and was running on the navy yard circuit. Motorman GRANDY states that he did not see ESLEECK until not more than ten feet from him, and that ESLEECK was then standing motionless on the track. The fender of the car striking him just above the ankles, tripped ESLEECK forward and he dived head foremost toward the car, striking the fender with terrific force. The body rolled to one side into the street and the car passed by and was about to a stop several feet beyond. When Motorman GRANDY and the conductor of the car, J W GAY, ran back to where the body lay, ESLEECK was dead. His face was unrecognizable and his identity was not learned until his union card was found in his pocket.
The motorman and conductor of the ill-fated car went to the police station and surrendered themselves, until some arrangements could be made to get bail, which at the hour this report closed had not been furnished.
Coroner HOLLADAY was summoned to the scene of the accident and viewed the body, after which it was removed.
Virginia Pilot Sunday December 17, 1900
CRUSHED BY A CAR
Deaf Citizen Did Not Hear Its
Approach and Was
Killed
Eye Witnesses to Terrible Street Tragedy Tells Coroner How Mr. ESLEECK Met Trolley Car Saturday Night A fatal accident occurred on the Portsmouth Street Railway Company’s system late Saturday night. The victim was Charles A ESLEECK, a brick mason, employed at the navy yard. His face was so terribly disfigured by the blow from the car that he was unrecognizable and was only identified by his working card.
The story of the tragedy was told at the inquest held by Acting Coroner John c NIEMEYER yesterday afternoon. The Coroner’s jury met Sunday morning to view the remains at the earliest possible moment after the accident, as is customary, and adjourned until later in the day, when testimony was heard from eye witnesses to the tragedy.
Motorman GRAND, of car No 7, of the navy yard division of the system, said that the car was going at a fair rate of speed, and that he was sounding his gong although in the middle of the block, on Lincoln street, between Third and Fourth streets, Suddenly, he said, he saw a man attempt to cross the track not ten feet from the front of the car.
GRANOY testified that he used every effort in his power to stop before striking the man, but without avail. When he saw the man he did not appear to be making any effort to pass on, but seemed to be motionless on the track. The car had just passed down the grade at that point, and had lost much of the momentum it had this attained, consequently his efforts to stop the car were unavailing - Conductor J W GAY declared that he did not see the man on the track at all and only knew of the accident after it had occurred, It was testified to by John NEERIEGA and other witnesses that the dead man was very deaf, and NOBRIEGA said he had difficulty in making him hear when he met him a few minutes before the accident.
A colored woman who was on the scene said that while she did not see the car strike ESLEECK, she saw him start across the track at the moment she heard the noise of the car’s approach. She heard a bareheaded lady across the street scream that the car had killed a man, and she saw the prostrate body of ESLEECK lying where the force of the collision had thrown it. This was the extent of the testimony and she was dismissed.
The young lady who saw the accident was a Miss FLEMMING, and she is expected to testify before the coroner’s jury tonight, when the killing will be further investigated.
The funeral took place this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the residence of the deceased, on Lincoln St. The services were conducted by the Rev George E BOOKER, pastor of wright Memorial Methodist Church. The remains were buried in Oak Grove Cemetery
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