| Show KIL elleu L EU BY BI A CAR fatal accident on the west side line CAR WAS RUNNING ITSELF I 1 while the conductor was collecting fares a little child stopped stepped on the trade track and was mangled to death carman placed under tinder arrest elbridge tufte drops deada e 1 tiny form its face mangled beyo beyond nd recognition its firm arm crushed and nd t iha he body fillod with ghastly co contusions tells the story of three year old ol 1 leona B huberts hilberts tragic trade d death dath ath yesterday atter afternoon ter noon shortly before 5 beneath the wheels of a car on the line of the west side rapid transit company the accident by which the babe met her ter death was a heartrending heart rending one the car was returning from the southwest th portion of the city and hod reached a stretch on first west between fourth and fifth south when the motorman T C armstrong who was also acting as conductor and collecting fares within felt fell it going over some obstruction and stopping the car discovered the bleeding form of the child life was extinct coroner offenbach was ivas notified and the remains milna rc were removed to th the undertaking der taking rooms of joseph william taylor irom from the funeral chapel of W which the interment will take place at 3 this afternoon the particulars of the sad affair are quickly lickly IL recited the ill fated child had he a it Is said by those who witnessed the tragedy been playing lit in the streets through the day and had seated herself behind one of the telephone poles to tie her shoe when the car approached pro ached sno she rose suddenly and tied had just juat started on her way when the car came tearing down upon her dragging ira gh ling her under Us its wheels and carrying carryl ns her lorm form some borne fifty yards the child was borne to the sidewalk where expressions of indignation that a company holding a franchise under the city was allowed to operate without cefere reference note to the safety of human life the victim was the child of leonard hilbert Hl lbert who mho resides at south first west THE I 1 STORY W J armstrong the motorman con ductor when seen aaen last night w was as greatly affected by the shocking affair ile he stated that he was obliged to collect tickets and attend to the motor and had gone back into tile the calto car to collect fares from some aoma cil hildren who had got on oil at the giant school before leaving the platform ho he had looked ahead and with the exception of an 0 old 1 1 i woman oman on one side of the street there wag wa no one in sight on the entire block when he had collected the tares fares and was just about to return to the platform the car struck some obstruction ile he did riot not realize what had happened but stopped the crr car and upon looking back saw the elie body of the child lying on the track the two hilbert children boy and girl he ha said had been in the habit of running across the tracks an and d getting too close to the car and he had repeatedly cautioned them against it the bo boy y would frequently stand with ills his car against the trolley pole as the car approached and yesterday morning ther motorman had stopped the car aud bained him against the danger armstrong supposed the little girl was following tile the example of her brother and was standing behind the pole so that she was lit hid d front from view as she wag nai not in sight when ho he oft loft tile tho platform and her body wa found about six feet from the pole the children are so thick on that street said raid armstrong that it takes all my time to watch the little ones from one end of the track to the FRANCHISE VIOLATED it Is claimed that the death of this child was wan the result of a direct N ilola fola tion lion of the franchise 7 ot the west side company which it Is said paid requires two men tor for the operation of each car for some time the company has operated but one car aud and one man ling lias performed the duties of motorman and conductor leaving ills his platform to collect fares and it Is consi considered derea ing ine that he has been able to avold avoid accidents this long it Is stated that the company practically aly turned the operation tio p of the line over to two men in order to retain its franchise giving them what they could make out of it they have been paying the city railway company 3 per day for power and for their wages took the balance ot of the receipts armstrong was i as taken into custody to ewait await the result of the investigation and released by justice smith on his own recognizance until 10 today the coroner will investigate the case today to day |
