Show INQUEST THE circumstances olf OF THOS aj J JONES this mornin moraine gP an inquest into the cause of the drath death of the old gentleman thomas J jones who was killed b t a ada D B R G passenger train yesterday forenoon was held in the police coutt room by justice rhe phe following jurors were iU Himond omd spencer clawson orson A woolley aej andl 1 M barratt on OB swearing them the justice remarked that he be presumed from what he be knew of the case that there would be no question as to the cause of adeata but that the main point to be determined was whether there was CRIMINAL carelessness upon the part of any person in a connection with the casualty I 1 gr S tall a young man was the th first witness H R 8 testimony was to the effect that he was war working near the scene of the accident and witnessed the whole deceased was walking along the D R G track going south when the south bound train the regular forenoon passenger approached him he walked along tue track onto the bridge that crossed croese city creek at of north temple and sixth west streets when about three fourths of the distance di across the bridge ne he stepped from the centre of the track into the trestlework trestle work on bb the ftfe east side of it and stood the there re facing the east with his back to the track and aad hiff hia body beat forward for waid the engine benging and tender passed him but bat the first car truck astruck hini him and knocker knock tl him headlong adlong be on off the fridge gild and from ten to fifteen feet fedt the bridge is about three fe e t the ground BE that point witness ess ran to help deceased and aided others in carrying hm to his is home near by he was conscious and complained bof suffer suffering ipg great pain in hIOb ackland and left aide side when the train came near the de deceased it was rh in witness opinion i running at the th rate of about FIFTEEN MILES AN HOUR HOUK engine was vas not reversed nor the air brakes applied until the train was close to the bridie bridge the engine founded several short whistles when a short stance from deceased dece deceased aled P slid the air breaks were app applied ed at I 1 the same time J W tall tb testified stifled to having baving helped cart carry Y the deceased decelL sed home did not see th the e ac accident cide t dr H T j richards testified Ws was called to ittoku L deceased ec essed found him sitting u up ae he complained of great pain in his I 1 back he ha was put to bed gave him a hypodermic po poder bir injection ot of morphine there was n no outward sign of injury y whatever savea save a i light bruise iu in the head the injuries were wert internal entirely and could not be described without the holding of a post mortem examination john joan B R jones son 0 of decreased testified to having been notified while at work by a messenger th athis father had bad been hurt he hurried gried hi home and found his father in the condition described ascribed scribed g by dr richards he lived but a short time deceased was a little hard of hearing but not very was nearly 83 years old 1 but q quite ate active mr jenkins jen kins th the e beuzer enger testified tided that be was running at about eight ini miles lesan an hour bhea he entered tue city and when he first saw deceased un ou the track lie he never slacked up until he got V near to deceased that ile he was the latter would not get off the track in time to avoid being hurt then he reversed the engine and aUie air brakes was waa going at f ja t i VIA i the rate of about four miles per b hi aben the engine cosine passed deceased fireman told witness that the first bade bad struck truck deceased and pushed off the blidge the train went 0 two or er three cae cac lengths further K stopped 11 this witness testified that ia 0 NEVER SLACKED UP d on man on the track trac kas asic would expect him to set get off wo not slack up unless we the man apptt app lc to be deaf or something if jonea jonese been an active man he could eit ea have stepped on oft the bridge vwe atle witness thought lid be would do s mr good fireman testified f gi much tue the same version of the accad as did the engineer john chatter chatte and H J bristow Bri itow both eye w ita n of the casually su alty gave su bLatant lly same version of it as aa did G S tall all 0 o tk the jury retired and returned a verdict of acel accidental dental d dei g they also exonerated the railroad e i aloyes from blame ht |