Show FATAL ACCIDENT JOHN INSTANTLY KILLED WHILE AT WORK IN A WELL about halt half past 5 p m yesterday coroner taylor taylar was notified iby officer matin that his sery services lees were required la in the tenth Ward bere a man named bahmed livesey had bad been instantly killed while engaged in walling up a well on the premises of wm wco stone on arriving a quarter of in an hour lator later at the residence of the deceased on OB third south street between seventh and md eighth east he found a crowd ot people collected collect ea about the premises anxious to learn the name of the recessed dec essed and all the clr cuca cum stances pertaining to his sudden death on an improvised stretcher in the front room roomed of the he cottage facing north y 14 ls the mortal remains of what only about three hours before was the well known and generally respected john livesey As aa his his body lay quietly extended on tho the bed of death a pleasant expression rested upon his comely countenance and were it not for of two or er three red and angry looking looking wounds upon th left side of his lace face the visitation of at death might easily have been mistaken for that af peaceful aee sleep officer andrew smith jr had summoned for jurors in the le case J H freeman john A hillstead and J J B taylor Aft after erthe the jury bad been duly paneled impaneled im and the witness sworn thi the investigation began as to tb the cause of death the first witness placed upon the stand was james W ashman who stated that the deceased came to his hia death about 8 pm on the premises of wm strong situated situate cf on FOG fourth 4 south street between eighth and ninth east witness stated that he be bad been engaged by MT mr strong to assist in the work of bf wallins walling up a well upon his premises the well was about fifty feet in depth and the rock bad had been laid to within about twenty three feet of in tho surface deceased who had taken taked the contract for the work and had charge of it was engaged in laying the rock and it was witness duty to assist in lowering it as required and he worked the windlass with the assistance of heber strong who held a strap over aver the cylinder in such a manner as to prevent a s too toe sudden descent of the loaded box by means of which the rock was lowered to the workman at helow deceased was in the well sitting on oj a two inch plank placed eros crosswise and resting at either end upon the rock roa wall of the well with his feet braced brace d for greater security against the wall while deceased was working in this position witness was engaged in iki lowering the box which co contained four pieces of rock when the box bad adde descended about f ten en feet as near abar as he could judge apiece of X inch rope which supported the box broke short off liberati liberating Dg the rock which tilt feu with great force directly upon ao te de e cm ceas ed edy killing hiim im by the for force e of 0 the blow and hunio ghis eifel li feles body some twenty five leet feet tp to thie bottem bot of the well heber P strong was the next witness called who corroborated the statement tal of mr ashman and a added th that on the rope breaking he looked down the well but chull could discover nothing distinctly except ane splashing of the water which was occasioned lond by the lill fall he stated that it wa about half an hour from the time the rope broke until the body wits was recovered and that mr cater was the t e man who wao went down after it he also te testified s titled t that h at deceased was a well digger by profession and that he witness had called attention to the rotten and dilapidated condition of the box and two of the bottom boards being broken wl witness ss had put in adother short ort piece ga of board for fear of nt the b box X was of plain pine and about two feet square with two pieces of rope reach ng ing round oil nd it underneath to well rope was as attached above these pieces were covered with leather in order to protect them from being chafed chafee by I 1 contact with the rock roe the box had an ani becq for about six months before aw and the part of the rope which was cof covered tred bein being damp had become so rotten that it tt could be pulled to pieces with ith the fingers althou although gli the rest of the rove rope was seemingly as son sound ad anever as ever wm C cater was the next witness hei Hel stated la in substance that he was passing the premises ot of wm win strong when he was called upon for be help to get the body out of the well that he go down and attach a rope so that the body be raised on descending he found it head downward la ill about seven feet of water that after some exertion he be succeeded in brins bring ing the body to the surface sua and attaching in g a grappling f jiing iron en an that itco alst 1 be p pulled u ll 11 le df to the surface by meg means n of the windlass from what wha fr be could learn of the accident and from the appearance of a deep cut on the back of the head witness thought deceased must have been killed instantly by ane fall of rock and edat ne he was dead before he beached the water he knew deceased well his name was john livesey ha stood about 5 feet 9 inches inched wat was born in st louisi 47 years ago on the of ef january jannary last lie he leaves a wife and five children and maily friends to mourn moura his loss losk he was a steady honest hardworking mau universally respected by his bis neighbors after brief consultation the Ahe I 1 jury ary returned a verdict in accordance with tile the facts facto as developed byl bv the inquest the funeral of the unfortunate man will behold be held at the tenth ward meeting house bouse on wednesday at 3 2 p TU last might as the result sol emhe ahw excitement cit elt ement super induced by the death of her husband mrs livesey was prematurely delivered of a child |