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Show K lie! bv a Street Car. S, L. Herald. Mangled .beyond recognition, her head crushed to a pulp, her left arm nearly severed and her body cut until the bowels protruded, little Leona Hil-pert, Hil-pert, the 3-year-old child Leonard and Mary Hllpert, lies at JoseDh William Taylor's morgue awaiting theresult of a coroner's inquest. The little tot was the victim of ODe of the most shocking accidents which has occurred in this city for years. At 4:45 yesterday afternoon she was run over by the single car on the West Side Rapid" Transit line, on First West street below Fourth South, directly opposite op-posite her parents' home Just who is responsible for the sad affair, judicial proceeding will decide. It is claimed that the death of this child was the result of a direct violation viola-tion of the franchise of the West Side company, which, it is Baid, requires two men for tne operation of each car. xor eome time the company has operated oper-ated but one car, and one man has performed the duties of raotorman and conductor, leaving his platform to collect col-lect fares, and it is considered sur-, prising that he has bet n able to avoid ' accidents this long. It is stated that the company practically turned the operation op-eration of the line oyer to two men, in order to retain its franchise, giying them wtat they could make out of it. They have been paying the City R way comppny $3 per dey for power, and for their wages took the balance of the receipts. T. R. Armstrong who wa3 running the car was taken into custody, to await the result of the investigation, and released re-leased by Justice Smith on his own ecognizance. |