Inquest In Harrison Case

IT WAS CONCLUDED FRIDAY AFTERNOON

The Jury Returned the Verdict at 3 O'clock. Large Volume of Testimony Taken

The inquest into the death of Herbert J. Harrison, the Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor & Jackson motorneer, who met his death at Chelsea on the evening of March 11 last by coming in contact with an electric current while engaged in fixing the trolley pole on his car, was concluded Friday at the undertaking rooms of O.M. Martin.

The verdict of the jury was "that said Herbert J. Harrison came to his death from a shock of electricity while assisting in discharge of his duty as a motorman for the Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor & Jackson railroad, in removing a trolley pole on the top of an electric car of said company at Chelsea, Mich, about 8:45 p.m., on the 11th day of March, 1902."

The only witness examined this afternoon was Mrs. Henry Schumacher, who lives at Chelsea a short distance from the station of the railroad by which Harrison was employed. She testified to seeing Harrison and another man on the top of the car on the night on which Harrison met his death. The witness saw streaks of lightning, she said, coming from the wires above where the men were standing. Then she heard a loud report and finally heard Harrison groan. This concluded her testimony.

The railroad was represented by Attorney Morgan, Prof. J. C. Knowlton and A.J. Sawyer being present in the interests of the widow of the deceased.

The jury was composed of Messrs. George H. Cosgrove, John R. Miner, James Donovan, Jas. R. Bach, George B. Stone, G. R. Haviland.

The testimony in the case covers over 40,000 words.