The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-25
CITY Intelligence

Tip L,rr H,ui ~, RAuRoAp John spencer
cf the baggage masters who injured the lIar-
a collision which occurred Williams briiec West.
chester county died Monday night from the effects
such injuries 81 his residence in Fourth avenue between
Thirty and Thirty second streets Coroner Ives
notified hold inquest the body but the fatal
injury done out u this county il J. very doubtful il
the coroner has any authority 70 nYet-ate fully into
the circumstances which causcd the death OF the IL.
ceased The Coroner 0n Tuesday afternoon empannrllcd
jury and took the evidence u Aonlo H. living. ensi-
81 the down train which the deceased bag.
master who testified that from the position e
found the deceased after The collision he believes he
must have jumped al the train about hundred feet
before the collision TOOK place. The Coroner yesterday
concluded the inquest on he body &C John spencer The
following !, the evidence and the verdict 81 the jury
Giibcr l.. sharpe being sworn. says-l am couduc-
TOR TN Harlem .arpad the 18th instant coming
down from bower pajn. about seventeen minutes ia
sN O'Clock came III contact with the up train for
Croton Falls was in the last at the time Of the
lion The collision occurred rs the up train running
ahead Of me the Dover train had The right Of track
for ave minutes when the collision took place; eoul1
have been ~ the station at williamsburg ia about w)
minutes; Aaron Jennings was the conductor Of the ~
train; | the deceased after the collision: he must
have jumped from the train before the collision from the
distance he picked mp. If my passengers
injured that could ascertain; heard the signal from
breaking up the time Of the collision about
three-iourth, Of mile from the station williams.
bridge saw the engineer al the rear Of the train Ii
took out his watch TO show the passengers that he
running in tiinc my time with the superintendent
time. compared ~ the starting Of the trains is was
very stormy day u showed hard at the time person
could scarcely see twenty yards ahead
Aaron Jennings being sworn. says-I conductor on
board the M train the 1.h instant the time of the
collision: arrived al Williams Bridge at ten minutes
before sx O'Clock which my right TIM 10 arrive:
after waiting there some five to eight minutes the New
Haven train up behind us switched of and let
them pass. backed down agnin upon the main track
to our usual place waited there fourteen ne
teen minutes past six o'clock train came down took
" to be the down train which caused the mistake: the
engineer oi MY train said To shall on Ireped
yes. We run short distance gentleman hintcd 10
me that the down train had not passed stopped i'm
media ely and rang the bell: told the baggagemater
up the brakers quick - possible; that
cd TO 90 back aud wanted to 20 the engineer that
wrong. and must 20 back the engineer gave the
signal 10 brake the train stopped suddenly every
10 his place: stepped OF the and run
ahead when got opposite the tcnderI had the distance
FIVE COL called the cng nc.r that we were
wrong and must back quick pcs.iblc; just at
that time I the other train SO close to us
that Il impossible for get back enough to get
out Of the before the collision place. this
time the coming down very ihicky ] scarcely
ever saw II faster, 1t the Albany train which
passed us nj " amsbrdge. which misiook for the
Dover train there white uaed other trains
Wei ~ on The Albany train the Albany train not
running very fa. when she past us but think she did
not stop; We were standing above the usual stopping
place bad " not been stormne severely al the time
think should have known the the train;
injured on board my train; Albany train was behind
~ Thirty SECOND street IT ought have been ia before
we lcft Thirty second street
VERDICT.
The undersigned jurors having carefully attended to
the evidence touching the of death Of John Spen
convinced that he 10 his death by jumping
from the cars when In motion, and striking his head
ng''nsi 'hc We " ran Of tho Eastern NHok VI tse H%'