The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-17

ms .r sa ao's seit--I -e.ie in Poaghsse oal., IN
ION River Rsiiiosa Ccm,sn. "a mop hs,e o. tas aad
| ,,olul.e % 90 ~ith he trsirs = I, a. ~ 49, ..
ui.N. e,g tes hen waited ans - do tes ,a.ss,
Ishs 81 them, gei my o,ls-- from ~ Y -
.m mf Morgan or hr F,cUch seastsily. fros, nd,
ff,pch to furnish engines io- me tra,n, ''o' mr.
c-lld ueon for the encire al go ,, ss.
ns nf Morsen tbe orders t-sns are general the
efsne isst sent down ~:h the O'Clock traia was tbs
0ie tbat ought To have iahen the $40 the Cham
S-n "a put on ny rsao9 q this Ptci6o breaking DO
itens 40 co. cy Mr. Dass sicser ths Pacihs
f.us nkeepsls 10 tsae the ococ train his ws,t down
I'm tte l:so .rsin; besId uothpg firths- st.sr
psvhe given 'nst cTcer; ! suopossd that of
ne 'nsihes "ss On the Eoed con,rg u, hut
ca nor know ~ben Is started did cot end ID
'sst 'Ae O'clock trsia could not go out u1ta
ne EEei eIsIe Ohio came up; IL had
woaid tot have allowed the train 20 60 out; did no.
exgeci ne Ohio eogioe 70 come up ths tack,
unefS she could get hese before four clock a. ths
ssca where Tie acc dect happened they could 10,
81. apcthsr at dis sDce tse Ohio should stopped
a. New Hamburg if shs got ,aere a. ten minntss 10
or hsse come up on the sast track avoiding hand
cara epsrs the time table Il posrei on evsry ssse
mike my basress 10 10 II: an rot ,srtsy tsst II
wa % the Ohio she at 'hs upper of tbs road
sn came DC w yesterday she had besn for some t;s
a"ys 'e s ass Ks,,se Ks,,r,snee%sns; Old not keS~ xs
so hair beov here shortly after tour O'Clock
Knew ChsIles Gibs'; he fireman; Iknev him sftse
lay Or he engine 'oc Hudson ihst had sent for ss
tteIe ana that if il were about ths time start he
hsd conversation with Hudson half sn hour or tbroe.
qnsier befors starting ssE the dead body Of e
~ n re lay under the eod Of the tender upoa
tnt fotr OF he hsggsgs car dead.
On Friday evening the Judicial iovesiigahou vas con.
l' I'D "a he sbeHa ose at the Court House OF Poush-
he iryeegatoo ccrtsnuei In consequences OF sks
o. egicipsoa OF T. Coroner 10 make searching invsa.
t.gs tor into ths cbu7e NJ Thomss O. Csnpbsi na.
tTtot Attorney sra Mr. Robert N. Palmer appeared A,
counsel 70 sssis The Co oaor ard Nr Thompson ooaas
fof he Hosson River Rayosd present 20 Ta,sa .as
kr CsGiaell before tbs esaniuaapn of tha s.tas,es
va beg4n explained that hs was Isre that Eeaiag,
bScsu5s lie con id.ti Il hi duS 20 asteod
hsif Of tte fetple he had bsen informed that Mr.
Thompson soud appear s. ccuoss! for the raitosi
Fany'
Interested sSy eiassr Of this kna, dersd that hs
present c,nltsi Sii u perfectly propeshAt
The 6ictsict Attorney ss,aslh bs there
Elsfr Dubois re eNem r.d-fhere .ers written ia-
luctoos given Tour sasy about the ensins they
rerey verbal It's time Of srIyisg ut Hamburg for shs
burg thirteen minutes four If it was not la
good WORKING or3er Il ought rot 20 hays atleppsA II
that after that time Il ought aot to lave cons on the
west trsck at ell
Cfoss examined by Mr.. CsmpbeilIt was his burics.s
TO have tbs ergre in time after the nsx tan t5 get
tp. II there Tas rot srsine at Pougrssspsts IL Sss
his busirss 20 order the sngss aud for tne engineer -
get II at he SPOT the engineer vas regular engnesr
tae road; cCuld not SAY ~hethsc the tngas sad
linecf tbs regular employ OF the company OF
tr. Aunson: cannot cay Hhstner the sneinsss had .
tine ssbls not; had not ex.:nlnsd hs engine
whether there was tae table rot; It sxpeoasd
At three minutes before CLOCK, p. IL the LEO train
would reach Foit aisone b. 2:2o. hs had recevsd
order 20 erd for thu engro; he kne~ ths. there
two or thee rith srpvel traios beswesn Pough
ieepsis sEi PeLsA the codactor star "a ts t,aiu the
starter cut has nt.birg 20 do Nth IL tbs cordsctsr Of
the train tsew when he started thst wtiss bad ssnS
for the erasa
Nix Dswsca bsipg sworn, said--Tbst La wss sn e~g.-
nee or the Etdson River Railroad the Dams Of hts
g,Xe lie rscidc; chs rnuniog rhursdsy; ~
bfoaabt the clock 'ran from Nev York; he reseveS
ordes for Me Duboi just ne ,tsrtioK 70 aetd
OF The gis:ei engLes 20 take Eoe clock trein
iL~ esdst va, given n; t9sny mautss oetetstYo. or
scn, ~ C,id spriIg talion Mr. Muasoa Is engineer
sot. not speS - ~ sas,sr he il 10 he ena o. the oom
oforp he dslveref the message TO Mznsop AZ w~a.y
Ininufsa ssore hres; vas bshiEd rime; icloSsi tas
10 hs The vast track through passed she Cham plain
i Slstkiil .he ..s corning sp did not ;Hos hos far
cres exspi.sa b, NJ SmsssIWTois maason Us as ss..
20 be at PDrghteess at four O'Clock od
!, OF ell nm that another erers was shs,o he would
heve crncludef tha contrary from the the
cific ses sent ~ New Ycss pscaass is absd;
IRE Rely the Engineer OF t5e OHIO; when ne saw sae
thsfuin cut; tod aunsoa hat he must u end
fetch the four o'ciock sn did not him that ths
f,rro c.osk tain must wait ~ III h,s engine arrived
I'D cotEow by Stone up Eia the spzias did not
trow whether Kelly had tune able did tel Munsop
" TOP al mouIS ,c acerIin whether he could coo1s
fnrorah there we're tro Muusons ore m engneer the
the other contractor rhe raii.csd did 40. urder-
Fteoa tor the direction given hss tbs train would walt
cp The engine eIriyed; rscsised his instructions for
Yutn from the foremsn st New York, Samuel Kseseu,
wilsut Hudson he conductor Of the train that
he brought up On Thursday mofaing; Mr.. Dubois
CID 70, ray thai Mr. Munsoa himrsi wss to
UP dis engine is called tbs Nsgara hs
tanned 40 particular pers,a nor psricalsr sozins:
Nun sid that he would sEiend to tins osdsr he aid
that would seud Oh.c cid Mr. Stone mt An.
saw Mustcu at Cold Spr,og at tvesty minutss aftsr
tbIse passed tho Ohio twelve fou' niru.es sftsr
a. Fort Montgomery, but did not stop; /. t~saty
sieh miles fort Montgomery from Poughkeepse, snd
seyS nnhs from Cold Spring.
E7Nr. 8. II MucsOn said he engineer the Hud-
River Rsiifos6, the nan Q of nis e1gins the
told By Dawson that Mr. Dubois wanted Of their
90 and take the four O'Clock train down. Daw
aid that the excsbtro of his ergine broken
Gown; received the order little before three O'clock
this a. Cold Spring; the osder sent in
gnsnes OF tSe OHIO, eelpg o. tnsi time @ some .hsrs
thst re to come With the engine left Cold Spring
at bali ra three &C oc the usual line Of running BE-
tween Cold Sprtg sao Ponshksspeie WAS about forty
n,uutes; Tho express trsa did 4 IN irtysx mautss;
that j. he oucksst runEin, time the road; single
g,ne could co it in thirty Eve minutes: the right time
ul6 b. ,crty minutes he seat John Kelly engresy Of
the Ohio xi it; the oder through Sir. StOns
b. vines; did not tell hin at what time he should be
AT p ksepeie did ot know Whether thers any
ne table 10 tie engine Kelly had 6esn that part OF
the road before. but not ,ince ,hs srrangemsnts
Csoes.exaniDed By Mf. Campbel-Ms. Munson the CON-
sc sor, Ia HIS brother; the Ohio in his enpoy from
ne time that she passed by Cold sp.rs did not expect
tnsy 10 verbal orders the line BY the grse;
uever eed written order more than once or twice;
sSsy ' give tns ssrals TO the engineers; there VA:
o CONDUCTOR yesterday with the engine; Stone was
sot ne ceIanctor; Kelly started it on his own 70
spcn ioility Stone not with Kelly before he
had besn tent by Mr.. Munsou with the order
TIE engineer hao the control OF fetching the engine
On Thurt'Ay without conductors 1t was his duty to
Keep out of the way Of all trains according to time.
By Juror--An engine BY itself had no right TO run
train it its place to keep out OF the way Of Al
regular tIaiDs.
/ u ess examined by Mr. Campbell-There was NO train
by der that day TO keep out OF tbs way but hs
nc "a sccc rdng his Judgment he should have done
he tIce tsat they by the time at the Psugh
seepse stacn; would not have stopped Kelly at Cold
sprng becsufe he cousdeed that he would look after
matter tor himself didn't tell Mr. Stone that the
four O'Clock train would not leave until the engine
rived; alsays carried time table with him. supposed
that Mr. Dubois had the authority TO give the order
M Josn 9. Morgan aid-Tbat he the freight ageat
and endent a Poughkeepse he had no authority
TO give instructops to any for starting ths train
Mr Dntoia did no. call him fos the Champain; the
nrs atimaton that he received was from Mr. Hudson,
that engine wanted; be suysessd to MI DuDos
that the Champnin ehculd be sent he had been sus-
peudsd that day by the company and aso ctaers, until
the present investigation was 6ntshed
Q, ,oss exsmipsd py Mr. Campbe!l--Dia rot start the
ran it was tho superinendeus busincss 10 suspend
employees Of the company.