New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-16

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O'Clock ard nearly opposite this, on the oher SIDE o.
the break, found pait OF b~f oil iron. wnicn nsa
been recently broker and he'd tho marks a. stTacS
bv the ssnces of wheel: where il laid las. sight
saw fresh earth the rail bad been ' % 'ne rVsu ~
the vorkmen repairing the track; Iexsmin ''e rack
where the engne frs. off, and it was 10 gooa
and is so still there is watch kept on the ROAD ex
cept at the switches ard stations at night; should
think we we're running rem twenty 70 Senty Eve mites
an hour; ii had cleared up, and was stsrllSht. but
little hazy; from the APPEARANCE of TIE dirt on the
oround IL sppeared to have been whole bar of iron
that had been removed; the piece of bar now ying
there i about SIX feet long; the usual lepgh of bar
is fifteen 10 eighteen feet this bsr has the appcararce
OF new break, and psrt of II an old break.
VIM G.. shaw, sworu-l am a milk agent for the
Nev.York and Harlem railroad company; | vas on
the train in the baggage car al the time OF tue scc-
cent; knew both the persons row dead Wnea hNlng;
recognize Barney Roake by his ciot les, dress ana
tart of bis features; l could not recognize tfarck
his head and face being .sbed 80 much; examined
the rsils found the part where the wheel had gone
over; il was smashed down the broken rail OF iron
laid on the east side of the track it looked
ss If a bar had lately been removed; the mark on
the ground nhere tie rail had been removed; there
wss ar other bar lying alongside that had not been
moved: had lantern when exlmioet II; | terd
the whistle blow four times; two double whistles;
yery soon after this the accident happened almost IN
stsntly: helped 10 put the fire out in the baggage
car; the stove had fallen over and the re was burn
ing fast; got lamp and went out OF the car saw
the engineer and fireman lying on the west see whee
the accident happened; they appeared to me to De
dead.
WIN. Msber sworr-I am bro her n-lsw to Barney
Roake; ana conductor in the employ OF tue mar
lem railroad company; recognize the body OF bar.
new Roake: be was born D Ireland about 80 years Of
age, msrried has LETT wife and three Children TWO
boys and girl; they reside at Dover Plains Barney
was the engineer of the train last night for the New
York and Harlem company; have heard the state.
Of Mr. * believe L
heard the whistles blow hercely stepped to the
door and held hrtle until we came pretty near
stopping; when stepped out when first he ard the
blowing, | thought something was wrong from the
fierce whistle; il not usual 70 blow IN that way
unless in OF danger
Patrick Cassidy saom-I Am a wa'chmsu and
piaht-sv tchman for the Nes York and Harlem FALL
road company at Williams bridge; have been en-
ployed there two months and ten days; have oeen
employed over four yeas and hs on the New otS
and Harlem railroad Patrick Mallen was my prede'
essor; he was discharged fron the road; he now
lives at Williams bridge; do not know that have
seen him within week there have been several per-
sons discharged la ely by he company, within three
fs-Edwa.d FaulkIer, boss OF the repairs OF this
section and Michael Costello, switchman on this sta
ton; | saw 10 persons going up and down the track
from o'clock in the evening tiu O'Clock III the
morning; the time of the accident by my watch was
1885 of the 18th inst; the coming down OF the
train saw a light, a. if two irons came together
saw sparks lust like sparks from blacksmiths forge
ust GU the second heard the blow to brake up;
precision was that they had got of the track:
Horatio A. Eggleston sworn-l an postmaster IN
the employ of the New York aud Harlem railroad
com many; / have seen the wreck of the engine now
living upon the track, and have portion Of IRON
rail lying On the west side OF the track should adge
ii was five to six feet long Il appears to have been
broken by violent blow; looked for he other piece
rd found close to the engine should say seventy
eve feet from where the other piece laid; put them
together and found that they ma'cted.
The two pieces of iron were then produced; aud
they were regarded by the jury as coroooratve of the
testimony.
After short consultation the jury rendered the fol-
lowing verdict:
"Tbat the said Barney Roske ard Patrick Roske
came to their deaths by an accident on the New-fork
and Harlem railroad, near Williams bridge, on or
about 70 o'clock and IS minutes A. NJ OF October IL,
1855. The said accident having occurred In conse-
queDce Of some person or persons unkso sh 10
placing upon the track, with malicious in'eh ooA Vi
railroad ron; and we do hereby exoneI ate all persons
in the employ of the New-fork end Harlem rainoaa
company from all blame. 80
Various reports are in circulation as to who are like
Iy TO have perpe,rated this awful crime. It's sald
that there are several disconteLted workmen Ia this
neiehborhoeod who consider themselves ured by the
New.York and Harlem company, inasmuch as they
have been induced to bring their families here at great
e,pepse and then discharged without any reason
being assigned. Suspicion naturally rests on them,
although it is difficult to conceive how any person can
be 80 totally destitute OF moral restraint as to allow his
vindio,ive eeiygs for company TO carry him to this
extent so as to the death OF men who could not
have controlled the acisn of the superior OIL err
Others state that there are in this vicinity several in
sane men who wander at large, for whose conduct no
ore appears to be responsible. We saw two men at
this depot this afternoon, who were either insane or In
toxicated or both. II may be that rum, after ALL is
either directly or directly the murderer few dill
gent detectives would in all probability, find out the
perpetrators Of this deed and bring them to justice
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