The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-06

The BURLINGTON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Eh-
pIcr.-The jury summoned to, ensider and re-
port on the circumstances atten ing the recent
wholesale nH,rder on the Camden road, have
rendered their verdict. It is necessary to
proper understanding Of the matter, that we
remember that one of the jurors to whom the
solemn inquiry was committed was q stock
holder of the road, and that many of their
witnesses were its employees and dependents
Others were the recipients Of free passage
tickets, and all, with the exception of the pas
sengers examined, were citizens Of New Jer-
sey, and nearly all residents on the immediate
line Of the company's works.
The most remarkable feature Of the verdictis
that which indicates, in its every line, studied
effort to screen the railroad corporation from the
consequences of their negligence, their crimes,
and their just accountability. The naked fact
is stated that the collision occurred by the
backing of the train; and then, as if fright
ened at an approach at holding the company
responsible, the jury slides off and sinks behind
the littlebreast work, al that there was not
due diligence used by the driver of the car
rage"
Then again summoning courage, they VEN
ture to affirm that the engineer of the back
ing train did not observe the rules of the COM
pany and the laws of the State Of New Jersey
in reference to the blowing of the whistle in
approaching the crossing at the cross roads,"
and " that the brakeman was censurable;" and
the rate Of speed backward was " unsafe and
inexpedient;" and finally the company's run
ming regulations are such that I" the possibility
Of coMsion between opposing trains on single
track is SO great as to prove that some more
efficient mode ought to be adopted and they
humbly and fearfully suggest that the life
and limbs and safety Of passengers is of more
Importance than the saving of few minutes
timeo
And this is the verdict Of jury Of freemen
called upon to inquire into and report upon
the facts attending the commission of a
great crime, involving the sacrifice of TWEEN
ty-one lives and great personal injury to
treble that number. The jury saw the
dead, and upon this point, and this alone,
they seem to have reported the truth. Not a
word is said about the wounded-not word
Vi TIC Iudllueu dHu HOb " WOlu VI INC "iAtiS
monopoly whose mercenary propensities and
Indifference to human life are the evident cause
Of this frightful disaster.
DR.. Heinken is charged with negligence,
and the engineer is mildly rebukod; but this
rebuke is carefully separated from the compa-
ny, and the public is left in doubt whether
anybody is responsible. The testimony was
clear that one train had just passed at itsusual
speed, and the inference is rational that the
track was clear for DR.. Heiniken's carriage.
This inference is attempted to be rebutted by
the backing train running al great speed and
without making the usual alarm signal-but
certainly without success. The effort then OF
the jury to divide the responsibility, and par
TALLY to relieve the company, is o most con-
temptible failure-not less puerile than their
cringng, servile, and sycophantic suggestion
that "the life and limbs and safety Of passen-
gers is OF more Importance than the saving Of
q few minutes time'