Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-10
WaREEx. June 8. 1855.

eeaSKred-C COTOneTs Inquest upon EiJah JId
Soa-A Stecm WdgOR-NGo IHUentiOR-Ihs
Sh0le Elephant dead.
WaRREN, June 8, 1858.
EbIToR LGADER:-In nv letter Of last week
made some mistake as to the manner of the
death of Elijah JudsOn. who was killed by the
gravel train of the c. & MR. R. Ny inform
ant had not learned the exact particulars.
1t seems that Judson had passed the night in
Warren and had went up on the express train
leaving it at the BraeeviIle station. After that
train had passed on, he walked up the track,
that being the nearest course TO his residence.
He had gone near two miles westwhen he was
Overtaken by the gravel train, which was
standing on the switch when he left the station.
The conductor saw him when 40 rods distant,
but did not slack up or whistle the engine until
within 20 rods Of the man, when it was too
late to stop. The conductor undertook to get
the man out of the way by calling to him and
by whistling through his fingers; but being
deaf he could not hear the signals.
1t also appears from the testimony before the
OOlOlACA tlat nC At4 AOA hpMA hA@ANaf
but motioned to the brlkesmen only.
The Coroner held an inquest over the body
and after full investigation the Jury have re-
turned verdict duplicating the Conductor
Joseph Newbam The following is the con-
cluding paragraph Of the verdict of the Jury:
Upon said examination the jurors empan-
nelled, as aforesaid, do further present and find
that the conductor Of said train-JosEPH NEW
HAN-is chargeable with gross neglect, and dis
regard of life. by not giving timely alarm to the
deceased, or stop the train, by which neglect
the deceased came to his death"
If the testimony fully sustains this verdict
and the Jury was composed of six candid, re-
spectacle men-men who are respected for
their prudence, intelligence and worth-the
Rail Road Company should be called upon to
discharge, instantly, the reckless Conductor; and
he should be prosecuted for manslaughter.
An ingenious machinist of our town has in
vented and will soon bring out a steam wagon,
which is designed for all kinds of farm work. as
well as 10 run upon our common roads. He
has been three years inventing, designing and
experimenting upon the subject, until finally he
venture upon building the machine Most Of
the castings are now made, and he intends to
have it out by the time the Fair season com
mences, when it will be exhibited to the far
mers and others of the country who are inter-
ested in such an invention, and for whose bene-
| fl the young man has been coming his brain
into the machine 1t will, when completed and
fully equipped with one day prOvisiOns-woOd
| and water-weigh about 1900 lbs, not much
more than the weight of an ordinary road wag-
on. II can be managed on any ordinary farm
ing land or upon any road, and can be guided
and controlled at will, and will be able to move
at the rate of from 10 to Is miles per hour. 1t
is designed to NOV, reap, thresh-in short, to
do all kinds of farm labor for which locomotive
power is required; and will haul burdens upon
the roads and farm. The inventor thinks il can
not be made to plOw, but he says it will spade.
which is far preferable as a mode of stirring the
earth. This fact English agriculturists under
stand, for the best crops are raised upon lands
stirred by labOrers with the spade.
The machine will be patented, and if 1t will do
all that the inventor claims for it, the Right will
oe vsluable-nay will be a mine Of untold
wealth to him, For myself do not think him
visionary, for 10 my mind the idea is perfectly
practicable George Stephenson the inventor
Of the Railroad locomotive, was thought vision
ary and crazy, demented and all that, but he
went on with his idea until he perfected his ma
chine, and until it performed more than he
promised for If, and the world was satisfied of
his sanity. By his persevering labors he has
produced q machine wonderful for Its power
and msjestic in its movements, while itis great
social leveller, in fact the great engine of De
mocracy, and has been, and is producing
greater changes in the world than any other in
vention Of the age. This may be mere prac-
tieable application of the idea OF Stephenson
and bringing it nearer to the people and thereby
produced diffusion of benefits resulting from
the invention of the Locomotive. Whether this
particular machine now proposed will do what
is promised for it, l cannot say, but firmly be-
lieve that the idea will be worked upon until
success shall crown the exertions Of this young
man, or some one more fortunate. Il will not
be many years until some one will be able to eX-
claim Eureka after long study upon the subject
The name Of the young man IS LEvES W.
ROBERTS. He is about % years Of age-was
cradled amidst machines and inventions, and
has alwas worked at and with machinery, and
for several years has been practical machinist.
Van AMBURGH d Co.'S Menagerie is TO exhibit
here this afternoon. Their teams, wagons, ca
ges, &c, passed through our streets this morn
ing looking worn and veather-beaten- Their
horses are old and poor, and the cages did not
make very imposing appearance There are
about 20 cages The Elephant Hannibal died
last evening at Garfield. This is avery serious
loss to the concern. Hannibal has been fortune
to more than one concern. There were no out
side animals to make stir among the boys, ex-
eept two scrub ponies that trotted behind q
wagon. The crowd of idle boys and men who
gather on such occasions TO follow the march
/ of the advertising procession, had but little to
feed either curiosity or their exeitability, and
they behaved very well In short they did not
see the Elephant Yours,
JUNIUs, ia.
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