, 1863-05-14

The Result OF tho Coroncrss 3nTcstt-
CATION.


TIE EVIDENCE AND VERDICT
Tic account which VIC gave of the r1ilroaa
accident at Hyde Park OH Tuesday, in our yes.
fcrday's issue, was so essentially correct, that
We deem It unnecessary to repeat the details.
AS VIC intimnted would probably be the result,
Samuel Stevenson, the baggage master Of the
Cincinnati train died on Tuesday night, at
ll:45. He was native Of Waterloo, N. T.,
about 80 years Of age, with no fa1nily. lie was
amost excellent man, in every respect, aud
enjoyed the unlimited confidence Of the OIL
GERS Of the road. It WAS n 1nournful circum
stance that he had resolved at the end Of that
trip to run no more on the train. Langdon
and Wilton, the other baggage master and
express messenger, arc not seriously injured,
and will be out in few days.
Yesterday, on learning Of the result of Ste
Teneon's injuries, Coroner Schmidt summon
ed jury and proceeded to the scene Of the
disaster, to investigate 1t. The evidence and
verdict will be found below. The verdict is
one which, TIE are sure, will command the
universal appreciation Of tho public. The ac-
cldent was plainly one which no presclencc
could control. The verdict was reached with
ont argument or hesitation.
The condition Of that portion Of the train
which underwent the seycrest ordeal, afforded
the most striking evidence Of the excellent
and substantial characer Of the coaches and
rolling stock which the Michigan Central en-
ploy to convey their passengers. Not acoacl |
or body Of single car was severely injured, |
tr trrsfh
o1sepa *ust ~. tha. fanr ;trrnt cars inrlndinr
anu 'ne Aae1 .A"e 49, ~. ..sa ss.e,. a,.a.
| two passenger caFs-nfst anu secono ciaSs-
rara entirely cleared Of their rolling stock. |
"e!e eu@. ,~:..-: .,-.,. ,s,,a,,ou
without hardly inlnr1ns Single passenees'
and onls lntce elnp'os 80 ~ w sAposso . ~
' have fo1 $ strength and durability.
The following Is Inc evidence before tnc
Coroner's jury:
Sargent Esas tS15ea ia to e posioa o.
H. H. frstimouy was essentially Tue same 81 WAS
ssvs q stnag the t4a which
! tbe srs;dent Occurred. yus called. H. testided
et he INDEED he rate Of apced Of he train to b.
aed lie hea1 The alarm whistle, aud tiic brakes,
he thinks, were promptly applied. The train con.
a9 for Dso ss ana
caI sn fhn later an eI"ht wheel one second class
sa1 and nye arst class cars. tie latter ali twelve
~ end ~ the frst M ssen,er and saty
1ns man iTnr BESIDE ,hs 1racI: id not Know who it
i 9sst bat s'ent1sly disseysssd that i @ ras
;1 sI, ~ ent anJ car1;rd fn te Hyde Par!
a!ns @ PM on aoan sd dseoue1ed Laacdoa, tho 6stro1
,naS ,nase1 a u" to1 ~ snt ~ n ~ Hvde psrE
Eet ng Mau s1nnnned Thcengine WA
separsted from the train When Tue afcldsnt t oc.
catfeo, ano 1a4 eo1ae 4sEee mi @ ansu, an1,aa. uus
t9oa returned: M aakeu oaSetI s me m ssEd ths
cneinnst baggage ear had b5oksn down n 81, Stccsn
son Ia5 pctMeea ene % ~ -, 1aI idad
Snnat uaegas III T. ~ eh htat te az h,t oo ;nai
stevenson 1usnen 70 t!le otAAe. oat eoou Janpeu %
Or was lhro%h rom tne car; a1o ~ ~ LINZ
nase IeeessGn n's ~ T. hnrr ,s TS;s
on t1sne. y. Aiu Was uoL M 80 - ~ t ;Ja. ~ 10
s @ car was 3,t q Il te eed @
tbat nen tha S cosinn tonI n1ace
Train could
I more than three miller an h9uE. Ihe A'chlgan
! Central and fittsouIGh ana For. wayne ;s traeks
trim there. crushing several Of the F. q Ft.
: care. but injuring nothing but one engine. At
I Hyde Park, he hardly Knows what threw the train
! Of the track IL thinks the axle must have
broke after the train off the track, bnt does not
! feel cure. At Foleston, where We rsn into the
eons on the train, knew inst there had been any
> collision He examined tue care thoroughly there'
s and could dIzeovcs 20 injury. ..;a,,.
Dr. j. A. Hahn. of this city testified to tue 'n5u-
injury to thc epins most certainly the cause Of
> hts death. There we're no wounds upon the body,
n except bad on the hack Of his head, but the
p ekrlf was upinju1ed. His ribs wer: nearly al
broken from as bssk hone and ona e., of tue veEts
i was s1 not broken His back was broken By the
IS doubling up Of the body, and in jumping o.: H
Rs:1 nn 1 a.
fore stated, was the cause OF hik death
rosd, testified 10 tue condition Of the wreck WHEN
he reached the scene OF the disaster which cores
q pordcd with our description yesterday; He was
lie accident saw no displacement Of rails. OF any
thing TO denote any defect In the track. He would
have known it il there had been broken rail ]
that the accident csused by the breaking o
the axle, hut whether 1t broke before the rar
T. tcTmine hnt his Impression was TINT it must hav.
"a broken before tho car LETT the track: His iHlp-es
III sion s that tho a.lo broke at ths LIFT eud dreet
at the wheel hnt was held hF tac h;nssyt until
it passed come aist1Hee. whs,. T. aaally threw t t
car OF thetsack r. examined tae aSe, nnt Soni ~
~ Cbiearo. II il had been it could not have bee
disco. cred unres the h.ackc1 nag b'rh Icnaoses
on OF II had broken completrly OIL AeTokcn eatire
ter ou II couiu nave oePa uiesosgteu. ~ plno.,
that fEe acc'dcht was entIey q ~ ~ l.s
aeo caG eaS WAS ~ ''sa' VIII" '' '''' W
- Bernard Fair, foreman Of the Iepaist. tcstint
~ H. r,s eaps e oss nat usrsoIjy Examine ii
new six OF Eeyru years. The axes aud wtee
},av. been changed, be thinks, wthin six months
cT- entirely new. The axles bear the 1nak Of = L.
*. and arc the that used on all our car
' They are as good as arc made. Ercry one used
on- thoroughly listed at Detroit, aud taink they
IN | stand more severe test, hy the usual manner
- testing ax1es, than any others n,adc Ihc
he which vas broken received more thorough sc'
ror tiny than uena1 on the Dig o. I
accident, Tor the that it had been in the c.
ut- li4ion 1T Toleatou. Ny men have instruction
MI Whenever an5 accident 0ccuss. TO give them me
;nu thorough scrutiny ahan usual, and t'iey wstS &
A"5 instructed III this Instance Shuuut tca Mnen
7ed axle il cracked unless TIC axle eau " seeuI
md | sounding can BE- made AS!esssome1!aes o!,th
14o thu middle, and Romettmes at inc whc:l- ~
as outer appearance Of the rim Of nv a1ls; $40,
and TaT H. ~as eaTtsn thip the cause Of thc acc
'me was tic breaking Of the axle, Int ! Do not !
lice eI'an a. "he'ne' II '4oe - 'e'' @''0
ors, Michael Zimmerman and Constantine Flem
That uE,. .carnf tc cars y bcore t,c dcpa,ture
as IT, t!I w ~ hs,,'."n rnI rnoe N
ough'y Than usual On that day; from the iaSt @ INA
1sc1t 1s ccnrraIJy Instructed to do at al times.
wese particularly instructed IL u this nsesnee Il ~
ai,c, ,i,,,y.r noh men hay. been in Ills b,
ness for many yeazs, and thoroughly undsssts
~, "e.s p"s'nsss ,s a.. ,,u
'niS s'o. -, ~
alf LET shoft oeloef'l4ol' 1ehoeiea tne 4o'A'"'
trip Terdact:
the r .so .ru o,a .,st I'm a.ceaeoa Sam
uEn Str,creou 81 wears Of ugc, baggage muster on