, 1873-08-20

wcro suffering from sends. did not sec Capt. smith,
so Ms Tsy aesy rS Tss n II psy o
could not DO sail that tley Ind necessarily died from
1icd Of inhalin8 steam. which will ht two or
this accident. Theso slncrors found comfortably in
bed, thor wol,nds we'll drcsBcd md thoy were recoly
IL see M G ss M 60 e S
hut two fractures, Of tho leg al't ono Of both
hrmB.
A dobnto followed as to whethcr moro modical
cause OF doatl, clearly established, willie some of
tho Jurors wanted to liaten to everything that
ANYBODY had to Say on tho subject.
Tho Lomont witnesses not having arrived, tho
Coroner Bont an ordor down to Capt. Buckley
for Pufronborger. tho engineer Of the coal train.
Then tho Jury announced TINT they wanted to
go down to tho Bconc of tho accidont, tn order to
oonnect tho dead people with tho accidont, and
tho Division Superintendent stated TINT tho
road would gladly furnish them transportation
at once.
A. NJ. RICHARDS.
4. II. Richards, Division Superintendent on
the Chicago l. Alton Road, and living in this
conductors at Willow Springs. Which WIN mentioned
having Fan th.oagn. know ooadueter Doane. @ yho
mn NJ. pessonay % seqaaintod ' % VIII him. IL IL had had
bcen on thirty days cnmo with good record served
ono juror @ askea s1: coa 81 tran wero today to cavo
Lomont a. tla ono did and pasHenger trnin were to
ssyo %ow sR3ngs what had tho Company
hlr. Misunderstanding but tho rules Of the road
II tho passenger trnin two houta behind. II Aan
tho freight train should hnye waited 1ndonnaly. I
understand Uoane mover has boon discharged II laid
g b sgnser sa sad 81 xSat ao
ble md tho engineer must dtaobey my order Of tho
conductor ado against the rules. This engineer hoa
trips It II not customary practco to rush up those
freight traina to got into town Saturday.
GOING TO THE SCENE.
Tho question Of going down to Lemont was
Richards said tho wreck had beon nearly all ro-
moved. Ono juror anxiously inquired if tho
passenger ongino was not still thoro. They had
h1r, Moh1ullon's theory On tho subject, md that
WAS all. Another juror said II they wanted to
the road should bo blamed or not. why, thon they
ought to do something moro than merely find
out how these people died.
Tho jury waa voted tho result being yoas,
III the affirmative, and the officers Of tho road
started to got tho train roady.
L. D. NORTON.
h1r. L. .. Norton, living at No. 250 Van Buron
street, and miller, said:
VIA on tho train Saturday might, in the first paa
ecnger chr ahead Of thu two seopess with Mr.. Il. A.
Gardner, formerly Of tho Fort Wayne Road ,; The
tEain 10y about ttoon Of eighteen minutes ut Willow
HprnRa Whero tho othor alcepcr WAS put on. We got
thoro nbout eighteen nnutcal hr Gardner sad
wero going 80 miles hour Of tho time Of tho
ssSars than ah' b.ys was ,e
train bunting slightly into another: Tho car
ls IT. 3 @ oSs i out tn IL s a ''if1
Of startled to go down to tho canal to tako cann
hour 10 Eet to tho place. helped to bring people
from tho smoking-car and to gtyo them water OF
no conttuetoza, but was 30 busy Ind no op-
poetunty. Two or thrco people wore giving orders,
% a4 MT knSM a sX IL sss
heard, Immediately after tho shock the wounded men
out tho grasa crying for help and went out to
When thorc, somebody Baia " Help these men up,''
and stood thcro helping thcm as they came up.
MICHAEL rILK1NdToN.
Michael PilklngtOn, living noar Gardner, in
Gruudy County, and d farmor, said:
saw Edward Dean Sunday morning. It was at tho
ntntinn platform ut Lemont. after tho accident. had
little talk with him. It began between him and q
him how 1t was He told ho forgot s,1 about No. l..
Ho asked tho station-agcnt II there WAS a
81 and 60 down. sid would taio lin, but wen
ready to atart could not find him. asked him If ha
watch was 1rong and 10 said it was all right ue did
JOSHUA purrENpERaEn.
Tho next Witness called WAS Joshua Pufren-
bergor, the engineor OF the coal train, who waa
sent up under guard by Capt. Buckley, and
in tho courtroom. Ho III wiry, active young
fellow, whose good looks werc somewhat marrod
by Homo outs and scratches on tho bridge
Of lis noho and on tue right check =
injuries received in jumping from hih engine.
wardnesB and precision, but was oil the way
through very hard upon the conductor, M If he
desired to shiold himself from blame nj much as
| possible. Ho said:
Hss lid Fo hayo ny ss
employ of T.. tha isst 1osi mud va tho 1,;! eng!:
~e Wesf had an oraer,@that t. oonduster e' gaal,s
gave mo m order two hours ahead Of train No. j,
sengssa sgsns rsn q S e. tsa & san& 4sae
work d. wo wont oa tho ale.irack and waitod to.
H. sf threw ths ss%e e
track on tho main track. when 10 found We could not
ha hs not Co
nnas Ssa tse nas 7 a iG%
songer train to como down every moment. i waited
being wrong, called to one of Lis brakemon 10 CONT
Not SEEING DsanS sss:oa aoT.
waa freight tran No. 49, and freight train No. 20 wa
| going south and mot us ut Lockport. met Mr
Doano tho way back to The office. Mr. Doane gave
mo ordors tor train No. 20 to run tt
| Joliet, and for passenger train No. I, In
| stead Of my own, or his. uo ia supposed tt
look over bis ordera aud align them ut tho oce, befor
bringing thom to me. looked over tho orders, ant
there wsa none for me, I handed them buck ant
said could not run on orders Of that kind; that thu.
wero for the train shat was thon as Joliet or nbou
there. spoke to him then about hs negligence mi
carclcssneas In allowing green brakeancn to thros
aw1tchea thing he should have attended to perRonal
hmaclf particularly against passenger trains wen
xh h to tho Tee sna 10 hs " order
and made aomo remark, I DO not remcmhe b,
exactly what 1t was. He looked after til
correct orders, and could not nnl them, bu
finally 10 copied them and them to him. s.,d aa
he had better have the engineer Eead te1n nj he con
not read. Tho operator said that IN Joking way
before going to tue otnce bad wonua up N
passed to Leraont for train No. H.,
then looked at my watch 70 aec about wher
thought could make for No. 1, the train that n
colidsa wth and saw that attet sotting Of fey
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