, 1873-08-21
THE LATE COLLISION.
Wind Up Of the Investigation
by the Coroner,
Important Testimony Elected from
Railroad Employees.
The Engineers Watch Story
Partially Corrob-
GRATED.
Verdict of Jury: Beane and
Pufenberger Criminally
Careless.
Frritless Efforts Of the Detectives
to Capture the Conductor.
Drunkenness and Insanity Alleged as tho
Cause Of Ills Conduct Satur.
day Night.
Frritless Efforts Of the Detectives
to Capture the Conductor.
The "Accident" as Comment
ed Upon by the Press.

There arc thirteen wounded perHonB from tho
late railroad disaster still ut tho County HoBpi-
tai. No additional deaths have occurred since
our liant iasuo, and hopes entertained that all
now ut the hospital may recover. Tho throo mon
that wero reported as likely to do hayo greatly
improved. Their names arc 4. q. Hickman, OF
this city; Alexander Hackett, Dix Island, No.;
William Mitoholl, Dix 1sland No.
The doad body which waa lying at tho Morguo,
for identification, has been discovered to bo
Thomas Policy, cattlo-deslcr, from st. Lonig,
His friends arc in tile city to take his body home
for intorment.
1t turnB out ttat there Is no such man az A.
Borden. who has been reported missing from
the lato railroad accident. bfr. Alexander Hack
OFT, ono Of tho sovorely wounded, in from Abor-
deem, Scotland, md 10 tho operator mado IA.
Borden" cut Of "Aberdoeu."
The Coroner's Jury resumed its labors yoBter-
day morning, at the Criminal Courtroom.
oRv1LLE VAUGHN.
Tho first witness callod was Orvilie Vaughn,
Assistant Superintendent and Train-Mester at
Bloomington, who said.
Last Saturday night thero we're no telegraph com
% asnt sacn ohe they running
1905 the pasaenger t;ain then being uo there; The
late, at 1906 the tie the other left Lemont, nud
they colllioa two and half miles north Of Lcnont.
The coal train should have stopped at Lont for No.
Instead Of that tho men In charge proceeded
against tho Instructions tho tinecard, and caused
the accident. Tho responsibility Of It lies with tho
at my oce that avonng, but hare sivon the record
as hnd 1t II ny office. And no tocgzauaa from tho
MfHht EraR
coal train after Tho express loft Willow Springs but It
Huatoa and my train dispatcher. hnvo beon on the
road ten or twelve yoars,. and know Dcano
aooa and nss dsesqssa of tho 4oss
nan by tho name Of Beam was discharged, who had
been setting o. conductor and engineer, Ills 1rss
yoara ago account Of difficulty he Ind in tho
statton-holse complaint about itrcating pub
= h Maron 81 Ug os me @ - -
shsm i'm. siy record shows h That: thst No. s Is
ha Sannd tm: ' wh o1dna M hour ues @na hes
could have reached Lemont in hour, but they
detained BY mestng freight 1ans
WAS on The main track FOX the southern frosht, tho
lator passing on tho slo track Which got t6ese rat
Arost Of tho delay At Lockport. Tho record Of iii
these tFaius is in M oalca At bloomington. It ismy
aa 'IR . fF r e. 5aDs aen i Gn an9ns nst
my, duty 70 telegraph 1emont to stop Ills
so1 t,,nsia spse The rules themsevss for
left Lockrort at S2o It took long for It to got
away, snce was fourthcasB train and had to walt
indefinitely for oil Or other trns bound
souh Lockport WIS far it could get before theso
trims got BY The distance from joliet to Lockport ia
Ave miles aud f,fth They made the regular running
ave mnute and md then M Il: dosy 4
port must have bocn 81 hour and hftcen minutes. The
Thay from 1ses ss's ses.d 9 q / osS
schedule time but they muat lave heon .hose from
hc. cannot e1pisin how IN engineers watch would
1o right at Joliet at 446 and yet TO hour behind at
1enont. The business Of tho conductor WAS to walt
at Lenont for that passenger train 1t ten
years, and until tho whecls rottoi on. a. O'Clock
the M coal train must have been At Loczport
expected any special orders undsr any ciroum:
etances. uo has been under my direct charge, aud
never bad any reason to dtstrust him. No., ~ bad
plenty Of time TO Leont, aud all right to there
Ths conductor Of that train had orders against
No. 1, though ho might AZ against some other train
Tho coal train ran the old time card The old aud
the new differ ~ to some Of tho trntns The new
dld not 60 Into operation tll Sunday morning, aud
was not IN the hands Of the men who No. 23
Thoro has been material chau8etn the rules for ys
or SIX yeara.
MALCOLM SMITH.
Malcolm Smith, Assistant Train-M Ma8ter On the
Northern Division of the Alton Road, said
nm stationed At Joliet but my business IL On thu
road. I know only what hns been stated by Mr.
Vaughn. I have known neane over two years: Iii.
man. Pufenbergar do not know. I have aeon him
only haif-a-aozen timea. waa At Joliet Saturday
before @ 1''' the co collision. never " saw '0'tS IT,
conductor drunk, or heard any ono say 20. Sunday
morning Saw beane. and asked him what ho mesn
forgot al about hatran. wa prett, busy and thu
waa au said to him. did not eay snytlfng myself
hut heard NJ. Jaeknan tslk to him. Tho engineer
he waa st Lemont at o'clock, aud had 30 minutes e
mako the Express 1t Willow Springs. A conductor
running fourth-c!ass train has to, keep ou
out, ba the side track Ave minutes before any 0tl9
train IL due, eo. conductor Of fourth class trair
ought TO be good ss TINT Of passenger tran fo'
ton only to t1niuH Of hin class. Deans never hat
any accidentb but ho dched tain Inst wnter In the
anow, thing which would happen to anybody. Il
would take pretty sharp mnn to run tho coal train
until he lad learned the road. man must learr
the track and get tho hang Of tho .rnles ant
regulations before 10 can 10 trustod Moas onglnoer
would naturally look to conductor, but might con
suit their own.judgments, As, botweeu now engineer
aud conductor, tho former would probably learn t.
so a9 n
know tho grades, etc., between stAloun vol th
ti1ne-card, and the knowledge Of both Il essential.
rAY OF CONDUCTORS.
| Tho question WAS then asked him In regard tc
tho difference In the pay Of conductors Of
] freight aud passenger trainB, but since Mr. Nc
Mullen was present, II was considered advisable
to question him upon that particular point
lilo stated Tint there was distinction In pay bo
twoen freight aud passenger conductors. The rcnt
paid 6alar1oa averaging higfcr than Oil any road
n tho btata, both to conductors and engineers
Tho reason for the distinction In wages Between
conductors was Oh account OF the extro,nely long
runs passenger conductors hayo, tlelr RUM
being sometimes 2B0 miles, Whilo no freight rur