Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-21


q CINCINNATI, Aug. 20 The jury In the
case OF Emma King, killed yesterday 10 the
25th ward by passing locomotive, found
that she came 10 her death from the crimi-
nal carelessn:ss of the engineer.
COrcner's Verdict ON the Chicago
Slaughter.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-The coroner's in
vestigation in the case of the Chicago and
st. Louis railroad accident closed to day.
The jury returned the following verdict, af-
ter several hours deliberatioD: That the
said Roger G. Bross land eighteen others
nameo1 came to their death from extensive
ecalds and the inhaling of steam received
on the night of Aug. I6,iiS73, caused by a
collision which occurred between an engine
8 tached 10 coal train No. % and al engine
attached to passenger Train No. 4, belong
ing and on the track of the Chicago ana
Alton railroad, about D miles north of the
town of Lemont, in said county; and we
the jury, from the evidence, find that the
said collision was caused by the criminal
carelessness of Edward Bean, conductor,
aud Joshua Pufenberger, engineer of said
coal tr ain No. %, in violating the rules and
regulations of the railroad company govern
ing the movement of trains on said rail-
road. ''-s-- ,.'-,
The coroner has issued a mittimus for
the arrest of both men. .l.a 10.
HOW Railroads Don't Take Care of
Their Property, and Charge Higher
Hates to Make mp the Loss.
COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 20.-The business
of stealing old iron from along the railroads
in this section Of country has grown to such
proportions that detectives have been out
some days looking for the guilty parties. 1t
was found that this material in vast quanti-
ties when stolen was run into blooms and
shipped East over the roads from which it
was stolen. Many thousand dollars worth
of this stolen iron have been shipped during
the past year, and it become necessary to
issue orders forbiGding The shipping of old
iron unless the agents were reasonably sure
it had not been stolen from the Railroad
Company. ,-gf
Tom Scott Triumphs.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20.-The Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Company relaid their track
along Poplar street to the river front this
morning, restoring their communication
with the leVee elevators, lumber yards, etc.
A motion to dissolve the Injunction against
Guo ClIy was IdhGeu NY OuuSo AuISut yes
terday, and will be argued before the Cir
cult Court Sept. Is.
The Hating Cincinnati Southern.
CINCINNITI, o., Aug. 20.--At a call of
the City Council of CoviDgton, KY, per-
sons holding stock in the CoVington and
Lexington Railroad, who are now Mitigating
the Bowler heirs for the possession of The
road, held meeting at Paris, KY, to-day.
About twenty stockholders were present,
representing personally and by proxy nearly
one and quarter million dollars of stock.
The call of the meeting was with view to
obtain an expression of the stockholders in
favor of selling The road as soon as pos
sessed of it to the trustees of the Cincinnati
Southern Railway. Resolutions were
passed disappearing of the action of the
Covington council in calling the meeting,
and that the present was no time to talk
about disposing OF a road when the direc-
tory had no possession of it and had not the
means to ascertain its actual value. The
Kentucky Court of Appeals last April de-
cided that the road belonged to the old
stockholders out of whose hands It was sold,
but judgment is suspended, pending mo-
ton for rehcariDg.