The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05
RAILROAD MURDERS.
NO SAFETY FOR LIFE AT THE STREET CROSSINGS
IN NEWARK, N j.

NO SAFETY FOR LIFE AT THE STREET CROSSINGS
IN NEWARK, N j.
The Common Council of Newark held Its regular
monthly meeting Friday evening. The session was
remarkable for length, lasted until about three
o'clock yesterday morning. Toward the close ami
mated discussion took place with regard to having gates
and fences put up along the railroad tracks within the
city limits Several ordinances up for reading,
their object being to limit the speed of trains to the
rate of four miles hour within the city and to compel
the companies erect the proposed gates and fences
The President of the Council vacated the chair and
moved that the reading of them be postponed. The
tions to postpone all carried but one. An ord-
nance read twice which orders the railroad cross
ing of the Newark and New York road crossing mt Null
berry street TO be fenced in. The following communi-
cations Coroner Osborne with reference to the kill
ing of Nicholas Bodies on Thursday last ordered to
be received and placed on ile:
To THE HoSoRAsLE, THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL
OF
memorial from the jury empaneed by to investigate
the death Of Nicholas Bodies and also submit to your notice
Tishat the ordinance relating the speed Of trains
speed twenty miles an hour between Cegtre and Thomas
d o there is at this time almost continuous
double line of freight and coal cars from Market street to the
earnestly request you will give this your immediate
leave saw the community now looks TO YOU Tor relief and
ask that such action he taken as will lead greater
'e'"'''"'" nave Oe'" y JOSEPH b osBoRSE
To THE HONORABLE MAYOR COMMON COUNCIL OF
NEWARK
cumstances attending the killing of Nicholas Bodies the
chenor crossing of the Pennsyvan Railroad in this
city Thursday the I'd inst respectfully represent your
honorable body the necessity of immediate action in respect
frequent murders ut the various railroad In
city We feel that the present occasion demands from
you prompt and decisive and that the lives of
citizens have been too long Mt the Of reckless and
less railroad employees
We urge you the railroad company place
at least every crossing In this city until yo
adopt other and effective precautions and ut the
time the railroad company employ capable
who render assistance to people whose lives
dangered And respectfully represent to Your honorable
body that believe that further delay In this matter
will be distastefu to all good citizens.
Joseph ID. Tucker. Foreman Daniel Smith, George ii.
Sweasy Charles Hermann Joseph Y. X. Page Henry YAM
bold William - Thompson, W. q. Wagner, William Dreher
NEWARK, Sept 3, 1873.
ALLEGED cuLPRITs
Louis Silance and Edward Peacock. the conductor
and engineer of the train which killed Bodies, were
rested and held in the OF 81, 900 each to appear
before the Grand Jury next Tuesday
OTHER MURDERS"
At the Railway crossing of the Pennsylvania Rail
road carpenter hltyslx years Old named Louis
Garthwaite was instantly killed Friday evening He
was crossing the track on his way home when the pilot
the Southern bound expires train of the Lehgh Valley
Railroad struck him. tossing him about feet into the
air He fell on the rails tho wheels passing over aud
cutting portions of his body into pieces.
At carly hour yesterday morning man named
Martin Hunt, twenty -fve years old who resided in
stockton was run over by of cars on the Penn
tempting to get freight train No 500 and did not
notice tho approach of another train from the opposite
direction The latter train struck him, throwing him
In front Of the locomotive, which passed his legs
crushing them in a horrible manner He was taken TO
Newark, but died few moments after his arrival