Daily Republican., 1878-12-06

was wrecked. A wooden model of tn
culvert and the road was also produced
Samuel Phillips, sworn: Was eonduc
tor Of the train that was wrecked ol
t,e Goth OF June, VIZ had left Yves
Philadelphia at 80 that evening, an,
we were 10 minutes behind time: W,
passed Claymont about lO.lOt; Georg'
Babes vas engineer Of the train, whicl
consisted of the engine and tender, tw,
express cars, one postal cor one baggage
two passenger cars and two sleeping
cars We we're running about so milei
an hour ten miles faster than our regr
lar time It was a fast through train
after getting south of Clay'nont--l wa'
in the smoking carl felt Sigh
shock and a slight Stacking up; said
to q gentleman setting on back seat
we are gone up and II was only q
second after that when | heard the
crash. | went back to the rear of the
train aud started man out to cheek
anything coming south and went to the
front and sent man ont to stop any
thing coming north. then returned
The freight train coming down en- the
same track upon which had been run
ming, had by this time arrived At Clay
mont. In returning met the engineel
Of this train with lantern coming tt
meet me. sent him back and told him
to get his conductor and run back with
the engine to Linwood and telegraph Il
Philadelphia and Wilmington that ".
were off the track and wanted help
After this turned and went about 45C
feet from the rear Of the wrecked train
| met Brown, he asked me about the
wreck "if it was bad' or something tt
that effect.
In coming up to Inc he tapped IN.
upon the shoulder with one hand Will
the other pointing to the wreck said
"I did all in my power to stop her.
replied, "where were you; were yon OF
the train,' he said, II saw cross ii,
on the track" | asked him why h,
didn't move it," he said ''hecouldn't.
told him, "under the circumstance
he ought to have been able to throw al
most anything off the track" ~ thei
asked him ''where he would be; thai
the company would be glad to have
some body who saw the obstruction; ''h.
said his name was Bro sn, and that h,
could be found anywhere near viii
mington." AS soon as he sai Brown,
lifted my lantern and recognized hin
a. being a mau who had been employ
ed on the Delaware railroad. | hadn''
seen him for four or five years. wa:
and left Brown and he disappeared a.
mysteriously as he came.
then saw Mr.. Lawson the station
master at Claymont. He said to me
'this train has been thrown from the
track" | replied ~ know it,"
! then told him Of seeing Brown, When
he said he would like to talk with him
said II will find hlrn; you will follow
me-, and when stop to talk to anyon,
you come up" walked around and
found Brown. | walked up to him and
asked him If h. was Brown. He re.
piled Eyes" Mr. Lawson :hen came
up and they then went back to the sta
tion house. The rear end of the train
had got about 500 feet from the OH
struction; when | met Brown it was
about fifteen yards from the obstruc,
ton, below it; didn't see him any more
after he went to the station house a,
Claymont. saw Mr.. Babes, wasn't
present when he was found. He was
lying opposite the baggage car door
dead; he was the engineer of the train
that night. made no inspection of the
road that night; went by it the mex,
morning between six and seven o'clock
As walked back after the accident oc-
cured noticed the track was in good
condition; noticed the tie after ii
had been handled by all the passengers;
was probably the last one who looked
at it. 1t was about feet long and I or
$ inches wide, and was an old tie.
have been on the railroad for sixteen
years, and any obstruction like that
would have wrecked a train going at
the rate of speed we were. There were
about Is passengers on the train.
Four persons were killed; George
Babes, Sr., George Babes, Jr., and two
tramps who were stealing a ride be
tween the cars. When Officer Legg
came up from Wilmington, on the wreck
train, told him of Brown and he ar.
rested him.
Cross examined II whistled at Clay
mont; the next place was to whistle
was at General Wooster's place, below
Claymont; only short interval elapsed
bHtween the whistling above Claymont,
and the reaching of the obstruction; it
was about n minute; didn't see Brown
until he tapped me on the shoulder; he
was coming towards me had he not
spoken to me would not have noticed
him; he was very pale and nervous and
appeared to be greatly excited; | found
him standing near one of the passenger
cars, next to the sleeping car; he was
standing up straight.
Re- direct when first recognized
him was not aware that anybody had
been hurt; went back and hallooed
for George, the engineer; saw the ex
pressman sitting on top Of his car;
asked him if he had seen George; he
said "no;" | then thought he was dead !;
the train was wrecked about quarter
Of mile below Claymont.
Edwin M. Lawson, sworn Am sta.
tion master at Claymont had gone
down to Wilmington on the 7.51 train
and returned at 10 O'Clock in the even
ing, on the fatal night; had inst got
off the train, and the train had only
left but few minutes before the south
ern express came dashing by; had
been about Claymont all day, and
don't remember seeing any one around;
| knew the prisoner by sight, but had
a. Al