The daily gazette., 1878-12-06
FIFTH EDITION.
OUR COUNTY OOURT.
Continuation Of Harley Bro,cn's Trial.
The Defence Opens.
Gna,fal tha na1atta

1OlutBlS, libuSlOu anu w NOOtttn On
. bench. The attendance was large, so
that before the court doors had opened
the anxious visitors forced their way
through the side entrance and filled the
seats within the space set apart for MEM
bers of the bar.
Conductor Phillips recalled: Saw Geo.
Babes alive West Philadelphia next
saw him lying in the ditch right opposite
the baggage car door. He was lying
crosswise of the ditch, south of the en-
gine and north of the tender. They were
about ten or fifteen feet apart ; he laid
between the two. The engine was
standing on her wheels, with the front
end up the bank. The cab was all broken
up saw the roof of il above Mr. Babes,
not far above his head. The engine and
tender and express ear belonged 10 the
p, w. " b.; one express, one pos al, and
one baggage belonged to the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad the sleepers belonged to
the Pullman Palace Company. One of
the baggage cars was marked to Balti-
more and Potomac road. When | saw
George Babes at Philadelphia gave him
the time and the new tags.
William ii. Hurley, Jr., sworn II
was at the scene of the disaster, as live
the spot; | was sitting on the porch and
my attention was attracted to the sudden
stoppage of the southern express, by
escape of steam and the crash. | ran to
the spot and saw the wreck; the engine
had run into the bank and was buried
there up to the smoke stack. The other
cars were wrecked as already described !;
, saw the body of the engineer; | was
| al IN inn MT fl,a hau a..
light when | trod upon the body.
cleared away a portion of the wreck and
found it was the engineer in calling for
MIR. LOSING he came and said il was the
, conductor. Afterwards met conductor
Phillips who asked me to take dispatch
TO Linwood, | told him yes and started
didn't see Mr.. Brown anywhere around.
, / lived ON the right side of the track.
. William Legg, sworn: Am in the en-
ploy of the T.. w. Il b. X. r.; remember
, the disaster last June. 1t was about 1O.-
, 40 We got dispatch that there had been
! wreck and asking for doctors,I got Drs.
\ Draper, Bullock, Kane, Shortlidge and
!. Ogle. 1t was about 10 minu es of IL
e O'Clock when we reached the Scene.
Saw Mr.. Phillips and he told me of Mr.
Brown, / went after Brown and found
him In the station; had a few word.
with him aud told him to go down tc
d the train as we would have TO fully in
YES igate the disaster; we started anC
Brown to question how he came there
, he replied tina he had been in Chester
!. started to walk home TO Wilmington
after coming to Claymont he met a mar
whom he a'ked what time the mex
r. train for Wilmington would come in
@ Finding that he bad SO much time oil
D. his haud he thought he would walk a
Is far as he could 1t was while goin,
II down the track that he found the tie
n He described to me how he found the tie
" 1t was jammed in SO that he couldn't r,
move ii. While trying To move the oh
. struction he heard the whistle OF the an
preaching train and he starred TO signal
l told him that he hadlbet er not sa
any thing about the affair; that it woulC
not be well if he told the passengers a
much as he did him. / told him TO sta
IN the car and if anybody asked hin
= about it not to say anything;but keep pei
fectly quiet took him 10 the train W
had come up in and placed in charge dep
uty coroner McCatlrey. When we got t
= !" ilmington placed Brown in the cit
IL cells.
William II. Taggart, sworn: Am
special officer of the +. w. Il b. road
rec ived a despatch from Mr. Kenney.
went to Mr.. Kenney's at Ridley PARK
/, and he told me 10 60 to Wilmington an
hear what was said beford the jury
Fiom the information got there | wen
: to Mr.. Leg and asked him to put me il
y eommunieat on Of The prisoner He die
so AID with Detective Franklin went /
~ III
D, out in private room. said TO him, 81
feel sat SIZED you are in IA tel rible pusltio
whatever you tell me let it be nothing bl
L, the truth. This is feaiful thina
Your lii: IS in danger" He Durst int
C. tears. said "Mr. Brown upon your maj
hood clrar up this mystery. The ey
dence points directly to you as be. .ng til
=. one who placed the obstruction Oh til
,, track Did you ,oi.. If what you sa
is the truth it will +, d uAd to your creui
but II II is untrue / Will b.; the worsl
- Upon your manhood k ou did yuu d
, it, lie said "y,s did, | said to NJ
! Brown ~ GU are not a bad man. here
i. not feature on your countenance."
Y called tue attention Of Mr.. FIansln all
Mr.. Legg to the face ami both as ,ented
what said. ~ our lace Is not indieati
of anything bad. What induced YOU
iti do such a terrible aci," asked NJ
,ms Blown answered, 81 was out of emplo
md inent; have a family"
s .re, 81 thought might secure the approt
ood ton of tue company and get positio
ler. | thought that by placing the obstru
uon on the track, and stopping thus ;
and cOmmodation train and make known
are the conductor that there was such an q
lent struction there. that the railroad conI
,h,. ny might think it IA meritorious acti
ntIv and give me a position a / wa~ anxio
con to get one on the road" | ask, Il MIN
rim his knowledge of the southern expr
train. He said he didn't have a
knowledge of it being on the road; Il
= the object was TO stop the accommo
ton train which he knew would shor
l., arrive; he knew 1t would stop at Cl
- montand would havetime to stop their
hrtote an accident occurred. The Fl
ihumation he received of the expr
us' train was the blowing of the whistle,
, heard the whistle and became excl
~ and ran to stop the approaching tr;
1v The engineer didn take notice and :,
heard the crash. said "Mr Bro
will you make tins statement before
Coroner's jury" He said che wo