Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-14
RAILROAD MURDER.
ADDITIONAL 1IOTIMS OF THE WEST
JERSEY HORROR.
A Total of Eighteen Deaths to Date
.--As Many More Terribly Manned
and DL fgured---And Yet the Coro.
ner's jury Exonsrats the Railroad
t-..Miscellaneous Crime and
Casualty Record.
WEST JERSEY RAILROAD DISASTER
MORE VICTIMS.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 1.-two more
deaths this morning of persons injured In the
West Jersey railroad disaster, making the total
deaths thus far seventeen. The last victims
were LavIna Grace, age seventeen, of 1909
South Thirtieth street, and Ellen Shields, age
twenty four, of 1929 Newkirk street.
The list of deaths is further increased by that
of the older ohild of the McCrystal family, who
died at Mays landiug-totai eighteen.
UNAocoUNTED ToR.
Several persons remain unaccounted for and
1t is proposed to drag the Great Egg Harbor
river near the scene of the accident. The eur.
rent is swift at that point and it is feared some
who leaped from the train may have been
drowned.
CoRoNER's INQUEST.
The inquest was resumed this morning at
May Landing. The testimony shows the
first section of the train was stopped without
much difficulty, thus seeming to disprove the
| assertion of the engineer of the second section
that the track was too slippery to stop in the
usual distance. There Is large attendance at
the lnqaest, including q number Of prominent
railroad men who evInce the deepest interest
MAYS LANDING. N. j., Aug-rhe ipquest
IN the case of james Sweeny, killed in the
railroad collision Wednesday, was Confined 20.
day. Engineer Aitkin, of the second section Of
the excursion train, testified: We were nine 10
ten minutes behind the first section at Pleas
antvllie. pulled back at the curve at May q
Landing and called for down brakes.
used sand on the track but that
didn't check the engine on
| the hil, 1 was running about 25 lies an hour,
which was about one minute before using the
brakes. l Gould have saved the train If had
Car length moie TO go. think was about
hehIr s,aT
LsndII g, which Time would make about quar-
Ter to u malt minute. / could not stop the
train In one mile and q quarter on occount of
the rails being wet. We are to keep the min
utes apart bat are allowed to run up to five
minutes al meeting points. The conductor
gave the signal to start the train at Atlantic
CITY at 6:0o p II. The first section was two
mi1n.es ~ q. o 6enind time IN passing Ploasantyiiie.
Y. w. Hoagland, conductor of the second
section, testified: II received orders from the
superintendent to leave Atlantic City at sos P.
N. was at the rear door of lhe last car when
the crash took place, just having got through
collecting tickets. We had very rough crowd
on. After We struck the other section I tried
the brakes and found them all turned on. The
orakemen tried them while running, but found
them turned On the same way"
II. A. Down, county clerk, Samuel Fowler.
foreman OF tho Indiana section, Jacob Mapes
and VIM. Walters, brakemen, W. J. Sewell,
snpt. of the West Jersey r. r., Chas. Smith,
Hagman near where the accident happened, Jas.
W. Allen, master of construction OF the West
jersey road, AMI Wesley Adams. an eye witness
OF the collision. were also examined.
The jury retired at o'clock. At first there
was sentiment stror ely favorine cen.ure of
the company. This was overruled. The aues-
tion of placing the blame on the engineer was
then discussed and several degrees of murder
were suggested, but as in the previous question,
after three hours debate, it was agreed to give
verdict attributing the collision to accident.
The engineer and conductor are still held in
bail to await the action of the grand jury.