, 1881-05-05
Nobody Had ANY Police Author
ity to Put People Off
the Thing.
People Got Scared When tho
I1ntt Sink, and THAT Caused
the Horror
Mayor Bosworth and Aid. Jencks
Found "Cuilty OF Gross
Negligence."
Six Men Killed anil Scyornl Badly In.
iuretl In Collision oil tic
Texas pacillc. y
Man Killed and Woman Fatally Injured
by Runaway Team, at
Galena, III.


by Runaway Team at
Galena, I'll.
THE ELta1y INQUEST.
Special UApateh ia The Chttaoo Tribune.
Er.aiN. Ill.,, htny l.-Cnlinty Coroner WILLIAMS
nrrlvcd frun ljntavfn Inst evening. Hnd ttnnedt-
ntuly summoned n jury of well ll-kt,own olt'zcns
for tho Inquest ovur tho llu1scs recovorcd Ut
those drowned III tho ferry catnstts'phc. Th'ira"
day, April ~ Thu Jury cuuslsta Of Aicssrs. H. r.
BarcIay. i. I. llawthnrnc. $. McAIlister, y. d.
3inrtln, john Newman uni Netspn Nogers.
After vlowng tho body nj John Corbir, yet ut
tho urtortnkcr's. they utourned until Q o'clock
a. m. to-tlay. On rcassombltng, tho body Of
THOMAS Murphy was scen mt the
homo of his family. Tho inquest will
nxatnlniny tho sccnn Of tho sail Rflnfr md tho
piaco ,stcru tho bodies were foultd, Coroner
williams nssomblcd tho jury Mt tho Court
House, whurp testimony ot witnesses wns heard.
WILLIAM LONG,
one Of tho survivors aild ono uE tho men who
built tho boat, wns first examined. lfo a"ora
thut t,e WINS carpenter. md resided Ill EiEIn.
He Ind crossed tho river on tho ferry hnlf mn
hour heforG tho accident, md wns rdturntnR.
When hnf way tcross, tho buat begun to t0lse
water over tho front r1.il. Thoso on board
rushed hAck to tho southwest corner, which
dippcd. aud they thon, in n pnnfu, rushed buck
diagounliy noross tho haat. TnEa caused it
to sink or be submerged. md NIL wcro
washed oil. 1to cutgllt holtt Of n seat mud nf-
terwnrtl got hola Ut Il ropo OIL tho bont. Look-
| Ing n1ount hc saw two men cInRiug to rorcs
| nri tho tlext struggling In tho wmtcr. lilo
caught hold OF littlo Iicrthn tobcr when tho scat
| hruko from tho bout nul ho 1tontel down
stream pttngIno to It. Iiu thought thero woro
| twenty persons oil board, And tho boat ahonii
llnt hnvp carried over twclvo. It was ovcrloated
but II II pnnEo hui not occurred ho thinks tho
1,t,at would t,ot hnye sunk. TIry little water
Ind bccn takoM IN when tho pnnto logan. Thoro
wura SIX inches OF water III tho bout undcr tho
deck when st,o left shore.
| rArlllCK O'su1.LtvAN,
| On bonF sworn, tostitol thMt ho Wis QUO OF tho
| boattnul. 1Ic'countctl sevontccn persons on tho
ltoAt when 1t startoh; had put othors on, histr.
phy, bis drowned c0mpan1on. WIS wntchlng to
prevent others getting On. The fNtnl trip wlts
| tito eighteenth inado by tho boat. Sumo Swct'e
lnbarurs started tho pntllu. Ito laid tho result
| to this rushing n}ntit OF the passengers. IA
! mnl,y us thirty had hpfpr0 icon carried sAfoty.
lie lad no previous uxpcrcnco In rum Ing for
rlcs. lind toon engaged to na,tNgo tho bunt by
AID. Jciloks tho noon OF tho dny previous.
Tho Mayor asid Aid. .enks hau Kfvcn hin,
| his Instructions tint evening. Str. Dosworth
hAtl told thni not to cnrrY over twonty orsosls,
and Ilntl told him to bRil tho boat each trip. lilo
Ind iono 10, anii bntled tho craft Just before
| shu sta,rtcd an hor lust trip; ha1 nakoA to 10
| snnic speclnt policeman with authority to keep
out persona trying to yet on but this request
wis not granted. There was not, hu WINS alirc,
at inch Ut wntor In tho bont when 1t started.
i.tttlo wnter Ind worked into tho boat WHOM tho
pnniu began.
LONG, NErNfi EECALrEn,
sworc to scolng SIX lnchos Of water In tho boat
whom It stpttQi,