, 1881-10-20
NEGLIGENT EMPLOYEES.
Coroner Matson Investigates the
Northwestern Collision Near
Kedzie Avenue,
And Holds an Inquest on Walter
Hanco, Killed in the
Accident.
Thomas johnson Dies Of Injuries 1lc-
ceiycd In tho Smasls- Up.


Jourdans on tho body of Walter I1anco." gane-
boss" at tho machine shops OF the Northeastern |
ttatlrohd Company, who waa killed un tho tond |
T,icstlny nIYht. aud It wns thus possible for tho
first time To got tho particulars II tho collision |
mentioned in WcdneslhY'a TRIBUNE, tho till |
ctalso Ut The corporation refusing 10 say anything
nbout 1t. |
Charles Blnter Of No. 107 Dilior street, who Is
employed In tho tank department at the shops. |
testified that ho and tho deceased rot OIL tho |
tran TINT carries tho uch Into tho city, On tho
platform i!anco sad, "lt ls going to bo cold
night, Cuarley," and then he went into tho cur
next tu tho cusino. Wltnusa took scat ou tho
tnolfug around tho enRlnc.tnuk. putting his feet
OF tho platform Of the car. When ncar Sacrnmen-
to avenue he heard the locomotive whistle, aud
got up and locked ahead to see what was tho
tnnttcr. He Baw Bune cars on tho track about d
block ahead. Msn bogAn jumping OF, and when
thu engineer md areman did so witness fol-
lowed. Just afterwards tho locomotive struck
the ours. Ono ut them was smashed, tho engine
Wcnl I'll the track, and tho tnnk tclc1copcd tho! !
front car ot tho traIn twas pulling. Ifnnco was
found inside ths car, crushed and dead. lie was
jamMcd In between Tho tank nud the alde. Wit
ness saw all cnp!oy6 named johnson lying on
tho grass, apparently hurt. The train was run.
ming eightccn or twenty miles nn hour when tue
whistle blow tlrsL After th1t tho brakes Wero
applied.
jacob WELLER,
4 awltchman, testified TINT be nad eighteen cars
pulled out Of tho south truck across tho cannec-
@ used W BY ,raifs M con.ls into the c!ts 1e inteni.
,bs 5S s%sss ana fs e sif
sna III Sny,s u xoaa aat 'S o% u Of
'r,,.s tro,n Srnnrn,V Irft .ha ahona NJ
&c TSs,ag a. " %ps 4assst0Sa aol 81 tso Gtt
HI1I k1a4 ind rcHH5tnH nOtfGc OE Eba0EE.
liz locosnotise struoS tic c.Ts At 5:5, about
e lilly , ~ ro IT. @ ~ xas da to r,o
Grs ;tn ~ r,,,,,n o ~ ihn roia ~ twontv r
mts % oar ms!as ths ETY. m!fs
swltch.ns. WV . '~'' W. ~'''' - ''~';
JOHN N'cAnrY,
Of Nc: 20 Warren avenue, tho helpcr testified
that Wekcr tnla htn T. tag tho shop. truth, ana
tfteen cas leugths west Of the last Of TIC eeht-
cen cars. Ao swun9 the rec rcd l.Ent acs9ss .:a9ss
b.. t%S 'a'N t p.ssca ni' him lin ut Ut tho ; r",o
Of about sx miles "a, an ,,'3;,,.: n9ur: ri. Mhan h,
ortwcnty nlSs an hor; IheTc were ho air- nfakes
~ INC cafs witness nao9eM Ss1 10 IT. ga,; IN
fcut awav from him tho engineer whisttrd for
brakes; The trnj,l was hnif 4 mile away when he
tlrst swung tho light. Il was coming 10 fast TINT
| tho engineer
cott1ny'T srop IT
,,+or IN ,vh,.t,o,i wnon tb. locnuot,xo &truck
tho speed xas about 1wo a,!!es 81 Hour: II tbrso
could have stoppc Ar engineer 0nght T. stEn m
feet when gElnx SIX mss NJ g. a., ~ norT m;h,.ra strec,
ho na nsnaer i III u aop tn trsl tcsted thai
there was 70 rcE1ar lGaXsng tG H.; o e a'artS ,rnst,
. IT, aTt E;es"x IT, IIrht nt,n,t III Ind ran
ty .n, ~ ',t ,iun ~ ~ ,ca -" hfn,r Whn
a. .ne raae y. uaae ~ ~. - 'u , ~ rod I'm, r.rhi
.h sao Of tue r.. 1 ca
leet t!uH cns ~ ntnt ,sn 1s' ~ T,, i,ht
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