Daily Republican., 1881-11-17
ST RAILROAD ACCIDENT
co.osE.'s JUDY Ben DERs
VERDICT.
,,.,ysud EoPloyees Ex'
ps~.,.d- Testimony Of tho
n.,,err and Employees
Csuse Of the Accident
.s,es Recsmnaendea.

=, rpesday afternoon Coroner Wei
U uiou,nnrled the following juryto iI
enp, is the cause Of the Railroad ac-
% an tina, day: +. o. Bennett
dn.,up dn. w. j. Kiliroy, VIM. H. Nil.
asnSu 1psu Nichols, John Il. Bailey and
q 'SiT simmons. The jury, sccompa.
!, S :, the Coroner, proceeded to the
~ " "shere the accident occurred,
d ~ the spot, returned to the dead
tss" and viewed the bodies, after
I9S Slst thew M adjourned unit l o'clock,
iIN m m Wednesday, in order that the
'n,sr nr conductor, fireman ana brake
~ n nI ,he train could appear and give
,s,timonv. The bodies were then
parsJ ~. to be- taken home. AT the
"',n w. s,nuointed the Coroner's jury and
~, a.ln1s.s rf OF the Company assembled
aPu .Ss dead house in this ci,y. The
=. .itn,ss called was Robert Booth.
,m,. ep,ln,er OF tn" train. Did not
s'"v one on tho track; was watching
a,ymau a. The bridge; did not zee
l. oman until after the engine had
m,t her tl, force throwing her over
\. n,Ia,, did not see the boy at all as
rr.. saw that had struck a per
~ immediately applied the brakes,
lacked to where the bodies lay
- two bodies instead Of one; picked
S,up and Brought them to his city +;
y the whistle at the regular signal
WI could lot see any one ON the
All IS WAS watching the tlagman
the railroad bridge.
George O,endarp, fireman, was sworn
,nd testified that ne did not see any
khing s be was wet,ing his coal, when
ma ,uciper said to him, 81 have
Euu.s Nme QUE" stopped the engine
bnd backed back; saw them PICK up
|,Vo bd.,> ala put them os the train.
D H. Bmuit, conductor, sworn and
|ntitd tia te saw no one on the
tack, was II The rear car; did not
know what they stopped for until l
10. Of and found the dead bodies; help
n put them on the train.
william preble and John Jordan,
|kth brakesmen, testified in substance
b 10 the conductor.
Aiber. |. Wingate, who witnessed the
|xaient, was called and testified as fol-
rE: Had teen out cunning; was re.
|Emin. home when in the vicinity of
Twelfth street crossing saw the train
coming along; noticed the danger Of the
roman and little boy; another man was
Lai Of me, aud | halloed to him that
the woman would be struck; the words
vss hardly odt Of my mouth when the
sgr. struck the woman and boy, hurl-
hs the woman about thirty feet, ran
trnls her raised her head, when the
Vol ran out Of her mouth and nose;
was alive, but could not speak; the
tEser stopped the train and backed
i1Scene OF the accident; helped put
sNdies on the train; the engineer did
EJiOw the whistle TO warn the woman
fhtr danger; he blew the regular signal
hve the crossing; as far as could see
r train was on the bridge before ii
Jpped; would not say positive; the
AIN was running forty miles an hour,
near AS l could Judge.
Engineer, recalled: The train was
'out 100 yards from the bridge when l
)pped it.
This being all the evidence the wit
sses toek their departure, and the
~ held a cOusulta ion with the fol
wing result.
Resolved, Tha. Mary Bauer and
artln Bauer came to their death by
ing accidentally struck on the rail
F, cya 7 W. ~ Is. engine at Twelfth
.eet crossing.
Inc jury also recommended that the
'hpany place gates at the crossing to
event futur" accidents. Thus two
'~ lives are suddenly hurled into
;'lliy by railroad train, and 10 one
Olame. II is rumored that Mr.. Bauer,
husband If the deceased, will enter
Alof damages against the railroad
npany,