New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-21
1HE sPUr1EE DCYVIL DISASTER.
TESTIMONY AGAINST THE BRAKEMAN.

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TESTIMONY AGAINST HE bHAhLN-'>'
THE CoRONEE's INQUEST CuNUNrEp-"liA! VAS
srrv FROM TIE sr1oP o. KILcC!IEN's HOTEL.
The Coroner INVESTIGATION as 90 me cause OF .NC
laliIotR N''.,,'. '' ,y'| ~" ''' W ": :
fLa,a sworn ,..1ocrIrb.I be- cn-.rcI ~ ta. ics-
,aorr If. tsnu.-ht 81 was NECESSARY to hv. one as
] ,r h.. i.,,,r ,-r., s.l.,f.I n,.l,I.. i,,. were
'A2iil'.i-. ana ID W "''' '-" 80. q" .'
t{|chrAi> o. "''i,.' l,ir. !"-.'ii IL H., w.
/ iA, same "punh. '"!'h'I 1''h' ''il''n .ul. '''
o!t not THINK II E;5 niece li'. ~ -'Nt u 81 ..'t
9Facr' ~" ana iEa' IT, IouI Ih'I"., Ell .l ~
answers Edward stafford Wa, t.r first witness
and hp fest il,.. a- follows:
''i Igt. been Am cne.gr.r for twenty-five yclrs. I
was On the first LOGON i,e cu4ip, eft tie Cc.-o cN-
PR wAcn The arod,.t occurred at Slu' "a batyi.
There wa ano'h"r -'ne ai 'Ici Z" i'ne 'ht rain
W. roo E.3it 10! .i. 49, u.'M 49, T., Ia, ,,
.,iN.S ii.,' IT, 'rlit ~. , t ,, 1i-f ,,,.t,,,"
,r et,,,' ~ tt il,i.n "a. NJ. r,l.,> i,y .oI..
one otaar than "a. 'rainnrn. Tie brakes "rre tan
pcIr3 with 10y p.ss"n-Is The ropo ihGoGsh Ga" cars
attached to tac brake, regard as Hcdu1 ot safety
The conductor c3a always appy thr 1EfHr'
no matter ld "Hti P''. =" IN. H" ,'r "',
be stationed |nGG he co.i'n or.Grfi icn 'gIy
49, i, -, t,' ,,r fZ.r .r tg.,
."' ,ro i,o, ii. A.. ~. igr and il an4n.rd ,bouf
~ % I'm F 'is ~ ,i. ,, ~ me mr. TO- bnt
III , ,', "a, m ,,,. irrd f't beiar n .,1nrrd
a., ,iai,t ~ IT, t.a draV.,btr a,ter me lc.Iruf
r,v', to Y,r. y IN The tr,ir Nv r,',D had
nn contr6i orcr Tie brakes; tie appliances Tor
Torns ac %'?4Gs TGrc n aG s ,efSnG cagS a. d
cured
Nch la"1 bI'nlu'l' 'H' ''I!t"''i " li'' ."i'
engine, described MS experience ID Ih'-' words:
brakes before we reached the eat. The reason We
.air,d ~ .rpvteu DIyvl .uppo.r was b,,al-,
otrdGoJv urird he TO.. attiolcG IT, tHc bral.s when
The rain stopped yriit pas m new dr., qbar be-
tween Tie no c.-ia- The ar utI been hroi,. by the
force OF the collision. / to TIE roort ear 10
anime the auxiliary and when released the hilGc7 tho
train could DC moved had tried 70 relieve tAe brakes
bv pumping them OF in The engine, lHt cOuil, 30 H.
81, two carr OF the tram where The air seemed 20 hang
don't know anything about Tho rear part OF the train
can't ssy how lar the brakeman went back the
Standing -tl about seven minutes vAaA Tie other r.aii
struck the Chicago express
\. IT, Catln, >up'uHteqdent OF brakes Of the
New-Iorl CcaUdi Hallio1d, W&~ ncNt called lie
gave 60 each Juror ldlnphri I'D winch @yc Go-
sc.lhra the WORKINGS 81 the air brakes. IL *
planned hy diagram n the ramphir, where the
Dir reservoirs Wrfr, ana "hai acton pulling the
rope the cars had upon the brakes lie SAID that
the rope was never INTENDED 10 'r ihl'cAeJ by any
one except iTlIHAaH mo "HuciN'o'H JUS u.s. ms
testimony was not Nii'cL by ulr coroner deputy,
the jury will Obtain TIER kno",cdg" o. the brakes
from the pamphlets
Spuy ten buy VII sad:
was standing on thr tto"p ~ t>i,uchs motel Wien
saw the ChcaEo eNprg's t"n O." iN' i'h~ h'"lt ~
itg' from me ~ , t " t",yrd il anJ , a. tL T,'
nv tentlo", ,p',' ti - tro -. T iI' 80
~ I Ven, air ~ i.,,n, ON m, tram vjI.nry,r
st.rtcd H.. va nj more tnaD three fcrt
from the traiu at the time. He stood
there until he SAW TN. TmYto"n train coming
thous ihc cli. gI!'7r ne ht.ia j., 100 h'ca7e ne
cgah 10 Iin Ill .l' , It We ram " a. re
I lrgoi yalinr hi. iamIs when m, Iauvtnyn
s t., mr. t,rcIle tct trn,, ,vI,r fip Gr,i,c,,s
s."od the engineer blew hia whistle was excited at
tb. time because | thought that IN accident would
hIppru when the trains wcir SO close thought. when
Hrs heard the trau approaching, taat arraenan had
gone signal that train bui when "a" The brakeman
running feared that thcr" would oc collision When
saw the brakeman waving his Lantern be- vas only
Sn3nt gm o rCI ' Ty t rain T TN hc, t me-
J WIN tro nDroaring lie had I'm. 10 run fo
hr c,,t ffer say he trI.n Tnrr. we're other pc!sous
on the sfoop and they saw the same thing that DID
cant say that the brakeman saw was M'!.us as did
not notice his face,
was on the stOOp with Murray and cOnobO.atcd his
testimony Walsh saw that the rear brakeman
stood a the back OF his train until The Iumbing
noise of the approaching train wa, heard He hought
I hat hc ran about 1870 feet ~ signal the train and
tina when he waved hs lantern the larlytOwn
special was 20 lcct from the Chicago express. lie