The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-27

Taken In the Srioto Investigation Ye,
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AAAcH III tuc ofi0tO 1nYchtiEatlon Yes.
terday. 5'..,.is
The Sciotoinyestigation was again resumed
yesterday, with G, G. Thomas on the witness
stand. He wss examined further by Mr.,
Dovener, and rigidly and somewhat spirited
ly cross-examined by Mr.. Cracraft and MT.
Gray, Of Counsel for long, but while bis ties.
timony took up the entire morning session,
there was nothing interesting to the public
or novel in Its character brought out. In
answer TO some hypothetical cases put to the
witness, he said that had the Tomas pulled
OF sharply to the right, toward the Ohio
shore, and the Scioto kept on straight, we
might have avoided a collision, but Il must
be remembered that the Tomas did not puli
out enough. We were so close that VIC could
not safely 30 10 the right or left. We were
not near the rocks at Deyinney's, but near
the middle OF the river. After we rounded
the Cross Creek bar we Strengthened up with
the Ohio shore, and kept about the came dis.
lance from It.. There Is strong current on
the Virginia side at that point. - :. ,
There were two girls in the lpilot house at
the timo Miss Darlington had hold Of The
wheel, but no other lady had hold of lie
wheel ut any time TO his knowledge, There
was woman In the pilot house who he AZ
forwards learned was Mrs. Harding The
Others were all girls. Mrs. Harding did NOT
have hold OF the wheel, the treade or The
ropes that day. The Tomas was dangerously
close when she first whistled, but the witness
was not then alarmed. He declined 10 e1prps,
an opinion as to whether Keller did right in
blowing cross whistles further than to saw lie
thought Keller acted In accordance with his
best Judgment He thought Keller did as
near right as he could and Long az near
wrong, though he did not wish to convey
the impression that Long tried To run the
Scioto down on purpose. 81 5,. x !, BIZ
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Thomas's testimo.
ny, the Board adjourned till p. N. ''1,.'G =
In the afternoon Capt Bayard Daugherty
| OF the steamer Annie L was called 10 the
stand by.Mr. Dovener. He testified that he
went into the engine room OF the Scioto as
water, in company with the engineer Of The
Welcome, and found the star6oard engine
shipped up to back and the rods both oil The
larboard engine, so that he could NOT tell
whether 1t had been backing or not. He
saw the boat the morning after she was sunk,
and helped raise her. The first plank under
the outrnil was unbroken, and the hole did
not reach as far back as the wheel house: be.
cause the bulk.head was put In forward OF
that point. * rs: "a 5l9 :
| On his cross-e1amination the witness said
the cam rod OF the starboart engine was bent
clear TO the deck. This effect would DO PRO.
duced by attempting to back with the ,'cut
Off on, but be saw no indications OF any force
work or attempt TO reverse " hen the engines
were mot properly shipped up. The short
rod was on. n ~ 81 II,
!. The engineer OF the Welcome, Andrew
White, was next called, and corroborated he
testimony OF Capt sDaugherty as to the con.
dition Of the starboasd engine OF the Scio,o,
except that he was positive that the cut oil.
or short rod, was not on, and the engine wa.
shipped up for backing. He afterwards con.
cluded that It was the larboard engine that
was reversed. The hole In the Scioto looked
like square break.
Mr.. G. 9. Thomas was then recalled BY Nj,
Dovener. 81 II 81 d! &
Is During Mr.. Thomas examination Their,
was almost a continual spatting between tbs
opposing counsel, AND q good many witty
sallies at each others expense, but the eS.
animation was tedious 10 the witness and
everybody; but the lawyers At It's conclusio
the Inspectors adorned the investigation iii
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