Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-25
COURT.
ru"Srs. or QUARTER srssi",
a Case ynucsSntpg pnuIlc Road In Coucs
tuss Tuwnsnip-IrIaI OF Jacob HAng-
way FOR mansisugter.

way FOR msnsisugter.
WtiqrSiIy afternoon ia vs.. Daniel
Il Shcuk aud Daniel EJkmlu. The do
PENDANTS arc supervisors OF COuestogl
township aud were charged with ucg lrct
or duty ia failing to keep IN proper repair
the road that leads from Slnckwater To
COucstoga CCptrc, and also that part Oi
the Lancaster and safe llarbOr road, bc
tween Shckwator and safe llarbur. john
A Shuhcr was the principll witness for
th' commonwealth, but thero w'ro a
lumbrr VI others who testified to the IRE
VIcut bal condition OF these roads durins
the past year
Tao dcrcusc was that the a,1ushi dis
charged tho duties rs faithfully "a was
possible and the roads complained of were
AS good c'udttiOn during tho past year
as thCy could bs pa, in consequence ui
the iuClCmeut weather during the past
summer. After considerable evidence for
commonwealth had bacn heard they abau-
dOucd the case, rs 1t was evident, from the
testimony that the defendant had done all
in their power to keep tho roads up. A
verdict Ol no. guilty WAS taken with cJun.
ty for costs.
The G,nEaway Granddaughter Case.
The next case attached was that Of tho
Commuuw wealth vs.. Jacob Ganaway. The
defendant, who is "A boy ii years OF age,
was charged with mauslaughter. The
circumstances IN this case are as follows :
On the 10th Of May last, train on the
Reading aud Columbia railroad was
wrecked near Ephrata, and George VI.
lhlue, master mechanic ot the railroad,
who WAS riding on the engine was killed.
The commonwealth allege that tho wreck
WAS caused by This boy who placed an
nh IN II "A a
a wooden plank.
The following named jury was secured
20 try tho case Lewis Brown, farmer,
Fulton; Henry BOyce, aborer West
! Ncmpicld Henry Bronucr, miller, Manor;
| Charles Gross, farmer. Manor David
Kline, farmer, West Hcmphcld; j. B.
! Martin, merchant, city; B, +. Saith.
miller, Providence w. j. Shllter, painter,
ci,y VI. B. Weidlcr, iunSecpcr, Upper
| Lo4CoCk !. b StehmAn, farmer, Coucsto
"a, Henry Hamilton, farmer. Rapho 4,
| Abraham Beck, laborer, West Lampeter.
Tho first witness called was Alexander
Mcdonnell, of Columbia, who ON the day
ui tho wreck was engineer OF tho train
which was damaged. He testified that his
| train LETT Ephrata on that day at 3O5 /.
| m, about i've minutes late, tho train hah
| - CARS they were running at the rate oi
| II Or ID miles on hour wnon they struck
| the plank which caused the wreck about
a milo south ct Ephrata. Right near the
| place where the plank was there was an
| overhead bridge the plank reached across
! both rails OF the track aud witness thought
1t had laid there loose thore were other
! tmbers lying near the track. On the
! giue, besides witness, were Frank ACk
! ermau, conductor, John Barnes, lrcUan
| and George VI. ullue. master mechanic
| When the engine struck the plank it Loft
| tbs track the conductor aud fireman
! Jumped from the engine, hut Haine Te
! NAMED on with witness the engine Tuu
| about 20 yards and then rolled over Ou IL
side turning around. ilano fell under aud
| was fastened by TIA, engine the cab of
| the engine fell Of aud witness went with
il, on the opposite side from Haine thlT,
! teen of the other cars on the train were
| badly wrecked. Witness saw HaIuo under
the engine, and he was dead before he
| left.
Ga ciOss examination the witness stated
| that Mr. Haiue resided IN Columbia aud
! got "A their train at Stevens station OF
! that day ths engine, which was wrecked
had been Out ut the shop but few months
| THTSidg Nrnigy-COm'th ~. jacob
! IaugwAy, mauSaughter. Frank AckeT
el WIs called, and COTrUbOrated the Gugiuet
III regard to the accident. At the point
! where the accident occurred there is o deer
cut and when about half way in II witness
saw the plank, which was about l6 feet
| long IIc informed the engiueor wht
quickly reversed, but it was too late be
| tore II struck the plank. Mr
uAtuc fell under the engine. Wit,
| ness did not discover him 1T once, but
| whcu found he was alive and conscious
| could not DO taken out until two 30 tor
Jacks were put at work he did il
the wreck where WAS foc more than at
hour there were seven persons On The
train when the accident occurred the
| engineer WAS slightly scalded aud witncS,
wss somewhat Jared, but besides, they
and Mr.. UaiGe no more were injured
The place where the plank was is right
near the overhead bridge on the Lancaster
aud Ephrata road. Tle name Of the
wrecked engine was Lancaster" anC
the train No. 7.
j, G. Barnes, fireman Of tho wrecked
engine, c0rrOborated the engineer aud
| conductor.
Edward Shultz and E. Z Mccall, brake
man, and Emanuel Wills, hagman, wht
were not on the engine but on other part
VI LAls " am Jpth ll5lI hsOIlCb VI lub "Ittk
from which nothing new was elictej.
Henry Witaker, residing a mill
from AdamstOwn testified that ~
the lG.h of May no was working
az Lime Rock station on tn,
Reading IL Columbia railroad, eight mile
from EphratI. Jacob Gan Jaway was work
ing with them and he left between l2 aut
! o'clock. On cross examination the wit
ness said the boy left his work because b,
(wtness) kicked him.
Henry Wolf, residing at Akron. abou
six miles from Lime Rock, testified that
boy about the size OF the accused pass o.
witness place on the day of the wreck
he was going toward Ephrata on the roaC
from Lititz this was about the time tn,
passenger train No. 10 going north is du
at Akron at 2:2G the boy was carrying
a pair OF boots with irons on them over hi
shoulder he told witness his name, bu
he could not remember it he said b,
was from Lime Rock the boy spok
IN German, and said he liyeC
with Mr.. FTankhauser when a
homo and was going to Stou
Hill ; witness thought the accused wa
the boy he saw on that day the road tha
the boy was on crosses the railroad abou
a mile from Akron, where tho wrecl
occurred witness went u tue wreck tw
hours after it occurred.
Aaron Hummer lives quarter o
"A mile from Witnesg On tho va