Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-07-03

car, he threw up both feet, slipping his hands
under him and holloeing. The engine was
running pretty fast at the time. He halloed,
"Whoop p lone time. I saw the crash; was on
the bank Immediately opposite the crash. l
heard no one halloe to Peyton. In my opinion,
the engine was running faster than when l usu-
ally see them coupling about the depot. After
the crash, the cars went some distance forward,
and the engine went backward. The cow-catcher
ran under the end of the car, throwing the end
of the car up. The engineer came up and said
that he regretted the accident. Iheard no signal
of whistling by the mouth to the man to couple
the engine, 1 was watching the engine ana
remarked to Creesa Johnson to get out of
the way, as the engine was coming so fast
that it might blow her off. I saw white man
sitting on the second car from the engine,
his face to the east. He jumped on before
the crash. 1 saw a little white boy on the flat
at the same time. He jumped off before the
crash. The white man jumped from the car on
to the bank. There was no other white man on
the flats. do not think the car coupler could
have coupled the engine to the car if he had been
there at the time, for the reason that the engine
was running up too fast. l am positive the
white man Jumped off the car before the engine
struck the train. I think the train was struck
with sufficient force to have knocked man OIL
a car had there been one on it.
CREEsA JOHNSON, sworn saw the railroad
accident yesterday was standing close to where
it occurred. saw the engine run up against the
flat car, and heard Mr.. Darwin when he halloed.
He exclaimed, "Ooh ~ thought the train nv was as
running unusually fast. Elva Rainey told me to
look out. heard no one halloe to Peyton. |
did not hear the engine blow at the crossing. 1
saw the engine as it came running up the ROAD
it was running pretty fast did not hear the
engineer whistle to any one to couple the engine
to the car. have seen cars coupled about the
depot My judgment is that the engine was run
ming too fast to admit of being coupled to the car,
had a man been present to ma re the coupling. L
saw white man sitting on the flat car. He
jumped off on to the bank before the engine
struck the car. He jumped on to the east bank.
There was also little white boy on the car.
He jumped off also before the engine struck the
car. Had a man been standing on one OF the
flat cars, the jar ofthe engine against them would
have knocked him down. I was about thirty
feet from the accident, standing on the bank Of
the cut. '.
CHARLES HooIE, sworn: I was standing at
the bridge near the crossing, when the engine
passed me, running in the direction of the depot.
1t was running rapidly, about five or SIX miles
an hour. The engineer did not blow his whis-
tie at the crossing. I saw William Johnson;
was up near where the accident occurred when
I fist saw him. heard the crash; it made a
loud noise. l was about one hundred yards
distant when heard the crash. I went up i'm
mediately. When got there, the engine and
cars were ten or fifteen feet apart am positive
the whistle Of the engine was not blown at the
crossing. have run on trains as brakeman for
five or six seasons. At the speed this engine was
running, would not have attempted to couple
the engine to the car. When they passed me,
Jasper Goforth was sitting on the seat OF the
cab. From the time the engineer passed me, he
could have checked up to four miles an hour
before striking the car. When got there the
engineer was standing out on the ground. did
not hear him say anything about the accident.
cannottell whether the engine checked Up any
after it passed me. The engine was running up
grade The steam was not shut off when the
engine passed me. At the distance the engine
was from me, could not tell whether or not'the
engine had been reversed. When the engine
passed the crossing the brake was not on. Had
the brake been on Immediately after the engine
passed the crossing, while near the crossing,
could have heard the grating noise Goforth
could havegot Off his seatand put on brakes before
the crash, if he had attempted. 1 did not hear
William Johnson say anything to Peyton Oar
win. When they passed me, Peyton was sitting
on the pilot, and thought he was in danger.
He might have saved his life by jumping of: L
could not have run and kept up with the engine,
and can run very fast.
THOMAS GOoDROM, sworn l was down by the
train when it was struck by the engine DO not
know whether I was on the car or not when 1t
was struck; was scared. The conductor and
the water-boy were on the car also. do not
know whether they jumped off or not l heard
the crash. I am fourteen years of age. -.
w. r. CARROLL, sworn was at the scene OF
the accident yesterday. I saw Goforth, and
aDOuC udlI Ill uOuT dlGeE SOC IueIe, WeiiC uP W
the cab where Goforth the fireman, was sitting.
asked him how it was that the accident occur
red. He said the brake was out Of order, and the
fact had been reported to the company. He said
the throttle was out of order also. I examined
it, but could not that it was out of order no
steam was leaking from it. Goforth answered to
my question that the shoe of the brake was worn.
About this time he got stubborn and refused to
answer any more questions. Hesaid he cared no
more for the life man than snake, and that the
boss man at Chester, who would have to dis
charge him, could not make him talk: He
then got out Of the engine and so did l. When
went up to the brake it was on tight. kicked
it loose and afterwards tightened it up just asi
was. was not there when the accident occur
red; I got there some time after the accident
within an hour.
A. F. MCCONNELL, sworn: went to the scene
of the accident. think in about half an hour
after the accident occurred I went down as
soon as the news reached town. While there,
stepped the distance between where the blood
was and the brains of the deceased. The dis
tance was ten PAGES from the brains to the flat
cars, the distance was thirty PAGES. The engine
and cars were standing forty PAGES apart The
bumper of the car was lying on the ground, or
the end of q cross-tie, Immediately opposite the
brains
From the foregoing facts, elected after patient
and exhaustive investigation, the jury of inquest
rendered the following verdict: That Peyton A.
Darwin came to his death by being crushed be-
tween the smoke box of the engine and the end
of the flat car, by the careessness of the deceas-
ed, w. H. Elliott, the engineer, and Jasper Go
forth, fireman.