St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-10
WAS ANYONE TO BLAME9

,ronsr mn Holds an Inquest Upon the
Remains Of John GroLer, KiiIed by the
Cars
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Hill i'm
pauelled jury and conducted an inquest
upon the remains OF John Grober, killed by
a Chicago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul Short Line
train Thursday night.
The remains We're identified by j. C..
Huber aud Chas. K. Pinger.
Chss. w. OTIS, the engineer on locomotive
No 227, which run over the deceased testi-
fled that he was coming into the city near
the corner Of Fourth street and Eleventh ave
nue. south, when the engine struck a man,
who stepped upon the track directytn trout
of the locomotive. The man seemed to have
his hands in his pockets. The train was
running not to exceed twelve miles an hour
slower than usual. The train met freight
train on the opposite track; my fireman was
ringing the bell; reversed engine and stop
ped as quickly as possible.
Charles Kraft, the fireman testified to sub
stantially the same.
Bernard Darling, a foreman Of the
night yard testified that he stood
on the top of freight car
at the time OF the accident; he thought the
passenger train was running at about twelve
miles an hour.
Patrick Murphy, a switchman, saw the man
standing on the track in front OF the passcn-
ger train aud shouted at him and ne got of; ;
saw ladies aud shouted at them also: at the
same time man stepped upon the track
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engine struck him; the bell was ringing.
Cathartuc BArty testified that she saw the
deceased killed by the short line train :;
Grober was with her and they were ou their
way to church; she saw a freight train on
one track and her son, who was switchman.
saiI there comes another train; Grober was
q little in advance and stepped upon the
track in front OF the incoming passeng ger
train aud WAS struck by tue engine.
Otto, the son, testified TO nearly the same
AS did the mother.
WIN. HunksOu was near nv when the &C
cident occurred; he saw no watchmau but
could have seen one had there been any; he
heard transfer man cell to some one to get
of the track.
Owen Eastward testified that there was no
Waterman at the track at the time OF the ac-
ciaenL
Dr. Spring testified to making a post
morton examination Of the body and that
death resulted IRON shock.
W. A. Hensry, assistant special agent of
The Chicago. Milwaukee x St Paul railroad,
testified That ne employed all hsgmen aud
watchmeu. Since the LIST Of April fagmen
work from $50 in the morning
until ESQ o'clock az night, except
at street railway crossing. Flagmen begin
work at 6 30 a N. aud work until IL O'Clock
at night After NOvcm Der /. at all cross
iuCs save where street ears cross the railway
tracks. the hours OF the aAgmen are from
5:l5 a. m. until O'Clock p. m. No hAgman
was on duty at the crossing where the &C
cideut occurred at the time which it took
place. No street cars cross at the point
where the accident occurred.
The Jury brought in a verdict to the effect
that tue deceased failed TO exercise ordinary
discretion in crossing the tracS and that the
railway company was biamablc Tor failing 70
keep fagmen on duty nirhis aud for run oing
trains arrrSs streets al faster rate Of speed
than the las allows.