Bridgeton pioneer., 1891-01-15

| crossing. he saw the train passing
his house short time afterward, he
saw the train backing down toward
Vineland. The witness was standing
by an open window and he beard no
whistle or signal bell, The train passes
his house usually about fifteen minutes
after eight O'Clock in the morning.
Mr.. Gellette was we'll acquainted with
Linniken. The grade of the road 60
ing north was downward, and this
train usually ran by his house at about
a rate of thirty-five miles an hour. Mr..
Gellette had an idea that an engineer
could readily see person on the Bou-
levard from the cab of locomotive.
On cross examination he also said that
if a man driving along the Boulevard
had any eyes at all he could have seen
the train, had he looked behind him.
The wagon in which Linniken was rid
ing was covered wagon. The wind
was blowing from the north west.
James Nelson, farmer living near
the Oak road crossing, took the witness
chair, and said he had been attracted
to the accident by the collision. and
went over to the scene. He declared
that he heard no signal, nor any bell.
In fact it was a frequent occurrence
for trains to pass that point without
giving any signal whatever. Mr.. Mel
son was a very positive witness. He
said both horses were dead and that
the wagon had been reduced to kind
ling wood.
Albert Turpin, Jr., son of the old
gentleman, who had preceded him on
the stand, was in company with his
father on the morning Of the accident.
He first saw the meat wagon opposite
Nelson's house, on the Boulevard
AS to the wagon, the weather and the
crossing, the son corroborated the tes-
timony of his father. The witness saw
the accident was inevitable and start
ed to run to warn the young man, but
was too late. He saw the boy after
the accident, and he was dead. He
heard no signal from the engine. If
there had been any, he thought he
should have heard it. Upon cross ex-
animation, Turpin said that he did
not see the driver while in the wagon.
probably he was sitting too far back.
The wagon was pretty we'll broken up.
The contents were scattered about.
Saw some money laying around. He
picked up eleven cents and kept it.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
The Hand case occupied the entire
day. The morning, was taken up by
the prosecution with its case, and
when Court had adjourned in the
afternoon, the defense had just finish
ed. The Prosecutor presented a
strong case as far as he could go, but
whsn-the defense had been presented,
the maxim was illustrated, zone story
is good until the other told" 1t was
an interesting case, and Mr.. Bacon,
counsel for the defense, had his case
marked out with the care of veteran.
Everything OF advantage seemed to
have been drawn in the defense. The
expert engineers testimony was a
very important part of the case, and
must have had decided weight with
the jury. Mr.. Schenck's evidence was
SO clear and convincing, as to the
duties of an engineer, that an old
habitue of Court, and a close steiner,
remarked, Bacon might just as we'll
rest his case right there. That is
sufficient to convince me-" The testi-
InoDy of Hand himself was clear and
direct, and given in a manner calcu-
l,red to benefit himself greatly. A
peculiar point is that during the entire
the stand, there was not woman
called to give testimony.
The first witness called after noon
was Isaac Garrison, proprietor of
line of accommodation hacks in Vine
land was called to prove that when
the train backed down with the dead
body of Linnlken, James NJ. Hand, the
defendant, was in charge of the engine.
The witness had conversation with
Hand when the train came back
to the depot, and The engineer had
told him in answer to question as to
how it happened, that the team was
running away.
Benz. Camp, lad of fourteen. was
called next. He lives on West Boule-
ward, south of the Oak road crossing.
He remembered distinctly the morning
of the accident. He was up stairs in
the house when Linniken' S team passed,
and from the noise it made he thought
there was runaway. He ran out
doors and saw the team going around
on the Oak road crossing. The train
was Just behind the wagon. He saw