The evening world., 1891-12-29
TO INVESTIGATE THE WRECK.
Railroad Commissioners Reused
by the Hastings Disaster.
Central Onlcinis Say Herrlck's Ex-
PLANTATION I. False.

Il was announced this morning that the
state Railroad commission would make a
special Investigation intu the recent fatal aC-
,idcuts on the Hudson River Division OF the
New York Central Railroal.
Particular attention, II Is stated, will be
raid to the christmas Ey" tdil-Cnd collision
ut Hastings, ana the responsibility OF the do
spatch.r whu continued To send out fast cS-
press trains despite the fact that wreck at
sing Sing was blockins traffic viii, 1t is
Understood, br carefully inquired into The
Indirect responsibility ofthe Newlork Central
ofirlll; IN ucsicctinS to provide the railroad
with such safety devices as the block signal
system may also be Investigated.
Thr commission Is composed OF william l..
Rogers, Of Garrlsons; Isaac V. Baker, jr., Of
Com,tocEs, and Michael Klckard, ~ Utica.
They have not yet fixed the date to begin the
Investigation.
IL was positively denied at the Grand CEN
tral station this morning that Albert f.
lcrr!ck, the brakeman whose negligence was
primarily responsible Tor the latest fatal
wrcch, hnd been arrested and was In the GUS
tody Ol the Company's detectives.
Third Vice. President Webb was authority
for the statement that no trace had Yet been
discovered OF llcrrick, hut that all the CEN
trails detectives and several outside officers
were engaged IN the hunt for him. The idea
that the Company was secretly conniving at
licrr,cks escape was declared to be rdicu-
ious.
III" inquest on the christmas Eve collision
will begin at NOnkers at 10 o'clock tomorrow
forenoon. 1t Is said that two inqueSts may
nc h"ld-nne at l"nkers on the hIe victims
VINO died IN tn" hosIia there, and another
at 'rarrytOwn on the seven whose dead bodies
were taken there Immediately after the col
N>iDa.
The Railroad commissioners have notified
Coroner Mitchell, OF lOnkcrS, OF their lnten-
ton to I've present at the Inquest.
liraKcman llrrrlck has made statement In
wrijag which was mailed TO d. II. Mccoy,
Suucrilt"nhcnt If the division ON which the
accident occurred.
In It Hcrr!cK claims that he placed tor
pcdors on the track, set III red lantern on
III" station platform, expecting mat the n"AL
train was the trutun local lie did n"t know
that train was not running In It's order TIL
til" express dashed by.
General sUpt. voorhees, this morning said 1t
was illpuS~ihlc that ilerriCk had placed tor
pedors on The track, because not only the en-
Eiuccr of the II. Loui, Express but the pas
ScHgcro would have heard their explosion.
" 1t IS an uttcr-Ihought by licrriCk to eX-
cusc himself, said Supt. voorhees,.
District-Alturncy Platt, Of Nestchester
county, says he VIII present all the facts
brought to his knowledge before the Grand
Jury at is next session. The Grand Jury
meets at White Plains IN February.
m Di,trlct-Attu, says he will not only
ASK for the Indictment Of Hrrrlck, but of the
train despatch VINO sent out the ST. Louis
Express, knowing that there was wreck at
sing sing as well.
lie further holds the dispatcher responsible
because or the alleged altering ofthe schedule
on the fatal night with notifying the sta
ton agents at each station that the way train
bound Tor CrutOn had been taken of the run
that evening.