The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-21
THE SANTA FE WRECK.
The Funeral OF the Victims VIII Take Place
Today.

No new light has been thrown upon the
cause of Mondays fatal wreck and no
reason can be assigned for it except the
unusual speed at which the engine was
running when it left the track. The news
of the fatal accident was received at New
ton, Wellington and Arkansas with great
+ sorrow for the unfortunate victims were
well known in these towns, particularly in
railroad circles.
Yesterday morning the coroner held an
inquest and investigated the cause of the
wreck with a view to find out all the facts
concerning it in order that the Eresponsi-
bility for it might be attached TO the
proper parties.
Michael Connell, the division road
master was the first witness called and he
testified that he had been over the road
the same day and found the track in good
order. He distinctly remembered that
that part of the road where the wreck oc-
CURED was in good shape.
A. Stabbler was the next witness called.
He testified that he was one of the crew OF
the ill-fated switch engine. ''At 1910 yes
terday we got orders TO run to Derby,
said he, land when we got there we re-
ceived working orders to work below
Derby. We went to the wreck where we
left lot of men and tools and came back
to Derby, when we received orders to re-
turn to Wichita. We left Derby at BAT
and ran at a speed somewhere between
thirty and thirty-five miles per hour. One
and half miles north of Derby the en-
gine left the track, struck a bank and
turned over on its side. There was no
whisky on the engine and the members of
the crew were perfectly sober"
James Mcneil of Derby, foreman of the
section on which the wreck occurred, tes-
titled that the track at the point at which
the wreck occurred was in good shape.
Dr. Purdue and Dr. McClees testified to
the physical condition of the men when
they found them. Their testimony was in
accordance with the detailed facts in yes
terday mornings EAGLE.
After the evidence was all in the jury
returned the following verdict:
State of Kansas, Sedgwick county, IS.
An inQuisition holden at coroner's Office,
Wichita, Kan, on the Goth dayOf October
1891, before me, Z. B. Badger, coroner OF
Sedgwick county, on the dead body OF j..
Q. Wade, there lying dead, by the jurors
whose names are hereunto attached. The
said jurors, upon their oaths, do say that,
from the testimony given, the deceased
came to his death from wreck on Santa
Fe railroad. Cause of wreck not known.
q. j. JONES,
PADDY SHEA,
JOHN STEARNS,
g. NJ. GREEN,
(. s. DENNIS,
S. G.. MILLS.
T.. enid i1r have
hereunto set their hands the day and
year above written.
Attest: + B. BADGER, Coroner
Yesterday morning 1t was reported on
the streets that Young, one of the injured
men had died and in the afternoon 1t was
reported that Martin had also died. The
EAGLE reporter upon investigation not
only found both reports false but ascer-
tained that both men were doing nicely
and are practically out of danger.
DISPOSITION OF THE DEAD.
At 10 O'Clock this morning the body of
Frank Malby, the dead yardmaster, will be
shipped over the Santa Fe to Wheeling,
w. Va, near which place the remains will
be buried.
At 1:30 in the afternoon the funeral of
John Wade and Philip Reamer will take
place. The procession will form at Wades
late residence, corner of Washington and
Gilbert streets, and will proceed to the
late home of Reamer and from thence will
proceed to the Emporia Avenue Methodist
church, where the funeral sermon Will
be preached After the services at the
church the procession will move toward
Maple Grove cemetery, where both bodies
will be buried side by side.
| The procession will consist of the rail-
road mutual benefit orders, of which the
deceased were members. Delegations ar
rived last night from Arkansas City, New
ton and Wellington to attend the funeral,
aud many more are expected this morning.
The Newton delegation will bring band
with them and it is probable that another
band will be engaged here.
Reamer was insured for $500, Malby
for about $4,000 while poor Wade wasn't
CARRYING cent of insurance.