The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-29
HASTINGS SMASH-UP
Brakeman HGrrick's Part in
the Terrible Wreck.
HIs STATEMENT PUBLISHED.
Says He Thought The Next Train Was
the Oroton Local

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tenced to twenty Years Imprisoum ent
at Hard Labor ~ Caught-The New
York Police DO Not Ihink lie WIN
Commit Suicide and Expect to Capture
Him in Day or Two.
PoUGHKEEpsIE, N. y, Dec 80
Timothy Herrick, father of the New
York Central brakeman whose careless.
ness, it is alleged, caused the disas-
trous railroad accident at Hastin gs-on
Hudson, Chistmas eve, is in this city.
He says he has seen his son in New
York at the latters request and that
his son has written a statement rs Ga
his share in the responsibility Tor tn
accident
Mr. Herrick says he has urged his
son to go TO the railroad officials, but
no has refused on the ground that he
deems it unsafe to make his where
ubouts known until public opinion has
become Calmer so that he can be fairly
hoard. Mr.. Herrick publishes a state
menJ made by his son. 1t reads as fol-
lows:
81 would say, in reference to the acct
dent north of HRstiuBs Christmas Eve,
that when our Jrau slowed mp, but
while yet moving, l dropped oil and
placed two torpedoes on the rail and
then ran back TO the train, which was
still moving: but as it slowed up more
! took my lights and started down the
track to stop the Croton local, then
nearly due
"When half way down l placed one
torpedo on the rail and then walked on
down to the station, thinking it better
TO notify the engineer there before he
was fairly under way again.
''Whun got to tue station l placed
my lights on the platform and tue rcd
light showing south, and then stepped
onto the pl platform and inquired Of the
agent how the local was.
He said he did not know and l sat
down aud remained there three TO five
minutes, when l heard the train com
ing and started for tue door, believing it
to he the local. But soon rs | saw the
train [ knew il was the express and l
grabbed my light anl tried TO attract
the engineers attention, but it was too
laGe,
II followed on up the track hoping
that the train / had lett twenty minutes
before had pulled out of the way. l
soon saw a man coming back with n
red light. Soon as | got to him asked
what had happened and he said they
had struck something but he did not
know what it was. / went on further
and met another man and asked IL any
one was hurt and he said all in the
sleeper were killed.
~ did not deem it prudent for me to
60 to the wreck, SO ! turned about and
came to New York. / fully realize the
awful position / am placed in aud can
only say / felt too sure the train to
come first was the local.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Chief Detective
Humphreys, of the New York Central
Railroad force, came down from Pough.
keepsie and had conference with Gen
eral superintendent Voorhees, in relation
60 Albert HerrUk, the brake man
whose carelessness caused the Christmas
eve disaster on the Hudson River Rail
road, between Hastings and D0bbs
Ferry.
Chief Humphreys said that Herrlok
was still at large. The chief places no
credence in The report that the unfor-
tunato fellow had committed suicide.
He knows too much for that" said
the detective, "and 1 expect to locate
him in a day or two. ="
II caught and convicted HerricS may
receive a sentence OF twenty years at
hard labor in prison
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