New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
THE WRECKS LATEST NlCIlM
JOHN R. BAGNALLs LIFE ENDED
u,e nr.ru THE THIRTEENTH CAUSED BY
THE HASTINGS DIsAsTEn-THE COR
oNFR'S VERDICT.

oNFRS VERDICT
n.u Editor Of "The Poughkeepsie
rvon,nc starr and who injured In the Now 'O'n
-, n,,ccl, at Hastings died yesterday a'eriioo"
- 90 o,cIock Ills brother and sister were eu'''
,,'orea bv telegraph. but arrived 100 late =" -
ur pornall alive Coroner Mitchch sa'e 49,
tor the removal Of the body, and IL was uiA," 49,
dead mans home at : p. m. ME- pas""' pa,,w,r
,h,to.rtb victim Of the disaster TO de MIS- D'''
il not yet out OF danger. . ,.,. .,,,ement to n
Cho,ncev NJ Depew made the positive s'a'eisnv -.
=, rho Trtbune Yesterday that John NJ louoos
ha, mo, resigned his place as ecueial ulahaSe' VI ny
yo,, yor, Central and Hudson River hsh'
Dcnew also said that Mr. Toucey's reS's"A'o" .no,
ham offered TO the directors OF the comp""I
n... yos no such Intention tho part oi '"o S0"''~
manager so far as he Knew .hav r..
Mr.. Dcpew was ulors commnmcauVo ~.,,,,. %
eardng tho accideht at H"e
talk about tile achi' ,s .ao.s not think
.,o, ,ho ycw. York Central 10 not Wiling anu '.'
:. An evcrythinc that can be done 70 p'o'o0. w 49,
y, Messengers riding on Its ROAD "0'. ona ~
ocids,, a meeting Of the directors was W ,.,n
.na, ,,mc Il was decided 70 extend the Q! IN,
~ block signals and the work IN t0Nt .,,n0 20 do
~. 1one The accident at Hastings mas no''Ns 49,
with putting In moro s'e"
becn done anyhow 49, l.. r ohout
A.. I,oror would not have anything 70 Wv soo"'
.A ,ord,c, n the Coroner's jury, but DVi''"n 'ur
+.raent Mccoy who was one OF tne "'." 20.
. o,a ,ho, the result OF the inquiry wouio no'
'.',s, any changes TO take place among tne e"p'''
of tue road Az, ,rrv saw At TO hold
,t,. nth Uorr1cl- said Mr.. Mccoy, "per'ormou
,,t ,o,,ht,Ilv on the night Of tho accioeh'' MI"
h u,u NOT he removed. lie will continue " os ~
,.a noslton which he now holds uh'' VIC ,.h
reason for a change Ossman had ho.n's e.o,,on
n,di,g out trains from the Graid Oe''a - .
,,a, work being performed oy tho e'"' 1'as,
Neither do | think that DeLahoy' 'no "s o,,,ro
, 4, IN blome in any way, because nc hd'i '
i"ss' ." ~ -, .ning ,he next train that was 10 pass
~, .,,or and as he had his own Affairs 10 a"0
80 ~ yas not his business to Inquire why iie'.''n
T., hts station. / do not criticse the "e'ui'O " ~
coroncr's Jury. but Will say thh' 'no -. 80 j., .ho
,v uiu not be Influenced by the statene"' III , w
~ ,h,cb saws TINT the company employs utterly
,,oomnetent men The railroad men d. '"' NV" ~
hs deportments OF the company are proo@oD oc''e
hI q, know than the Jury whether the men empioSeu
a.. competent to take care OF their DuSihesS' ~, "
tho suggestion from the Jury that the cohpa"' "p'
sorne system whereby the lives ot passengers ''' 10
rorc secure | will say that the company was pu""s
In additional signals etc, at the time Oh inc
"a no, rade arrangements to extend the oiocN
system already in operation along 'no io"S =, mo
man who has been discharged from the serNoo Vi wv
a on account Of the accident is Herrick. NO other
change will be made .
Train Dispatcher Ossman was not placeu u'oer a'oo
sorday although Coroner Mitchell visited the urlu
Cortro, station with that object In view lie
called at Supcrlntendent McCoy's once WIN '"o
orrort nut as both Mr.. Mccoy and Mr. voorhees,
rrss him ,hat Ossman had no intention OF running
80 sorvic. vas not pressed. The coroner mau"
rranrcments With tho superintendent TO have ossm"h
appear before Judge Mills, OF Westcne''er 'oi,' W
norrr AZ 10 a. m. at which tmo he VIII nif-
nish bail for his future appearance. ossni"n wac
on duty as usunl from p. III. until m'ins"9 'o'
,ardav M his desk IN the dlspatchers ONCE
No news OF Herrick wns heard yes'eruas' Inc
roi,road officials say that Hcrricks friends nave tod
D,,,ro nm, nhreys that they VII surrender him as
on a. q Thorough unders landing has been reached
With Dstr.ct-Attorncy Platt, Of Wostchcster County
but not before
Forv Yesterday morning, Mr. Walsh. Her
,,oL, counsel went to White Plains to see
District Attorney Patt Mr. Plau was not al
b,s Office but Mr. Walsh saw his assistant
Dsvid V Planck The object OF the visit WAS to hnd
ont what wouM be the sum under winch Hefrlc"
,yould he held in tuil II he surrendered Mr. WIsn
VIZ WIN tbe hail was placed at $1,000 hr. WASH
Ia oSt ght that every effort would be made TO nave
Ucrrick surrender TO tho Coroner 1 tm h
The Coroner viii commit him ana tnen ne VIII ,, pe
~ once taSar before Justice Dykman at WMto
Plain. where application for Tan VIII Ds ihauc.
pnmasmon viii be at hand and Herrick VIII not Se
taken to jail, Mr Walsh aI'o mnoe 'e sSeuts y
Iiasing who were ncr the OF the accident when
r. occirred and who distinctly heard torpsdoeS cN-
Mode thus corroboraing lierrtcks statement that lie
had torpedoed the track