New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-29
THE coMPANY's INVESTIGATION.

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Condition last evening was hopeful, though he
,,S much weakened His wife was with him
throughout the day
THE CoMPANY'S INvFSrIGATIoN.
The attempt to obtain any information from
the railroad officials did not result in large
measure Of success. In fact they didn't seem in
c,ined 10 tell anything An investigation was held
in the forenoon in the Office Of General Manager
REYNOLDS. who was assisted by w. II. Blood, the
sunerintendent W. D. Kelly. the counsel for the
railroad. was present too. All of the tram hands
Who were in any way connected with the disaster
had been summoned and We're on hand. Ihcy
were called into the room one by one and eN-
amined separately and at length Superintendent
BLOOD said to the reporter " have nothing 10
say. Tomorrow morning may have something 10
i've ont No more than this could he got out 81
Manager Reynolds. A man who was present AT
the investigation gave the impression that the
man in The tower Robert Knott. was wholly re-
sponsible for the disaster.
The engineer of the Rockaway train, Frank
Concrite the fireman. Robert Pierce, and the com
ductor, Edward Finley. were on hand among among
others at the investigation. The reporter asked
the engineer how it was that he came TO dlsap-
near so suddenly if he had not felt that he was
guilty of gross negligence.
II was really too dazed and confused said he,
Ito remember.
POSSIBLE PROSECUTIONS.
You could scarcely go anywhere yesterday III
Long Island CITY without hearing unfavorable
comment on the slowncss Of the county authorl-
ties in taking legal cognizance of the accident
district Attorney Fleming, Of Queens County,
when asked whether it his intention 70 nave
somebody arrested, shook his head could not
arrest anybody" he said, without bench war
rant , u...
And at whose request would such warrant
be issued Pr
Undoubtedly at the coroners.'
w w. Meiners. the coroner in Long Island Clty'
and Mr.. Fleming had brief conference in which
hot
one TO be held by Coroner Brandon, at Newtown,
On the bodies of those who had been taken to the
morsue there. and the other in Long Island City,
bv Coroner Meiners on the bodies Of those who
died from their injuries in St Johns Hospital
Coroner Neincrs decided. however, that he would
do nothing until the verdict was given in the
cases at Newtown.
Coroner Brandon set o'clock tomorrow even
ing as the time and Newtown as the place for his
inouest The names of the jury which has been
summoned have been published
ristrict-Attorney Fleming volunteered the state
ment that il was quite possible that bench war
rants would be issued at the request OF the cor
oner for the arrest Of some of the people lmp!l'
Gated in the accident
Austin Corbin, PRESIDENT OF the Long lslah"
Railroad Company. positively refused TO see any
renorter regarding the disaster. The most polite
requests for explanations OF 'he gary - "
mart of wrecked train onward while the victims
IN ,he other part were weltering in their dying
blood behind were met by the response that MI
Corbin had nothing TO say .u
At the time of the disaster az farkylne Ine
Long Island Railroad Company was insured against
sr;ts for damages i'll cases of death or injury III
the American Casualty Insurance aud SrI ,ai,ns
Company, of Baltimore, ana an cia ann.
srowinr out of that accident were
adwstcd by this company: But since that acct
dent policy expired and had not Of S sh scp
az ,ha insurance company Mr.. Taylor said that
the '' road Would have to pay damages of about
5000 900 to relatives of the dead ana 10 'he III
jured r.. c.o,o p,i,rood
Commissioners will investigate the fatal accldcnt
on the Long Island road at an early DAY hanl-
road Commissioner Richard will go to the scene
Of The disaster Immediately, and will probabiy
attend the Coroners inquest