St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-24

ne VIII Push the Investigation of
. the Accident to the Fullest
Extent-Several More Bodies
Identified-EIght Bodies Still
Left in the Morgue at Battle
pn Greek.
BATTLE CREEK. Mich. Oct. 2s.-Late
last night two more of the bodies burned
Ia the Grand frank wreck were identi-
Hed. The remains are those of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles SAKE. of New York city.
lhey were Identified by brotner from
mat city. Three more bodies were
identified this morning. The following
: Is the list: Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Doland,
OF Tilsonburg, Ont; j. j. Brown,
OF Strathroy, Ont. Two more bodies
were recognized this afternoon
as those of Marcus Refs, of Kansas
City, Mo-, and j. NJ. Sloss, of Chicago.
There are eight bodies left in the
morgue. A large nIImber of people are
SILL In the city looking fol- friends who
are supposed to be lost as the remaining
bodies are SO badly burned itlentifca-
ton is almost impossible. Nothing can
be found to identity the body of Rev. F.
K. Clarke. of Brantford. Ont, supposed
to be among the dead.
The cOroner'S inquest on the awful
railroad horror was set for 9 O'Clock this
morning. and sensational legal develop
ments are expected. Owing to the alb
senee of one of the jurors, however, it
was some time after that before the
proceedings commenced.
Prosecutor Clark is the busiest man
In Battle Creek this morning. He
means to leave no stone unturneG in
Sitting the horrible affair to che bottom.
II know that convictions are seldom
obtained in these cases. he said this
morning, but l think the result will be
different in this one. The coroner's in
quest will come first. have adjourned
the criminal examination until after
that is completed, and shall myself con-
duct the examination of witnesses be-
fore Coroner Gillette. My reason for
wishing to have the inquest first is be-
cause a proceeding of that character
admits OF great license in the matter
of examining witnesses. do not know
whether Engineer Woolley and Con-
ductor Scott have retained coun-
sci or not, but presume they have.
There is nothing connected with the en-
tire tragedy that | shall not endeayor to
bring out at the inquest. Neither will
the higher railway officials be left out
of the examination. l mean to find out
whether the rush of business has in
duced them to employ incompetent
subordlnates, and if so, why they should
not be held responsible for such acts.
There are a great many features of the
affair which will bear investigation. l
cannot understand why a high build
ing should have been placed inside the
curve where the accident occurred,
etfectually shutting OFF all view in each
direction. When we have an ordinance
which prohibits the running of trains
within the city limits at a speed
greater than ten miles per hour,
L think the speed made by
tho east-bound train must have
been great from the time it left the
depot, in order to strike with such ter
rlble force. These conflicting stories of
the engineer and Conductor Scott must
also be Strengthened out somehow. 1t is
matter in which the entire country is
Interested. and there must be no hest
fancy in getting at the truth"
1t was finally decided by Prosecutor
Clark. before taking up the inquest, to
adjourn the examination of Engineer
Woolley and Conductor Scott on the
criminal charges until Nov. l. At
II, o'clock the absent juror put
in an appearance and the in
quest began. Train Dispatcher Seth
Cornell was the first witness
examined. His testimony is to the eff
feet that he gave Conductor Scott orders
to run to the double track at Nichols,
and wait for No. 9. Scott signed his
orders and EngineerWoolely read them,
as the rules OF the road require. Gil
bert F. Cranshaw. engineer of No. 9.
was the second witness examined. He
testified that when he was within half
mile of the scene of the accident he ap-
piled his brakes and was coming to
stop at the time the trains came togeth-
er. He said that he could only see five
lengths ahead of his engine. but that he
did not have control of his train so that
he could stop WITHIN $50 feet,