The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-26
GALLOWAY WAS NEGLIGENT
Trninnscn Say Before the Coroner.
Jury the Wreck Wonid Have Beer
ANcrtrd Had lie Done Ills Duty.

ANcrtcd Had lie Done Ills Duty.
The guilt OF the negligence OF brake
man George w. Galloway is becoming
more clearly established day by day.
He is the uan who caused the wreck
on the Delaware Railroad at Porter's
early Wednesday n orninE and which
resulted fatally to Vim. Il. Whaatley,
of tho express.
Coroner Kinks Jury met on the casa
of Wheatley yesterday afternoon and
from the evidence presented, ii Gallo.
way had done his duty the crash would
not havo occurred. lie has not been
seen but once since the accident, and
IL lie is he wilt be held responsible for
the death OF the ilremau.
The Coroner's Jury is composed OF
|. Charles Il, Spurks. Thomas Rossiter,
William L. Bratton, Jola 3. Gnder,
and T.. L. Martin. Ed ward Meleholr
, is foreman. That the jury might hear
, tho testimony Of james A. Grub, the
, engineer OF the Norfolk express, who
has not yet recovered from the lniu-
: rles reeeiyed. tho jury adjourned to
meet again Monday evening, but not
before the testimony OF several train.
men were heard,
Richard harrison, engineer OF loco
: motive No. II, which was drawing the
freight train, said he was drawing
, tGirt5-six loaded ears to Aeimar I'VE
were backing out onto the siding n
Q Porter = to allow the express to pass
| We had stopped at rortcr's, for the
! red was gong against me. We got
orders to back onto the siding and LEI
the express go by. We had some trou
l BILE 10 getting onto tho siding. All o
, our train could not get on the siding
a. b..l So, t,,,, -. =.
til train pulled off the Delaware City
branch and lot US go onto that w,
were backing when the express raj
t into us. 1t was the duty of the flag
man to so back and flag the othel
train. He should have put two tor
I pedoes on the track and have gone
: BAT with red lantern.
We left Bear station twenty-siy
minutes ahead OF the express and ar,
2 rived at Portnrs eleven minutes ahead
< Of the night line The ilagman was
y notified that we were going to buck ii
!, and he knew his duty well enough tt
. 60 back and flag the other train, II,
y should have gene back 900 yards ant
:, he had plenty Of time to do it. II wa
a his duty to stay on tho main tract
= and flag the train until jailed him ii
o by -four whistlea. / believe tina
y 'nothing could have prevented tho &C
r. eldent but the ilagman, did not Sc
, tho other engine coming. 1t strucl
= two or three cars buck of me and w
1t had to crawl out on the engine by this
a front window and along the foot
"a board. No one was hurt on my tlai
- except Head Brakeman Carey
J. Conductor Of the freight train Phil
Jones stated that he stopped his trai
y at Porter 8 to get orders, as the signt
:, was against him.
l. ave stopped and got orders to bac
Ii. on the siding. The ilagman got o
IL and went back to signal the expires!
:, He should have gone back 900 yard
20 and laid two torpedoes on the trac
Is and also used his red lantern. ga
i him get off the train ana start up tn
!. track. ! haven't seen him since excel
once, and that was about an hou
after the collision. He said he though
t. we were clear of the main limo.
a think il he had done his duty thei
:. would have been no collision. II
~ should have stayed out until called
Is by the engineer. When | saw him /
n had como in OF his own accord. III
ir express could not have been signaiei
:, The tlagman lad his red lantern whe
u | saw him last.
,lr Engineer Meredith, middle brakema
anu AtbOl LII litbHhu. hllt
= nothing of the accident. but said
~ Galloway had been attending to h
rs duty the wreck would not have o
dis CURED.
IN thomas b, Lewis. tho conductor
tho Norfolk express, said: II tie ilr
knew Of the accident was when
felt tina shock, / had Just got throut
working my train and was about
"a turn over the Pullman tickets to L
:. conductor of the Pullman cars. d
a. not hear any torpedoes. | saw t
81 Rasman OF the freight train after
no accident. ! got off my train as So
~ as | could, and after calling to II
- lagmGn to 20 up the track, start,
e5 for tho station.
ms Il saw u red lantern sitting In I
al middle OF the track and carried 1t II
Their up the track and set it dow
Us just after | set it down the freig
up ilagmRn came UP and carried ii ava
1r ! have not seen him since. had
,, conversation with him whatever.
think II my train had been propel
IN slgnaled the eolltsi on would not .ha
". occurred, unless it was through [
I'D carelessness of my engineer, and
know that he is not careless. Tor he
10 one OF the lest on the road and
S. co mpany regards him as such.
could have stopped in about four Tn
lengths
The jury then adjourned.