The evening world., 1894-01-19
eleven NOW DEAD.
Charles E. Mincher Dies in st,
Mary's Hospital, Hoboken.
Engineer Hoffman Goes to His
Home In South Orange.
Did Nandals Rob the Bodies of the
Victims?

Charles L. Mincher died in st. Mary's
Hospital. Hoboken, at H. ~ o'clock this
forenoon. He makes the eleventh victim
or the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad disaster on Hacken-
sack Meadows last Monday.
Minchcr's wife and other relatives
were grouped at his bedside when the
end came. He retained consciousness up
to a half hour before his death. and dur
Ing the forenoon listened to a commune
cation which a friend sent him regard
Ing the writing-up OF his affairs.
Mincher lived In Summit, n. j.
David Hoffman, the engineer OF the
South Orange local. which ran into the
Dover express. and the man who is
blamed by President Sloan. of the Della
ware. ~Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road. for Mondays awful accident. left
81; Mary's Hospital, Hoboken. at 1910
this forenoon and was driven in a car
Lackawanna road. He then boarded the
lO.25 train for his home In South Orange.
An attempt was made by several re-
porters to interview I,ngineer, Hoffman,
but he firmly declined to talk and re-
ferred all to the statement he made
exclusively. yesterday to ''The Even
ing World reporter. He still sticks to
that statement.
Supt; Reasoner,, of the D., L.. & w,
when interrogated to-day as to Engineer
Hofman's story and denial of blame,
refused to discuss the matter.
Will you tell me-" asked the reporter.
II the rear brakeman, Dewitt Wheaton,
or the Dover express, testified at last
tuesdays hearing before President Slonn
or tiaggsd the South Orange train. which
was H~offman's|"
All the testimony given at that hear.
2 aid snpt' Reasoner, will he
Monday night, and l cannot give any
Isn't 1t the rear breakman's duty to
put torpsdoes on the track under such
Yes. the law say he must replied
Mr.. Reasoner.
Now, did he testify that he did his
duty inquired the reporter.
We'll, that would be telling his testi.
mony to you" was the aged oficial's re.
when will you summon Engineer Hon.
- cannot say. Mr.. Hoffman has seer
NJ to. give his version already to The
Evening, World and l don't know tina
well call for him
Supt. Reasoner added that the hearing
would be resumed either this afternoon
or tomorrow afternoon, when a numbe
OF passengers on both trains who had
W tVcNily "oulh We lltdTu.
1t is expected that their testimony will
go a long way towards establishing as
a fact whether the Dover express was
under Roadway or was at a complete
1t will also aid materially in determining
just about how fast Engineer Hoffman
Sant sInsn e, his train; and as Presi;
too fast, and he denies 1t. 1t is an essen.
tial factor to be demonstrated
The Dover train under Roadway. nc
so badly wrecked as It was had it moi
been at a complete standstill.
stu with the heavy fog which pre-,
p~recaution should have been taken by
al hands. and the use of torpedoes by
the Dover train crew was imperative.
\ very prominent railroad man said to
II Wheaton testified that he put tor.
He added that. il the Dover express
had been under a twelve-mile Roadway,
there wouldn't ave been a passenger
killed or possibly hurt.
Edward NJ. Clark. OF Basking Ridge,
was SUI IN an extremely critical condi-
ton this morning. His death. in the
opinion of the hospital surgeons. was a
question only of hours.
The others injured in the crash, who
are In st. Mary's Hospital, were report
guson. Harry Cornish Tor Cowins), Ar
thur Gardiner, Christopher Arnold and
Ernest II. Schafer.
The law firm of Seymour, Dill &
for whom William j. Turner, who was
among the killed on Monday, worked as
bookkeeper. wrote 10 the Delaware,
pany that Turner had a package OF very
valuable legal documents In his posses.
sion besides $500 in cash. They asked
for information about the property.
When the body of Turner was stripped
at Volks's morgue. S. T. Bray. private
secretary for Supt. Reasoner, was pres.
ent; n no papers nor money was found
seymour oSr'TDj ii SNFe ( eEh . 'fG aP bepiev,
that Turner had his ~valuables and docu.
ments in a black satchel:
A PASSENGER named William II. May,
who sat behind Turner. said he was
sure Turner carried a black satchel. II
has not been found and neither nave
the documents or cash.
This gives rise to the surmise that
vandals robbed the bodies OF the dead
Conductor William r. Rundio, who was
In charge In the South Orange train
Monday, and who was only slightly in
1ured. is to-day back at his post as con
ductor Of the same local train, 81. leav-
Ing, South Orange at 1855. and reaching
Hoboken, when on time and fogs don't
prevent, at 500.
Summonses were issued to-day by Cor.
oner Volk for witnesses to appear at
the inquest next Monday night. They
CIV NoiuuCloT Jerry bfOiet, GuSSHSt-
Master Abe Ayres, Brakemen John
Pierce and De Witt Wheaton. Engineer
George sticher and Fireman Frank
press: Conductor William T. Rundlo,
Baggage-Master George *. La Rue,
Brakemen Frank Maring and Andrew
W.. Bilsby. Engineer David Hoffman
and Fireman Irwin Metz. crew OF the
South Orange local.
Others summoned are Supt. Reasoner
Assistant Supt. f. J. Griffith, Master Me.
chantc William H.. Lewis, John Nc.
Kenna. detective for the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western road. and Pri,
vate Secretary s. 7. Bray.
by the deaths OF Rafe!lo Russo and
Lingo Cananello, the list of victims OF
the trestle collapse on the New YORK
and Susquchanna road at Fairview. now
Numbers three.
All the bodies were at Coroner Volks's
morgue. The Coroner denies that he
said he believed there were more Ital.
ians buried in the sand and wreckage
of cars at Fairview.
Contractors Broadhead & Hickey de.
clared that all their employees are now