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 Vandals Rob the Bodies of the
Victims?

Charles e. Mincher died in St. Mary's
Hospital, Hoboken, at ii.2O o'clock this
forenoon. He makes the eleventh victim
OF the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad disaster on Hacken'
sack Meadows last Monday.
Mincher's wife and other relatives
were grouped at his bedside when the
end came. He retained consciousness ur
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 wrlting-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
this forenoon and was driven In a car.
riage to the Hoboken Depot OF the
Lackawanna road. He then boa rded the
lo25 train for his home in South Orange
An attempt was made by several re.
porters to interview engineer Hoffman
but he firmly declined to talk and re.
ferred all to the statement he made
exclusively. Yesterday to The Even.
that statement.
supt; Reasoner, of the D.. l.. & w.
When Intercepted to-day as to Engineer
refused to discuss the matter.
Will you tell me-" asked the reporter
n the rear brakeman. Dewitt Wheaton
o. the Dover express, testified at las
tuesdays hearing before President SloaI
mat he placed torpedoes on the track
was Hoffman's?"
"AI tho taeti,,,A,,, ,t,-s -. 49,. 49,
Ing" said Supt. Reasoner, will b,
placed before the Coroner at the inuues
Monday night, and l cannot give an,
portion of 1t to you"
circumstances"
Yes. the law says he must reptile,
Mr., Reasoner.
Now. did he testify that he did hi,
duty. inquired the reporter.
Wen, that. would be telling his testi
mony to you was the aged officials re
when will you summon Engineer Honf
man to testify at the railroad hearing?'
al annot say. Mr.. Hoffman has seei
NJ to give his version already to 'Th,
we'll call for him"
supt. Reasoner added that the hearint
would be resumed either this afternoon
or tomorrow afternoon, when a number
OF passengers or both trains who haC
volunteered to testify. would be heard.
1t is expected tina their testimony viii
go a long way towards establishing a.
a fact whether the Dover express wa!
under Roadway or was at a complet,
standstill.
1t will also aid materially in determinin,
lust about how fast Engineer Hoffman
was running. his train. and as Presi
dent Sloan blames Hoffman for runnin,
too fast, and he denies it, it is an essen
tai Th factor to- be demonstrated.
The Dover train under Roadway, n,
| matter how slight. would MT hax,a hoo,
so badly wrecked as 1t was had IL no
been at a complete ~standstill.
sun, with the, heavy fog which pre-
vailed that Monday morning, the utmos
~precaution should have been taken b,
all hands, and the use of torpedoes bS
the Dover train crew was imperative
A very prominent railroad man said t
the reporter:
IF Wheaton testified that he put tor
pedoes on the track. / think he lied"
He added that. If the Dover express.
there wouldn't have been a passenger
killed or possibly hurt.
Edward NJ. Clark. OF Basking Ridge
was SUI In an extremely critical condi
opinion of the hospital surgeons, was q
question only of hours.
The others injured in the crash, whc
are in St. Mary's Hospital, were report.
ed as comfortable. They are Fred Fer,
guson.- Harry Cornish tor Cowins), Ar.
thur Gardiner, Christopher Arnold and
Ernest ii. Schafer.
The law firm of Seymour. Din &
Chandler. OF Cedar street, New York
for whom William j. Turner, who we,
among the killed on Monday, worked a!
pookkeeper. wrote to the Delaware
pany that Turner had a package OF very
valuable legal documents in his posses
sion besides. 5000 in cash. They asked
Tor Information about the property,
at Volks's morgue S. T. Bray. privat,
secretary for Supt. Reasoner. was pres
ent, and no papers nor money was found
Seymour, Dill & Chandler believ,
that Turner had his %valuables and docu
ments In a black satchel.
A passenger named William II. May
who sat behind Turner, said he wa!
sure Turner carried a black satchel. /
has not been found and neither hay,
the documents or cash.
This gives rise to the surmise tina!
Conductor william T. Rundio, who wa,
In charge In the South Orange trair
jured, Is to-day back at his post as con
ductor of the same local train, 81, leav,
ing, south Orange at 7.55. and reaching
Hoboken. when on time and fogs dom
prevent, at 8.29.
Summonses were issued to-day by Cor
oner Volk for witnesses to appear a
the Inquest next Monday night. They
are Jerry George,
Pierce and De Witt Wheaton, Englnee,
George Sticher and Fireman Franz
Cooper, all the crew OF the Dover ex,
press: Conductor William T Rundlo
Baggage-Master George K. La Rue
Brakemen Frank Maring and Andrew
W.. Bilsby. Engineer David Holman
and Fireman Irwin Metz. crew OF tn,
South Orange local.
others summoned are Supt. R~easoner
Assistant Supt. +. J. Griffith, Master Me
chanic William H.. Lewis, John Nc
Kenna, detective for the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western road, and Pri
vate Secretary S. T. Bray.
BY the deaths OF Rafello Russo anC
Lingo Cananello, the list OF victims OF
the trestle collapse OF the New Yorl
and Susquehanna road at Fairview. nov
numbers three.
All the bodies were at Coroner Volks'!
morgue. The Coroner denies that n,
said he believed there We're more Ital
ians buried in the sand and wreckag,
of cars at Fairview.
Contractors Broadheaf e. Hickey de
clared that all their employees are nov
accounted for.