Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
Engineer Julian Held
TN AWAIT THE ACTION OF THE
GRAND JURY, WAS THE
DECISION.
He is Out on a $500 Bond-His Own
Story of the Wreck as Told in
Justice Winscott's Court.

The preliminary hearing which was
, granted Engineer Julian was contin-
, ueti in Justice Winscott's court Oct. 81.
+ The most important feature of the
, days proceedings was Engineer Jul
ian's own story of how the wreck oc-
Cured. Mr.. Julian was on the wit
ness stand for over an hour, and he
gaye his testimony in q loud, clear
tvoice. He stated that he had been
railroading for u years; that he was
IS years of age, and that he had been
on his present run for about Is months.
His home is in Moberly and ne has a
wife and three children living in that
place.
He stated that he received the mes
sage left for him at Montgomery by
Conductor Williams, Of train No. 81,
and that as nearly as he could remem-
Der the contents of the message were
as follows:
"To Conductor and Engineer of No.
l23.-LoOk out for No. q at Montgom-
cry water tank and W~eHsville on main
track.
(Signed) WILLIAMS
1t will be noticed that this message
differs from the one which Conductor
Williams says he sent, in that it omits
the name "Martinsburg." Julian
claims that he stopped his train at
Montgomery water tank and Wells
vile and then started on. The story
from this on, as told in his own words,
ia:
81 started train from Wellsville coal
chute and on striking straight track
east of M~artinsburg could plainly see
switch lights and order board. This
was some % miles east of Mar
tinsburg, and as l approached town 1
could more distinctly see lights. Just
west of mine track spur 1 blew station
whistle, everything being clear. Re-
ceiving no signal from real end of my
train and being late, l let her go.
just as engine passed east house track
switch my headlight showed me yell
low color of 21's caboose. Instantly
following a very dim red light
showed up on right side of caboose.
I Immediately shut off engine and ap-
piled air brakes, at the same time
telling fireman and brakeman to jump
off. Got off myself"
Such was the story of the way in
which the terrible wreck occurred,
taken down exactly as he told it. He
stated that Il red light Is hard to see
at that time of day, owing to the
twilight, and also that a red light an
not be seen easily when a white light
is between said red light and the one
looking ahead.
Conductor G. II. Williams, of No. p,
was again called to the witness stand
and when asked to repeat what passed
between him and Julian after the
wreck said:
"After accident occurred and the
injured we're taken care of l went up
to Julian's engine and found him look
ing around his engine. 1 asked Mr.
Julian if he had received my message
at Martinsburg to look out for Fl at
Montgomery water tank, Wellsville
and MartInsburg, and he answered
mo- Said he had received no mes
sage from me. I Immediately hunted
his conductor, Mr.. Ostrander, and
asked him same question. Ostrander
went with me to Julian. He asked
Julian if he had received message
from head brakeman. Julian W
ed: Il got a slow order to look out
for bad track at Wellsville and read
that far in message, then threw it
down."
Thus it seems that Julian told Will
liams after the wreck that he did not
receive his order at Montgomery and
says in his testimony that he did, and
the head brakeman of No. % said yes
terday that he handed the order to
Julian at Montgomery.
The testimony was all in by 2
O'Clock this afternoon, at which time
City Attorney Rodgers made an able
argument for the prosecution, which
lasted about an hour. He was follow
ed by George Robertson, who spoke
for an hour for the defendant, and
Prosecuting Attorney Trimble closed
the case with a short argument.
At 4 o'clock Justice Winscott gave
his decision. He said that in the face
of the evidence given he could see no
way open but to hold Engineer Julian
guilty of criminal carelessness and he
was bound over in the sum of $500 to
await the action of the January Grand
Jury.