The morning times., 1895-07-30

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seven years.
Samuel Wood, the engineer OF the train
which is supposed TO have killed the three
boys, was next called. He testified
that he passed the junction a short dis
tance from Riverdale, at S-35. Kept his
eye on the track until his attention was
turned to the signal at the block tower.
He met the other train between the tar
get and the station, but blew his whistle
for the block Immediately after be passed
1t.
EXAMINED THE ENGINE.
His engine, he said, was examined at
the end or the road, and nothing was found
on 1t that would indicate that any one had
been struck by it. He heard nothing OF
the accident, he said, until he read OF it
yesterday morning at Baltimore. He
felt no Jar at any time Saturday night
and made no signals other than the usual
ones.
do you think your train struck those
three boys?" inquired Foreman Emmert.
NO, sir, / do not" replied the engineer,
I emphatically, and If l had struck any
one and known 1t would certainly have
stopped my train"
He said that If he had seen the boys
within the reflection OF his headlight he
couldn't have stopped the train In time
TO save their lives. 1t is impossible, he
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running at the rate of fifty miles an hour
within 500 or 600 yards. He could rot
tell how far he was from the signal block
when he blew his whistle for the siSral
L. + Weaver, fireman OF train No. 509,
was called. and testified that he roticed
nothing unusual IN the way or signals
on that night He left Washington Monday
morning at o'clock and heard nothing
OF the accident until yesterday morning
when he reported for duty al Baltimore.
He testified that when his train passed
the local between the sigral tower and the
station he was bothered by smoke, ard had
/ drawn his head ipslde the cab, Imme-
diately after the train passed he kept his
| eye on the target, waiting for the block
! signal. He rever looked for the signal
until after the engineer blew for 1t.
John a. Khurst, engineer Of train, No. g,
was called and testified that he was on the
| train following No. 500. He did not no.
| tice anything unusual on thetrack and heard
nothing of any unusual signal He thought
that the reflection from the headlight Of an
| engine extended about forty feet, but it de-
| pended upon the atmospheric conditions
and the light itself. There weuld be no
shock, he said, from an engine coming in
| contact with a human body ON the track
MIGHT HAVE SEEN THEM.
He testified that he first heard of the ac-
when he overheard some one say that three
little boys were killed at Riverdale on the
| previous night He was satisfied that his
train did not strike the boys. Was watch
| ing both the signal tower and his track
| after he blew his whistle for the block and
saw nothing unusual. Had the boys been
! on his track he might have seen them.
George Weikle, fireman of train No. 8,
| testified that he made the run with the
| engineer on No. Saturday night, and saw
nothing unusual on the track, and did not
| hear any unusual signals. He also heard
| OF the accident a Baltimore yesterday
| morning when he reported for duty
Alexander Day aughn, a colored preacher,
| testified that he went to BladensbuTg Sat
| urday evening TO make some purchases and
| returned to Hyabsville on the evening
! train He was talking with a friend at
| the station when he heard prolonged whis-
| tie from an approaching train. 1t was
! the fast train from Baltimore, west bound,
| and he testified that the whistling conf
/ menced before the headlight was visible and
| kept up until after a long curve had been
! passed and the light was headed plainly
for the town.
| MI Charles Barber, of Hyattsville testi-
| fled that he went from Washington to his
! home on the 8 O'Clock tain, and as he was
| huIrying to his house from the depot, fear
! ing to be caught in storm, he heard three
very sharp blasts from a whistle coming
| from towards Riverdale. They were i'm
| mediately followed by a fourth and more
| prolonged blast They struck him at the
time as peculiar, and on hearing next morn
ing of the accident to the three boys ne i'm
mediately associated that with the tragedy.
He heard the whistles, however. fully an
houI after the accident wassupposed TO have
taken place.
This practically ended the testimony, and
at 8 O'Clock the july retired. They re-
mained in consultation until 1O:45 O'Clock,
when they returned verdict asfollOws:
The jury believes thatJ Waters BlundOn,
| Guy Brown and Charles Lynch were struck
| by train No. 500, which oCcasioned their
death on the 2Tth day of July, 1895, at
Riverdale, or near thereto. The accident,
| according to the testimony OF witneS Ses,
| was unavoidable in so far al the question
of saving the boys lives was concerned, but
as the bodies of all three were very badly
mutllated the opinion of the jury is that
a proper examination of the engine at the
| terminus of the road would have disclosed
the presence of blood or of portions OF the
bodies, which might have resulted in a
search being made and the discovery of the
remains in a more reasonable space OF
| time.