The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
THE BLOODY ANGLE
Coroner Still Seeking the.
Cause Of the Atlantic
City Horror.
TOWER OPERATORS STORY.
Anxious to Find a Missing Boy
Who May Know Just What
Took Place.
TOWER OPERATORS STORY
snecfc1 TO The Jersel citu Yczps.


crowd present in Odd Fellows Hall was
no larger than yesterday when the Corr
oner,s fnouest into the big railroad wreck
-, 49, . <4;a,,o, Z
aS iesuiiiea eA1is mo- i'-is 5000 . ,
Long, day operator at the Meadow signal
su,er ~ a,,os+ions of Eoraman Evans
s"Si - does7eioit9 = - '1'-''
Long repeated mis- statement made yester-
day that when he ran back to the tower
.o,fear az aa,;aa,,,t enc 5;s+.o+ sigynal ~,
"Aeei Ing 0eeiueno eiRe ui9eseii 7'sa -
the West Jersey was al caution, and the
-. s-s.-''
sishals were an set lor oallser.
George f. Hauser, the man who gave
tha fa ataI signal ~ tbe vrest Jersey exc,1r-
me ia'ai sasiiai 20 'ne w est Jersey eAeui-
SION tram 10 go anead, lhen LOOK eAe
stand. Hauser testified that he was u
49, - '-'e'' - - -
ne entered the service OF the Reaolhg
Railroad as an operator at the Meadow.
+o1yar he u,os ,,,,tos,,a, sor ..;eb+aan
to"er' ne Was q no.oriiiaA III eis iieeH't
months for the Union Traction Company
of FniladeInhia PrevioIls tn being a mo-
- .,iss.ss, 81
eoiiiian ne was d teaes api o'eia'oA ~
the Pennsylvania Railroad for two and
ana-balf ,-aars His pgor,, was m ,snalf
pfanch roauS- On the DAY OF the acclueiiti
he arose about noon and sat on the beach
,,ntit so,,,. a,o,oo1, t1 4a,;al +ba+ 5,a No Al
uD,t-i ioui : eiooA iie usiileu 'i's - .aes
taken anything to drink during the day.
He went to the tower in a freight train.
arriving there at $50. Long left almost
as soon, as Hauser relieved him After
taking off his coat Hauser heard the bell
ring. indicatiner a train apnrogchiup' from
Atlsntis 1situ ~, tt W. re,.seSs
track. He noticed at This time that ali
n6sifSye IF this As son5 as tba nsil
ls no ba lnoixeI It 1sIocir and go
that the Reafiine express from Pbiiaf,ei.
,rl,ie y-ss ~, =, = ~ ~ 5-i-
Fl .,,,d ~ ax,,. a bsS,1t t-o - I NJ
ona-baff r,fles ofs ~ theS 4n,'iIaJ stjass ths
1.a, ,.; s; pe-.est 'rt e. ~
wav fIe jeniaS e,nsSba ticallv M rs
,al5 az i.s ~ rs
aIs 81 9lts me e,iae eglSefor ehe
Tarsax, +,,ain aIo.,t ~, ~, ;,,,ss,,s ~
feaf fron1 the ton 1yba, h Il tl,a s.
,ebt ~ 1 IaW ,rb@ yvst Ia aai +1,an
canae On a axneeted ta psaina ,as,, ssss,,
to sIoU a. IN, = 49, 80 Il
arv eenaps 5yt tba ) 2 %
S G 5 We ~ tunnang esly Iahas1y ss1
one blest IL ~
tben saw }ba sn,nLs frora f,,e sfa.,s af
the f1yer 90 down as if generally r5oes
NJ, ,L - afe airx NJ uoss
Mnsn 9he sfeam Is iurned on, mne ex
The Peadi6r trsin eaya bis II ~ 'iis'. us
,,I,;.+ta ~ - w. 90 q y -
a5d ttsn ~ e,s,s, : = 20 eiis4nS s'aisu
diTq a rlol snsn ,ei5 enasn Sai1is-
and sann - fhe ~ III g,
. aiia - SUN ~ liie cuiilsloiI same ne
! 49, - II
10 Nse,,r-sd 81 ~ - SSss ~. w
m ti,,,a sSeat ti,e,,
s,. $500 : az, y. rfasa
aie5 sai - ID I1sussI
~ 81 ~ Ia =. ts towef g
b5 ~. ~ pus niii.issl. NJ
1 ~ ~ s " pul
tbeve "a es -, 49, ~ AnloHs
,,,od fe, yT ra lo.i'
~ tIi ts3 +bi o, ,, eoroisl ~, Seslis s.l
hefore or aho,,t fbe iina 1f ~ 4ba le 1--we
pe.oiS t. ol dpouL tne liiae ne oI tne colis,on,
s ous ~ poeI - r1iiS Us anu 1aaussf dehy lnis
alq une pos 1ias l,s
iissu3eIe say 10 i5 ong JUMP from elther
;. nlsslih 80 ~ - So,ii9toiA' i1duser mao
t -; 81 AZ 3 ~ Mr'eh ae Went Lo Wofk
~, ~ : : ise ''io isuiiis eieiiis me lisht OF
y y r. ,,,os asl,aa ~, p.aroa,,+ax -.
~, 20 ashe4 @ ~, py rlossGuloI Terry why
- theih iis sloii the rlgnt OF
Wy Wy. ne eHpiainea that ne considered
,,i1,,,+ ne y III ,ne excursion ilve
fha evnrass +ba op anu ns SiVins
v,o,,ld eiayr m , tbee sls ilA m ne
a JaIay IL tba f,,a,. - Iln9e pe +s o,ns
JaIIser had slowed IN fba arn,.ass 49,
t,,yo weeks q % when II y,s ,3as, 80 -,
him to go down to the lower f1oor of
the tower but said that If was lIn,1e,,aJ
to hold the express.
Foreman Evans 9aslxed him if he was
not disobeying the rules of fhe eonana,1z-
by giving the excursion the rio.hf of
way Hauser answered that ear,siisri,s.s
the relative distance from the crosssins, af
the two trains he did NOT think he e3if;
Asked If he thought of the difference
preaching the crossing. he re5lied thgt
the danger signal was against the fiver
and it should have slowed up Hauser
affirmed that on the night fyvo vyhat-c