New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30
CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE
-ro BROOKLYN ELEVATED RAILROAD
SWITCHMEN HELD.
arm ,v,r.rrn IN THE ACCIDENT on THURSDAY
NIGHT RECOvERING-THE coRoNEks IN
orrsr BEGUN go LOOKING FOR An

,,~u, REPRESENTATIVES, CoRONER's IN
o1-rsr BEGUN -- LOOKING FOR An
OTHER IMPLICATED swlTCHMAN
,,, Rogers twenty-fcur years Old and Ma'achi
ga,noann tair;y-four years old, s"i'ch'"e" :" Wv
s,onov of .he Brooklyn Union Elevated kailroaa ana
.a.iored in the signal tower al Alabama-ave, were
vested on A charge of homicide yesterday AFTER
mon BY Deteciive-Sergeants Garvey and harris OF
-. ssvs,teenih Precinct in having caused the deatn
=. Engineer Thomas Gaffney. fatally injured In the
week on Thursday night in East New-iorK Inc
men admitted the officers that they were IN '"e
signal tower when the up train passed and had been
i,s.-uucn;a in causing the swh opposite brdd''iu-
=, % be left OPEN thus causing the head-on coisoh'
vo,,hor Than this they would say nothing.
They were s,raignei before Police Justice Kramer
in the Gates Avenue Court, yesterday afternoon and
remanded to Raymond Street Jail without bail 10
avail the result Of the Coroner's inquest.
Coroner Mason Yesterday morning impaneled a
jury and viewed The body of Gaffney. He also went
"a s. Marv's Hospital where several of the Injured
reone were being treated and took their ante-mor-
TEN statements. The Coroner made an autopsy on
Gafney and adjourned the inquest until Monday
night next al o'clock. al the Lberty-ave. precinct
station The Coroner got from several Witnesses OF
thu accident their versions Of H. and the proceedings
or Monday night are likely - be interesting.
The police are looking for a third man employed
as switchman at Alabama-ave. who. 1t Is asserted.
gave the order for the throwing OF the switch Up
10 late hour their quest had not been successful
INJURED MEN RECOVERING.
The people injured in the wreck were improv-
ing yesterday. Only OF the eight who were
injured is now i'm the hospital Herman Heath.
iwenty-two years old. of Canarsie. fireman on en-
CINE No g. whose left leg crushed. is at 81
Johns Hospital The surgeons say he will get
well II blood poisoning does not set IN. george
Thomas fireman on the passenger train who was
scslded and suffered spinal injury. was removed
from ST Mary's Hospital TO his home In CanaIsie
yesterday afternoon. 49,.
The railroad officials worked with such diligence
all night Thursday night at the wreck that yes
shes 10 mark the spot where the locomotive and
smoker went All the WOODWORK or the
wrecked cars was burned and the iron and steel
ere carried TO the junk yard.
ROAD OFFICIALS KEEP SILENT
The greatest retcence was observed at the Of
fees Of the company with reference TO the actual
cause of the accident General Manager Barton
said a statement would be made the
facts were known. lie said there were four men
concerned in Il.
II Was reported in the neighborhood Of the signal
tower Yesterday that liquor,drinkng was at the
bottom OF all the trouble. The men at the signal
tower 4, was said, were in the habit OF making
frequent trips nearby saloon. The cold
weather increased the drinking. and this put the
men in poor condition for duty OF a critical nat
ure. This may all be made clear at the inquest on
Monday night All the employees of the road are
under strict orders 10 say nothing
Thomas Caffney. engineer OF No. "a. was native
Of Homestead. Penn. ana competent man ne
had served az an engineer for ten years on the
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
His train was going. according 10 witnesses. about
seven miles an hour.