The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-21
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


would happen there, as 1T is dangerous
crossing first saw it when the buggy
| was forty yards away, but they were driV-
ing fast. II takes about half a nduute
! to lower the gates.-
.Do The gates Take precedence over the
| wires?"
| 81 have never received such orders"
.How long are You supposed TO work."
| Twelve hours"
| HAS anyone ever suggested that two
men ought TO be there!'
MANY people have said so: all the
employees"
| Ibid YOU see the train OF the carriage
first?"
II saw both at tie same time"
| Gould the people in the buggy see the
train?'
| Not until they were on the track. The
station is in the way"
'-Did you hear the whistler"
| 81 old not. | don't usually hear 1t, be-
cause OF the clicking of the Instruments. :"
''How do the gates work."
| every hard They have been broken
| many times aud work hard. After getting
the mess ages, had to pull the signals and
| get the gatcs down. The signals are hard
| TO manage, and this time had to do three
things at once, and besides that call Land
| over for information Of train 1927, coming
SOUTH
I How many men are usually at these
| cnssings?''
| 1.-TWO, as rule"
lis Deanwood a busy crossing?''
eyes teams are constantly passing. If you
| hold either teams or trains we are locked,
| and we very often don't know just what
| TO do
| j. u. Disney, track foreman at Dean wood,
| testified that he saw the accident He saw
| the carriage Just before 1T reached the
track aud Gale To the occupants ia warn
| ing, but they Ill not hear him.
did you hear the whistler
Il did not
WAS the bell rnging?''
Il did not hear that, either"
''w ere the horses unmanage ca ble?"
mo, hut they were going yery fast"
Gould you see the operator in the
| tower?''
yes. saw him start toward the lever to
| lower them,
do you consider this crossing danger
| ous?''
Il consider all railroad crossings dan.
gerous =
j. &. Schnell, of Baltimore, baggage
master of train No. 81, testified that the
| whistle was blown as the train approached
the crossing, about the length of two city
squares from the crossing.
Gould the train have teen stopped be-
tween the whistle post and the crossing?"
"Not ut the rate OF speed we were going"
Nardell Mackhn, of No 2410 South Car
| Isle street, Philadelphia, head brakeman
| of train ga, testified, but his statement
threw no light OIL the accident
Mr.. j. II Cougle. Of Baltimore, nagman,
IN train "a. also test fled. Could not say
definitely whether the bell was ringing or
| the whistle was blown
.'If the whistle had been blown at the
yard curve below the crossing would the
engineer have been able to stop the train?''
YES, if he had recel we'd due warning or
the signal had been red'
The remainder of Mr.. Cougle' S testimony
was unhnpOTtant.
John +. Norwood. of Baltimore, baggage
master cf tram No, 327. which brought
the bodies to the city, testified as TO his
| cunBection with the accident
No is9 Ridge street, furniture driver,
testified that he arrived at the scene di
rectly after the accident. His evidence a
| to the actual occurrence, however, was
| all hearsay.
There being no more witnesses 10 tie eN-
afnfned. Coroner Carr al ,ourned the In.
quest until I O'Clock Monday afternoon. at
the request OF Assistant District attorney
r. f,,rf laa-
witnesses Mr. Taggart W "a late in arriv-
ing at heinquest. and took part in theex-
animation OF only few witnesses.
a number OF articles picked up at the
scene OF the accident were turned over TO
Coroner Carr. tut were not introduced as
evidence today. Among them were gold
shirt buttons, bunch OF keys, some loose
silver, card case with private papers,
and S13 in notes
Comment has been caused by the fact
that "A handsome gold watch suppose ed to
have been worn by the judge, has not yet
been found 1t is feared some dis honest
person has picked it up and has not
turned il over to the proper authorities.
The detectives have the numbers and a
description Of the watch and expect to
soon discover it's whereabouts.
Judge Claughton's body was removed TO
his late residence, No. 174o T street, i'm
mediately after the inquest. The funeral
will take place Monday afternoon, but
final arrangements have not yet been COM
p,eted.
There viii be a meeting OF the gradu-
ates and students OF the National University
Law School ON Sunday evening, at 7:30
o'clock, at the university hall, on Thir-
teenth street, near II street, the meeting
having been called 10 take appropriate
action on the death Of their late professor,
Hon. ii. o. Claughton.
DETAILS. OLE The ACCIDENT.