The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18

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they came 70 their death On the 18th
and 14th days Of September, 1899.
respectively, in this county, by rear
end collision OF trains about a thou
sand feet corrh OF Famoso station.
due 70 the negligence Of employees
CT the Southern Pacific All Of which
We duly certify by this nqusi1on
n writing by Us Signed this 17t5
day Of September, 1899.
"a Z Baer, G Z. Shubau, :. Z.
Y dtsitJ, T 3. Orr, Charles Cohn. Z.
y. BlACker, Robert EIaczer, Harry
Philips, a !. Knower
Il hereby approve the verdict
FRANZ BUCEREUS, Coroner"
That was he verdict of the Coro1er's
Jury st the conclusion % the inquest
held here today for the purpose Of fix
tug the responsibility 01 the death Of
Mrs. Maggie Majors, Mrs. Jessie Ross,
Mrs. Angie Ia Rue and Engineer
Wright, who lost their lives IN the ter
-1ble wreck Oh the Southern Pacific al
Eauoso station twenty niles north Of
here, On the night OF September Is.
Quite 4 lumber Of spectators were
present n the courtroom % witness
The proceedings and catch the details
OF the horrible affair as they dropped
from the sober Lps of the train crews
that were II the wreck These people
are dissatisfied al the result They DO
uoC think al the facts we're brought
OUT 10 properly place the blame Of the
destruction OF four lives The Coro-
rer and District Attorney are held re-
spocslble for this apparent negligence
Some are 80 radical as 10 say The jury
was packed" N the interest OF some
body. Dlssa ClSt&cClCD vas prec1plL2led
a the failure ID have the agent at : q
ECs0 present u Lel what he Knows or
what happened just preceding the
wreck II vas 70 nm Conductor W i.
hess zr OF the EorCervl--e train applied
t1- orders as soou as his train reached
Ea-Csa station and Il was he n no told
heSslzr that passenger No. had orders
on reaching FamJsC, at ID clock, 70
wait --r Al eaSLOould extra freight 70
pass.
Il IS also the agents duty TO handle
The se-aClCre, which the P0-L@rVlll=
crew claimed showed red light and
The passenger crew claimed showed 4
white LfEn- Red means 10 stop and
-Llre means 10 60 on
Conductor EessIe- asked that this
agent be brought Cd testify, anu also
witness who had seen Engineer W right
STUPID from drink the afternoon before
The wreck This witness - i. i oc1ee-
L--. q San Francisco drummer. ScC9e-
le- Ezssl=r says saw Wright that AFT
z--CC- Al his n1Iel seated on = chair
looking ike q drunken man, in Kern
-c--- = was On the wrecked passenger
train Coroner B-cEreUs informed
E-ssl=r that Il vas 100 ate that h
should have seen that his Witnesses
.z.T .-a-F
finally LEFT the matter 10 tie jury, and
i- decided that neither the station
s-e-- Al Farl1s0 nor SCleeIer's evil
terce was necessary % enable them %
reach L verdict TIE verdict was then
rendered
For some reason District Attorney
Are-- was not present He eft the
case Il the hands OF his deputy, 1Lr.
Dorsey an inexperienced and very
v1ur- man. This was q subject Of
criticism
-VrT- lr-. Dorsey iutsrrozate the
witnesses d 1Ir. Bagbv from the South
EN- Pacific claims department. sat BY
Mr. Dorsey and whispered questions 10
him To PROFOUND 10 the Witnesses j.
Z Ford q P0rrerville attorney, was
present % represent the interests or q
friend 1E the dead women
Drs- SnC0k and Taggarr- surgeons,
who we're called 10 the wreck, were
<-s- % testify They told OF the con-
1f-55u II which they found the dead
and Injured Charles Eeman and L Il
tse--sl lzer lIcCabe OF POrtervtIIe ttenri-
ned the dead women Then Conductor
W 4 Eessler OF the POrtervIlle train
crew took the stand. Conductor kesS-
Ter said his train, consisting Of nine cars
a-E g caboCse- arrived at FamOso sta
tor at $50 on the evening OF the wreck
He stopped on the main line and went
into the depot 10 report al get orders.
Ea inquired Z No. was On time. The
agent replied 1T IS late and has orders
70 wait here At 10 O'Clock for Al extra
b easrbounf freight 70 pass" kessler
then went out The train was put on
The house track an the engine was
taken 20 the water tank and 70 the
turn table
On returning the switch was thrown
At the north end and the caboose
slJzf-txed on 70 the main line. just far
enough 70 clear the switch where it
was standing when struck This was
done 70 bring out some cars on the
main Lire in making I'D q train. Eess-
Ser got the engine when II came back,
Z Uassed the depot and told Engineer FL