Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-24
GGlOW VIM. KONOLD
MET CRUEL DEATH
,stimoDy Taken before the Cor
oner's Jury Today
EATH OF MIR, R. B. WATSON
neral Agent Of the Burlington I'm
Senatrh'' city comes TO sudd'a End
from Heart Failure,


Rhe Konod inquest was continued
s morning before Judge Morris SOM
" and a coroucrs jury. composed Of
pton Barrau, C u Blakely and r.
Ayeson. Mr. Gunter and Mr. Wal
omar Van Colt appeared In the case.
latter 10 represent the railroad
npany.
sIGNALLED NO. / TO STOP.
wash. Z. Walker a switchman, who was
The yowork with the switching crew at the
nent works on the afternoon OK the
Wasnidcnt testified that he opened the
debate al switch and when be saw the de-
h.,or 'Cd No. ] passenger train coming, he
SUI )ught OF turning the switch 30 that
'he con train would take the main line, but
ing, a Nd not reach the switch lE time.
prcseut signalled Engineer KOnold 20 stop
many rbls WHSLE Engipcer HOW Sy2 Of y'I the
a reitch engine also agnalled No. I
Mr.. CuEn several times and backed his en-
Il roc,, ~ away down the 90 q safe dis
ice Foreman Doble had not in
9ei'a'e med him that No. ! was late, and
created not hear anyone say anything about
since M through passenger being late. When
.i,, ! few onto the siding % was go
-" az "a terrific rate RI speed, but the
United IN coming towards him he could
with 81 make an accurate estimate OF It's
rpiseiored 10 was not HIS duty TO watch
-. ; switch On particular but there Il
'o"aH0 mle Of the company which provides
and of { anyone opening a switch on a
Admin line shall remain az that switch
o.. ,.,.,. 10 10 Is closed or the employe is re-
W. ''''' fed boy some authorized person. The
hihs ot however is broken daily for the
RATS Oredluon of the work VI the switching
Consirk sometimes main line switches are
49, open for an hour and a half. il
'ne" ,Fometimes the case that a man Is
tlnued lrned in or discharged for obeying
day al. rule 70 question II in doing 50 the
SAW THE DERAILMENT
carefuil, NJ. Doble, foreman Of the switch
mept ilW, testified that on Monday morning
Mr. Quasa" ny lhe bulletin board that No.
Oniv as an hour and fifteen minutes late.
ed NE laly De said. he is Informed by
but he fsenger as Go the movement OF
ter Ca ms. IL was 2.40 when he was In on
change siding at the cement works and
said wfn be saW No. 4 coming up the main
upon ~ ne was about lyO feet north OF the
In an tent works building He ran towards
say CKy switch and waved his hat giving
uonal rlolent signal 60 stop. The engine
Quay o,Hed over the switch. but the forward
tbat thfks Of The first car left the rails
the StaEhe iros' then the rear truck OF the
by the p,l iSit tne track Every pair OF
KS which followed jumped the track
-il the train stopped the cars bump
over the ties. He saw the upper
EnN OF konold's body. but did not know
VEW Vither he had been cut In two By the
wv tels OF the ears or between the cor
Of the building and one Of the
IL appeared 20 have been run
hy the wheels. He looked at the
etin board after the accident had
lie MUUed ana saw that No / was
ked up two hours and f0rty-flve
utes late. The board looked as II
hgufes had been changed but he
told by one uf the men that the
res had been on the board all the
hlng, and De had no reason 20 doubt
word Answering Juror Blakely.
Doble said that the accident was
rsed by The switch being turned to
GOV lsidlng although the ~7ssenger train
defeat 0ld have held the rails had IL been
the disi lning at a slower rate of speed"
prised, a STOOD ~ THE DOOR.
pleased int b. l. Blythe OF the Portland
from thtnt work testified that he saw No.
he was W onto the siding and saw a man
luin- In the doorway between the
s'e"' h'.ne and the tender, with one hand
from Jtlhe side OF the cab and the other
perform,he lender lie supposed that IL was
rho,. ineer konold. He helped TO gather
ne BODY, one part Of Il being on one
fullv sen OF large piece Of concrete and
that wouhah OF 10 on the other SIDE. The
the issuy was sim Quyering but lie
ned 20 be extinct.
v n,a,. TRACK SHOULD BE CLEAR.
quite ey f. Willis a locomotive engineer on
,..,s,h ho Graude Western said that the
order he had as against No. ] was
rar rfra
gravity = over an hour late. He thought
Of r.spa AIN coming from The south could be
when 10 was at q point about TWO
9u,.e ne away from the cement works
uhlS "dch The switch could probably be
N',la ~ ouV yards away by the engineer
VINO Wolo. 1, but had he been the engineer
!" stdhN hat train be would not have looked
br hls 90 H., because al passenger trains
party % the FIRST r.-ht OF way ana ne
ana no, taelld take 10 for granted that the
men u was clear. he Was pulling "A
TO look .ht train Co salt Lake and was at
named tu@vils when Doe got his last order
aiEl Wol reference 90 No. !, ana il was
Ie-elecilt o'clock 90 the morning.
NOT nv SWITCH FIREMAN.
would De- NJ. smith. fireman on Ene,nsor
me 't's switch engine, jumped from his
9t lhe ne and ran a. the main line when
uuilHt leard that 30. 1 was coming In ana
part ot lyas about tive car lengths north Of
-sWitch Tie saw the cars jump the
& and saW Engineer kOn0ld's body
THE s. e: :s:5:l r; 4. ss +:
cement works Whenever he ala
switch 20 was only 70 accommo-
the switchmen or save them long
WHTSTLED FOR BRAKES.
as, r. Hoyl engineer Of the switch
le Operaung 0t the cement works
i"e cash on Monday said that al 10
ored barck on that morning Foreman Doble
"a Cresrar med him that No ! was an hour