Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-31
INVESTIGATE CORONER TRAE0eR.

IWt6OtIuHJ6 CVHVW6n tHHCOCH.
That lickspittle coroner's jury which,
on Tuesday last. found verdict In the
Attn street grade crossing slaughter. in
which the poor dead MOtOrman Philip
Bowman was found guilty of criminal
carelcssness and allowed the railroad
companies to 90 free. except for mild
ccnsure for one OF them, should Itself
he investigated.
II Is probable that some Interior mo.
tive. some impelling argument other
than u desire to fix the responsibility
for the horrible crime pcrpctrated In
that slaughter pen on the Pennsyl.
vania road Influenced that coroner's
jury.
The grand jury could not do better
than investigate that cOrOner's jury
and find from each and every man
of the six. by what process of reasoning
he arrived at that verdict.
The proceeding was from start to fin.
ish an outrage upon public feeling and
public morality. Not u work about
the murtlerOus Pennsylvania Railroad
whose lightning express crashes Into
the thrObbing heart of a pOpulOus city
In the darkness Of the night ut the rate
Of forty-fivc miles an hour at grade.
oh. no! but the brave mOtorman who
stuck to his post manfully. brave as
any captain that ever went down with
his ship, and who tugged at his lever
until the rotten brake broke and al.
lowed him and his passengers to slide
to death under the grinding wheels of
u laundering flyer on the Pennsylvania
road, he comes In for censure. Poor
BOwman's lips are sealed; he cannot
talk In his own defense: he has given
an accounting Of his share In the trans
action before q tribunal where he no
doubt got u fairer trial than has been
given by Coroner John Traeger and his
jury. II was safe to throw all the
blame on the gallant dead mOtOrnan.
And by the way. Just u word about
this same Coroner John Traeger. II
strikes The Eagle that this warrior Of
the TIlden Democracy. this would-bC
Big Injun In the wigwams of new
Democratic party. ought to DE held tC
some account In this affair personally
Is this man Traeger an agent of tho
railroad companies. ana are his jurle'
whltcwashing committees organized
for the purpose of relieving the roads
from disagreeable explanations or ON
barrassing responsibilities for wha
takes place on their tracks, In thell
rOadbeds and under the wheels Of theil
engines ana cars?
What are the relations of this MAJ
Traeger with the railroads? Is III
stern In his enforcement of the law
and his inquiry after truth In so far Il,
In him and his office lies?
IL Traeger under obligations to tn,
railroad companies?
How many ANNALS does Traege
carry around In his pockets? or how
many passes to influential constituent,
IL the office of John Traeger, Coroner
the distributing point?
Does the public believe that this man
John Traeger, Coroner, did his duty
his whole duty, and nothing but hi
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