The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-11
GEO. WAYMAN'S DEATH.
The Man Who Was Struck by D. e.
II. Train Met Disaster Through
His Own Negligence, the Coroner's
Jury say-The Testimony and
Verdict

The Coroner's jury empanneled on
SUNDAY to inquire into the death of
George Wayman, the Dundaff street
resident, who was struck by Della
ware and Hudson train at the Dundaff
crossing on Friday night last, met last
evening in the office of Alderman
Jones and after listening to the test-
monY of four witnesses rendered
verdict that Waymans end was caus-
ed by his own negligence. The Ner-
| dict was:
we, the undersigned jurors do find
that George Wayman aforesaid. was
| injured by being struck by a Delaware
and Hudson passenger train on the
| Dundatf street crossing, in the city of
| Carbondale, in said county, on the
| evening of July :, 1901 at 10 p. M,
and that he died from said injuries
! July s, 1901, at Carbondale aforesaid
and that the accident causing his
death was due to his own negligence.
Edward Neary, Louis Gramer, Chas.
| Horton, J. 7. McAndrew, c. II. kupp,
James f. Boylan.'
The testimony was from boys who
were at the crossing al the time the
| passenger train was pulling into the
| yard, and who saw Wayman walking
| across the tracks and directly into the
! trains way. One witness, Patrolman
| Garden, testified that he saw Way
| man about an hour before the accident
and that he was so intoxicated that
! he staggered.
John Shinnerhorn testified that the
street arc light AT the crossing was
| out at the time the train came along
| He didn't see WaYman, until an in
stant before the engine tossed him
off the tracks.
John Tooln told of having seen
| Wayman on the tracks and of having
| yelled to him at the trains approach.
George Brennan was the only wit
ness who said anything about the
gates not having been down. He dis
| closed the fact, however, that instead
of crossing between the standards Of
the gates, he went around the further
| one, about three feet north of it,
| When Wayman got in on the tracks
| he made directly for the roadway and
was about in the middle when the en-
| gine struck him.
| Brennan declared that the engine
| bell didn't ring, nor did the whistle
| blow, to his knowledge.
Shinnerhorn, when recalled, said
| that when the train was stopped at
| the switch above the crossing he went
up and Informed Engineer Brink that
| Wayman was struck. This WAS the
| first intimation the engineer had of
| the accident,
Detective Martin Crippen, of the
! Delaware and Hudson road, was pres
ent In behalf of the company. He In
| formed Coroner Roberts and the jury
that it was impossible for the engineer
| and fireman of the train, also the
| crossing Waterman to he present, but
| that he was able to repeat their state
| ments, The engineer said he knew
| nothing of the accident until apprised
| of it by one of the young men, Shin
nerhorn, lie sounded his whistle and
caused the bell to be rang as is GUS
! tomary in approaching crossings.
The Waterman declared he lowered
the gates as customary, Mr.. Crippen
| also explained that there was an au-
| tomatic ringer on the engine. He also
| said, incidentally. that Mrs. Wayman,
| the widow of the man who died from
the injuries received In the accident,
had signed release from damages for
the company.