New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-03
PROSECUTION ENDS CASE.
COURT HOLDS DECISION.
Defence Blames Employes for Nerc-
ark Trolley accident.

r-.,, .btor-l,. every inch IF the ground,
erasping al every advantage. the de1enee ID the
Newark trolley accident case Is doing us utmost
~ clear the indicted men of prominence VINO
eo-r,a5 the executive committee of the board Of
4,-ectors and the officials Of the trolley company
AZ the exrense of the mct9rman and subordinate
eu-rloves not indicted. As detail IT theI FoIirN
of Selling on every possible vantage point. MT.
Linda bury their chief counsel made ples 10
5.s,,iss the case yesterday basing IT, as was pre-
,ic+ed in Yesterdays Tribune. on the assumption
that ire svstem-thst Is, the men who de'lsel
the systernwas not fault. that the blame rested
on the men who failed to carry out the company
elaborate rules A. 70 the derailing switch ana
che agreement between the trolley and the Dela-
ware Tsckawanna and Western Railroad com
many the fault, he maintained. was entreiF ''a'
Of the railroad ,s
..ravid Young he said parheticay. pleaded
for mar switch as perhaps no in his position
o,.or rleaded before whereat the redouhtable pa
vid smiled his famous smile.
The attendants had not neglected plain du'y
with 81 evil mind an utter disregard OF huliiaI
1fe declared Mr. Linda bury. and he went on 10
show that since they had devised a nicely )oih'su
oraratine scheme they though the executive menus
~ the trolley system were no more Responsible
The Prosecutor continued Yesterday his plan u
showing by every possible witness tIla' tHV
ordinary precautions had been neglected AGAIN NJ
brought out the facts concerning the overcro"ule
II cars on the slippery tracks while ne ana So
stress on the much mooted deraing switch. OiIti
living an his questioning was the intent TO ~
or,nletA coCuizance Of the directors with tne oaH
eerous state Of affairs at Chfton-ave- ana 'HV WI
seauent responsibility for the horror
The strain is beginning 10 tell on the detehoaH.7
C,b,eO-e Of constant scrutiny in and out OF 'he
courtroom these men - wealth nave grown 80
assAd end nervous John 4. Crimmns ana AIeAdil
der 7 Csssatt sit in grave silence paving sun
,aptton 70 the testimony. Elisha & Gaddls reEaIuS
,re world so,lrly DIT Ward and J Roosevelt ohaI-
ls, minus their debonair airs. are moody Da'11
Young alone maintains his cheerfulness bur theh
his emile has grown fast. Shipman. Pratt blcA Gnu
smith the employees. who are most hheF W u
punished attract the least attention.
Frederick Helnner. the repair man az me TN
ton-ave car stables. gave the measurements ol
the wrecked car and told how the electric anu
hand brakes worked The Prosecutor examined
hin, carefully as 70 the space on the PLATFORM
and plainly wanted 10 show that the motorhlan
was hampered by the throng Of children
Frederick Evans. secretary of the PuoHo 81
VIC Corporation the trust which mas 6O-
sorhed the public utility concerns OF half New
Jersey. among them the North Jersey Sreet
railway COMPANY. produced the bylaws Of that
concern and the book OF rules governing the
conduc, Of its business From this document
he Prosecutor read the duties assigned 20 the
executive officers. the superintendent. road mas
ter and the subordinate employes-inspeotors
starters and motormen. While these provided
for = service almost beyond criticism. neverthe-
less. under the management IF David Young.
the indicted manager Of the North Jersey Street
Railway COMPANY the trolley service In that
CITY was SO had that citizens organizations end
the Newark Board of Trade TONED I'm orussdes
against the evil conditions. declaring that the
comparv went serenely on hagTantly violating