Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-19
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12. 1904. = < = o
). g,aisepearssir: have Eassived the
rrport of the ommissionsof The United
States on;tle INVESTIGATION ofsthe Gent
AcraIsslocuml disaster and stheereport Of
the Department of Justice on October
18th, -rsclpulating. what has, been done
by the department of Justice in:connee-
,tion switn sthes cEiminall spEoeeedings
tasens against various $ individuals be.
Seausesof Their. connection With tie dis
aster. send You herewith both re-
ports. Punitive action by the govern
nent can. Of course. only take two
forms; that OF Legal proceedings
against~-these- either within or with
out the service. sit: appears that the
Department of. Justice. has already Sc
cured indictments againstathe master
and captain; of!the Slocum and against
the managing directors of the Knick:: <.
e-bocker Steamboat Company. to
which company the steamer. belonged,
for misconduct. negligence. and mat
tention to duty by the captain. and for
aiding and abetting therein by the
managing directors. Furthermore. the
Department Of Justice has secured In
dictments against Henry Lundberg and
JehngW. Fleming. the, assistant inspec
tors of ithet:steamboat inspection SER
vice, who actually inspected the Slo-
cum, for fraud, misconduct. and in
attention to duty. Lundburg had been
appointed merely on pobation in the
service and has beenadropped; Insres
can, Of coufses be- mo fuTthersactton:a
about Fleming untHahis trfs. has been
finished, althoughtit does, not. follow
that an acquittal would prevent the
fDepe. e.cctment from discharging him from
the service. In addition. the Depart
ment of Justice has secured the indict-
ment of the manager ana three en-
2loyes Of the Nonpareif Cork works sof,
Camden, N. j., for putting upon the
,rarket compressed cork blocks for use
in making life preservers, each OF
which blocks contained in its center a..
rbar Of iron weighing several ounces.
This last offense was Of so heinous.
a characteE that is issdifficult to osconI--
ment- -upon-it with propeEself-restraint.s
1t appears that the national legislature
has never enacted a law. providing irf
sc, terms for the punishment Lof this
particular species OF infamy.s doubtless
because II never entered the head or
xny man that SO. gross an infamy could
be perpstrated. suggest that you re-
uort this whole matter to Congress.
transmitting these two reports anu at
that time calling special. attention the
reed OF imposing an adequate sEenaity
for the making Or selling OF detective
:1lfe-savlng appliances, s -. :5aaig -
REMOVAL, OF, DELINQUENT 90 OF;
/. ~ .FICIALs. s:,,ssssagl.sI {
$50 much for. what the, Departments
Of Justice has. done iH r. reference 9se 70 .ne
Disaster. But in addition to the men
!. nut on strialyby the Department OF us.
. tee: action. should, be. takens, against:
those employees whose responsibility. tF
the state of things producing the .ac-
ctGent. has been brought into me re-
mort OF the commission. According TO-
this report It appears that N1 addition
10 the two assistant inspectors who are
: now on trial. the supervising inspector
ttnfS Sthe Second rdistriet,S Mr.. sRodie,: and
sthe twoslocal nspeetors1afsthes sportaof
New York, :Messrs. Pumont andzBarz
zrett, should all three be: remover sl;}!y l1tS
%laxity and neglect In performing theT
duties As.regards essconduct5 5ot ME-
Rode Mr. Uhler dtssents from the con-.
',sclusiioSMs of; Che flour 18th ers commissions
sers.I sasreeswithsth nonc!r sion-ofsths
other four Laxitys and aneg9eets Ehere
:-ihe. consequences may be 50 terrible as
they i,aveRroyedgto snsz in7s this ssassE
cannot be passed over, seyen 4 gT1sf@
1 s2berss has been good conduct IN setasr'
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