New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29
PRESIDENT BARNABY FURNISHES $1,000 BAIL.

scnists to the number of fifteen hundred and
upwards, majority of whom were women and
1S64 meee ON ON boerd 5oe tSe Steamboat
called the General SIocum, owned by the knck-
erbocker Steamboat Company, of which Frank
4. Barnaby was and is the president, and James
X Atkinson was and is the secretary and gen.
eral PASSENGER and traffic manager, the SAID
Rarnaby ano Atkinson being managing directors
of its business and affairs; and that tho saId
steamboat was 30 command OF WIl!Iam n, van
Schsick, It's captain, and was being used IN
carrying the said excursionsts from the doc6
at the foot of East Third st, IL the Borough of
Manhattan, TO a certain landing on Long Isian1
Sound called Locust Grove, and back again to
said dock.
2. That also it was the duty of the said Bar
naby, Atkinson, Van scheick. and also Captain
John A. Pease acknowledged commodore OF the
fleet, to have seen that the said steam.
upon said excursion. with proper and
suitable fire cxtinguishnq equipment and
Of disciplined G men to operate the
same in case of emergency and also to have
provided the said steamboat with such number
life preservers, and with other life saving aPpiI-
ances, would best secure the safety of all
other disaster; they, and each of ther1, did not
only wholly neglect and omit so to do but, on
and board of the said steamboat or the said
fifteenth day of June, 1904, wholly improper
and unsuitable fire extinguishins equlPmen:
and wholly and inefficient and undrIlled com
plernent of men. all of whom were undisciPlne5
to operate the same, well as an insufficient
number of good and available life PreserVers
and other life saving appliances properly TO Sc
cure the safety of the persons on board the
SAID vSsss Y II case OF dlsastsi d;to f affair. had
existed when, the fifth day of May, 1904, AS
sistant Steambost inspector Of HuIs Henry
Lundberg, of the United States Steamboat In
speotion Service, inspected tho vessel and ap-
proved of it's fire extinguishing and life saving
equipment, apparatus and appliances.
q. That while the said steamboat was still in
the waters of the East River within the County
OF New- YORK not having yer reaehea Lone
had there been the proper fire eEtnguishlnS
equipment, suitable appliances and an efficient
and we'll drilled complement or mer TO operate
the same, might readily have been extinguished.
5. That in consequence of the neglect and
Schack, Pease and the other director: of the
company, named below, to provide such equip
ment, appliances and men, and the netf'ciency
OF rhe absence of 2 licensed and trained mate TO
command the latter and direct them, the said
extent that the deceased forced to leave
the said vessel in order TO escape the farnes.
g. That because of the insufficient number Of
good and available life preservers and other life
saving appliances on board the said vessel many
of the deceased were forced to jump therefrom
into the water without any means of preserva
2. That the lives of the deceased were de-
stroyed by and through the before mentioned
misconduct and negligence OF the said Barnaby,
Atkinson, Van Schaick and Peaso and the other
g. That acts constituting such misconduct
and neglect in fragrant violation of the
provisions OF the federal laws to which the YES
sci was subject.
The verdict closed with the findings condemn
ing the directors and officers.
THE JURY POLLED.
1.-THE clerk will poll the jury ordered Coroner
Berry, and each man declared that the verdict
just read was his own.
Your Honor. l would as1 that warrants for
these men be issued" said Mr.. Garvan.
That's not necessary said Terence J. Nc
Marus: these men are all reputable citizens,
and they're not going to run away. I'll produce
them in court tomorrow any time your
honor names"
u see no reason why the usual course should
not be followed declared the Assistant District
Attorney.
1T was not followed when the New-Yorlz
New Haven and Hartford directors were in
dicted" rejoined McManus "Of course If you
want 20 slough up these men. say so, but doat
play 20 the galleries. I'll have my men here
ready
I'm BEHALF OF M. Barnaby, I'll say that while
there is not the slightest chance of holding
him" declared Mr.. Dlttenhoefer nevertheless
If your honor will name bail. shall be ready to
furnish it,.
Policemen from Inspector Albertson's Office
had already been brought to the courtroom, and
warrants for the directors handed to them
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