The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
PLACE BLAME
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#Cofoner's Jury Holds Holds Atlantic Atlantic
Coast Line Responsible for
Accident.
THE WEDDING Is SECRET z: J; /:
Mathews Couple Marry IN Nor
folk-Crcw Of a Ship Won't
Work.
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(Spccial to Tho TImcg- Djspatch.)
,i NORFOLK, VA. September 1.-THE
coroner's jury which sat In the court
house in Portsmouth to-day TO invcstI-
gate the cause and TO nx the responsl-
bility{ for the accident Of August nth,
places the responsibility on tho Atlnntic
Coast Zine Railway. In investigating the
cause OF the death Of Cumbo Atkinson.
"a the jury returned tic following vcr-
Dict
"Thc Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Company was negligent In placing one
Engineer lRcig, who was uiiucdualntcd
4 With this division Of the Atlantic const
Line Halfway, In charge Of said engine"
Justices X. T. Bunting and ELI
Rodmnn, acting coroners conducted
the inquest, and DR.. r. 8. Ki-lit, of Nor,
folk with jury from that city sat
4 with the other two coroners TO hear
( the evidence, several OF the wreck Vic
tins having died In the hospitals in.
Norfolk
Y STORY or THE WRECK
Thcfc was All excursion train form
Kinston, n. c.. on which there were
1863 passengers, all but n few, five or SIX,
were colorcd. There were SIX cars 20
the train, and when 1t arrived At inc
drawbridge over the western branch q.
the Elizabeth River at noon tine draw
was open and the engineer drove rig nj
along and plunged into water twenty teet
deep Three or the cars went down, ana
FL two were submerged. Some OF the !Dassen
gers were drowned and others were crush
cd SO that there we're seventeen viclitls
Othern we're injured and recovered ~
In, hospitals here and returned home.
f1aI.x |, Iayfr NIL u
the train, who has not been out Of Inc
hospital till to-day was the most I'm
portnnt witness. He said that he was
on this section OF the road Tor the llrst
Z time and he did not know there WAS q
+ drawbridge at Bruce's station. and did
not see the half mile post. He did not acc
y the stop boards and when he saw the
opcn draw he shut off steam and applied
& the brakes but 1t was too ate.a He Is
from Eost Radford. Va. He said he was
ordered TO go over the road before nc
had learned It as the rules require.
II b MARRIED SECRETLY.
Miss Bertha Hudglns and ". T. Borum
& of Mathews county, decided TO get mar
ricd yesterday. They got n preacher,
q were married EccretlyEat Winter sHarhor
Mt noon and left there for Norfolk where
they are now located at 1877 Bank Street.
! No notice was given friends or parents,
= nnd the present address of the bride and
groom. as well as the fact that they#
& are married, may be read with surprise
In Mathews county Mrs. Borum says II
was mot exactly a runaway. but she
makes the statement blnshingly, and
f says she will not 60 back nome rntll
Christmas.
IA Miss sue Trceleigh Brown and Walter
Culton Lane, OF Corinth, Miss. were
married at the home OF the bride this
evening by Rev. Joseph Rcnnle. Of the
Presbyterian Church. and left for n
bridal trip North. Mr.. Lane was formerly
OF Lexington. Va. but is now engaged
= in business in Corlnth. where they viii
reside.
GRE WWOULDN'T WORK.
Captain Wilbert commanding the
schooner Emclle E. Birdsall came to Nor
folk to-day and reported that he was
y compelled to land his crew It Newport
Il News because they sat down and refused
to bulge when ordered to work thcve
sci. He said that under the law there
Z is no way to compel nm American crew
IA to work II the men are dlsinclined. the
master being not permitted 20 use force
and that therefore when his crew de-
manded to be put ashore he Mad no al,
Tentative, He came here to ship new
crew. The vessel has been detained by
the adverse winds and the crew had en-
gagged for the voyage to New. York and
not by the day. The delay was tho loss
OF the men.
Edward Harmon, q negro. was &C cident-
ally shot yesterday afternoon at Great
Bridge Princess Anne county, by ans
other negro and died at the Norfolk
Protestant Hospital this morning rs a
Z. result or his injuries. 1t was, stated
that the negro who did the shooting was
4 foolng with pistol and accidentally
discharged It.
PURSES AND PREMIUM LIST,
An attractivcly printed premium list has
been issued by the Norfolk Horse Show
Association for its second annual OK
hibition. to be held at the Coliseum Oc-
tober ITO 81. There are forty classes,
with purses aggregatng $500, or 5000
more than the total cash prizes award
cd at the last show. Tho purses, IT is
claimed are larger by classes than any
5 offered for other Vlrginin horse shows.
In addition to the cash prizes there VIII
be additional trophies for some OF the
classes, offered BY mercantile interests e
Mr.. r., s. Ycltch has received IN an.
polntment as pnymnstcrs clerk aboard
the United States receiving snip FranKkl'n
at the naval training station.
DESTROYER WIIlPPl.E 4 ERE.
The repairs to tho United states tor
pcdo boat destroyer Whipple ut this
navy yard will require one hundred and
twenty days to complete. She was placed
out of commission Mt this navy yard
last week. and repairs Will commence
at once.