The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-05-10
NEWS m TIE STATE CAPITAL.
MUCH TALK REGARDING OGDEN
WRECK.
Blame Should be Attached to the
Charleston Dispatching efice.
Young Man says He IS Losing
His Mind.

OUaS 1sAaH Ss1ys ne y asssl'u5 a@'9i5
BIS Mind.
Columbia, S. G.. May THE talk
IN railroad circles here IS that the
blame for the wreck of the Ogden
special at Greenville on Saturday
should attach to the Charlotte dis
patching Office ofthe Southern, which,
IL is said, failed to give the yardmas-
ter at Greenville the order as to the
special coming with right Of way over
second and third and other inferior
trains. 1T cannot be disputed that the
baHetin boards at the depot adyer-
stfsed the fact that the special was
coming forty minutes late, but yard
masters and engineers cannot be de-
pended upon to work by bulletin
boards when they are taugh to SO by
:orden winch they sign That q mes
sage was placed on the hook for
theyyard master was not sufficient, It
IS argued here. The order should
nave been sent ID regular triple-plate-
form. the operator retaining q, copy,
4he yard master copy and the en-
zineer copy, the Charlotte Office be-;
ing advised that the delivery of the
order was complete. The wreck oc-
ycurred half mile from the depot and
the freight crew likely never ac-
auainted themselves Of the bulletin
being accustomed and depending up
on orders which they sign. This, the
Columbia people say, is admitted by
the Charlotte office, where Dispatch
ser King was in charge.
In the case of handling the train
S from here to Spartanburg by the Sa-
svannah division officials, the night
dispatcher was careful to check up
eyery person served with an order as
is the moving of the train, and saw
that he got his order. The Brooklyn
Eagle finds fault with Engineer Hen-
ter and blames him for the wreck,
saving he was unacqaainted with the
road AS a matter Of fact Engineer
Hunter was picked out as a specially
careful man. he had had three years
experience running over this particu-
lar cart OF the road.
The investigation before the rail-
road commission viii be most rigid.
scommissioner Caughman returned
from Greenviile today, but would give
no intimation as to the nature OF his
coming report, which he will make
Jointly with Commissioner Earle, who
was on the ground at once, Green
vile being his home. A day for the
hearing before the board will oe
named soon as these reports are fled.
young white man about 20 years
{ old. apparently a mechanic, present
ed himself to superintendent Babcock
of the Insane Hospital this morning,
saving that he felt that he was going
crazv and wanted to be cared for. He
ave HIS name as William j. Denny,
of III Drake street, Charleston, from
which city he says he came here TINS
raornfng on a coal car. In note
which he handed DR.. Babcock he said
4 that his mother and father and people
i lived in Charleston, but that he d1o
not want to tell them. The note said
that he was losing his speech, ou'
DIR. Babcock found that he was very
intelligent. The young man is not IN.
sane. DR.. Babcock deciding after q
s3horough examination that worry and
disease explains the young mans
8 strange actions. he is caring for him
unt4i his people can be heard from
He says he vas discharged from the
Hospital on Saturday.
The note which he handed to DR.
Babcock read:
.eDea- Doctor: am stranger here
but came here for treatment for
am going insane. Ny mother aad
father and al my people stays il
Charleston, but did not have nerve
enough to tell them about it so came
here before it gets too bad on me.
am losing my speech for can fardl,
talk. have been with stomach and
bowen trouble. W. J. Denny, III
s Drake street, Charleston"