Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-12
AFTER THE MOTORMAN
In Charge of Wrecked Train
in New York.
INJURED IN HOSPITALS
STATE RAILROAD COMMISSION TO
INVESTIGATE.
Coroner Blames Towerman in Connec-
ton With Kelly - Railroad
officials Statement.

| Kelly, the fugitive motorman of the wrecked
| elevated railroad train in which twelve per-
| sons were killed, but had not found him to-
DAY. "A general police alarm was sent out
| Gaming Tor the arrest of Kelly on a charge
OF homicide The fugitive was a strike
breaker who entered the company's employ
| SIX months ago while strike was In pro-
| gress, and his home was formerly in ST
| Louis. The police of St Louis have been
| asked to watch for him, in the faint hope
| that he may return to his former home II
Is expected that the missing man can throw
great deal of light upon the condition OF
| the tracks and signals at the time OF the
| accident
| Investigation of the wreck was taken nm
| TO-DAY by the state railroad commission.
| fourteen OF the persons injured in the
wrecked train were still In the hospitals TO-
| DAY. Some had been removed TO their
MONIES during the night, their injuries prov
| ing TO be not serious. OF those stil in the
hospitals three were so badly injured as 10
make make their recovery doubtful They wera
| "hilam Engle, whose right leg was a ron,,
| tated; Eliza Miner of Nyack Y ubpsa
Skuii Si was fractured and leg amputated and
"Ilililfn L. Nlebuhr, who also suffered fror,
| go tleu e Skull Several others were suf-
leflng from very serious injuries and tbai,
eonuiioh might at any moment become
| -, 80 oe! e!fnour Roe, who had fracture
| "a niio SNuii, was one of these.
| Inc preliminary hearing before Cororo-
Schoier TOOK place In the police statio,, .,
| 49, 49, i'th street at pm. yesterday and
was was pIief. Cornelius a. Jackson the tower
| nan nan al ?th avenue and 53d street who bad
| been under arrest since II 20 a m NJ ,h
only prisoner at the hearing. bur the five
men OF the crew of the 9th avenue train
| were present detained witnesses THE,
We're John w. johnson conSuctnr -
John McIoevitt Walter l.. Barry Reruard
= 'aI no,1nI ana ilmothy Higginson, guards. W.
| tba DTus,1s Int,i ana II: Il. Nudge, attorneys of
the lhterborough Rapid Transit Comnanv
were present to act counsel for the men
Oihy one affidavit was taken that of
Ia - .,oa oahlan EDWARD j. Moran, who Witness
ca the accident and later arrested Jacksop
MS statement accused Jackson of Criminal
careiessness resulting in the death of
twelve persons. VI
jackson was asked by the coronar &c 10
wished TO make any statement in view of
me accusation against him, and Mr. Nudge
sdid the prisoner waived examination for
the time. The lawyer said the other com,
pany employees present would also waive
examination If they were 10 be held
Held for Inquest.
Coroner Scholer then said he would hold
jackson i'll 5000 bail for the inquest which
would be held In week or ten days and
he would hold the crew of the train in 500
each to appear witnesses, sending them
to the house of detention If they were not
able to furnish bonds. Mr. Nudge said the
company desired to furnish bonds for the
employees, and Wallace Z. Palmer of No
16 Linden avenue, the Bronx offered HIM
self as bondsman, giving the house in
winch he lives as security. While the bail
bonds were being prepared Coroner Scholer
talked with a Tribune reporter about the
accident.
II dressing for breakfast In my
house in West 4Sth street this morning.
the coroner said, when | heard the fire
alarm in the house ring. l noted the time
exactly seven minutes after O'Clock. and
| knew that the box was at 9th avenue and
53d street. About five minutes later there
came in the call 4++ from the same box,
telling me there had been an accident there
l finished dressing as rapidly as possible
ran out of the house and jumped on an
empty truck that was passing, telling the
driver to take me around to the accident
quickly.
when we got to the scene of the acci-
dent the firemen had arrived and were
breaking open the side of the car and get
ting out injured persons. A few of the in
jured were already the Sidewalk. and
had them placed on the truck and carried
around to the Roosevelt Hospital before
the ambulances arrived.
Took Look Around.
After seeing the injured removed and
directing the removal of eight bodies to
the police station l went up on the ele-
waited structure and took look around
Jackson the tower man. and Kelly, the
motorman; had disappeared from the scene
told that the tower signal was set for a
9Th avenue train. The signal remained
that way for nearly an hour as l gave or
ders not to have II disturbed. The disks
on the first car of the train were set to
show that 1t was 9th avenue train.
II am satisfied from my own observation
that both the tower man and the motor
man were at fault. The tower man should
have that the coming train was 9Th
avenue train and turned the switch to give
IT the right track. The motorman should
switch
was closed for a 9th avenue train and
should have stopped, instead of taking the
curve at full speed.
jackson has made no statement to me.
He has the right to waive examination
when he is under arrest charged with
crime. Manager Hedley of the INTERIOR
ough has telephoned to me that all the
detectives of the company are under or
ders to search for Kelly, and the police are
also searching for the motorman His dis
appearance looks suspicious, but l hope
he will be found soon"
There is a report that Kelly may have
committed suicide the coroner was told.
We'll" said DR.. Scholer. IF he was re-
sponsible for killing and manning so
many people the most commendable act
possible for him would be to commit SUI
eide
Blame the Motorman.
Responsibility for the wreck, according to
the railroad officials apparently rests on
the motorman Paul Kelly. who disappeared
Immediately after the accident. Although
he was running a 9th avenue train, when ne
reached the 53d street junction he shouio
have seen that the signals were set against
him for 9th avenue. they say That there
was no doubt as to the signals, is affirmeo
by Frank Hedley, the Interboroughs gen.
eral manager. who made personal ex-
animation, with E. p. Bryan, the vice
president Immediately after the accident.
Kelly was known to the company as
man thoroughly trustworthy He came to
us at the time of the strike from ST. Louis
-xsaA A., nc-a rdaU Ia ha
there for five years. We have letters from
his people there saying that he was first
class man. We investigated him and found
his character was all right. When we tried
him out he seemed to know the work. ano
has been the 9th avenue line ever since
Out In ST. Louis they have air brakes JUS