Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-01
TRAIN MEN TELL
ABOUT THE WRECK
Crowd Present Expecting Sen
sationaI Disclosures.
HORROR STORY AREHEkRsED
Railsoaa enlcials say she Want
Nothing Concealed.
JURY F0REMAN'S STATEMENT
Nothing Developed at the Morning
Session to Indicate the Cause
of the Accident
HORROR STORY aREHEkRsE[
JURY FOREMAN'S STATEMENT

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., November LIN
anticipation of startling disclosures an eager
audience gathered at the coroner's inquest
sponsiblity for the electric railroad wreck
of Sunday. The Pennsylvania railroad is
represented by Judge Joseph P. Gaskill.
Ex-Judge Joseph Thompson and George A.
terests are being looked after by District
Attorney Abbott. Foreman Lee of the cor
oner's jury arose at the opening and asked
permission to make public statement, in
which he denied story printed in a Phila-
delphia paper alleging that he had preju-
diced the innocence Of the railroad COM
pany.
Coroner Gaskill then charged the jury to
discover the cause of the accident, whether
by act of God or man. Attorney Bourgeois.
for the railroad company, offered the ex-
tensive resources of the Pennsylvania COM
pany to assist in ascertaining the true
cause of the accident. I'VE don't know"
he said, land won't know. We have nothing
to hide He asked the jury to state in it's
verdict whether the electric line and bridge,
in their judgment, is of the most improved
kind. The first witness called was w. Brei-
men, station agent. His testimony was only
as to the identification of Walter Scott, the
motorman, and the speed of the train over
the bridge, which he said should not be
over twenty-five miles an hour
Story of the Conductor.
James Curtis, the conductor Of the wreck
ed train, testified that there was no delay,
and that the train reached Pleasantville
one minute ahead of time
The first he knew of the wreck was a
sudden bump and the train dashed into the
Thoroughfare. Curtis said he escaped by
kicking a hole through the window He
denied that he had been warned before
leaving Camden that anything was wrong
with the rear car. He admitted that there
was a decided bump just as the accident
occurred as though the train had met some
obstruction.
Brakeman Ralph Wood said he judged
there were twenty-five people in the rear
car. and about the same number in the
second car. He said he thought there
were between sixty and sixty-five people
on the train when it left Pleasantvlle He
remembered seeing only seven people get
out of the wreck after it hit the water.
Saw the Train Jump.
Conductor curtis was recalled, and said
there were seventy passengers on the train
when it left Camden. They picked up five
or six at Newfield.
Commission Merchant Charles NJ Kess-
Ter, whose yacht, the Sinbad, required the
draw to open just prior to the accident,
said he had just tied up at his wharf when
he heard the crash. He hurried back in
boat to do what he could. He had no
quarrel with Bridge Tender Stewart about
refusing to open the draw.
George Mccullough, who was passing on
the turnpike bridge opposite 1.-The electric
bridge when the accident happened. said he
saw the electric cars go overheard. The
right-hand wheels and the front truck of
the leading car. he said, left sthe rails
first
John Williams. Waterman at Somers'
Lumber Company, corroborated McCul-