Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-10
CORONER'S INQUEST
BEGAN TODAY
Jury Selected That VIII De.
eide How J. ". Paxton Met
Death and the Cause.
FACTS CONCERNING TRAGEDY


limited train No 3. yesterday force
noon, 90 the WOODEN mill crossing and
instantly killed. che mules be- WIS
driving suffering a like fate. partlcu.
lars OF this terrible tragedy appeared
in detail In yesterdays Evening Ciu-
zen.
Names Of the lurora.
The following panel Of iurors was
drawn this morning by Marshal Me-
Mlliin, and subp0onaod forthwith
dcll Summers. Il. Ruppo. John Hort.
irwin Hale, Terry Armllo. J.. Gradl
Inspected the Remains.
After being duly sworn by Judge
Crawford. the jurors proceeded in "a
body 20 the mofFne ~ o. w sfrunre
Sons. Here the unfortunate victim
OF the cars was viewed Tho injuries
sustained we're carefully inspcci ia
and noted The inquest thereon adj
iourned untll tomorrow morning. af o
O'Clock, ia the city hall.
Witnesses Are subposnaed.
Tho names of an Witnesses to the
crossing fatality are now being se-
cured and some time today they will
DE- served When the inquest opens
tomorrow the railroad company will
have two stcnogrnphorH on hand 10
take down evidence. IA evidence that
q considers the tragedy more than
ordinarily important and the lnton-
tion Of securing exactly what wlt-
nchHga say iu order 10 protect them
selves against future law suits, which
win In en- probability arise from the
accident.
Examining Attorneys.
n W, Dnhson. the local attorney
Tor the Santa 70 Railway company.
wiz rlEldly examine an witnesses far
ihnt company District Attorney
clancy viii represent the people
The district attorney viii mako an
ehoH tn elicit from the witnesses on
ihe tragedy whether or not whistle
warning was heard blown hy tho en-
Eincor of tho. limited. whether there
ia any agency at the crossing 90 warn
the public OF the approach OF n train.
whether or nos the siding there ana
the wooden mill engine room does not
prevent "a view uf the track 20 the
east 20 those proceeding westerly
along the road leading 10 the tracks
ana whether OF not. under these cir
cumalnnces, Mr.. Paxton had time t0l
save himself after reaching as near
The right of way as he did.
The railroad attorney will most
prohahly try and draw forth tcsti-
muuy tu the effect that the engineer
hid sound hia whistle, and that 90 was
through the dead mans own mdM-
erection and cnrelcsgBeRa that ho lost
his lie. IN this connection witnesses
VIII hc asked 80 describe the action
of the mules when they scented dam
ger how their instinct made them
SHY 90 one side and how the driver
laid The whip 90 them which sent
them and him 90 their death The
Inquest Will convene az lO O'clock.
ana last. 70 ls thought through the
remainder of the morning
Whitney Store closed.
ouL of respect 90 tho memory uf
j. ". Paxton. tho WhiinDy cnmnany
store closed its doors this afternoon.
the members 0f the firm ana the ems
ploycs attending the funeral services.
Mr. Paxton was a driver of t'sn hard-
ware firm. and while on duty was
struck and killed by the passenger
train.
Funeral Services Held.
AT 3 o'clock this afternoon from
the chapel OF Strongs Sons undertake
ing parlors The funeral services over
the remains OF Mir Paxton were held.
a large couc0urse of friends attended
the sad ohacquies. which with the
beautiful floral offerings aticsted the
esteem he which an that knew The
deceased held him. The flowers were
laid about the casaot la sweet proc
fusion and were the tender tokens
OF greatly bcreavcd friends The fun-
eral sermon was preached by Rev. a
q. Harrison, rector Of Sd. Johns EpiH-
oopal church. u was an eloquent
eulogy on the young life so cruelty
crushed out in the prime of manhood.
Music OF an impressive nature wiH
supplied by AIRS r. -. schwontkor.
The remains of Mr.. paxton will be
shipped ON El Paap train 40 q. al
1905 o'clock tomorrow morning. foe
stanford. Tex, che former home a
W Shaw OF this city aill accompany
the remains.
The Engineers story.
We were running about twenty
five miles un hour When We crossed
Chg Mountain Ruard crossing." said
Byron Archibald the engineer az the
limited. that struck and killed Paxton.
and ! had just blown ihe whistle
about fifteen seconds before Wc went
over the crossing The first I knew
of nn accident was when saw
mule fly through be air. and .lRht on
my slide Oihe gight aidel of lho track
Even then ! knew nothing 0f "a wagon
or man, as I saw nothing bat the
mule My fireman. Euh stevens
craWlod or his seat and Walking
around the hollefhead, aaid Archi
bald. we struck "a man at ih. cross
ms hy that time we were down
about the brewery plant and y
thought % would be- useless and "a
waste OF time io stop then AND hnCa
up so I ran into the depot notified
my conductor and the station agent
who took the switch engine and went
back arriving there as quick as j
could have, had stopped the train
ani backed up The bell Yves ringing
nil the time after ! whiatlod for the
crossing. My fireman saw a an
Mr Archibald % one of iho oldest
engineers on this division OK che Santa
Fe. 30 point Of continuous service. ana
was The engineer selected 90 pun the
presidents train on the occasion of
kcoaevelt'a visit 10 this city. handling
the train over thiH division.
80 one regrets ihe accident more
IMAM ~ said Archibald, "und h viii
Do on my mind Tor long time 20
come. but I dld not know thero was
anyone on the track az All until N
saw me mule fly up into the air. and