The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-03-22

OF Denver have been asked by the sher.
IN OF Fremont county to locate Franz
Lively. the Denver and Rio Grande tel
egraph operator 20 whose negligence
Is attributed the disastrous head-or
collision at Adobe. IL IL reported that
Lively left Swallows yesterday and
Joined his brother. also an operator, nj
Portland. and later both left on ar
eastbound train. A subpoena had beer
issued for Frank Lively TO appear Al
the coroners inquest today.
Pueblo. Colo, March ls-Twenty.
two dead and twenty-five injured 10
tho best estimate OF tho casualties In
the wreck OF the two Denver and Rio
Grande passenger trains which coll
lIded on n curve ut n point twenty-five
miles west OF this city early Friday
morning. only seven or the dead bod.
les can be Identified. and only one oil
these retains sufficient OF tho outline
OF the features To be readily recognize
able. The remainder are known from
the fact that the location where the
charred bones were found were the
places where they would naturally have
been when the collision happened.
Operators Held Responsible.
Two telegraph operators are held In
the public mind To be responsible foi
the awful disaster. although no formal
indictment has gone out against them.
Both have been ordered discharged
from the service OF the road. a coro-
ners jury has been impaneled and VIII
begin investigation OF the cause OF tho
accident today at Canon City.
In addition To this the railroad COM
pany has directed It's officials TO locate
the blame through an examination OF
trRinmen and operators who VIII be
asked TO gather together In the future
and tell what they know OF the depior-
able affair.
II. {. whitney. who was being taken
90 the penitentiary BY Deputy Sheriff
Ed f.. Baird. had been chained TO
his seat and when the fire broke out
In the wrcckRge no had no chance
whatever TO escape. BY the irony OF
fate his guard perished with him. Tho
Colorado laws have n provision making
II crime To fasten prisoners To car
seats In transportation.
Mrs. William Burnside and her
daughter and Rrandchild. said TO DO
from some Kansas town. were erron-
eously included In the death list last
night. -,
All the injured. Il r. believed. will
recover. II is not likely that the re-
mains OF any OF the other victims can
be Identified.
II Was Asleep, That's ALL"
y. =. Lively. the operator whose
failure TO deliver the train order
resulted In the collision. sud: II was
asleep: that's ALL" II In asserted that
Lively had worked for several days
without sleep.
IL developed that Lively. who was the
regular day operator at Swallows. had
besides performing his own duties
worked on Thursday night for William
Vandeusen, the night operator. Van
deusen IL said to have absented him
self from the station on Thursday
night without getting the approval or
hts superlors.
General Managers Report.
New York. March 9o-I'Tcsidcnt Jefrey
OF tho Denver and Rio Grande, received
the following official statement from n.
q. RidgewAy. general manager OF tho com
pany.
DIR. o'connor. our chief surgeon reports
% mo eighteen bodies being recovered
from tho wreck. lie thinks there IL pos
sibility or number OF fatalities which
Will reI en-, twenty SLY ,s gsro az ahs ~.
jured will get well. No. 3. leaving Pueblo
had orders TO mot No. ls at Adobe. DIS.
patcher had 20 X from Florence and
Swallows. operator At Swallows stating
that No. had not gone by. lie had been
asleep beyond question: did not hear No.
20 by and 20 KID" dlapatchers order
was the day operator and he was doing
duty for tho night man. az night man had
COMO TO Pueblo To cash pay checks without
asking permission from Pueblo office. Our
standing rule IL that day operators are not
20 relieve night operators and work over
time unless permission IL asked and grant
cd by chief dispatcher.
The Death List.
So far as Identification OF the dead
has progressed, the following have
been recognized:
PATRICK MURPHY. Florence. Colo.
RAY FIELDS. a boy. Keystone. Wye.
MRS. BELLE WEBB. Keystone.
wyo.
WILLIAM HOLLIS. engineer No. Is.
WALTER cossLETT. engineer. No
6. Pueblo.
II. d. sUppUTH. fireman. No. Is
Pueblo.
EDWARD l.. BAIRD. deputy sheriff
Denver. Colo.
OF way TO penitentiary nj Canyon city
ia charge OF Baird. Denver.
A. ~. BARKLOw. salida. Colo.
MISS GRACE BARLOW. Salida
Colo.
ESAs MPARLAND. express mcsscn'
ger, Denver.
TAYLOR HEWITT. Lebo. Kans.
MRS. LILLIAN HEWITT. Lebo
knns.
Pearl. HEWITT, aged l5. Lebo
kans. -
MRS. CATHERINE HEWITT AMI
BABY BOY. Lebo. Kans.
ED CROWLEY. Lebo. Kans.
FRED JONES. Lebo. KanS.
FRED LEMECOOLEY. Denver.
MRS. ED CROWLEY. Lcbo. Kans.
MRS. wISONA HEWITT. Lebo
. kans.
All the injured will. ~ In believed. re
cover. II ~ not likely the remains vi
! any OF the victims can be Identified.
DOWN EM6AN kMENT.