The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-08
ONE IS HELD,
OTHER FLEES
Central Vermont 1rainmen
Wanted To Account
FOR SO. ROYALT0N WRECK
Engineer and Conductor Of Freight Train
Which Recently Crashed Into North
bound Passenger Train crimi-
nalIy Charged.

ST. Adams, Feb Sired Bronson. who
was engineer Of the freigi, train which
was wrecked with the northbound mail
train at South Royalton, on January rs,
was arrested here last night by Sheriff
lseorge G. Holmes, at the request Of Dep
uty Sheriff r. n Hoar Of White River
junction. Bronson was last night taken
ito White River Junction, to be arraigncd
for q hearing before Justice Darrah to-
day.
A warrant is also out for George
Prentiss, conductor Of the freight, but
there are good reasons TO believe that
he IL trying to get out OF the state as
fast as possible.
When the officers started to look up
Prentiss last night, they learned that
the last seen Of him was shortly before
noon. when he was seen on his way
townrd the Italy freight yards. where
the through freight trains are made up.
He has talked of going to Springfield.
Mass, and probably started for that
point.
Prentiss was seen on the streets yes.
of the Central Vermont and asked why
he did not appear and testify before the
railroad commissioners at the hearing
lat South Royalton Wednesday. He rel
pned by demanding his time bill and re.
ceiving this, he drew his pay and van
ished Officers along the line have been
notified to search the through freight,
which left here bound south at noon and
he will probably be captured.
The warrants for Bronson and Prem
tiss said that they "carelessly and neg
ligently ran aaid train against a certain
other train Of the Central Vermont,
whereby John Holland was greatly in
jured and the freight train was greatly
damaged" !"
Both Bronson and Prentiss are young
married men, Bronson having wife
and two children and PFentiss wife
and six children.
AT the bearing held by the State Rail.
road Commission at South Royalton on
Wednesday afternoon 10 consider the
recent wreck at that placn. engineer
Bronson was one 81 the witnesses.
He testified that he was taking chance
and that the conductor, who came over
the train after he left Bethel. did not
tell him to 90 on to South Royalton.
He had been on duty is hours without
sleep. He said Conductor q. r. Prentiss,
vino has disappeared since the accident,
could have stopped him after passing
Bethel
He relied on reaching South Royalton,
|or near enough to that station 20 flag
the mail If 1t had arrived there, and
claimed that he had a right to do 70,
using his five minutes leeway. He said
ii the mail train had been late and he
|eould have got in all right, nothing would
have been said about his using the five
minutes leeway. He was running four
or FIVE miles an hour when he struck the
mail He thought the mail was running
IL to 10 miles an hour
Nine witnesses examined by the COM
missioners, all dailrcad employees, ex-
planned the rules for running trains AMI
governing conditions like those preceding
the collision. The evidence concerning
the running Of the mail train showed it
to nave proceeded In accordance with the
rules, having left South Royalton on
schedule time at 2:3.
The state called six witnesses TO pre-
sent the conditions of the trains after
the collision, and of the trainnen and
mail clerk injured
The full board was present. consist.
ing Of Commissioners John Redmond, Eli
II. Porter and S. Hollster Jackson, with
clerk X. W. Spear. The state was repre-,
scented by Attorney General @. G. Fits,
Il. r.. Buck, states attorney for Windsor
county, and the Central Vermont by It's
attorney, G. VI. Writers.