The Washington herald., 1907-01-05

was shown
did you see the red target at that
tme?"
NO. sir
Why nOt?'
Because it cannot be seen f~om inside
the office. as it is high up above my Office
window"
How do you know the light was red.
then?"
"Because / release the lever.
This led 10 a. dist us sion as to tlse work
ing OF the signals. and develOI ed the
facts as stated alb I'VE regarding the
mechanical and auto matte action of the
signal lever and liglIs.
Did YOU ever Ruf'W a lever 20 fail 10
work properly" was asked.
NO. sir" Phillips answered.
when did you knoNy 2l20 was in your
blockg7
Two minutes after l had given IS the
block To University.
What communici Hion did you have
then with Silver Spl1ns?
The usual messs sc. notifying Silver
Spring that SIS WAS clear and 920 could
have my block"
Red Target Was Burning.
..The red target was burning when 2l2l
appeared in sight?'
Yes. sir
How far away did you see 2l2o2F
II did not look up the track for it, and
did not see it Until it ran past the station
in front OF my window
What did you do them"
q went outside 40 see if 2l20 was going
10 stop"
Gould you see the tail lights of 2l2o
when you went out2'
40. sir; I2o was swallowed upsn the
fogs'
Wv hat did you do?'
I waited a few minutes 10 see if 2l29
Wasn't going TO stop. as | thought II
must have seen my red target When j
becaue sure that she had gone on, i re-
turned to my key and went after Uni
versityJ'
What did YOU say?'
ct told University that 2l2o had gone
past ny red target. going like ~
How fast did Z120 seem to be going
when il passed Takoma?'
IT see uled TO be going about fifty miles
an hour
rs it Gus onlary for engineers not to
look for HgL Is At Tak0m2 after 6:30e
Yes. sir. il is customary for engineers
not 10 look for lights at Takcma after
6.3e"
Have YOU ever known an engineer 20
PASS your stat ION when your signal lights
are out for the night and return 10 make
Investigation
None that I can recall
How far wsS Che red target visible
Sunday evening"
About thirty-eight yards-I stepped
off the distance after I heard Of the
wreck.
Phillips Did Not Hear 2I2O.
Further questioning developed that Phil
Iips heard 66's whistle on approaching
Takoma. but did not hear el20's whistle.
II was also shown that from the time
60 passed Takoma undl after 2l20 passed
Phillips had friend in his office with
him. Henry J. Page a telegraph opera
tor. formerly employed by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at a station in West
Virginia.
Page was then called. and Corroborated
Phillips testimony regarding the working
OF the signals i1r 66 and 2l20. He test
ned thar he saw Phillips release the lever
allowing the red ulrget TO reappear after
CO had passed. When 2l20 went by Page
says he went out IN the platform 10 SEE
If by any chance the red signal was not
showing. It was burning as usual. h
testified,
During the examination Of Page it was
brought out THAI PaEe had often helped
Phillips out with Some of his telegraph
work; but never. ne said. with anything
the trains Page said he never
worked Phillips levers for him.
samuel Queen. a ieIIEter living in Ia
koma Park. was then called. He said
he was ON the platform at Takoma sta
ton during the time 66 was there and un-
til after -l]0 had passed. He testified that
he heard 1120 wiistliug and. thinking il
WAS following St rather closely. he glanced
up To see what signal Phillips was show
ing. and saw the red target. Queen said
that when POO approached its headlight
could rot be seen until the train had al
most reached The station The distance
he said, was about 100 feet.
Kennedy Sees Red Light.
Policeman J. T. Kennedy, Of the Tenth
precinct. who was on the platform with
Queen at the time was then called His
testimony was along similar lines with
Queens. except Cor the fact that he did
not look TO see if the red light was burn
ing until 2lz0 was half way past the sta
ton.
Fred Lempke gateman at Takoma
Park, came next He told the coroner
in response TO questions that his hours
were from in the morning until II at
night and that his pay from the rail
road company was 81 per month.
Lempke's testimony was meant to be the
same as that of Mr Queen. but his knoWl-
edge of English being limited the coroner
had difficulty in making him understand
the questions. 1t was finally brought out
that Lempke saw the red light before
2l20 had reached the station All three
of the witnesses following Phillips testi-
fed that they heard 2120 blow for Tdkoma.
None could see the engineer as the train
passed on account of the darkness, smoke,
and fog
University Operator COrFOborates.
Calvin Z. Remsburg. operator at Uni
versity, was called, and confirmed Phil
lips testimony regarding the message
that 2l20 had gone by the red target go
ing ike h" T. Henry Lynne, operator
at the New York avenue block took the
stand, and testified that be overheard
somebody Sunday, he could not say whom.
send such "a message. The message ap-
peared. was sent on the block Wire and
was consequently sounded, though, per
haps. not read, in every blcck station be-
tween Washington and Rockville.
1t is expected that testimony of great
est Importance viii be taken to-day, when
the coroner expects to finish questioning
the crew of &C and get 10 Engineer Hide
brand
Wreck Victims All Improving.
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