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at all at Randolph-with the arms OF the
signal post DOWN."
mo, I didn't see the target at al. I
saw the bottom Of the pole"
Not seeing any signal. would you have
said 1t was all right?''
No. sir; and I don't remember saying
Asked point blank question whether he
knew anything about the rule Of the Bal
timore and Ohio which specifies that the
target is supposed to be displayed operates
the same as a red or stop signal. NC
Clelland answered that he knew nothing
about such q rule.
way was placed on the stand and cues
| toned by Deputy Coroner Glazebrook in
part as follows:
"YOu have heard most Of the evidence
offered at this case?"
Eyes, sir
"Can you say what rules Of your COM
pany. If any, have been violated by the
operatives of the road2
Eyes; apparently they have all been vio-
lated
Required to specify. he detailed rule
13 relating to the use of cross-overs.
Asked to name the operatives and crews
who have been guilty Of violation. Mr.
Galloway retorted with the query:
DO understand you want me to define
No. name the crews which violated
specific rules"
IT consider that the engineer and con-
ductor of train 66 were in error l. passing
the double green signal at silver Spring
The conductor and engineer of 212O, having
testified to running at a high rate of speed,
were equally responsible"
Would you hold the other members OF
either crew."
No. I would not consider the fireman.
baggagemaster nor flagman of either crew
to be responsible"
Are you surprised at the laXity shown
In the observance of rules by various en-
ployes?"
Il certainly am. I am surprised at the
disregard Of their trust. 1 can only say
that in operating a railroad you must de-
pend upon the reliability and trustworthi-
ness of the employees"
DO you consider a double green signal
yes"
Should Hildebrand have stopped at Sill
yer Spring If his watch showed 6:31 when
he passed under the double greene"
IF he passed Silver Spring at 6:31, the
double green applied"
Case Goes to the Jury.
HAS not this investigation shown con-
clusively that the $50 closing system ad-
mits of possible serious accidents. and that
the system is defective?"
Not If the rules are rigidly complied
with.
Considering human liability to err: do
you not believe there Is serious doubt as
to the value of this system?"
Il consider the block system safe"
'"Then, If Takoma had been a twenty
four-hour station would not Hildebrand
either have stopped at that point or peen
more careful?'
Il do not consider that Takoma not be-
ing a twenty-four-hour office had anything
to do with the accident. If that system Is
not safe l do not believe there Is q signal
system In the country that would cover all
emergencies"
The case was given to the jury at 1902
o'clock this afternoon.
Proceedings Late Yesterday.
After The Stars report closed yesterday
afternoon Sergeant jeremiah Murphy OF
the tenth police precinct was called to the
witness stand, and he repeated orders re-
ceived to the effect that horrible blunder
had been committed and that the respon-
sible parties should be arrested.
Il proceeded to the scene Of the wreck,
Murphy said. land the first man I saw was
Engineer Hildebrand. He told me he had
received double green signal at Silver
Spring. and none at all at TakOma-
Sergeant Beam was recalled for mo-
ment and asked whether Engineers Hide
brand and Vermillion had opportunity to
get together and talk Immediately after the
wreck. and said he did not think they had.
Sergt Murphy continued his testimony
| and said he asked Hildebrand whether It
was not mistake to run fast extra train
behind slower moving local.
HE said he supposed 1t was" witness
continued. but that he was not responsible
for his orders"
81 asked him IL he should not have
stopped at Takoma when it was so near
to the closing hour" SCRIPT. Murphy added.
land he replied If he had stopped and an
other train had come along and struck him.
the first thing the officials would have
| asked him would have been why had he
stopped there when he knew Takoma was
closed at 630?'"
Sergt Murphy related another story told
to him by Engineer Vermillion to the effect
that a red signal was set against train GO
Saturday night at Silver Spring. Yer
| million said he stopped and sent his nag
man back, and found that mistake had
been made" Murphy went on to say. THAT
fagman was killed Sunday"
D. j. Mattingly, druggist at Takoma
was asked whether Operator Phillips was at
his store about $50 o'clock Sunday night,
the 3Oth. Witness replied he did not see
him.
Was Standing on Platform.
Martin Cady, residing on Rock Creek
Church road, testified he was standing on
the platform at Terra Gotta Sunday night.
He saw train &C stop and he was standing
abreast of the middle coach when some
thing happened; he didn't know what. He
thought an explosion had occurred. and
didn't know 1t was a wreck until after he
returned from the hospital.
T. T. Roddy, fireman at Somervilles terra
Gotta works, gave vivid description of the
wreck. which he witnessed from distance
of about a city square. He said he did
the best he could to relieve the injured and
he telephoned to the police station and to
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station.
Mr.. Roddy estimated 1t was an hour after
the wreck before organized assistance ar
rived.
Other scenes at the wreck were described
by Charles Walden Of Terra Gotta. Repeat
ing a conversat ton he had with Engineer
Vermillion, Walden testified the latter said
he was just slowing up at Terra Gotta sta
ton to get some passengers and that 1t
was a good thing they did not get on. Wal
den said the last coach of the extra, after
the wreck, was stopped about 300 yards
east Of the Terra Gotta station platform.
William Ridgway, fifteen years Of age,
was among the people standing the
platform at Terra Gotta when the collision
occurred. He did not remember hearing