Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-09
No. 16,9O8.

nal?'
"Well-indirectly.
| Can you remember from whom such re-
port was received?'
! How long ago was that?'
about month, l would say"
''Dutrow was not at Silver Spring theh'
was hep
| or Rockville.
Mr.. Moore was excused and Operator
Dutrow was recalled.
Who appointed you to the stan OF OF
| operators of the Baltimore and Ohio?'
| Coroner hewitt questioned.
Mr.. w. A McCauley."
Did he give you a practical test on the
! telegraph key?"
Not at that time, but he has subse-
quently.'
What did that test consist Off"
about twenty-five or thirty words
minute
How long ago was that examination"
| About a year.
Has Mr.. McCauley tested you since that
| time?''
| Not on telegraphy."
Where did you work before you went
| with the Baltimore and Ohio?
ION the Atlantic Coast Liner
I'm what capacity?'
LAS agent and teegrapher.
Where did you first work as block
OPERATOR
AT Boyd's, on the Baltimore and Ohio,
| when l was posting up
Replying to other questions Dutrow
named other stations on the Baltimore and
Ohio where he worked previous to sub
stituting at Silver Spring.
| From his block sheet Dutrow was re-
| quested to give the time extra 1852 entered
and passed his station. The operator hesl-
| tated a moment and Operator Moore was
| recalled, and to the request to interpret
| the entries on the record, said 1t Indicated
extra 1852 into the block at Kensington at
900 pm, and passed Silver Spring, east
ward bound, at 9:35
Movement of Train 10.
How did train Is get into the block
at Kensington?' asked the coroner
II do not know, unless the operator al
lowed him to enter witness replied.
las matter of fact didn't you give
Kensington confirmation on 2652?''
How could 1 when 1862 was still standing
on the track? l do not remember sending
any such message
Does not your own sheet show that
1862 entered the block at Kensington at
9:20 and cleared at Silver Spring at 9.35?'
Yes l believe it does, but I don't re-
member reporting 1852 as being last east
j may have given Kensington the time
when 1852 was still standing at my station"
Asked how he could explain the matter,
Dutrow said he knew 1t was contrary to
! rule to allow train Is into the block when
1852 was not cleared, and added he did not
remember doing it.
Speaking of the incident of Operator
Feeney entering his station and receiving a
message from the dispatcher, Dutrow said
he started to copy the message when
Feeney who was nearer the tablet of
blanks on the desk, declared he would
take It, and did so.
Prof. Howard L. Hodgkins of 1880 T
street was called to show the fact that
Prof. Theodore l. King, the one victim of
the wreck over whom the inquest is being
held, was aboard the local train when the
disaster occurred. Witness said his first
intimatiOn that King had killod uyac
received from the newspapers next morn
ing, and he explained that Prof. King was
undoubtedly on the way from his home in
kenSington to Washington, to perform his
| regular Sunday night duty as organist at
Wesley Chapel Later, witness said he
identified the body of Prof. King
Operator Moore Advised Caution.
Conductor j. w. Owens, in charge of train
is Sunday night was next examined. He
| related the incident of Operator Moore at
kensington advising caution despite the
fact Silver Spring reported the block clear,
and corroborated the statement made by
Engineer Peer yesterday about train 10 be-
ing tagged before it reached Silver Spring.
Owens said he went to the station at Silver
Spring, and there Dutrow claimed his report
to kensington was to the effect that extra
1852 was still standing on the track
Joseph E. Ralph was among the early ar
rivals upon the scene of the accident and
he related incidents in connection with the
relief of the injured.
Detectives Patrick O'Brien and Alpha
Parham were sworn, and they submitted
the statements made to them by the MEM
beers of the crew of the dead-head equip
ment train 2120, and by Operator Phillips
of Takoma Park station.
Trainmen Recalled.
Brakeman w. w. Zepp of the crew Of
extra 1865 was recalled at the opening Of
the afternoon session, and was asked
whether Operator Dutrow appeared nervous
when he saw him in the station at Silver
Spring about o'clock Sunday night. He
answered in the affirmative
Engineer HAdebrand was again placed on
the stand and interrogated concerning the
signals seen at the various stations along
the line.
What signal at Tuscarora?" asked the
coroner. ~
White" the engineer answered -
AT Barnesville?'
White"
AT Rockville?"
White
AT Randolph"
Il didn't see it,
"Why?"
Il had shut off my engine and was drift
and l called to him. He said AN right )
and | took that for clear block and went
ahead"
IF the fireman had said there was No
you have done?"
Il would have stopped"
DO you know what time Randolph is
dead?"
AT $50
In noting the signal at Randolph you de-
pended entirely upon the fireman?"
Yes
Fireman McCleiland of the crew of 212O
was recalled (the further evidence on the
| point of the signal at Randolph being an
outcome of the testimony yesterday of One
rator Matthews that he closed the station
| before 2120 passed..
What signal did you see at Randolph %
| asked the coroner.
Il didn't see any"
what did you say to the engineer"
Il don remember saying anything
Didn't you call to him, All right?"
Il don't remember saying anything"
Didn't Hildebrand call to you asking
| what the target was at Randolph
Il do not remember hearing him say any
| thing"
Question of Duty.
Was it not your duty, in the absence Of
| seeing any signal, to notify the engineer
| and have him stop the train and find out
| what the matter?'
Il suppose so, but don't know for sure"
| did you know Randolph as station
| when you saw it?'
Yes, sir
n,,a.