Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-09
close together ne thought there would be
q wreck and he ran down the track toward
Terra Gotta

q wreck and he ran down the track toward
Terra Gotta.
No Warning Whistle.
Elizabeth Jefferson. colored. 1113 Fussells
court, was a passenger on train GO. She
heard no warning whistle from the follow
Ing train.
Walter Goldfnch Of Terra Gotta was on
the embankment about nifty yards from
the scene when the wreck occurred. He
heard no whistle from engine 212O as II
approached the Terra Gotta station.
Testifying to signals seen at Silver Spring
December 20. Engineer Thomas B. Thomp-
son said he received the double green at
that point at I'D pm, and declared that
was a proper signal Asked whether he
he had done 30 many times, but he never
came down late enough with that train to
find the Takoma office closed. Questioned
as to his understanding OF q double green
signal received at Silver Spring at 6:28 or
$50 pm, Thompson said that would be an
improper signal. and he would bring his
train to stop.
Assistant United States Attorney Adkins
asked THOMPSON how often he ran train
90 Sundays and he replied: Every third
Sunday"
How late: as an average. is train ee
Anywhere from twelve to twenty min
utes"
What time is 1t due on week daysT'
$50 D.m.
IF you were running an extra behind
train 68 Sunday and you reached Silver
Spring at e:s1. what would you think about
He ought to be in Washington"
John C. HutZler. Baltimore and Ohio
engineer. said he ran train past Silver
Spring at about 920 o'clock p.m.. Satur-
day, December 20. He properly received a
toned by Juryman Sanford Engineer Hutz-
Ter testified he thought thirty miles per
hour little too fast to be running when
under double green signal and on down
grade.
Position of the Coaches.
Frederick w. Wiltberger. a messenger in
the War Department. who resides about
seventy-five yards from the scene of the
accident. testified to the position Of the
coaches of the extra train after the wreck.
James C. Cannon. 1914 Montello avenue
northeast. a fireman on the Baltimore and
Ohio and a member of the crew of extra
1865 Sunday night, testified to running to
Terra Gotta Sunday night under orders.
with track hands. an operator and others
picked up at KensingtOn and Silver Spring.
]. H. Peer of Martinsburg. w. Va. an
engineer in the employ of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad for twenty years, testi-
fled he ran a train known as No. ID, leav-
Ing Brunswick at 7:45 o'clock. At Kensing-
ton, he said. he was stopped by red light,
but later received a white block and pro-
ceeded. Before reaching the end OF the
block. he said, he was stopped by the flag
man Of a riggers' train.
WAS the white signal at Kensington a
proper one with another train In the
block?" asked the coroner.
mo. SIR
What was the cause Of the erroneous
signal being shown"
Il do not know. The operator at Silver
Spring claimed he had told Kensington the
block was not clear. I understand the
KensingtOn operator says he did receive
report of clear block from the Silver
Spring man."
Continuing, Peer said: II asked the OPP
orator at Silver Spring how he came to let
me in at Kensington under the clear. The
young man told me he didn't know, be-
cause he told Kensington the block was
not clear"
Attorney Davis interjected a query:
Then the fault. Mr.. Peer. lies between the
operators at Kensington and Silver
SPRING."
Yes, SIR
Adjournment was taken at $50 o'clock
until 1870 o'clock this morning.
Coroner to See Witnesses.
Coroner hewitt has instructed all per-
sons who appeared as witnesses at the
inquest to call to see him tomorrow after
noon between o'clock and o'clock.