Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04

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operator at Takoma Park Sunday and re-
quired him to explain to the jury the mean
ing of the hieroglyphics in the different col
umns of the sheet.
Operator Detrow the extra operator on
duty at Silver Spring Sunday night. was
recalled, and, after identifying the BLOCK
sheet kept by him on that trick Of 9,a DUTY ;,
he was asked whether he allowed ZlZo To
enter the block.
yes" he answered. because Takoma
| told me that train 66 had cleared
Were you responsible at all ior tne sig
nails displayed at Takoma Park" Juryman
Ricketts, asked.
mo, sir
"Had the operator at Takoma any right
to show white light and let 2l2O into the
block?'
mo, because 66 had not cleared at Uni
versity.
The question asked Detrow yesterday
| about 212O being reported past Takoma was
repeated, and Detrow said he remembered
| Takoma reporting-"212O past. 6:3I NJ
| heard Takoma saying nothing about IN
running past a red light
Would you assume that the block te
Takoma was clear upon receipt OF the re-
| port of 2120 being past that station?
YES"
The witness was turned over to Assistant
United States Attorney Turner, and the
latter began: I'm your testimony yeSter-
| day, Mr.. Detrow, you at first stated you
heard of the approach of 20 from the
operator at Kensington, and later SAID tn IN
message was from Forest Glen. How die
you recall that fact from memory or by
| looking at your sheet
Ct remembered it first and then saw it or
| my sheet"
',Then Forest Glen block was still open
when 2120 passed there?'
Yes
Message That Was Sent.
What message did you send when 212t
passed your block station?'' Mr.. Turner in
quired.
20. s., S. G., F. N, K. A.-extra 212o by
8. g." witness answered.
what does that mean?"
"Report-Silver Spring, Forest Glen, Ia
koma Park-extra 2120 by. (SigneD Silver
Spring"
Was there anything in the message you
received from Takoma Park-.O s., n: A
s. G. Extra 1920 by 6:31. K. A.'-whlch
would indicate to you anything but that
block?"
mo, sir"
WAS the operator at Takoma supposed to
let you know 212O had passed a red signal?
Not necessarily. because lis first duty
was to get University to see II ne couio
get the block clear ahead of the extra"
What would you do if a train passed
your red target?
Il would run out with red signal ano
try to flag him.
N. w. Phillips, the Takoma Park opera
tor, was called and identified the sheet he
kept Sunday as being the record OF the
trains passing his office December 80, 1906
between 80 a. m. and 12:4o the next morn
ing. He said he had been employed as
operator for three years.
Phillips Describes Duties.
Describing his duties, Phillips said as
operator he was required to block trains a
his station. get them In at University al
one end past Takoma and out at Silver
Spring. and reverse operation for trains
moving the opposite direction: as station
agent to sell tickets, handle freight ant
express matters and receive and TRANSMIT
commercial telegraph messages.
What is your pay as operator for the
railroad?"
So 30 per month
What do you receive for handling ex
press PACKAGES
Ten per cent from the United States
Are you addicted to the use of intoxl
| cants?"
NO"
DO you use drugs-cocaine or an,
other?''
Have you lost much time on account o
| ilness?'
How much time are you allowed OF
| duty?'
Two days each month"
| Referring to the passage of train 66 Sun
day night, Phillips consulted his record
sheet and said it passed his station SiXteef
| minutes late.
what signal did you give 66?'
"A clear block"
| "When did you hear that extra 2120 wa:
| approaching?" Coroner hewitt Queried.
| Il don't remember exactly, but l heart
one of the operators, either at Randolph
or Rockville or Kensington. saying tina
| 212O was coming east, and l knew 1t wa:
| coming before sc passed my station" Phil
| lips answered.
| ..What time did you hear fror, Silver
Spring that 2120 had entered your block"
| Two minutes after train 66 left my
station"
"Wnat signal had you given to Silver
| Spring for 2120?"
II gave permission to enter my block-a
clear signal
Matter of Danger.
did It not occur to you dangerous fol
| an extra to run so closely behind passen-
! ger train making all the stops?'
mo. sir because 1 expected 2120 to re-
gard my red target, and stop until train ct
| cleared at University.
"What message did you send first after
212o passed.
II called University and said, '2l20 passed
| my red target going like hell.
| what did you say to Silver bring?
| Nothing till he asked for 2l23,anu then
| said, by 6:31 and signed with my s,atior
| call, *. A.
twas it foggy Sunday night?
81 think it was the 'fogglest night
ever saw.
| "Were you supposed to use extra pre-
| cautions on account of the fog?'
| mo; because the block signal red was
| supposed to afford complete control OF
| trains. sos
| "What did you do after 2120 passed.
| 81 did nothing at first. because L thought
| 212O would still stop and come back
"Why didn't you go out with rec
| light or other signal and try to recall
2120?'
! Because | thought he would stop--ant
| because the block sigma! was set at red
! and the trainmen knew it was there ant
| were supposed to see it,
! "How rapidly 2120 moving when i
passed your station?
| II do not know exactly, but would say
| fifty miles an hour.
"How long after 66 passed Takoma Parl
did 2120 pass?"
| Five minutes"
| Change Of Signals.
Are you sure you changed the white
| target after GO passed.
| "Sixty-six got down the track about 1O'
yards and l changed the signal back t.
| red"
did you hear 2120 whistle for thu