Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-02
Railroad officials on Hand.

arrive were Mr.. O. II. Hobbs superintend-
ent of the Baltimore division of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, and Mr.. c. w. Gal
loway, superintendent of transportation of
the same company.
The representa- tives of the United States
attorneys office Messrs. Turner, Proctor
and Given, appeared and were given seats
at table facing the coroner's seat. The
counsel for the railroad company at the in
quiry was Mr.. John G.. Wilson, assistant at
torney of the Baltimore and Ohio system,
who also occupied a table at the front.
There was a buzz of comment as two
prosperous-looking men entered the cham
Der and were given a table at which to
make notes of the hearing. An attorney
remarked upon observing them:
Uncle Sam Is going to take hand In
this awful matter"
The individuals referred to were Mr..
James NJ. Watson, chief of the division of
safety appliances of the interstate COM
merce commission, and Mr.. l.. NJ. Walter.
the government attorney who Is charged
with the prosecution of persons or corpora
lions that violate the act of Congress gov
erning safety appliances on railroads. 1t
was stated that these officers were personal
ly directed to be present by Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor Straus. Each OF
them had note book and made copious en-
tries during the taking of testimony. AS to
what may be done by the department in
the future they were silent.
Names Of Prisoners Recorded.
Coroner hewitt was 1anked on the left by
Commissioner Macfarland, and on the right
by Commissioner West, with Major Syl-
vester sitting close at hand. Before the
taking of testimony was begun the names
of the prisoners were recorded on the
morgue records by Morguemaster Schone-
berger, as follows:
Harry II. Hildebrand, married engineer,
residing at 1O7 West Ostead street; Ira c.
McClelland, single, fireman. 1916 William
street; Ralph Rutter, married. brakeman,
80 East 4th avenue; Frank f. Hoffmeier,
married. conductor, 1871 Wilkins street.
and William A Norris, married. baggage
master. 1907 South Charles, street. all Of
Baltimore, Md.
Opposite their names a blank space has
been left upon which will be entered at the
close of the inquisition whether they were
held for the action of the grand jury or re-
leased from custody as result of the YER
dict of the coroner's jury.
At no time today did the police allow
the inquest chamber to become over
crowded, and the presence of so many
patrolmen in front of the firehouse and
morgue had the desired effect of eventu
ally reducing the size of the morbid
crowd on the outside of the building.
Delay of Relief Train.
There was much comment among those
| in the inquest room upon that part of the
testimony of Superintendent Hobbs
which, in a measure, explained the delay
, of the relief train in reaching the scene
of Sunday nights horror. 1t appeared
from his testimony that it was necessary,
in order TO have train sent to the scene
of the wreck at Terra Gotta, that the
order should be issued by him. he then
being in Baltimore, II was said, causing
needless delay. one man explained, be-
cause of the red tape procedure.
The long list of witnesses, which was
read by Deputy Coroner Glazebrook. was
nv for an Rna n an
who had had personal supervision over
the work of securing the witnesses want
ed at the inquest. He submitted the list
CONTINUED on Second PaEe.).