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were equivalent to a direction to write a

| were equivalent to a direction to write a
| new order.
| lar was also still suffering from his in
juries. He testified that his car left
Academy Junction at 1928 and that it was
late. He endeavored to make up time.
he said. and was going at high rate OF
| speed, probably sixty miles an hour. He
| stopped at only one place. he said. at
Waterbury. where he took on two pas
| sengers. This. he said. was at 1888. He
| fixed the time Of the accident as within
| a few seconds Of 1880. Walraven admit
| going at a very high rate of speed, prob
ably over sixty miles an hour. but stated
that it was not ahead of its schedule
| time
Car Going a Mile Minute.
Mr.. Bernard Williams testified that he
got on the car at Waterbury at 1888. In
| company with his father, r. Thomas Will
| liams. He declined to swear to the alb
solute accuracy Of his watch. but be-
! lieved 1t to be a good timekeeper. He
| said that his father had looked at his
| watch and remarked that the car was
going a mile a minute. and the accident
occurred before he put the watch back IN
his pocket
John e. Cullen, Baltimore newspaper
man. testified as to conversation that
he had with Wadsworth. the motorman OF
The witness stated that he had been in
structed by his newspaper to waive the
privilege of q newspaper man as to not
testifying as to his sources Of news. He
said among other things that Wadsworth
had told him that he (Wadsworth) and
Bernasco had compared watches at Camp
Parole and decided that they could make
Best Gate.
Operator Carson Schumacher testified
that his duty was to receive orders from
1A a Junction and
transmit them to the proper persons at
Annapolis. He had no right to modify
them or add to them. he said. and had
not been required to acquaint himself with
positively that Dispatcher Scott had or
dered him to scratch out the part of the
order about meeting No. 1873 and engine
No. at Bests Gate and that he did not
know 1t was contrary to the rules to do so.
The Erased Train Order.
John Newton, engineer. who had been
an engineer for eighteen years. testified
that he would not have received an erased
order.
Mr.. Scott. the train dispatcher, was re-
called and said that he told Schumacher
to draw a line over the order for No. 81
extra. to meet the regular at .Bests Gate
and to bust that order.
Mr.. Shannahan. vice president OF the
road, said that all men are examined be-
fore they are placed on the road. He
could not tell personally that Bernasco.
conductor and Wadsworth, motorman.
were personally examined.
Mr.. Doyle, the acting superintendent of
transportation, said that these men. who
composed crew No q. were employed by
Mr.. Joseph O'Hara. the superintendent.
before he, Mr.. Doyle. came on as super
! intendent. and he could not say that
| they had been examined as 10 their ca
pacity.
Edward C. >Bernasco, conductor on the
special, was recalled. He again stated,
| in reply to Juryman Werntz. that his Or
| ders were to go to Bests Gate.
| BY Juryman Kalmey-1 understood the
orders SO. The baggagemaster was pres
ent when I received my orders.
Told to Look Out for Other Train.
Carson Schumacher. who handed Ber-
nasco's orders to him, testified that he
told him to look out for regular No. 1913.
He said that Mr.. Scott told him to scratch
out the order to meet the regular.
Thomas Barrow. ticket agent at Camp
Parole, one-third Of a mile from the
place Of accident, said that he looked at
his watch when the special passed Camp
Parole and it was 1885 pm; another
watch at the time corroborated this.
Mr. Bernasco and Mr.. Schumacher were
| then asked to stand up. and facing each
other directly before. the jury Bernasco
declared that Schumacher explained the
| orders to him to go on to Best's Gate.
and Mr.. Schumacher was equally emphatic
in stating that he gave him no such in
structions. Bernasco said that he had
often received verbal orders to go from
station to station. and Mr.. Scott. the
train dispatcher, recalled. was firm in his
statement that no such verbal orders
| were ever given. The jury then took the
case under consideration.
| After the verdict had been rendered
States Attorney Green and Coroner Da-
Wis had a conference and decided to hold
Bernasco in custody and swear out a
warrant for the arrest of Motorman
George Wadsworth. whose whereabouts, it
| is said, are known to the officials
| Vice President Shannahan declined to
| make any comment upon the verdict.