The San Francisco call., 1908-07-07

that City Engineer Turner be In
structed to investigate and report
to u.s."
This was n motion by City Council
man B. H. Pendleton, adopted tonight
ut the council meeting.
"In the east" said PendletOn, ''they
VIII not allow a grade crossing. i am
informed that the derailing switch at
First and Harrison streets, which was
applied last Saturday nignt, is not the
most effective"
OAKLAND, July 6.-A coroner's jury,
before which are to be subpenaed off,
cials of the Southern Pacific company
and the train crews of the Oakland
Fourteenth street local and Santa Cruz
No. 81, will take testimony tomorrow
at 10 o'clock to fix the responsibility
for the wreck at First and Webster
streets Saturday night. The action
which may be taken against Everett ].
Barry. the engineer accused by the in
vestigating committee yesterday, has
been deferred until a verdict is re-
turned.
This morning Barry, prisoner in the
city Jail booked for manslaughter. ap-
peared in the police court and asked
that he be given the liberty usually
accorded to railwaymen after formal
arrest
Il wish you would release me on my
own recognizance," he pleaded.
REFUSES TO FREE HIM
Il cannot do that until the coroner's
inquest has been held" replied Justice
of the Peace Geary, who was sitting for
Police Judge Mortimer Smith.
Everything has been deferred. SO far
as court proceedings go, until after the
inquest The deaths of all seven VIC
tins will be inquired into at the one
time and in the investigation every
rule of the railroad company which
might have had bearing on the acci-
dent will be considered.
Among these will be the charge that
the schedule of the Southern Pacific
forces It's engineers in making their
ferry connections to break the law.
Barry in an. interview yesterday af-
firmed that the city ordinance limiting
train speed in First street to % miles
an hour is disregarded by the company
in placing the rate in the schedule at
80 miles.
Among the railroadmen who will be
called to testify are A. v. Baker and
w. H. Norton. assistant division super
intendents; E. NJ. Cutting, signal engi-
neer; G. D. Wright, division train mas
ter; c. c. McCurdy, towerman in tower
No. IL, and the crews of the wrecked
trains.
VICTIM Is IDENTIFIED
The crew of the Santa Cruz train No.
81 We're Engineer Barry. Fireman Her
bert Drake, Conductor F. E. Corey and
Brakeman j. Fulkerson. Engineer
William Mark ran the local, with John
Colegrove, conductor; John McCauley,
fireman; r. S. Murdoch, baggageman,
and c. T. Ferris. brakeman. Ferris be-
ing in the Oakland central hospital
with a broken leg, no subpoena was
served on him.
A complete Identification of Edwin G.
Johnson, the last of the dead to be
taken from the wreck, was made to-
day. Following the clew of name on
his coat giving the tailor who made the
suit, Deputy Coroner Sargent today.
found Bert Smith. nephew of the
dead man. He identified Johnson as
Southern Pacific engineer who was
passenger in the Santa Cruz train
smoker. The family OF Johnson were
found in his home, S103 King street,
Berkeley. They did not know that the
man listed at the morgue as 4. q.
Johnson was the husband and father
whom they thought out of the city.
Johnson left his home Saturday noon
to visit with his aged mother. Mrs.
C, M. Johnson, at San Jose. When he
left he intended to remain away sew
eral days. Why he returned is a mys-
terry to his wife.
Johnson was Al years old, a native
of San Francisco. He had been in the
Southern Pacific operating department
since 1878 and had been a locomotive
engineer for 21 years. He had run on
fast trains between Fresno and San
Francisco and to Sacramento. including
some of the crack overland trains. His
widow, a son, Merrill Johnson, head ma
chinist of the United States engineer
ing works of San Francisco, and
daughter, Mrs. George w. Little, sur
vive him.
The funeral of the dead engineer will
be conducted by the brotherhood OF
locomotive engineers.
The engineers also will assist Barry.