The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-22
However, It Is Believed That
DeIbert Kinney, in Charge
Of Car, Has Given Out His
Deposition.
MAY TALK APLENTY"
At THE RIGHT TIME
Porter County Coroner and
The Prosecutor Are Busily
Engaged in Making Probe
OF the Affair.

Michigan City, Ind. June 22.-Del-
bert Kinney. conductor of the east
bound traction car in which all the
fatalities occurred In the Chesterton
wreck Saturday night. and on whom
company officials are inclined to
place blame in connection with Bert
Reed, the doad motorman, was
brought from South Bend hospital to
the st. Anthony hospital here. Soon
afterward, At is asserted. he gave his
deposit on to representative of Cor
oner Carson Of Porter county. Kim
ney was at frs. believed to be fatally
injured, but is showing remarkable re-
coyery.
Kinney gave out an interview last
night, In which he would neither af-
firm nor deny that he had given de-
position to the Porter county coroner.
I'm not talking" said Kinney.
They can talk and write all they
want to about me going to the woods,
about me being insane or about me
being drunk Saturday night and all
that rot. but when the time comes
will talk. and talk a plenty"
Deposition Tells OF Events.
Kinney seemed rational, although
he referred to the expected visit of
the coroner In a peculiar way. It is
understood that he made the deposit
ton last night In which he declared
that he noticed the car was running
past its meeting point and that he
twice gave the motorman the one-bell
signal to stop and finally started up
forward. reaching the smoking COM
partment when he saw the headlight
Of the other car. quickly followed by
the crash.
What happened after that was hazy
Ia his mind. according to the state
ment OF persons who assert they
know what his deposition was.
When pressed to give his story to a
reporter Kinney repeated that he
would not discuss the story at this
time.
MY memory Is clear" said he. Il
recall everything that happened up to
khe time Of the wreck. but do not
care to talk about 1t now. The papers
have made enough of this already.
When the coroner comes l suppose I
will have to talk to him, If l want to,
although won't IL don't want to.
They can't make me talk"
Change to Puff Cigarettes.
In answer to a question as to why
he came to the hospital here instead
Of remaining at the South Bend hos.
pital. where he was receiving good
care, Kinney said:
"They won't allow me to smoke
cigarettes there. The place didn't
Weem like home to me-"
He puffed away at cigarette con
tentedly and declared he would be out
IN few days. He expressed deep re
lgret 1t the death Of MOtorman Reed
but could not be induced to 60 into
details concerning the orders for the
meeting place that night.
Coroner Carson OF Porter county
who today opened his Investigation al
Chesterton. the scene OF the wreck. Ii
Iendeavoring to determine whether OF
mot the presence Of Paul Wilson. as
sistant general manager of the trac
ton company who was In the cab with
the motormat Of the east-bound trair
had anything to do with the wreck.
Did Official Hear ordsrsf
Whether Wilson saw the train or
der and heard it repeated is a point
of interest and also whether the cal
passed the prescribed siding with his
knowledge or otherwise. Wilson Ii
among the seriously injured at 3
]. South Bend hospital
Tho coroner examined Dispatcher