The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
Wreck VICTIMS
NOTE IS FOUND
So,OOO Instrument Accidentally
Carried Away by Rescuer
From PetaIuma
Charles Fisher, Friend of Levin,
Owes Life to Missing
the Train
lSeesiaI Dispatch 10 The Call

LSPeS'n DiS20ich IL The Call
SANTA ROSA, Aug 1.-THE note for
$4,000 which was missing from the
clothing of Pincus Levin, the man
killed in Mondays wreck, was returned
this afternoon to John P. Poverton. D.
w Ravenscroft, a prominent resident
OF Petaluma, had gathered up some
Things which had fallen off Levin's re-
mains as he was assisting in carrying
The body from the car. among some
OF the personal effects of Ravenscroft
that had fallen from the latter's pocket
while he was STOPPING over the body.
kaNenscroft did not stop to examine
the papers and was not aware until this
mornig that he had anything of value
among them. Ravenscroft did valiant
rescue work at the wreck and was
among the first on the scene, having
gone from Petaluma when the news
OF the collision was received there
CHARLES Fisher. the man who was to
nave come 10 this city on the Monday
night train with Pincus Levin. owes his
lie TO the fact that he was unable to
eaten the train to join his relative.
Levin went to San Francisco Monday
70 meet Fisher. who is from Brooklyn.
n Y, and they were to have returned
here Tuesday night
At the last moment Levin telephoned
Fisher that he had been called home
on important business and would re-
turn the following morning for the
the relative. There was not suff1cent
time then for Fisher to have made the
train and this prevented his having
been In the collision. He would nat
urally have been seated with Levin in
H.
sunered a similar fate to that Of his
relative.
The two Santa Rosa victims of the
collision will be buried shortly. The
funeral Of Hermann Bayer will occur
Friday afternoon here under the
auspices OF Santa Rosa lodge No. 25.
order of Herman Sons, and Santa Rosa
No. 21o, Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Other fraternal organizations to which
Bayer belonged will attend the funeral
IN body. Both Of the Santa Rosans
who were killed in the wreck were
prominent in the fraternal world. The
remains Of Pincus Levin will be taken
TO San Francisco, where services will
be conducted in one of the syna gogues
snd the body viii be laid to rest in the
Jewish cemetery there. The decednt
was cantor Of the local Jewish congre-
cation at all of their celebrations since
he came here, and one of the prominent
young business men of Santa Rosa.
Inquest Thursday
SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 1.-THE coro-
ner's inquest on the victims Of the
train wreck at 1gnacio will be held
next Thursday and Coroner T. F. Saw
yer announces he will suppress the
names Of the jurors that sit at the
hearing until Immediately before the
inquest Conductor George Flaherty
that caused the collision, will be the
chief witness.
District Attorney Boyd will conduct
= searching inquiry to definitely fix the
responsibility. Flaherty's claim of en-
Tire responsibility apparently does not
deter the district attorney in his efforts
and he is arranging TO have many Of
the division officials on the stand to
testify regarding time schedules and
yard regulations.
1t is known that Flaherty failed to
register his train "out" with Station
Agent Harry Stone al Ignacio, as re-
ouired by the regulations. and that he
had entered into an agreement with the
station agent TO save him the trouble
OF doing this. The chart with Fla
herty's chalk registered lin" and a
blank departure column is in the pos
session of the authorities.
In addition to Stone. General Mana
ger ". J. Hunter will give testimony
concerning rules and orders governing
regular and work trains. II the coro-
ners Jury returns a verdict of criminal
negligence, the persons adjudged guilty
will be arrested and charged with
manslaughter.
Word was received by Coroner Saw
yer from a brother Of Archie W. and
NJ A Banks, brothers, who were killed
IN the wreck on entering TO smoker TO
lunch, asking that the bodies be shipped
70 Detroit, Mich. The bodies were al
ready on the way to Rockford, Ill, but
the coroners office has telegraphed
ahead TO redirect them.
A pathetic aftermath Of the wreck is
the case Of Mrs. Niels Nelson, whose
husband was killed in the collision.
leaving her and her little 6 year old
son. Anton johannes Nelson. without
deuer of this city. The body was buried
in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
The funeral procession went through
San RafaePs streets and attracted q
great amount OF attention. Noble
Grand F. Ganthier and Rev. Dr. Glenn
ems. chaplain OF the Odd Fellows, Off
ciated.
The pail bearers were from two or
ders the Odd Fellows being H. Mad
sen. Charles Jensen and P. johnson,
while the Woodmen of the World, Of
which Nielsen was also member, were
represented by H. 3. Hook, c. E. wes-
ton and r L. Duncan. At Mount Tam
alpafs cemetery, where the burial took
threw his arms about his mothers neck
in the carriage and tried to comfort
her, begging her not to cry.