The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-07
COLLISION WAS
M0T0RMENS FAULT
Thirty-Six Persons Killed While En-
Route to ST. Louis to See Parade
ofVeiIed Prophets.
Ey Associated Press.

Ey Associated Press.
Stanton, Ill., Oct. 5.-An inquest is
being held today to fix the responsible
ity for the Illinois traction wreck, near
here yesterday, in which thirty-slx
were killed and thirty injured. Train
Dispatcher Louis Tabbs charges that
Motorman John Hermann ran wild
despite orders to meet the limited at
Wall. Hermann is said to have leap
ed from his car and disappeared just
before the crash.
Nearly all Of the killed and injured
were from Illinois towns on their way
to the Yelled Prophet festival in St.
Louis Hermann when found by the
police admitted that he alone was re-
sponsible for the wreck. The road
lofficials say there is no justification
for his criminal absent mindedness," !"
in over-running the meeting place at
Walls siding.
Motorman Hermann and Conductor
Leonard Richardfi of train No. IA,
were arrested this morning. Herman
was found in his little sitting room
with his wife and children, all crying
lpiteously. For Gods sake how many
were killed." said the motorman, ad-
dressing the sheriff as he was arrested
Hermann made no effort to escape
and offered no resistance when asked
Ito accompany the officers. Conductor
Leonard also went with the officers
without trouble. He, as well as Lier-
mann, was in a pitiable state of mind.
Staunton, H., Oct. .-Thirty-seven
lpersons were killed and from sixteen
to twenty-five injured in collision on
the Illinois Traction system, two miles
north of here late Tuesday afternoon.
Three of the injured, and possibly
more are not expected to survive.
The dead at Carlinsville are:
w. S. Street, division superintend-
ent of the Illinois Traction Co., Staun-
ton.
A. Price, auditor of disbursements
of the Illinois Traction Co., Cham
tpaign.
J. w. Miller of Gillispie, general
superintendent of the Superior Coal
Co.
j. R. Habbedger, Jameston, III.
G. Worner, Champaign Ill.
Raymond Bauer, st. Louis, Mo.
D. E. Black, assistant superintend-
ent of motive power of the Illinois
Traction Co., of Springfield
T. J. Kerwin, st. Louis, Mo.
Manuel A. Indermill, Baden, ILL.,
! DR. II. G. Ganaway, Decatur, ILL.,
]. c. Shafer, st. Louis.
Mrs. William Cloud, Beneld, Ill.
F. S. Hill, Princeton, Ind.
John Blotna, Beneld, Ill.
H. B. Robinson, Beneld, Ill.
E. NJ. Rose, a collector for a weekly
magazine, his father is H. E. Rose,
1913 Wilson, Ave, Chicago.
John Berry, Springfield.
Nine unidentified women, and one
unidentified man.
Frank Ruble of Alton Ill.
S. T. Henry, Princeville, Ill.
Those not seriously injured:
| James Scott and son, Sawerville,
H.; ~ Judge, Litehfeld H.; e. J..
Young, Stauton, H.. William Curle,
Springfield, ILL.,; Hazel Singer, Spring
field, H.; Mrs. J. R. Agee, Spring
field Ill; Ethel Agee, Springfield, H.;
Julius Engleman, Ofallon, ILL.,; George
Mile. Troy, Ill.,; Mary Dosner, Nil
wood, ILL.,; T. A. Tarrant, Brooklyn,
N. Y; c. w. McGhee, Shawneetown,
ILL.,; head badly cut; Guy Smith, Shaw.
neetown, H.; John Hose, Trenton, H.;
head and face crushed; Joseph Clark,
Beneld, H., wooden leg broken; Mrs,
L. e. Cordum, Gillespie, ILL.,; chest
crushed; G. B. Clifton, Staunton, ILL.,;
c. F. Mehl l.. Y. Raine, dispatcher
1. T. S., Carlinville, head injured; c..
F. Miller, Sparta, head and chest.
The collision occurred between local
train No. IA. northbound, and excur-
sion train No. 70, headed toward ST.
Louis, loaded with passengers on their
way to view the parade of the Yelled
Prophets. The accident, according to
present information, was due entirely
to the disregard of orders by the crew
OF No. IA, in charge of M. A. Leonard,
conductor, and John Herman, of
Staunton, motorman.