The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27
Prosecutor Delaney Will Not Rest Upon Finding of Coroner, But Will Make Personal Investigation.
 Will First Dispose of the Caputo Murder and Then Take Up Independent Probe of Federal Express Wreck.
Necessary to Ascertain What Officer of the Com pany Was Responsible for the Maintenance of the Crossover.

No action against the New Haven
 road may be expected for severa,
 weeks. in the case of the Federal Ex-
 Dress wreck. Prosecuting Attorney A | l.. Delaney, with whom the whole | matter now rests, made it plain to-
 day that he does not propose to pro-
 ceed with the finding of Coroner Will son without careful and searching in- vestigation. Because with one murder
 case upon his hands. in connection
 with the regular routine of the city
 court. the Prosecutor said he proposed
 to go slowly, to first dispose of the
 Caputo murder, and then to make a
 careful investigation into the disaster
 on his own account before proceeding
 ciaIs. o1'i-
 The Prosecutor does not take it for granted that the finding of Coroner its very nature," said he. a coroner's inquest Is but a superficial examina- ton. There is no cross examination of witnesses. The witness may tell any story he likes, shaping it to meet his own ends, in the investigation be- fore the coroner''
 Coroner Wilson finds that the road was oriminally negligent in mafntain- ing the type of crossover that existed | at the wreck, low speed crossover. | and the coroner points out that the road was derelict in relying solely up- on the rule for low speed to pro- tect the passengers of it's express trains on this trunk line.
 Prosecutor Delaney said today that he question of criminal negligence in his connection would hinge large y upon the testimony of experts. Ex- oer1enced railroad men would have to est1fy as to whether this was a stan- lard type of crossover, whether it vas standard for such conditions. as xist in the locality of the wreck, and whether the road had properly safe 'uarded such a crossover
 Prosecutor Delaney's investigation i: VIII not be confined however to the : acts pointed out by the coroner. He {. ians to make more complete search f possible, into the arrangements of . lgnals, the equipment of the train. e nd the hours of work of the train len and signalmen. Inasmuch as this a
 case that eventually in event of v s being brought to the Superior Q ,urt must be handled by the States a ttorney senator Stiles Judson, the n 'osecutor will confer with his super D r before taking final steps te AS to the criminal responsibiIity of O, @ railroad for the crossover arrange al ents, the prosecutor said it would d
 nrst necessary to establish the CT ct that the maintenance of such a in ossover is criminal negligence. Then re
 Is necessary to ascertain what of 1al Of the company is responsible ju the maintenance of such a cross to CT, and to proceed against him. ne Another phase of the matter to so lich the coroner devoted but Iit- pc
 portion of his finding is that of tle overworklng of the engineer. This GU II De inquired into by the prose- o tor With a view to ascertainins v v
 the hoI1rs Eof anon1o.rS iaws as las Id men in this connection
 The prosecutor says he knows of no C v to compel the New Haven road
 install steel cars to supplant the oden coaches such as figured in
 wreck. Railroad men admit that el cars would have saved lives in A
 wreck There is no law in this na, te such as. exists in New York re1- raa yes to the subway cars, compel1ino TIE
 use. of steel cars 1,,n rosecutor Delaney has a practica, are 'wledge of railroading far hevond COT t of the average court official fai1 'ly in life he was an emplove of . haC 7spaper distributing enternrise sta ch made it necessary for him to the 'el extensively, and he also spent str eral years in the employ of the dist ms Express Co. He has had per- der II experlence in railroad wrecks. and
 knows personally of the desner will
 chances that railroad men take con n m they are making up time. and g been forced fo s~.