The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-09-21
STORY OF CASEY JONES
TOLD IN PROSE.
WIDOW OFPOPULARS SONG HERO
AWARDED BIG DAMAGES BY
SYMPATHETIC JURY.

miles east OF Keno, last winter, was
awarded $4,000 damages against
the railroad company by a jury in
the circuit court yesterday, says the
Kansas City Star. Artemus Quibble,
attorney for the road, said the ver-
dict would be appealed.
Mr. Jones, or Casey, as he was IA
miliarly known here, was one of the
most popular engineers on this Gl-
vision. For 10 years previous to his
death he had held the throttle on
No and was widely known in every
town from here to the coast. His
many friends here will recall the al
fecting scene when he kissed his
wife goodbye at the station door
when he left on the fatal run. No 8
left here at 4:30 O clock that morn
ing with the Western mail eight
hours late. The caller had called Ca
sey few minutes before, and with
his usual promptness he had re-
sponded. His wife accompanied him
to the station, as was her wont, and
waved him a farewell as he mounted
to the cabin of his engine with his
orders grasped firmly in his hand.
She never saw him again. His train
met No 4 head-on just east of Reno
Hill, and Casey lived only long
enough to express dying wish to
his fireman.
The case, which was closed yester-
day by the verdict in Mrs Jones's
favor had been bitterly contested by
the railroad company, which sought
to prove that the accident which re-
suited in Casey's death was due en-
tirely to his own negligence and
recklessness. The two witnesses upon
whose testimony the company chiefly
relied were Michael C O'Toole, who
fired for Casey on his last run, and
Wash" Flanagan, switchman.
Both were reluctant witnesses, and
the only damaging admissions they
made were brought out on cross-ex-
animation by Mr. Quibble. Mrs
Jones's case was conducted with
great brilliance by her townsman.
Hon ] C Calhoun O'Grady.
; MIR Quibble drew from Mr. O'Toole
.cross-examination that Casey had
"a him it was his intention to make
UP the lost time, even if he had to
run her till she left the rail-"
What was the condition of the
water in the boiler?" Mr. Quibble
asked.
1T was Icw," the witness ad-
mitted.
Can you state of your own
knowledge" Mr. Quibble pursued,
whether Mr. Jones's watch was cor
rect the morning Of the accident?"
Mr. O'Grady objected to the ques-
ton but was overruled, and the
witness admitted that Casey had
told him his time-piece was slow.
Quibble brought out further that
Mr. Jones had ascertained the fact
that the watch was wrong at the
same time the discovery was made
that the water in the boiler stood at
the danger point on the gauge. A
sensation was created few minutes
later when Quibble, by adroit ques-
tioning, forced the witness to admit
that Casey had expressed the belief
that both of them would be dead on
reaching San Francisco.
WAS it your understanding OF
that remark" Quibble asked, that
Mr. Jones intended to run to Reno
Hill at an excessive rate of speed-a
rate that should be dangerous and
prsbably invite disaster?'
83ldr O'Grady objected to this on
t1e ground that the question was
misleading and tended to establish a
conclusion of the witness unsupport-
ed by the testimony elected. The
court sustained the objection.
'Tell the jury if Mr. Jones gave
YOU any instructions before the COL
lision occurred" Mr. Quibble re-