New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
SEARCH FOR WITNESSES
Subpoena Servers Kept Busy in
Explosion Case.
OFFICIALS GIVE S2,500 BAIL
Garven Calls for Jersey Central S
Books-Divers Get En-
gineer's Body.

glneer Body.
The eight officials of the Jersey Central
Railroad Company and the Du Pont Pow
der Company for whom warrants were Is
sued on Thursday by the Hudson County
authorities, charging responsibility for the
dynamite explosion OF last Wednesday were
held In $500 bail each yesterday by Judge
Carey Of the Court Of Common Pleas ot
Hudson County. They all gave bail and
were released from custody. Four men who
were wanted as material witnesses were
unable to furnish 800 bail each and had TO
go TO jail.
They were paroled later. however, on
their own recognizance by Judge Queen.
who considered ii would be n hardship TO
keep them in jail for an indefinite period.
over to the family for burial.
While these proceedings were going on
before Judge Carey, Prosecutor Garven OF
Hudson County had fourteen subpoena serv-
ers out looking for various employees and
officials Of the railroad company and the
powder company, who are wanted as Wit
resses before the grand Jury. Nearly TWEEN
ty-hve witnesses have already been served
with subppnas. and there are thirty re-
naming 10 be served. The Prosecutor Is
particularly anxious to secure service on all
the witnesses, as the railroad company has
been very busy since the explosion cleaning
up and repairing the pier and removing all
traces OF the accident
Surveyors were busy on the end of the
pier Yesterday laying out the positions for
| the new piles and the roadbed while big
gang was at work putting in new panking
and cleaning up generally. Only the Nor.
wegian ship sgrid still presented serious
traces of the wreck \ Jersey Central en-
gineer was experimenting the work OF a
gang Of men on her.
| Shortly after noon the divers brought up
| from the Whistler the body of the engineer,
| Charles Hawkins. The body was found in
/ the engine room. and like that Of Captain
/ Armstrong. found on Friday presented evil
dence that the explosion had not originated
or the Whistler. Hawkins's body was
taken to the morgue and will be turned
over TO .he family for burial.
The officials OF the du Pont company
visited the morgue accompanied by Dr.
McGll and Dr. Hudson The physicians
closely examined Hawkins body and had
/ photographs Of it taken.
! In clearing the wreckaCe from the bark
! Ingrid yesterday the lower portion Of the
/ trunk of a man was found under some
| timber 1t is presumed to have been part
of the body Of Michael Malta, whose head
and arm lodged in the rigging of the ship
The funeral Of Captain Armstrong VIII he
held al his home No. 2J7 Fairmount ave
nue.. Jersey City, this afternoon. The burial
will he at Wurtsboro. Sullivan County,
y. Y.
The railroad men held by Judge Carey
were Arthur Hamilton, general freight
agent. J. NJ. Morris, jr., the local freight
agent; Louis r. Galledetto. dockmaster, and
Charles Ridder checker They were rep
resented by George Holmes, assistant gem
eral counsel for the jersey Central. The
men were taken first before Judge queen.
/ in the Second Criminal Court. where they
waived examination, and were then sent
/ before Judge Carey. who held them IN
$3.50 hail each. I'm holding the men Judge
| Carey said that if a more serious charge
were preferred against them they could
! be rearrested on a capias regardless OF
/ being already held.
The Du Pont officials held We're +. O..
| Peters, manager OK the New York office;
| r. G.. Morse his assistant. and Burr W.
John. superintendent OF transportation.
/ They were represented by George Tenant,
attorney for the Du Pont company, and
the same procedure was followed I'm their
case as in that of the railroad men. The
/ eighth man held was Captain James VI.
! Healing. Of the Catherine W. the lighter
I on which the explosion occurred. He was
/ represented i'm court by Daniel G. Bergen
/ W. J. Cahnl, of Jersey city. furnished cash
/ bail for Captain Healins, while the bail
/ for the other men was gwen bv the Ma
/ tiona Surety COMPANY.
/ The witnesses who went 20 iail in default
/ Of bail. but who were later released. were
three sailors Of the Sigrid and long
shoreman. who said he had no home.
/ The sailors were Tyrnc Anderson. second
mate Arthur Rasmussen and tigurd Nils
! sen. Seamcn The lOnCShOrcman was Will
4 lam Duncan who was blown through the
! side Of a freight car by tie explosion and
pinned under a pile Of lumlec, which was
taken off his chest just IN time 90 save
him from sunocaton.
/ Prosecutor Garvcn hopes 20 BRING the case
| before tho grand jury on Tuesday. Be
/ sides the long list of Witnessea suhpwnacd.
ne has called for the books of the Jersey
/ Central Railroad COMPANY from July I
/ last showing shipments of explosives.
! Harold Mackey. Of 30. 81 Barretto street.
| The Bronx. visited the Morgue yesterday
and said he feared his father, Francis J.
! Mackey. had persisted i'm the explosion. His
! father left home on the morning of the
| accident 10 see the agent Of the Baltimore
/ e. Ohio Railroad. at Communipaw and
| failed To return home The absentee has q
! wife and five children.
The pier whore the explosion occurred
! IS long distance from the railway sta
ton whe~e the railroad Offices are located.
and the police doubt that Markcy was
/ among the victims.