Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-01-27
CASE WILL GO
TO GRAND JURY
County Detective Obtains
Facts About Cartridge Plant
Explosions on Wednesday.
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
Prosecutor Booraem Says
Case Is a Serious 0ne--
Coroner Makes Statement.

lore b. Booraem s investigation into
the fatal explosion at the plant OF
the United States Cartridge Company
on Wednesday, the. matter will be
laid before the grand Jury to have Q
final and conclusive decision as to
the responsibility for the death deal
ing accident. Mr.. Booraem said this
afternoon the case was an important
one like many others in which fatal
tiles had occurred in this county
and deemed 1t best that proper
he made of it. After
briefly going over the report OF
.ouaty Detec i've John r. Ferguson
he lis not satisfied that there was or
was not any criminal negligence on
the part of factory officials. There
fore he proposes to carry the inves-
tigation further and at the compile
ton lay all facts before the grand
jury.
Prosecutor Booraem deems &i'e
explosion at the United States Car
fridge Company's plant on Wednes-
day a serious thing and he has en-
deavored to use every means to place
the blame, ii there Is any, where II
belongs. From a verbal report made
to him by County Detective John r.
Ferguson early this morning, Mr..
Booraem ad1udged there was no evil
dence of criminal negligence on the
part of officials of the factory, but
he secured written detailed report
from Detective Ferguson and inves-
tigated further, deeply considering
the facts the detective had placed on
paper.
Investigation 10 Go On.
The investigation will go on. Mr.
Ferguson will probably be In this
city several days next week to seek
information from the girls who
worked with Miss Margaret Kellner
the little victim OF Wednesdays
every detail concerning work at the
factory and investigate the state
ment of Miss Mary Smith, that Miss
Kellner had complained to a fore
man that her powder dropping ma
chine had been smoking for two
days prior to the accident.
Coroner Flynn said today the case
was still being investigated and Nhal
tfie outcome might be he vas anahle
TO tell ait this time. Whatever this
outcome may be. Mr.. Flynn says HI
can assure the public that he viii
use his best endeavor TO see that
Justice Is done and IL anyone Is to
blame, to place the responsibility
where it rightfully belongs.
Coroner Flynn wishes 1t under
stood that he has not exonerated
any factory officials for the fatal ex-
plosion at the United States Cart
ridge Company's plant on Wednes-
day. On the contrary he has aided
Prosecutor Theodore B. Booraem In
Ia detail investigation. The coroner
issued a statement over his sigma
ture today, In which he denied that
any statement had been made where
by he had exonerated officials of the
United States Cartridge Company.
Immediately after Mr.. Flynn had
returned from the United States
Cartridge plant, Thursday, where he
had learned the story of the officials
he made a statement to a NEWS re-
porter In which he said that from
what he had heard thus far it~would
appear that the explosion was nc
fault of the company.
Statement by Coroner.
Following is the statement Mr.
Flynn made today over his sigma
ture.
The impression having got abroad
that / have exonerated the officials
OF the United States Cartridge Com.
pany of all blame, in connection witt
the recent explosion, wish to deny
that any such statement has come
from me. I received no notification
of the explosion. The first / knew
about 1t was what read In the
newspapers. DR.. w. e. Ramsay ,tht
attending physician, excused his neg
lect in notifying me by saying thai
as the girl was not dead when he
arrived he did not deem coronei
necessary. According to the law
however, 1t was my duty to looi
into the affair and ] went TO the
scene and learned what | coult
from the officials OF the officials O.
the plant. From their story i
would appear that the explosion was
no fault of their own.
The case is still being investigated
however, and what the outcome vii
be ] cannot say at this time, The
county prosecutor has taken up tht
matter and is conducting an investi
cation of his own. Whatever MAJ
be the outcome ! can assure the pub
lie that will use my best endeavol
to see that justice Is done and Il
anyone is TO blame the responsihiltt!
will be placed where II belongs.
J. J. FLYNN, Coroner.