Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-15
Coroper's Inquest is Held at
keyport to Take Up Fa-
talItY at HazIet.
TRAlNMEn ARE HEARD
Engineer Insists Whistle Was
Blown for Crossing Some
Say They Heard X.
IS DENIED BY OTHERS
Gateman Says He Mas De-
pending on His Hearing TO
Protect tho Crossing.
IS DENIED BY OTHERS
Special to The BTENING NEWS.


special 70 tHe hPhNING NEWS.
heyport' Nov. 15;-That James
n stevenson came to his death by
oelhg struck by train number "a OF
the central Railroad of New Jersey
tnrough the negligence of the New
iorK q Long Branch railroad for al
lowing bad conditions to exist at the
haziet crossing. and the fact that
me gates were raised when said
traln was passing said crossing, was
the verdict rendered last night by
the Jury or the coroner's inquest con-
dncted by Coroner Harry S. Fay, OF
hed Bank, in investigating the fatal
auto accident OF Saturday morning
iast' when James II. Stevenson was
instantly killed and Alexander Hall
died from injuries received.
The Jury was composed of Fore
man w. ii. Lake, j. f. Terry, h. II.
Cllne, W. j.. Bedle, j. Morris and r.
3. Whlte. The inquest was conduct
ed for Coroner Fay by Prosecutor
john 8. Applegate, Jr.. of Red Bank.
Ihe first witness called was DR.. II.
W, Hartman, of Front street, who
testified to viewing the body at
J. 80 a. M, the legs being broken,
49, DS'NiJ - iN''tui Ni anu eh pol~
tlon OF the top OF the head taken off.
FRANK Riddle, of Point Pleasant.
the engineer of train No. "a, the
train which struck the auto, was
then called. He testified that his
tram hit the machine, which he did
not see as 1T was on the opposite side
at the Hazlet crossing while they
were northbound, that they We're
/ a n J-fiN Na
miles an hour at the time and he Dr.
not know there had been an accident
until notlhed, and that he blew the
whistle about 500 feet from the
crossing.
William Stevenson, of Point Pleas
ant the nrenan or the train, was
next. lie stated that ne did not see
the auto until after the accident as
ne was attending the fres, but testt-
heu that the whistle was blown.
Charles Barber, OF Point Pleasant,
the conductor In charge OF the train.
testified that the first that he knew
OF the accident was when the emer~
Sency brakes were applied and he
positively remembered hearing the
bell ringing and had heard tA9
"hlstle blow.
oi uihahu Wei6dHts 6cFeAty y-tliIee
years old, the gateman and hagman
at the Hazlet crossing, took the
stand. lie testlned that he mad the
gates down Tor the freight train
Whlch was orllllng ana that he knew
the Tram was due and that ne was
waiting Tor 1t and he depended upon
MS nearing but stated that the tram
dld not blow It's whistle and that
alter the gates were raised to allow
passage or TWO Vehlcies he saw the
traln coming ana the auto on the
track at the same time. He SAID
that the boys We're running the auto
apparently as fast as 1t could go,
about twenty-five to thirty miles an
hour, he would judge. They were
giving no attention to where they
We're going and then that after q
wagon and an automobile had passed
/ across the tracks four or five minutes
elapsed before they came along and
/ that he had not lowered the gates
and the first he saw the machine was
when about twenty feet from the
gates
Andrew Latham, OF Haziet, was
then called. He said he had Just
rrooeeu tne tl"cNo aoou' IVY hilnules