The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31

to prevent accident and the injury death of any of said passengers so riding on said trains; and the said Henry J. Horn, Benjamin R. Pollock and Clayton N. Woodward, as such officers of said railroad company, hasv- ing such control and management of the railroad tracks of said railroad company, did on said 3rd day of Oc- tober, 1912, with force and arms, main tain and permit to be madntadned nt and 3 of said railroad company, which said crossover was too short and nor of sufficient length to permit the trains safety from said Track 3 Do said Track 1 and from said Track to said Track 3; and that on said 3rd day of Octo-
 Der, 1912, at said Westport, in conse- uence of the said crossover from said Track 3 to said Track being so short and not of sufficient length to permit trains to pass over thereon in safety,
 a. certain train known as Second No.
 53, propelled by a locomotive and rum
 ming upon said Track 3, at a high rate of speed in passing over said croSSoVer
 from said Track to said Track did
 leave the rails of said railroad com
 pany and in consequence thereof, said locomotive and certain of the cars at
 tacfed thereto were thrown from said track and thereby in conSeq uence thereof, one of the cars. of said train
 was forced in and upon the locomo- tive of said train, and set on fire and a certain passenger riding in said car so thrown and forced in and upon said locomotive, to wit: said Jane Doe then of said Westports of the smoke of said fire and of the flames thereon, was morta1ly choked and Suffocated and burned and wounded and by means of the said smoke and of the fire thereof caused and produced as aforesaid, the said Jane Doe, then and there had and received, and they the said Henry J. Horn, Benjamin K. Fol- lock and Clayton N. Woodward, with
 force and arms, as such officers Of said will fully and with and by their gross and
 cuIpa,b1e negligence in madntain1ng
 and permitting to be maintained said
 crossover, the same being too short
 and not of sufficient length to permit
 the trains of said railroad company 10 pass thereon in safety as aforesaid, did
 given to her, the said Jane Doe. cer- 1 tain mortal choking and suffocat1on and by means of the said fire and or | the flames thereof, the said Jane Doe then and there had and received, and they the said Henry J. Horn, BenJa-
 min R. Pollock and Clayton N. Wood ward as such officers of said raHroad compnay, with force and arms, felon- folIsIy and wilfuIIy and with and by
 their said gross and c1fpab1e neg1-
 gence as aforesaid, did thereby then
 and there give and cause to be given | to her. the said Jane Doe, divers nor | tai burns sores and wounds, a more particI1lar description of which Is to said attorney unknown, in and upon the h0aO, DOOy aI1d lA1uOS VI 4AS1A eniN. said Jane Doe of which said mortal i choking and suffocation and mortal l burns, sores and wounds, she the said
 Jane Doe. then and there instantly died: and so the attorney for the State
 does say, that they, the said Henry
 J. Horn, Benjamin R. Pollock ano | Charles N. Woodward, as such ofn- cers of said railroad company her. the | said Jane Doe. in the manner and by | the means aforesaid, and by Their
 gross and cu1pable negligence afore- | said wiIfully and felonioIHsly did kill l and siay, and did thereby then and
 there commit the crime of nnanslaugh-
 ter, against the peace and contrary to
 the statute in such case made and
 provided.
 '1Dated at Bridgeport, this 31st day
 of December. 1912.
 | STILES HUDSON.
 "Attorney for the State in and for | Fairfield County"