The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-05
ThszJudgss of The Superior Court Appointed Coroner Mix; Here Are Some
 Facts The Judges Ought To Know


 Here are few sober words addressed to the sovereign people of the State of Connecticut and to the servants of those people, the judges of the Superior court.
 There is in Connecticut corporation, commonly known the New Haven Company.
 This corporaton in politics and has for years exercised great influence the government of Connect
 Upon the railroad lines of this corporation many cidents have occurred and persons have been horribly killed and many others have been mangled malmed or
 As the result of all and several of these accidents ious investigations have been hed the bodies of the
 Following such an investigation, after the certain wreck at Westport, Conn, in which four were burned to death and others ked certain high off of the New Haven Company were held by the inq authority for criminal negligence and these men, m cuding the former president of the New Haven Company Charles Sanger Me1en, are now under indictment and awaiting trial.
 The people Connecticut, reminded of these facts realize, and the judges of the Superior court KNOW that every casehe of railroad disaster and the where with the engineer of the wrecked train with flag thereof, with officer of the road, with the president of the road with the directors thereof
 Until inquiry made, blame cannot be placed and the guilty person. persons may be any man or men, ness of the New Haven Company.
 On Tuesday, at Wallingford, there occurred the lat and disastrous of the railroad Wrecks that have
 Tventyone persons were killed several more are dy ing and two others injured.
 Came therefore to investigate, among others the cor County, who is the people of Con ectfeut reminded the judges of the Superior court know appointed by the said judges He is their them and his removal if cause arises must be by them
 The people of Connecticut must further know and theI judges of the Superior court do know that the law reat ing coroner inquess contemplates public provides for secret hearings at the discretion of the one the intent of the law being to protect evidence and information which might give aid persons LIKELY TO BE ACCUSED which might otherwise defeat the ends of justice A-r
 The coroner conducting the inquest into the Bar liar bor wreck Eli Mix, of New Haven. He has been for eighteen years
 Though subjected to great pressure from many indi viduals large powerful portion of the press of the United States, Coroner Mix is holding his inquest IN SECRET.
 He says that during eighteen years he held any bueeret nquest and he appears to be sincerely and entirely devoted to the opinion that publicity for the ceedings before him would INVARIABLY be injurious to the public welfare and the course of justice
 For this attitude upon the part of Coroner Mix The Farmer has no present purpose to censure him.
 Ahe law gives him the right to hold inquests in ret It places that matter within his sound discretion He may do it if he desre and he has done it, says he has, for eighteen years.
 But let HOW secret the inquest of Coronerl Mix has really been, and when he believes secrecy and when he does not.sa
 The attention of the people of the State of Connecti cut and of the judges of the Superior court called to the Interesting statement from Howard Elliott president of the New Haven Company, which printed in the teemed Journal and Courier, New Haven, yesterday:
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 connection accdent on Fueay September
 
 That hearing was joint one. PARTICIPAT-
 ED IN BY THE COMPANY, THE CORONER
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