New-York tribune., 1913-06-17

had looked into them He said he did
nothing with the water glass. which
was recorded as not working. and made
no examination Of the CRATES and ash
pans. opposite which was written "eX.,'
for examination.
Doherty testified in regard 10 this last
entry that he knew Of nothing wrong I'm
that regard. but put down the "eX' as
a precaution. so that the CRATES and ash
pans would be sure to be in first class
condition when he took his engine out on
the return run.
Doherty was preceded on the stand by
II. Z. Pratt. +. w. Force and Il T. cane.
Adams Express Company employees at
South Norwalk. who corroborated the
story Doherty had previously told or
how he stopped his train under emer-
gency brakes at that station last Thurs
day when he saw d small boy running
near the track. Their story agreed with
his as to the distance it took him 10
bring his train to a fell stop-about three
hundred and fifty feet.
Their examination passed Of quietly
enough when they were on the stand. but
later John II. Dillon. Dohertys brother
| in-law adviser, arose and said, referring
to one Of the Witnesses:
Mr.. Coroner, ! want 10 say that when
one OF these Adams Express Company's
men was testfyins he kept looking con-
stantly over there to the right. TO one of
| the New Haven companys lawyers. He
would hesitate. but when the lawyer
would nod his head he would 20 ahead
IF you saw anything ike that" said
! the Coroner. II wish you woulG speak TO
me after the hearing and tel me which
witness it was and which lawyer"
1t was said afterward that Dillon
thought there had been an effort to coach
/ witnesses.
! Another witness was Michael Brady,
/ foreman Of hostlers at the Stamford
roundhouse. He. said his hours " work
were from o'clock in the morning until
! 6 at night, and that he lived in New
! York.
You 90 all that way" commented the
! Coroner. TO work those hours? We will
have to send union walking delegate
after you"
/
day Doherty wrote bis complaint in the
book, he took the engine from him and
made it ready for the return run while
Doherty went to get something TO eat
Didn't Refer to Engine.
Did he say anything to YOU about
the condition Of the engine?' he was
asked.
! NO, not thing" Brady replied.
He said he cleaned out the ash pans
oiled the engine up and put it on the
turntable. work which necessitated his
using the levers. He said he found
nothing unusual about the engine
Did you find the reverse lever worked
hard?" he was asked.
oh. yes; they all do when they are
new" he said. "But 1 pulled it back
without very much effort didn't pull
It back all the way-only about half
way"
Mr.. Spock told the Coroner that he had
a number of other roundhouse record
books from New Haven and Springfield,
in which Doherty and other engineers
turned in no complaints against Engine
l,33S The Coroner asked the attorney 10
! have them i'm court at subsequent hear
ings. John Harmon, the engineer who
had the engine on June ., however. made
an entry that the pump stumped."
John F. Buckley, a road foreman OF en-
gineers, testified that ne was on the en-
gine with Harmon. and that the pump
was working all right that day and the
air brakes were in good condition. Buck
! ley. testifyinc as an air brake expert,
/ said that assuming the conditions Do
/ herty testified 10 were as he stated
namely, that he put on his emergency
| brakes 200 feet from the point Of the
wreck-the train would have stopped il
the air brakes were in perfect order.
! b. G. Wilkinson. an engineer in the New
Haven employ. scored strong point for
Doherty. He said he got on to engine 1893
twenty minutes after the collision and
found the brake valve at emergency po-
sition.
Andrew Schlechtegg. Joseph Hefernan
and William J. Malone testified they
were at the scene Of the wreck shortly
after It happened. They all said they saw
stout man get aboard the engine and
release the lever. He had TO use. they
said. great force 10 do so. bracing him
self with his feet and yanking two or
three times
Train Going as Miles an Hour.
A. J. Aikens. station agent at Stamford.
said he saw the train coming and that IT
was going forty-fve miles an hour. Cor
oner Phelan called up Doherty. and
asked him about that.
81 was going twelve or fifteen" he re-
Piled. If had been going forty-fve