Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-04

Express, was called 10 tell more Oh
the circumstances under which his
train crashed into the standing Bar
lIarbor flicr; Ebert A. Robertson
his fireman.: Bruce b. Adams. con-
ductor on The Bar IIarbor train. and
Charless Henry Murray, the flagman
sent back to prevent rcar7end col
lisoa all were ordered to submit to
long cross Xamination. The rail
road insisted that the testimony
shows plainly that the equipment, APP
plianccs aud signals of the railroad
We're in frst-class condition.,
Flagmnn Sent Back.
Murray, a flagman, according to
his statement. was sent back to flag
the following train when the Bar
IIarbor Express came to n stop in
front of the red bull's-eye in Banjo
Signal % Murray was recalled By Il
ducior Adams stopped the train to
wait for him after it had cleared the
danger point by perhaps forty feet.
Running back through the heavy fog
Murray heard the oncoming White,
Mountain Express and placed two
torpcdocs on the rail.
Saw signals Same Moment.
The red light of the Banjo signal
and the rear end of the standing train
took form in the mist before the eyes
of Engineer Miller of the White
Mountain Express at the same mo-
ment he ran over the torpedoes. Mil
Ter was then 450 feet from the stand
ing train and was running nearly for
~ miles an hour. He whipped on the
emergency brakes, but a train OF this
heavy character running at forty
miles an hour, required at least 1 800
feet in which to stop.
Another Victim Identified.
The body of Miss Marvin of Louis.
Vile, on which was found much jew
elry, was identified during the night.
A son-in-law of DR.. Marvin, Black
more Wheeler, of Atlantic City, sent
word that the bodies of the doctor,
his wife and daughter should be ship
ped to Louisville at once. A fellow
t1,n Nfn,. in, 1T G
Harry Arvner of New York He is in
hospital with an arm broken.
Hospital reports on the seventeen
injured were encouraging this morn
ing except in the case of Miss Jeane
Annette of Bayonne, n. j., who was
on the operating table this morning.
1t is believed her spine is fractured.
Mary Jane -- Who!
The body Of the woman who whis-
pered her name as Mary Jane is still
at the New Haven Hospital. Letters
which it was thought belonged to her
have been found to belong to others
and there is no means of identifying
the body.
George w. Elkins Jr., who, with
Mrs. Elkins and their little daughter,
were of the Fox party, of which five
were killed and two injured, today had
special train prepared to take to
Philadelphia the bodies of Miss Davis.
Miss Bullitt. Miss Biddle, Daniel Neal
McQuillan Jr., and s. Crozier Fox.
The other members of the party-'A.
NJ. Bidle and w. o. Rowland-were
injured but their condition is good.
Inspector Belnap Present.
New Haven, Conn, Sept. 3.--lnspec-
tor Belnap of the Interstate Com
merce Commission attended the re-
sumption of the hearing before the
railroad officials.
President Howard Elliott said that
he was willing that the coroner's in
quest should be public. He said,
however, that Coroner Mix felt that
many witnesses would be worried If
they had to testify in the presence OF
spectators, and he thought more evil
dence could be obtained il each wit
ness knew he was talking privately.
TO BE Held in Private.
Under the state law, coroner has
the right to hold private inquest. II
Mix does not change his plans, de-
tails of the inquiry will not be known
until his findings are filed with the
superior court.
Formal inquiry by the Interstate
Commerce Commission into the Wal
lingford wreck will be begun here
Friday.