The evening world., 1913-09-05

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explosion and the crash7 A. Not very
much.
Q. How far past the sisnai-~as the
rear end Ct your train. A. didn't
notice. a<
The conductor also testified that
his traAA haA frsausAsiy run ~
| s16Aals. bat he hAA never hAovn
| aAy one 70 ~ disciplined fer The
rules violation. he had known
1a61sn not 70 70 back far snouSh.
1s tolA Of a instance vhss he
Sspsamandsd YlaGman Murray for
Gol16 back oaly two oar lengths ~
hinA . traia 10 guard its rear. Es
asoaarsA that never but ones hsA
hs ever had any omoiai 70 inspect
his mode Of opsrat1ng . trai..
On croas-sxamination he statsd he
vas familiar with the rule governing
his duties. but had not reported en-
sineers for over running signals he
cause tho engineer pumped up his afr
- soon a. possible and went on about
| his business.
=. pid You tell your nagman To 20
hack at Signal No. 237 SIR. McChord
asked. A. No: hadn't seen him since
! left Springfield.
=. You didn't think Il your duty? A.
I thought saw him going back through
the fog.
Q. You we're seven car.lensths from
| the rear Of your train. or Q distance Of
10 feet from the rear Of the sisna,7
asked Mr.. Beinap. A. Yes
Q. And you could see your Hasman
n
Q. Would the engineer have gone right
along II you had not stopped him?
asked Mr.. Berry. A. Yes. he would
have gone right along.
Q. Then you waited four minutes, two
minutes. for your naGman? A. wasn't
over a minute. altering his testimony
Of q few minutes before. We wouldn't
have bsen a minute ahead Of that other
train II we'd gone right on without
waiting.
FlaSman Murray. twenty-five wears
| old. said he passed the rules examina-
ton whsn he entered the service last
| year.
Ne declared he had never quail.
asd - . flagman. and that he had
never received any instructions a.
=" 49, o~s VI sAsS"So ~"
really knew nothing but the rules
Tor hraksmsn.
He denied that he had stopped No. sS
a. Conductor Adams swore that he had
| and said that he had not seen or heard
any train behind No. Of after leaving
Springfield. lie said he had received
no instructions from Conductor Adams.
Q. Where was banjo % when you
s'ar'ea osck from your trainT \.
Ioo"e" aheao' oont thlnk u was IN
'front.' OF the rear end OF the train.
". D'd you near DINER trains coming
a. NOT uht'I ! had started 10 hsnt
my fuse' dropped my white isht
ana star'eo 10 wave my REQ nsht when
W. ',a'n "as on me- jumped ''s' IN
uine 10 get away
nch NO 10 s'oIVed at!er the &C.
e"c"' "nere were you ''aha'hs IN re-
s'o 10 inc cars on NOS ''' -. was
VI. nsssase car ou' 'he ~hoie
"~'" o'o"' pae" me WASN'T oaek
very TAR
nv sWore .ns' So"ouetor Adams had
"e''. ."su"eu OF repr'msnded MIN
soou, nass'hs 100 cioss oshind train,
..,' Wv Iohauc'or statement he
~ ".a NO ~stc"' ~ ~
eu Ar "@s"en. ana nao
"s.s' oesa '"s'ruc'so :" ger one ne
u "e n~u never "aa one except io'
WV VI "o "ee~ no sooso:
wsss spese sssmen On pssssA'
sAs. nsvsnS wosssA -
s"sa maen'
.o'o Al the Coronsr's hearing
was 81. or seven telegraph poles back
ne sa'u IN answer to question, "but
Know now that was = mistake. ! wasn't
near tnat far back
ar, barry cross-examlned Murray.
iou were examined as passenger
uam man last YEAR, A. No. but
She" inc PASSENGER rules.
" How Tar would YOU have gone back