The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-03
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lie one He said, however, that he understood Coroner Mix to feel that many witnesses would be greatly wor- rfed if they had to testify in the pres ence of newspapermen and others and he thought more evidence could be obtained if each witness knew he was talking privately. President Elliott said that the coroner's probe was en- tire1y outside of the railroad inquiry
 Coroner Mix stated to The Aseociat- ed Press, last night, that his inquest, which he thought he could begin to- morrow, would be behind closed doors. It will probably be at his office on the second floor of a building on downtown street corner. Unless the shades are drawn the coroner'e office in the building can be seen from the street Under the State law coroner has the right to hold a private inquest. In the recent wrecks at Westport and Stamford, Coroner Phe1an, of Fairfield county, not only held open sessions but he made the arrangements as con venient as possible for those who were obliged to appear before him and TOT newspapernen. It is. not recalled. that Coroner Mix ever has held an open ln- quest in the many years he has served He has handled hundreds of cases, many of which were of intense inter est. Some years ago. m the case oi Charles Edwards, member of well known family who had been found nysteriously shot in bed, his office was fairly besieged by newspapermen while the inquest was on but all had to wait 8 finding.
 Last night, the scene was repeated in part but the coroner had only a description of the wreck victims bod iess to give out. States Attorney All ing and his assistant, Walter Pickett. sat with the coroner, last evening", iIs- tenfng to evidence taken by the cor oner's stenographer during the day Under the law, the coroner could, if he deemed necessary, empane1 a jury of six to view a wreck and make a find ing This was done, for the first time in many years. by Coroner Davis, Of Middlesex county at the time of the Maromas wreck on the Valley Line, along the Connecticut river, ~&len ir~ dications pointed to deliberate train wrecking If Coroner Mix does not change his plan, it will be unlikely that details of the probe will De known until the finding is filed with the Superior Court
 C. L. Bardo. general manager, de- nied. today, the published report that Engineer Miller of the Bar Harbor train, had been compelled to work 23 hours out of the A preceding the wreck and was tired out from lack of sleep. MT Bardo said that on the contrary, Miller's running schedule called for only nine hours on duty every other day.
 The engineers run, said the general manager, was between Springfield and Stamford, taking train No. 95 from Stamford at 9:56 D. m., arriving at Springfield at 12:35 a. m.. leaving Springfield with train No. 96 at APO a. m., and arriving at Stamford at 6:56 a nn Between the latter hour and 9:56, the following night, Miller was off duty, he asserted, and had no extra runs.
 ITO say that Miller was tired from overwork is ridiculous,' MT. Bardo add ed. Whoever said he was. made an irresponsibIe statement. Miller is one of our best men and in spite of the fact that he made a mistake by run ming by the signal we wish we had more like him"