Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-19
Lackawanna Railroad Expert Says That He Should
 Not Have Been Allowed to Run Train
OUGHT TO SERVE THREE YEARS ON A FREIGHT
Would Not Have Been Allowed to Run Passenger Train
 Lackawanna Road-Declares That Air Brakes Worked Satisfactorily Doherty Breaks Down Stand and is Unable to Testify For a Tme-Nervous Stand

experience in the freight service as en- ! gineerS. We examine the men thor 1 oughly and give careful instructions 1 to the workings of the engines, par 1 ticularly as to air brakes. Before a 1 man is finally given q passenger run, 1 I usually go in the cab with hlm, or have one of our foreman engineers go l over the run.'
 l It being brought out in the testl- 1 mony that Doherty, engineer on the ] colliding engine, had had only com | paratively short experience in a pas l senger rum MT. Bellxnap asked It 'pru- | dent management would allow sucn 1 a thing on the Lackawanna. To which Langdon replieds Of course, as rail- roads. we may differ as to quallfca- tions, but my own personal opinion l is that he should not have been al- lowed to run a passenger train
 Train Not Tempered With. 1 Mr. Langdon was on the stand when l the hearing closed for the day to re- sume again tomorrow morning at 1 o'clock.
 1 During the afternoon the New Ha- l ven road put numerous employees on 1 the stand to show that the train that made the test run yesterday was not 1 tempered with, from the time of its arrival in New York, after dhe wreck, until the test run yesterday The only | thing done, these men said, was to make minor repairs to the engine. The air brakes were not touched. The train was guarded carefully day and night and the watchman testified that no re- pairs were made other than to get the engine to work.
 Engineer Doherty on Stand. Engineer Doherty was on the stand l for a while today and repeated the testimony he had previously given be- i fore Coroner Phelan at the latters in Tor cV@d Ja <Ic der the strain and was excused. He was recalled in the afternoon, but be- I fore Attorney Spock of the New Haven road could ask any qupestions, John Dillon of New Haven, his bondsman, asked Commissioner McChord of the Interstate Commerce Commission, whether Doherty's answers would be used against him at future proceedings. MT. Dillon said he wanted advice from counsel. MT. McChord turned the question over to Attorney B. J. Do- herty of counsel for the commission. He advised that a recess be taken to allow MT. Doherty to secure counsel if desired It was expected that Do- herty would be called to the stand again during the afternoon, but he was not.
 Inquest to Be Resumed Friday.
 Coroner Phelan said today that he would resume his inquest at Stamford ET1Ody a1LCTI10On at two OC1OChs t10 was present at the inquiry today and took copious notes on the testimony.
 War Warned to Be Careful.
 Doherty made an important addition to his previous statements.
 As l came from the turn table, he said, Carroll asked me what train was going to take. l told him Sec ond 53.' I was then on the 1888. He said to me Well for Gods sake be careful, the air brakes on these en- zines are not working right and the water glass cocks are wrong. Bardo (the general manager) is raising hell and be sure to put on your air in time.'"
 Doherty repeated his story of his first run on engine 1888 on Tuesday of last week two days before the wreck and he described his entry in the work book at the round house that the air brake on the locomotive was mo good.''
 Doherty Breaks Down.
 As the engineer proceeded it was noticed that he was becoming more and more nuervous and Attorney Do- herty approached his interrogations as to the wreck. itself very gently. but he had barely introduced the tragedy when the witness was seen to gulp as though struggling for breath and as the lawyer asked him to tell just when he had applied his air brakes tears came to the young mans eyes and he bowed his head unable to articu- late a word. Commissioner McChord excused him temporarily and Doherty walked out of the courtroom with his handkerchief at his eyes.
 Thomas H. Dunn. conductor of sec ond No. 53, was called.
 Engineer Doherty was later called to the stand. Commissioner McChord himself began to question the young man who had apparently partially re- covered his composure.
 Couldn'ts Get Lever Back Far Enough.
 MT. McChord led Doherty to tell of his first seeing the signal set against him and of his applying the brake
 The witness came near to collapse but he managed to tell his story with great effort.
 T threw on the emergency he said. "and saw at once the brakes weren't going to stop. I did my best to re- verse the engine, but couldn't get the lever far enough back"
 Commissioner McChord mercifully saved the young man from telling of the actual collision.
 How old are you. MT. Doherty ?' he asked.
 Thirty one" answered the engineer.
 How tall are you?'' T really don't know"
 And what did you weigh ?'' T think about 15O pounds DOnerIy was Shaklng like a lear and looked as though he might break down any minute.
 The work book containing his entry about the air brakes was introduced and he was asked to identify it, after which he was excused.
 The commissioner had a copy of the transcribed stenographfc record of the engineers story given at the Stamford inquest and it will be accepted as part of the present investigation.
 Steamers Reported by Wireless.
 Cape Race. June 18.-Steamer Elm press Of Ireland. Liverpool for Que bex, signalled 45 miles northeast at II D. m, 17th.
 Lizard. June 1s-Steanaer La Prov enee. New York for Havre. signalled