The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-08
INQUEST FAILS
TO FIX BLAME
FoR ACCIDENT AT sENwooD sun
oAN WHICH KILLED THREE
PERSONS
CAPTAIN Crew and Others TeS
ttty-5ury Victims Tomorro~.

That the said. ~. ". Csrpen-
ter. Cur Hardman and bessie Rob
inson came % their death on the
sixth day OF June. 1915. between
the hours Of y O'Clock aud 10
O'Clock q m at What h. known as
Schad's crossing. Fourth street. 10
the City OF Bsnwood. Marshall
county. West Virginia. the said
D. W Carpenter. Guy Hartman
and bessie Robinson. being then
and there In an automobile. then
and there driven by the said Guy
Hardman. which said. automobile
then and there struck by locomo-
tive nEine No So. then and there
being operated In a southeriy di-
reCtion on the r~iCht-ofway OF The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad com
pany. the said. engine being then
and there operated by a. ID. Ollie.
e%ngineer. and J. W. Johnson. FIRE
man
T. T. INCOMES. Coroner.
PATRICK BRENNAN. Foreman.
CHARLES SCHAD.
THOMAS 7. DEEGAN.
ROBERT NEWTON.
CLARK SPROUTS.
JAMES HUNTER.
The above is the verdict rendered b.
the coroner's jury at the inquest. yes
afternoon. conducted into the
OF the three persons. ID. ". Car
penter. Guy Hardman and Miss DessI,
Robinson.-Who were instantly killed
Sunday evening. when the automobile
In which they wefe riding was struck
by a r. a O engine al Schad's cross
Benwood.
me inquest was conducted by Cor
oner j. T MCCombs. Of Moundsville
ana several persons testified. After
evidence had been taken. tn,
JuI! the verdict given above
viii View Remains.
The jury was requested to view the
remains Of Guy Hartman this morning
ne his relatives wanted to send his r..
mains TO the family burial place al
Mcfarland. West Virginia. Mr. Hard.
father was buried al this placs
Just a month ago. His mother is now
in the Ohio Valley General hospital
awaiting an operation.
DR.. ". j. Blake was the first 10
testify at the inquest and the testi.
mony OF the others was about the
same As his. with the exception Of the
train crew, who gave a very good
description OF the accident. The fol
lowing persons testified at the in.
quest; Felix Collinsky. Warren West.
tnhaver. Harry Rogerson. Clark
J. NJ. Hunter. Edward Cooey
Hugh Ollie. Fireman J. W.
Johnson and Miss VIVA Noss.
Train Crews Story.
The engineers and hreman's story
was the cleaTest and given with more
detail, although some Of the other tes-
timony was very exact. The fireman
that be saw the automobile ap.
preaching the track when il was FIVE
automobile lengths distant. He also
that he tried to yell to the en-
gincer TO put on the air but could not
speak. he explaining that the shock OF
The impending calamity took away his
breath. He also stated that he could
see half OF the back wheel when the
train struck the automobile.
After striking the machine. the en-.
gineer. asked him. what they had hit
and he stated that IL was an automo.
bile and the air was immediately an.
piled. he said. After stopping the en-.
CINE he went back TO flag another en-.
CINE which was due and on his way. ne
stated. he found the three dead bodies,
one on The outside Of the rack and
on the inside. The testimony OF
the engineer was practically the same
as that Of the fireman.
Bury Victims Wednesday.
The remains OF Miss Bessie Robin.
son will be laid to rest In the Mounds.
vile cemetery on Wednesday after.
noon, al 80 o'clock. The funeral
will be from the home Of her brother.
Mr. Edward Noss.
The funeral OF Mr.. ID. w. Carpenter
will take place Wednesday afternoon
n , o'clock. from the home Of his
brother. Mr. Jared Carpenter. OF
Seventh street. MCMechen. The fu.
neral will be In charge Of Ohio Lodge
No. ]. A D. and a. Masons. The mem.
bcrs will convene al I p. m. a. tho
Masonic Temple in Wheeling. There
will be special automobiles to carry