Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
IN AND ABOUT WESTERLY
Russians Married by Superior Court JudgeMansed Trial Still Taken Up With Signal Testimony Exam, ner Dr. M. H. Scanlon the Stand Wednesday of Mrs. Sanford F. Stilman, Aged 91.
Dr.. Michael H. scanIon, medical ex

 aminer for Washington county, testI- fled that on the night of the wreck he received first notice from the station agent at Westerly. and that there would be a special to take him to Bradford. He went to the station at 8 o'clock, but was informed that the train was not ready, and advised to go to Bradford by his automobile, which he did. The weather was misty and foggy. At Bradford he went to Vars drug store and found tIiere were several doctors and all the injured had been attended to. se He then, as med ical examiner, went to the engine of the Gilt Edge, which was then just east of the crossing He saw the en- gineer and talked with him. He then talked with Fireman King. MT. Phil lips objected to their conversation or attitude, and the objection was sus- tained. Did you have any difficulty in getting statements?" Objections raised and sustained. He then went to the tower and saw Towermen Me- Clusky and McManus in his official capacity as medical examiner.
 Chief of Police Brown accompanied him from the drug store. No other persons were in the tower when he first went in. He tried at first to get an interview with McManus and Mo- Clusky, but failed. In a second att tempt he succeeded, when threat was made to separate them, and by arrest if necessary. He made effort lO secure the time sheet of the tower and finally got it, after 15 minutes of per sistency. The time sheet was on the table near the telegraph instrument, and he was told he could not have it, 1 but he drew q line on the sheet to denote the last entries made at that time. The doctor identified the line he drew that night, and what was en- tered underneath that line was subse- quenty written thereon. On the upper corner of the sheet the doctor wrote his name at the time he drew the line on the sheet. He was in the tower 20 or 25 minutes continuously. He then tried to get hold of the train crew of 633, but could not find them. When he was in the tower he asked to be directed to the train crew, but the engine of that train had gone.
 Albert E. Paterson, Ioconotive en- gIneer, testified he was in the office of Superintendent LitchfieId in New Lon don with Fireman King. Mir. Paterson was chairman of the grievance com mlttee and he was there in the inter- est of claim for expenses of MT. King MT. Litchfield explained that he was going over the testimony of MT King before the commission, and tried to show to MT. King that he was wrong in his testimony, when he said the distant signal at Bradford was clear. that it must have been yellow. MT King declared that he was not nois- taken in that particular no matter what the testimony of others Super- intendent Litchf1eld tried to get MT King to change his testimony at least five times.
 On cross examination the witness testified he had not talked the matter over in. detail with MT. King. SIIner- lntendent L1tchfeyd dfd not threaten MT. King openly at that session. Recess.
 Howard Dedrick rf Hartford. sionaJ naintainer for the New York. New maven and Hartford railroad for, three years, was the first witness at the afternoon session. His testimony GOV eTeo point at Burnside Junction, near hartford. At the Nigger crossing there the distant signal is operated as at Srad1ord, but has two semaphore boards. There sidings controlled by these signals in the second block oy, west end, and controls the approach east and west. All signals are pnt in | uahgef position before the switch is open. Al -"
 Mir. Dedrick continued his testinonv saying that he found by the test thai the signal was out of order He then lnspected and was asked if he found
 ' 'ii5 IAetI caused the falSee clear. Phillips witness said he did not know much of the lock and bIock svs' lem. He had worked on the Bra dford White River blocks as mainfainar The gravity boxes are the same on ali towers and must be the same at lr1aoIora ha9,o @ ana Wood River. unless they nave some of special design He did not see the gravity boxes at Bradford and Wood River last April
 Ebert E. Ryand, of ReadviTIe. a freight locomotive engineer of the New york, New Haven 6 Hartford railroad ana Tn the employ or the comnanv twenty -four years. testified that i'<'hs he operated trains along Niger crossiner near West Burnside He said there were electrically controlled signals at the crossing. There are two boards ana one IS stop and the other dis tant. J1e had operated Tn that vicinity SIX years. When switch is open inc yellow board should be at horizontal
 nave you ever seen distant signal a+ clear, when the switch was open ?" A clear distant indicates a clear route ana ana. run speed and whc: at yellow re- ouce speed, expecting a red home with preparation for a stop The distant signal at safety always indicates clear block and without reduction of speed. oL
 Upon cross- imitation bv Mr. Phillips he asked witness to show snv rule that a clear distant sionaI al. lows a train to proceed at sneed through the block. That was the gen eral understanding. He has been in Westerly three weeks and is interest ed in the case, and has not talked over his testimony with MT. Mansfield ar anybody else.
 There are not distant signals at ev- cry block. When the signal is at vel low it is caution, and if he got inc signal at green it indicated a clear way. in any kind of weather. he re- piled to questions by MT Phillips. Is there anything on page 103 of the book of rules regarding to distant signals ?
 Yes, sir The distant signal was explained-the rule, and distant signaI at green indicates other signals are at green, or clear. indicates the same in all kinds of weather. Where distant signal is at green it is not required to send any one ahead to see if the home is at green or red, as the distant sig nal indicates the reading of the oth- CT