Weekly journal-miner., 1920-07-21
BLAME WRECK ON CONDUCTOR
 ---OPERATOR

Division of the blame for the wreck
 that caused two deaths near Kirkland
 July 9, between Operator Hazel John
 son of the Skull Valley station and
 Conductor E. J. Dignan was accom-
 plished by the coroner's jury in its
 formal report to Coroner Charles H.
 McLane Miss Jameson, who has al ready gone to California to live, IS said to have mistaken and confused
 her orders, and Conductor Dignan 10.
 have been careless in not taking with him an order he had once signed for.
 Following is the full verdict;
 We, the undersigned, having been summoned by Charles H. McLane, coroner of Yavapai county, state oe Arizona, Prescott precinct, on the
 9th day of July, A. D. 1920, to act as jurors in the matter of the inquisi-
 tion into the cause of the death of Roy ]. Shomber and Marion C.
 Moore, having viewed the remains, adjourned to meet at the office of said coroner in the city of Prescott,
 Yavapai county, state of Arizona, on
 the 12th day of July, A. D. 1920, at 2 o'clock p. m. At the above time,
 having heard the testimony of wit nesses, adjourned to meet on the 10th day of July, 1920, at the office of said coroner at ? o'clock p. m. for further evidence.
 Now, at this above time, the jury being present, and having heard the testimony of other witnesses and hay ing considered all the evidence pre- sented, and being duly informed in the premises, upon our Oaths do say: That from the evidence before us we find the facts to be as follows:
 That the names of. the deceased were Roy J. Shomber, l9 years of age at the time of his death, and Ma rion C. Moore, 5l years of age at the time of his death; that they came to their death at approximately one and three-fourths miles south of Kirkland, Yavapai county, Arizona, at mile post 08811, at the hour or 6:25 a. m., on the 9th day of July, i A. D. 1920.
 That the immediate cOuse of their | death was from injuries sustained in ! a headon collision between Santa Fe, Prescott x Phoenix train No. l, southbound, and extra cantaloupe train 7l3-70S, northbound, at the time and place above designated.
 We, the jury, duly empanelled and sworn in the above entitled cause, find that the collision which resulted in the death of Roy J. Shomber and Marion C. Moore was caused by Hazel Jameson, operator for the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Rail way Company at Skull Valley con fusing the orders she had received from the train despatcher's office in Prescott, and failing to complete and deliver to the conductor of train No. 1, southbound at Skull Valley, order No. 20, requiring the trains that col ided to meet at Kirkland; and by to the conductor of said t rain an order enormously completed y her, namely, order No. Y, which lad been duly annulled by the train Iespatcher at Prescott. a
 We further find that E. J. Dignan, he conductor in charge of said train, 7 ctually signed order No 2O which |, would have prevented the wreck, and f hat order No. 20 annualled order No n 7 and notwithstanding that he had igned order No. 20. annulling order 10. Y, nevertheless ran and oper- ted his train on order Mo- l7. 4
 We further find that the respon- t bility for the collision that resulted D | the death of the hereinbefore V amed deceased, was due to the mis- ii Ike and confusion of orders of Hazel n the railway operator at V