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VOL. 49 NO. 143
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
Oscar Underwood On
Trend Of The Times
Democratic GonpssionalLeader
Before University of
Virginia
Defends the Income Tax and
Points to Recent Constitu
tional Changes As A Har
binger of Better Government
Charlottesville. Vsu, June 17 A plea
for conservatism In politics, a "stop,
look, listen" policy to guard against
nasty adoption of ill-considered pro
posals, was the keynote of an add re S3
on "The Tendency of Our Times," de
livered at the University of Virginia,
today, by Oscar W. Underwood, of
Alabama, Democratic leader of the
House of Representatives'. Mr. Un
derwood is president of the aflumni
and hia eon was among the graduates.
Mr. Underwood preached the doc
trine of the political uplift. "There are
many changes," he said, "taking place
today, in the political, economic and
industrial development of the nation.
To the man lost in the maze f his
own business, who has not the time
or desire to climb to the heights above
his own personal desires and ambitions,
the way seems dangerous and the on
ward march beset with perils. But
the man who Is not tied down by the
personal equation is able to realize
that the line of march) leads to the
progress of mankind and uplift of so
ciety." Mr. tTnderwood said the adoption of
two amendments" to the ' constitution
within the past year, one affecting
the political machinery of- the govern
ment and the other changing the fiscal
policy of the nation clearly demon
strated that there Is a Btrong senti
ment in ' the country to break away
from the fixed standards that have
controlled the government In the past
and that onward . movement Is leading
to the adjustment of the national life
to new conditions . and progressive
Ideals.
"No man," he added, "ls bo bold as
to declare that the recent constitu
tional changes are not in the interest
of better government for the whole
people and that they have not equal
ized and strengthened our fiscal sys
tem. , .
"Only a few years ago a political
party that contended that taxes on
consumption should be diminished and
that the part of the government bur
dens should be borne by the wealth
of the country was hailed tefore the
bar of public opinion as- being guilty
of extreme radicalism. Tet even those
who condemned the proposal have en
acted a law taxing corporate wealth
and have ceased to protest against an
equitable Income tax that shall ' fair
ly distribute a part of the tax: bur
dens of the government on Incomes
derived from all classes of property.
The tendency of our times undoubt
edly la toward greater freedom of
thought, uplift of humanity, abolish
ment of governmental privilege, equal
ization of the taxation burdens and an
open, honest administration of the
laws."
Mr. Underwood paid tribute to the
precepts and teachings of Thomas Jef
ferson, the founder of the University
of Virginia, as "A lamp unto the feet
and a light nnto the path."
WELLESLEY SENDS OUT
274 YOUKS WOMEN GRABS
Welesley, Mass., June 17 A class of
J74 young women was graduated at
, the 85th ' annual commencement of
"WeJlesiey College, today. No honor-
-ary degrees were conferred.
SMITH HAS 381, LARGEST
CUSS EYER GRADUATED
Northampton, Mass., June IT Three
hundred and eighty-one young wom
,n, comprising the largest class ever
graduated at Smith College received
j'the degree of bachelor of arts at the
i thirty-fifth commencement, today. Five
candidates were made masters of arts.
The address was delivered by Fresi-
dent Henry Churchill King, of Berlin
College, who spoke on "Reverenqp For
Personality."
SWIMMER LOST IN
GROSSING THE HARBOR
FROM ROCK TO LIGHTHOUSE
New Haven, June 17 So far as the
West Haven police know, up to this
afternoon. Robert McKee, of Beam
Street, Hartford, who supposedly at
tempted to swim across New . Haven
harbor, yesterday afternoon, ha, not
been found. McKee left hia boarding
bouse in a bathing suit. He did not
return last night and it was learned
that about 2 p- m. he was seen swim
ming out towards the Morris Cove
ehore.' He had previously expressed
his intention of some time trying the
trip across the harbor.
The presumption is that McKee
swam ottt into the harbor and was
drowned. The tide was Incoming about
the time he would have reached deep
water.
COP ATTACKED BY MOB
SHOOTS AND KILLS MAN
Boston, June 17 While attempting to
sirrest Ralph P. Shea on Carver street.
In the Hace of an attack by a mob,
early toSpf, Patrolman Charles Miller
j shot and Jmost instantly killed his
man. The jharge against Shea was
-' drunkenness. The crowd, generally
'. known as the "Kerry Village Gang,"
rot the prisoner away once but Mill
er seized him again and was being
severely beaten when Shea was torn
from his grasp Just as the officer dis
charged hia revolver.
IDLE TO QUESTION LEGALITY
OF JIULVIHILL'S APPOINTMENT
TO COUNTY COiMISSIONERSHIP
That Is Opinion Vouchsafed in Leading Legal
Circles by Lawyers Who Have Confi
dence in Governor Baldwin's Ripe
-Legal Experience
"Don't ask me to tell you anything
about the constitutionality of Gover
nor Baldwin's appointment of Denis
Mulvihill for county commissioner,"
said one of the leading members of the
Fairfield county bar to a reporter of
The Farmer today. ("In the first
place I haven't looked up the law.
And again, I haven't anl desire to
look it up, because I have implicit con
fidence in Governor Baldwin's Judg
ment." Lawyers closely interested in the
candidacy of former Mayor Mulvihill
said today speculation of litigation
over the county commissionership was
idle. Governor Baldwin discussed the
matter- freely with a number of peo
ple, and on several occasions talked
on the matter of the legality of the
procedure of his appointing the com
missioners. .
In view of Governor Baldwin's emin
PRESIDENT TOO
BUSY TO LISTEN
TO JOB HUNTERS
- "Washington, June 17 Job hunters
and Senators and Representa-tlvies
waiting on President Wilson, in his
plan to putr througOi currency legisla
tion at the extra, cession and citizens
"with missions" seeking the President's
ear (have. found -the White House exe
cutive offices these days a chilly place.
The atmosphere is almost that of a
morgue as far as tOTn.pera.tur goes.
."By crickety, exploded a member
of Congress who (had been waiting a
half iiouir- to gt an audience with Mr.
Wilson. "I'm going u of here. The
frigidity to beginning! to get on my
nerves. . And '.to' thin" that outside
there on the ash-pUe tihie temperature
fully 100 . degrees,"
"Wait a. moment and 111 go with
you," aid one of ihis waiting collea
gues. "It's giving me 'cold feet too."
The nervous deserters from the ranks
of the waiting, today .discovenedi that
the President's - maimer was none- the
less cordial thata before. It developed,
however, that witfh the coming of the
heated spell fans,, blowing across cakes
cf Ice aggregating several tons, con
stantly -wats forcing cold air through
cleverly - concealed, ventilators. '
SHERIFF WAIITS
HIS COMMISSION
City Sheriff Joseph Kalafus appear
ed before Judge Scott In. rhe common
pleas court this morning' to testify in
his action against John Stillman, of
Newtown. The sheriff .seeks to re
cover from Stillman a real estate C3Bi
ruiesJon which he claims Is due him
for selling the Stillman, "arm.
It is claimed Stillman, complained
that his son went-away and his daugh
ter wouldn't work so he wanted t
sell the farm. Kalafus was asked to
find a buyer and he agreed to do so
for a commission of Ave per cent.
Then Kalafus inse-tc-i advertisements
in newspapers, took prospective pur
chasers to the farm, and finally sot
Matthew Lesko. Interested. Kalafus
learned later that Lesko bought - the
piace but the plaintiff received no
commission. Stillman declares Kala
fus did not secure the purchaser.
Counsel for Stillman- called the at
tention of Kalafus to a glowing adver
tisement and asked if It didn't -exaggerate
the beauties of the farm. "Well,
you know all real estate agents exag
gerate," was the smiling reply.
Judge Scott reserved decision.
WOMAN OF 87 FALLS DOWN
STAIRS, ESCAPES LUCKILY
Mrs. Harriet Leonard, aged 87 years,
of 271 State street, fell down, stairs at
6:56 this morning and sustained a se
vere laceration of the forehead. The
ambulance with Dr. i. A. Davis in
charge was called, but Mrs. Leonard
refused to accept treatment from the
surgeon preferring to care for her
wound herself.
FAIRFIELD BUILDER '
IS AWARDED $25.60
Judge Scott in the court of common
pleas today handed down a decision
in the suit of Peter -Medve of Fair
field, against Gabriel Papp of this city.
rThe court finds in favor of Medve to
recover $25.60. The action was brought
to recover $1,000 alleged to be due for
building a house on Bostwick avenue.
Papp filed a counter claim for $750. He
alleged Medve did not finish the work
and that the defendant had to do it.
JOB SOUGHT MISS HTJBLEY.
"This woman never looked for the
Job. It came to her unsolicited, pure
ly and simply because the mem tiers
of the committee thought her the best
qualified teacher available to fill this
important position." This was the
statement made by one of the mem
bers of the board of education to a
reporter this morning in speaking of
the proposed appointment of Miss
Fannie E. , Hurley to the post of su
pervisor, of schools in - Bridgeport.
ence as a constitutional lawyer and
his well seasoned experience as Justice
of the supreme court of the state, the
suggestion of questioning his .act is
regarded in leading circles as pretty
far fetched. ' .
Governor Baldwin had the matter
of the county commlssionerships in
mind for many weeks. He had ample
oportunity to ascertain the legal
phase of the situation, anil he repeat
edly told those' in his confidence that
he had done so, and satisfied himself
that it was well within hia province
to make the appointments.
Mr. . Mulvihill anticipates no diffi
culty in acting under the commission
signed by Governor Baldwin. The for
mer mayor says the governor has a
good head .on his shoulders and he's
willing to 'venture to proceed along
the lines indicated by the action of
the governor.
Training School
Graduates Glass
Of Sixteen Girls
Puis Teaching Day Exercises
Tomcrrow to Be Elaborately
Staged
- ; ' -
Tomorrow afternoon at 8 "clock tha
graduates of the "Class of 1913" of th
City Normal School, will hold thelf
Teaching Day exercises.
The program -is lo be carried out in
the Assembly hall. Each senior will
conduct her work upon the rostrum
With her entire class. ....
This year a. subject has 'been assign
ed to each department upon which
the young ladles of that : department
will put the emphasis. . ;
The- program will "open, and closi
with singing by the graduating class.
The .hall has been appropriately dec
orated for ;the . occasion with flags',
casts and engravings, the gifts of for
mer classes.
. The corridors show . the pupils'-,, re
sults in writing and drawing.
'The sixteen graduates are the young
ladles who, out of an entering class
of thirty, have attained the required
standing of eighty per cent, in teach
ing, discipline '. and general scholar
ship at the end , of the two year
course. . .
They are the Misses Ruth Benton,
Bessie Callender, Ruth Barnes, Mabel
Munich, ' Mildred Stoddard, Grace- Fit
gerald, Lillie Stadtler, Bessie Rose,
Elizabeth McLaughlin, Grace htutt,
Emma Solari, Helen Donovan, Mary
MeKenney, Catherine Hearn, Helen
Bediger,, and Lucie Dowd.
JURYMEN VISIT
SCENEjN AUTOS
View Helen Street Premises
Where Four Persons Were
Asphyxiated
Taken ito- the- scene of the trigedy in
automobiles, the Jurors 4n the $20,000
suit of . Louis J. Korb, admJnistartor,
against the. Bridgeport Gas Light Co.
had an opportunity this morning to
view , the house ait 271 Helen street
where four persons were asphyxiated
In 1911. The party that went in four
autoe included in addition to Che - Jur
ors, Judge "William S. Case, four law
yers and . deputy sheriffs Da. vis and
Hayes. After inspecting the premises
the. party returned to the court house
ant?, -the trial was resumed.
Korb represents the estates of John
and Mary Hartsharack, John Kasper
ac, and John Pervosack. He alleges
that owing to a defective gas cock in
the Helen street bouse the four In
mates wee asphyxiated by the noxious
fumes while they slept. He asks, dam
ages of $5,000 for each person's death.
The Bridgeport Gas Ligtht Co. denies
any negligence. Mrs. Susan Dralius
admitted this morning that on the
night before the tragedy Mr. and .Mrs.
Hartsharack returned home intoxicated
She . saw them stagger up the stairs.
The trial waa still on at press hour.
AMBASSADORS NAMED
TODAY BY WILSON
"Washington, June 17 President . Wil
son, today, made the following nom
inations: Ambassador to Italy Thomas Nel
son Page, of Virginia
Minister to Switzerland Pleasant S;
Stovall, of Georgia.
BREAKS ELBOW IN
FALL FROM CHAIR
Dominick Cbcoa, aged 36 years, was
calling on a . friend at Baraum and
Central avejxu aarly today aad, in
attempting to rise from a chair fell
and fractured his left elbow. The
ambulance was - called and topk Cocoa
to the Bridgeport hospital where his
injury was treated.- -
MISS KENNEY
READY TO DIE
FOR SUFFRAGE
Quotes Language of
Lords to Prove Right
of Rebellion
"I Am a Rebel and Shall Re
main a Rebel Until Women
Receive The Vote"
London, June 17. "If I have got to
die that woman may get the vote, I
shall die, whatever the verdict of the
Jury may be "today," declared Miss
Annie Kenney, in closing an impas
sioned Epeech at her trial, today, be
fore the Central Criminal Court here
for her alleged connection with, out
rages committed by militant suffra
gettes i
Miss Kenney's words, the peroration
of a fervid defense of militancy, creat
eoSa great impression.
Greater interest was taken in to
day's proceedings than . in any prev
ious stage of the trial. The entrance
of the accused Miss Harriet Kerr,
Miss Agnes Lake, Miss Rachel Bar
rett, Mrs. Beatrice Saunders, Miss
Annie Kenney, Miss Laura Lennox and
and Edwin Clayton, tha analytical
chemist alleged to have acted as ad
viser to the suffragettes in their cam
paign found the court crowded.
Women formed the majority of the
audience and among them were Mrs.
Winston Spencer Churchill, wife of the
First Lord of the Admiralty, and Miss
Violet Asquith, daughter of the prem
ier. Miss Kenney devoted much ,of her
speech for the defense to attempts to
prove that action of the Ulster Un
ionists and the speeches of cabinet
ministers who, she averred, had as
serted that the unenfranchised were
justified' in rebelling in order to get
their grievances remedied furnished
ample warrant for the course pursued
by the militant suffragettes. If fur
ther justification were necessary,' she
said, . "the ' trickery and treachery of
cabinet ministers who .had hunted and
hounded the women from , pillar to
post", supplied it. The present gov
ernment, she contended, had a blacker
record In the- question of woman suf
frage than any-other. It had treated
the aspirations of the women more
abnormably than any Briton had done
since- 1868. As for herself, she be
longed to the working classes. 'At the
age of 10, she said," she was a half
timer In a factory and' she had joined
the suffrage movement because-of the
terribly . cruel conditions under , which
women worked in the British Isles.
She added:
"I am a rebel and a. rebel I shall
remain until women receive the vote.
If r Ilk Miss Emily Wilding Davison,
it should be necessary for me to sacri
fice my life, then I shall die."
JONATHAN GODFREY
NAMED BTBALDWN
Succeeds John F. Gunshanan
. on Tuberculosis
' mission
Special to The Farmer)
Hartford, June 17 Governor Bald
win today, announced the appointment
of two new members to the tubercu
losis commteaion. Jonathan Godfrey
of Bridgeport to succeed: John F. Gun
ehannan of Hartford and Dr. David
R. Lyman of Wallingford to succeed
Dr. George H. Knight of LakevlTle,
deceased. Dr. Knight 'had been ap
pointed to fill a vacancy to July 1,
1915.
Jonathan Godfrey Is president of, tile
Compressed Paper Box Co. at 148
Thompson street. Mr. Godfrey lives
at ; 486 Washington avenue, ' He is a
memtaier of the Seaside and Algonquin
clubs and the Sons of the American
Revolution. He has never -been par
ticularly active in politics and has
ne.ver held public office. In politics
he is a Republican.
110 DISCRIMINATION
IN FREIGHT RATES
COMMISSION RULES
Washington, June 17. Freight
rates on west bound import traffic
from Boston must not be lower than
from New York City.
This decision was, today, made by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
after a rehearing of the so-called dif
ferential case which involved the ad
justment of rates on import traffic
among the cities of Boston, New
"York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
In its opinion, today, the commis
sion points out that the commercial
interests of New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore and the railroads serv
ing them strongly protested against
Boston having a lower rate than New
York. The intimation was pointed
out that if Boston were accorded that
advantage it would result in another
and more far reaching rate war.
In conclusion, the commission says:
"It is strongly urged that unless the
import rates . from Boston are lower
than from New York it would be
harmful to existing conditions and
make it difficult for Boston to retain
the import business which it now
ha-"- - - .
CAREFULLY REPAIRED DEATI
ENGINE MAKES SPEEDY RUN TO
CENB
Round House
Doherty's
"Brakes
Doherty and His Fireman Decline to Parti
cipate in Trip, Which Coroner and
Members of Commissions Take at
Invitation of flew H&ven Road
Little Shock When Brake
Is Applied
"BRAKE NO GOOD," in heavy pencil, at the foot of
a page in the record book of the Stamford engine house,
testified before Coroner Phelan, yesterday, with, a: thou
sand voices to the corroboration of Engineer Doherty, who
had testified that his train crashed into the train ahead at
Stamford, June 12, because the air brake wouldn't work.
Nay, m6re, Doherty had
ters in which the great Pacific engine was defective. .
But he took especial care in noting the defective
brake, to make the complaint plain and inclusive enough
to insure a full examination. ,
But the full examination
no heed was paid to Doherty's
Joseph J. Gash, tb:e mechanic assigned to repair the
engine, testified, "I looked over the brakes to see if the.
piston travelled right, and
thought the engineer had been mistaken.".
So the engine was -turned over to Doherty with the'
brakes as they were.
Another fact that startled the listeners in yesterday's
hearing was tesimony to show that the wrecked engine
moved under its own power, although the railroad em
ployes had testified that it had to be towed by another en
gine. . ' '
With the battered engine,
in, the running board in front ajl splintered and smashed,
the air pipes merely tied up with strings and soldered to
hold the air, and;only such repairs railroad officials -claimed
as were absolutely necessary to put the engine in run
ning condition, the cylinders all dented, its sides scathed
and its mechanical equipment untouched, according to the
officials, except-for such changes as were necessary toy op
erate the levers, the second section of Train No. 53, known
as the Springfield express, which was wrecked at Stam
ford on June 12, was run as a special train today from
New Haven to Stamford, leaving the former city at 11 :23.
v The train passed through Bridgeport at 11:52. ! It
reached Stamford about 12:30,, after making two. emer
gency stops, one: at Greens Farms, the second at South
Norwalk. , .
Supt. Woodward of the Shore Line
division said that In his .opinion the
stops were very good although he
would not say anything: official about
the (tests.
Assurance- was given to the corre
spondents aboard the train that com
plete official statements as to the tests
would be made shortly.
On the train Wisre H. W. Belknap,
chief inspector of safety appliances
of .the " Interstate commerce commis
sion and -John P. Ensign, chief of boil
er inspection division of the commis
sion, Frank McManamy, assistant -chief
ir speotor of the boiler inspection divi
sion, and Inspectors F. A. .Hawlsy and
J. F. Hawley; Theodore B. Ford, Pub
lic Utilities Commissioner of Connec
ticut, and C. C. Elwell, chief engineer
of the commission, with A. D. Fuller
and Thomas O'Brien, engineers of this
city, who assisted tih,e Connecticut
representatives in the measurements,
etc., Coroner John J. Phelan, C. it
Bardo, general manager of' the New
Haven road; Gen. Supt. C. Ji. Wood
ward; Shore Line Division Supt. J. A.
Droege; Electrical Supt. Gillian; Me
chanical Supt. C. W. Wildin; Master
Mechanic Joseph McCabe; Electrical
Engineer C H. Morrison; several loco
motive engineers including F. B.
Gates, engineer of the Knickerbocker
express; F. F. Evans, David Vaughan
and others; experts (Specially requested
by the New Haven road to act, P. J.
Langan. air brake expert of the D.
L. & W G. W. Martin, air brake ex
pert of tile Pennsylvania railroad; G.
L. Burton, air brake expert of the
Yestinghouse Co., Ctoarles N. Joy, the
New Haven road's xpert; Attorney
Benjamin I. Spock, representing the
legal department of the New Haven
road; Special Agents J. J. Driseoll,
and H. F. Shannon of Bridgeport.
Mr. Burton read the records of speed
and Mr. Martin the air brake records.
- The - train consisted of a mail -car.
OF STAfflFO
Record Verifies
Testimony,
No Good"
entered no- less than ten mat
never was made, or, at least,
complaint about the brakes
from an external examination
1338, its cowcatcher dented
a' baggage car, three Pullmans, three
coaches, in the order given. On board
the train were of ficials of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, the Pub
lic Utilities commission of Connecticut,-Coroner
John J. Phelan, railroad
officials, experts on air brakes and
other features of railroading, and
more than, a score of newspaper cor
respondents. In the engine were Engineer George
C. McConville and . Fireman Frank
Dowler, both of New Haven, J. Fran
cis Carroll, Inspector of engineers and
engines of the New Haven road; P. J.
Langan, air 'brake expert of the Dela
ware, Lackawanna & Western Rail
road; and F. A. Howard, of the Inter
state Commerce commission.
The train run was made not at the
request of the Interstate Commission,
but at the suggestion of the Railroad
officials who represented . that they
wished to demonstrate to the Inter
state Commerce commission, the Pub
lic Utilities Commission, and to Cor
oner Ehelan, that the brakes on the
train were in perfect working order
when Engineer Dohertj took it out
All the officials aver that no
changes have been made in the air
brake equipment of the train. Con
ductor Thomas H. Dunn and the same
train crew Including the baggage mas
ter, and others except the engineer and
fireman, were cm the train today.
Engineer Doherty appeared before
a special railroad investigation in New
Haven this forenoon, at which were
representatives of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. He refused to
operate or ride upon the train today.
He was not present, neither was his
friend and bondsman. John H. Dillon.
Neither was the fireman.
The rear cars and the locomotive
-were subjected to : special air brake
t at At CZrfn e TTArmH n. ntnn Wfl
made, running at 5 miles per hour.
This is where a little child had walk-'l
ed in the way of the train on the day
of ' the accident when the train was ;
running at 45 miles per hour. The:
train slowed today to 9 miles per hour'
in 27 seconds with the application of
the emergency brakes.
At Stamford going at 64 miles per
hour, the1 train slowed down, at Elrri!
street to a dead stop, in 38 seconds. '
travelling a distance of 2.10O feet be-j
fore coming to a complete standstill:
Complaint Book " '
Corroborates Doherty
Stamford, June 17
The third session of the coroner's,
inquiry Into the wreck on June 12, of;
the Springfield express at this place,!
,was marked by many surprises, but-j
none of them tended to discredit to
any great degree that apparently!
straightforward story which Engineer;
Doherty, driver of the death-dealing ;
second section, told on the first day.
Sitting inside the court railing. '
mainly as a spectator at the hearing
but occasionally called upon to clea?)
up technical points in the testimony
of others, the great faith of his friend,
and protector, John H. Dillon, of Newi
Haven, is one of the things which is
chiefly noticeable beside his own Jn-i
terest In being vindicated from the'
awful charge that he was the cause1
of death to so many of his fellow-'
beings.
. Dillon, whose ample fortune baM
been said to have been placed at'
Doherty's disposal should necessity;! ,
arise, daily accompanies him from thej
Elm City and sitting beside him, com-!
forts, suggests and protects him from:
the encroachment of newspapermen, J
railroad employes and the morbidly j ,
curlousl Never for a moment is
Doherty permitted out of his sight
In an effort to show the condition;
of the brakeo on train 53 at South'
Norwalk, Herbert E. Pratt, agent for
the Adams Express Company at that '
station,-was first put upon the standi
and related, as later did Frederick W.
Force, arid Richard F. Kane, otheri
employes, "how a little five-year-old.
girl, playing about the station plat
form, .'was snatched from the very
Jaws' of AeatTri by an unknown hero
of the electrical construction force.
V It wa said thai the little girl ran
to the'-ftlatferm's edge and though the
engineer blew-his whistle when but
about 250 feet away and bearing down
at a rate of 15 miles per hour passed
.beyond her seme 350 feet before stop
ping. Doherty explained that he
had seen "the child grabbed by somej
lineman at his own personal risk, an
that even though the brakes had been
working and he would have normally'
stopped within three car lengths he
could not have saved her.
Contradicting in some essentials th,
conversation he was alleged by John.;
Francis Carroll, engine foreman, to,
have had with him prior to leaving;
New Haven Thursday, Doherty re-'
called It as being an injunction to look
out for his run, continuing in what;
he believed Carroll's words: "Harmon;
got into It yesterday. The brakes on,
this engine are not holding. Look ot
)ut7
er-i
for the water-glass for the water-
glasses on . these engines are out of,
order." And the engineer answered.; ,
"I will."
The record book from the Stamford
engine house, which Doherty had sale,
would show a record pf his having re- :
ported the brakes on 1338 out of or-',
der on Tuesday was placed in evi-;
dence and after the entries had beenj
acknowledged by him as accurate and ;
in his hand-writing, was made public.
It. showed that at 4:56, June 10. i
Doherty and Smith had turned theij
engine in at the roundhouse with the
following recomnvendationg for exam-i
inatlons: "Rods main and side runj
warm," "cross-head", "eccentrics." j
"water glass don't work," "grates andj
ash pan," "oil engine trucks," "oil;
driving boxes," "springs." No entry;
was made at the printed point "air-j
brakes" but at the foot of the' sheet-
under the capyon"Other work needed' '
Doherty had written in heavy pencil I
"BRAKE NO GOOD." He explained! .
his omission at the Vair-brake" line.
by saying that he feared only the ;
pump-piston would be examined for 1
stroke, whereas he wanted it known i
that the brake was not good and'
needed more than piston-stroke exam- '
ination. As-Doherty said In court, "tj
thought he (the Inspector whose duty'
it was to examine the engine upon the;
report) might look at the alr-valre ,
and I thought there was much mors;
needed than air only."
And what Doherty feared came true,f
according to Joseph J. Gash, the m-.
chanic assigned to repair the engine;
at the aslh-pit before it's return trip,:
Gash told Coroner Phelan he had beerj(
In the employ of the New' Haven com
pany but 10 months, having formerly
worked for the Delaware. Lackawan-,
na & Western road. On Tuesday, last.
he had looked over the report of Do-
herty and repaired the main rods on;
ngine 1338. "I looked over rhe brakn'
to see if the piston travelled right, and'
from an external examination thought.
the. engineer had been mistaken." And
the engine was sent into commission
without notice to the engineer, whu
returned to take charge of his Iron-v
steed. An effort was made by th
company to have further records put
In evidence showing that the engine
was later handled by other drivers
who failed to report similar defects.
They will be accepted later, many wit
nesses having to depart from the city;
securing precedence today. ,
The most sensational surprise of tha
day came when Coroner J. J. Phelan,
after quietly questioning1 several em
ployes of the road as to whether a ru
mor that engine 1338 with It fatal
freight the parlor-car "Sky-lark", had
been moved, under its own. steam, to
a place in the rear of where the col
lision occurred, and securing an abso
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