RAILROAD IS TO BLAME
Jury Holds It Responsible For the
Valley Stream Horror.
HAD NOT PROPER ISIGNALS.
A hiysterious Witness Who Could Not Be
Found — Effort of the Company to
Have Driver of the 111 Fated
Tallyho . Coach Indicted.
Inwood, N. Y., June 25.—-Today the
jury returned a verdict holding the
Long Island Railroad company crimi-
nally responsible for the Valley Stream
tallyho accident in not having proper
signals at the crossing.
The last witness who saw or knew
anything of the shocking accident at
the Merrick road crossing near Valley
Stream on Memorial day, in which 5
members of the Brooklyn tallyho party
were killed and 17 were badly injured
by a Long Island railroad train, today
gave his testimony before Coroner
Coombs and a jury here.
Nothing then remained to end the in-
quest except the verdict.
The railroad officials profess indiffer-
ence as to the verdict, claiming that
coming from such a source it has prac-
tically no value either in "'a criminal or
civil court.
They also ciaim that they have a lot
of evidence which was not brought out
at the inquest and which throws the
blame for. the accident on the shoulders
of the driver of the tallyho and his as-
sistants. '
It is understood that the company is
using every means to secure the indict-
ment of these men. All the testimony
given at the inquest, however, showed
that the driver could not have avoided
the accident, as he did not see the rail-
road tracks until he came to them. He
heard no whistle from the locomotive
until too late, and the signal bell at the
crossing did not ring at all.
The Final Evidence.
The first witness called was Mrs. Flor-
ence Adelaide Small, who lives at In-
wood. All she knew of the accident,
however, was that she heard the engine
whistle as it passed the whistling post,
11,200 feet from the crossing.
Rev. William E. Carr, pastor of St.
James’ M. E. church of Lynbrook, came
next, but he did not arrive at the Mer-
rick crossing until 15 minutes after the
accident. His story was merely a repe-
tition of those already published as to
the shocking scenes. Ir. Carr said he
remained at the scene until a gravel
train came along.
The signal bell at the crossing rang
while the train was passing, but he did
not hear it before its arrival at that
point. '
s The coroner then made an announce-
ment that he had tried without avail to
find a man named Linbeck, who had
told so_man_y stories in the newspapers
and who claimed to live in Rockville
Center. No one there, the coroner said,
claimed to know him.
The coroner then went on to charge
the jury, beginning by reading the law
on the subject, saying that it was theduty
of the jury to place the responsibility
for the accident on the proper shoulders,
no matter who it might be.
It was a charge that bore directly on
the alleged culpability of the driver of
he tallyho and the railroad officials, as
well as the supervisor of that part of
the county, for not having" compelled -
the railroad company to take proper
precautions.
At 10:45 o'clock the jury sent for the
coroner and asked him for a more ex-
plicit statement of the law defining the
duties of a driver of any vehicle when
approaching a railroad crossing.
The coroner told them the law “as it
had been explained to him.” He said
he understood that every driver was
compelled to stop and listen and that
failure to do so was negligence within
the meaning of the law.
Doctors Meet In Saratoga.
Saratcga, June 25.—-The New York
State Medical association, second dis-
trict branch. held its thirteenth annual
meeting here today. An address of
welcome was made by Dr. George T.
Church of Saratoga Springs, president
of the local association. The president's
address was read by Dr. E. M. Lyon
of Troy.
Big Stock Brokers Assign.
Boston, June 25.——A surprise was cre—
ated on the street this morning when it
was announced ,that the big firm of F.
R. Cordley & Co., stockbrokers of 66
'State street, had assigned to Charles K.
Cobb of the firm of Nichols & Cobb.
The firm is composed of F. R. Cordley,
H. C. Young and G. N. Notter.
Jubilee Celebrants Injured.
London, June 25.——During a jubilee
celebration today at Wembley park, a
favorite London resort, a tornado
struck the place and tore down several
buildings. There was a panic among
the 900 children and others taking part
in the festivities. Several were injured
during the rush for shelter.
Fined For Carrying Baby on a Bicycle.
New York, June 25.—Bernard Meyer,
14, who was arrested last evening at
Ninety—third street and Fifth avenue
by Bicycle Policeman Casey for carry-
ing a child on the front of his wheel, in
violation of a corporation ordinance,
.was arraigned before Magistrate Cornell
today and fined $1.
Oxford Distributes Degrees.
Oxford, England, June- 25.—-Oxford
university today conferred the honor-
ary degree of doctor of divinity on his’
grace the Most Reverend Robert Ma-
ehray, primate of all Canada, and upon
the Most Reverend John Travers Lewis,
archbishop of Ontario and metropoli-
tan of Canada.
Death of Isaac Butcher.
St. Louis, June 25,—Isaac V. W.
Dutcher, southwestern agent of the
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg and
Ontario dispatch lines, died here of
pneumonia. after an illness of ten-days.
Mr. Dutcher was born about 50 years
ago in the city of Quincy, Ills.
A Church at Randolph, Mass., Burned.
Randolph, Mass, June 25.—The First
Baptist church here was burned today.
Loss, $25,000; insurance, $17,500. The fire
was the 'work of incendiaries, as there
has been "no occasion for light or heat
' in the building since the services on
Sunday evening.
JUDGE 170331011333“
Which is Better, Try An
Experiment or Profit by:
a Norwalk Citizen’s '
Experience.
Something new is an experiment.
Must be proved to be as represented.
Be successful at home or you doubt
it. ~
The statement of a manufacturer is
not convincing proof of merit.
. But the endorsement of friends is.
N ow supposing you had a. bad. back.
A lame, weak or aching one.
Would you experiment on it.
You will read of so many so'called
cures.
But they come from far away places.
It’s different when the endorsement
comes from home.
Easy to prove that it is so. .
Home endorsement is the proof that
books every box of Doan’s Kidney Pills.
Read this case:
Mrs. C. Malone, who resides at No.
31 Plattsville avenue, has reached the
allotted span of life, [being seventy
years of age and is the mother of eight
children. She says: “ I had kidney
and urinary troubles for years. Severe
headaches and scantiness of kidney se-
cretions. I got a box of Doan’s Kidney
Pills at Hale’s drug store. I did not
take them all for I did not need them.
They cured me and I am glad to recom-
anelnd them to anyone who suffered as I
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Doan’s Kidney Pills do this if taken
as‘directed. They tone up the kidneys
and force them to perform their func-
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most stubborn cases of kidney disease.
Doan’s Kidney Pills act at once. You
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Try them for weak or lame back.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are for sale by
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Remember the name Doan’s and take
no other.
it POIET AGAINST BENHAM.
Said to Have Ilcen Engaged to Another
‘i'oman “’hen His \Vife Died.
Eata’xia, N. Y., June 25.——Everything
indicates that a sensation will be ex—
ploded early in the trial of Howard C.
Benham for wife murder that will
eclipJ: anything that has yet been
brought out in the. case. The prosecu—
tion, it is said, will attempt to prove
that Benham was engaged to marry
another woman when his wife died.
The woman involved is said to be the
daughter ‘of one of Batavia's leading
families.
If this should be proved, Benham
could scarcely escape conviction. _If it
should not be proved, it would not, it is
thought, prejudice the prosecution's
case.
The woman is not believed to be in
Batavia now, and it is said that a large
sum of money has been spent to con~
ceal her whereabouts and to suppress
all reference to her association with the
case. ,
It is reported, however, that she is
not far away, and that District Attor-
ney Leseur will produce her when the
proper time comes, and that she will
tell her story on the witness stand. It
is said that the prosecution will intro-
duce witnesses who will swear that
Benham promised to marry her if he
was ever free to do so and that he
mOre than once expressed a desire for
freedom.
The story has been in the mouths of
the village gossips ever since Benham’s
arrest, and it is believed to have driven
Martin Benham, the prisoner's father,
to the insane asylum.
Cornell‘s First Freshman Defeat. '
Pough’keepsie, N. Y., June 25.—There
was nothing about the Cornell quar-
ters today to indicate that the Ithacans
took their defeat of yesterday by Har-
vard and Yale any way but philosoph—
ically. Every one of them was of course
keenly disappointed, not so much on the
score of yesterday’s defeat, but be‘
cause it was the first time a Cornell
freshman crew had ever lost a race.
Yale callers .were congratulated on
their victory.
The Lowell Bribery Cases.
Cambridge, Mass, June 24,—The seal-
ed verdict in the Lowell bribery cases
which was returned by the jury last
night was opened in the superior court
at East Cambridge‘today. The jury
pronounced J. C. Donovan. guilty of
bribery on the first count and B. D. O‘-
Connell and E. R. Donovan guilty as
accessories to the same count. Donovan
was indicted for bribing Councilman
Arthur W. Lang.
Son of an Admiral Fined.
New Yorlg June 25.—Robert Upshur,
son of Rear Admiral Upshur of the
Hotel Waldorf, was fined $3 in the Jef-
ferson Market court today for disorder-
ly conduct in the Cafe Waldorf last
ni ht. The young man lurched into the
ca 3 last night and made a speech.
When Hotel Detective West attempted
to put him out, he hit the detective over
the head with his cane. He was then
arrested.
Contractor Pugsley Missing.
Mount Vernon, New York, June 25.—
William H. Pugsley, a well known con-
tractor and landscape gardener of this
place, has not been seen since he dis-
appeared from his home, on Franklin
avenue, on Saturday last. It is feared
that he has met with foul play or has
become insane through his inability to
collect outstanding bills.
Charles A. Dana III.
New York. June 25.—Charles A“. Dana.
editor of The Sun, is if " t his country
home in Glen Cove, N. 2 He has been
suffering from catarrh of the stomach.
but is somewhat better, and today is
able to leave his bed. His physicians
have ordered him to the mountains for
a few weeks'for a change of air.
A Justice Arrested."
New York, June 25.—The women of
Islip are aroused over an alleged as-
sault of Justice Griffith upon a Mrs
Marvin. The justice was arrested and
arraigned in his own court before Jus-
tice Yail. He pleaded not guilty, and
the case was adjourned until 1162-2.
Tuesday.
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