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Show HEAD SWITCHMAN HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WRECK j MISSOl'LA, Mont.. Sept. 10. A coroner's cor-oner's Jury tonight held V. .1. Murphy, switching crew foreman on switch engine en-gine No. 10.11, responsible for the collision between Northern Pacific passenger train No. :J and the switch engine In the Missoula Mis-soula yards Wednesday afternoon. in which two persons were ltillod and eleven Injured. (evidence presented to Ihe jury showed that Murphy had unlocked and opened the switch and then left It open while I his engine backed onto the sidetrack to j pick up some empty box cars. Tho ver- : diet, declares that Murphy's carelessness was the cause of the accident, but makes no recommendations. What aellon. If any, will be takn against Murphy as a result of the ver- 1 diet remains to be seen. |