Show DISASTER m ul Knickerbocker Steamboat Co Capt Van 30 and anI Others lick Held Criminally II ALSO LIABLE 4 U S INSPECTOR Ills Superiors railed failed to Report to True Trae Condition of or tion S stem Is Condemned June Inquiry con eon cond s Sew ew york and a 1 Jury coroner Kerry by d General Slocum disaster was Villi r IBIS t it l the Ibe 1 1 a and lifter after er nearly four foul deliberation ir ar II verdict was ren hours Qun directors Ut tit the Ld l jU In which MCh 1 the tu Steamboat company Capt Van ch tk k of ot the th Slocum Capt pine rI thE m at ot the tho li t and others were held Il criminally Warrants fir tor or their arrest site tiC j mate nf or tho the locum COrlIn In I the h Jury jur acted III In a n cow cov manno and the Ih misconduct of ot l tor It jt was d be he 1 e to 10 tho tIm attention of or tho th federal authorities Tilt The ch rK ii fI aitu cao was man unan manI I Hail Thul was aa fixed by tho thu coro corom ir tT 1000 to In MOO N FOIL IOn en th district attorney a tt 0 11 0 II that tt be Issued after the tIle Idlet lint luil ben been given Mr MI u for th Ih steamboat company pio tito filed that fw li procedure tIn as 25 all aU the men nien wore lINe i rid r uly to ap ear and KIM Kill gu haP a when he for tor Tho The polut 1138 a of at no i I The mat matI ariI who Jill under as ft a R won was the th He Ill It pleaded not guilty and M lit 11 hall fill 5 fIxed at nt He lit WAS Ws committed to Jull Jell Inspector pleaded plea lied not gull guilt l Iy Il slid Ind nd la a as on 1000 bonds bondA toll Pall was wu VB 1111 Rt lit t WW each Mch tor or Pros tres Unit tent Darnab und and Secy SeT Atkinson nn and cud tin bond were furnished at 11 t once CAPT APT VAN VA lIICK 1 A r pt Van In la A n prisoner at nt atthe the n opt may riot Mt b t until tomorrow when It Ir If tr hilt the tho directors or of the tho II 11 III also he lie Into CUB cus custody tody At U the tho assistant n district attorneys request I the Ih coroner committed Aist Ast Edwin and f t oakley arid and Handley ns nil lending them th m to the tho house hOUM of ot I detention Ion I t After out the duty of or the omel a persona named iii thir to perform their duty dut I I fAd t tJi Jury rinds I I FINDING OF OI O JURY Jum JumI I Tint Thai the Fiak Fak A Barn I lly iby b the Ih lames lamM K IC Atkinson lid ud th biml of n directors of ot tile the company namely Prank Fank A hll les B I Hill ames s K Atkinson r C Abert K R 1 Floyd H U and nn rank tl J 1 apr guilty nf of til tal al negligence In Itu the lbs failure to see sea to 4 jh the he hl proper equipment or t he I III Jl II oum um In HIP tho matter of ot I pd nd apparatuses on hoard board fd lid ild bol rd rt the William II H V he Ie hll 1 responsible W or the accident I That hlll I 1 apt aN John A Pease leape the tho ac nc no IP of nf the lied bo b responsible rl for tor his Ills fall all r to 10 equip the tho Bio Hlo Tum um with ith and lifesavIng l That lIard iward F mate mateIn In a manner and wo We 0 1 that thai ho hI li be h held hell criminally for to 10 perform Pile Ills lIy on the on the tho day dayt dayI If t I the Ibe That In the opinion of ot this IhU Jury the nf ot Henry the In III foiling to re IP tort fort tn to Pits hid l the tho true trite facts I the iii Ih Ing anti and equipment should i b L brought to 10 the of ot tho the United FlatlA tates prosecuting and wo we 0 fur hr hH recommend that HAlt KaM Henry Henr Lund rg he be held for criminal by hy naion of or his Incompetent nil M n Inflection of ot tho tim loll Oen M TaI hull end nn life up at upi i on nil iho th rth tIny diy of ot Moy In N J SYSTEM M HAD DAD HADI I f Tilt The Jury are nr also niso nf or tho opinion that thal th the of or which prevails In the nf Jr If York Is very ory In Ine e lillo i I tint not properly demon demonstrate strate the Ihl apparatus end od flu fire II i on the ehl In lh harl n dr In proper and all in t the loss O B of ot life we lIe to 10 tIme the secretary of ot corn com fierce aid 81 I that lie he IS such In tn I the supervising lund local force lorre f of 01 tors as RA will cause them to W efficiently coil and honestly examine tim tho t pl pling In and about this r r testimony IM presented that 9 hall hail been recovered or of which O ut t 40 9 met death by d S 5 orIn orl III named an as one cue of at tho the thoon theon on on of the Ih ller tonight sold gala that lie he Is III Ism m director of or the M replaced nt It the tho lust lest of at i stockholders In n M thit he does Ines not own Oln n a MCC ue of or o tock stock He lie win uis much stir sur by the th verdict ot of the coroners carollers rh |