Show THE B O DISASTER I Ih CIIIIIIIII I 11101 II tps i l 1i55 h 5 1 UIIIIIIr Iur I I JiriHnuiui Ia lib 21A 1oit LiSt Ohio special says the inestigntionof thp IIf1at llIlIhlloro A Ohio wreck of Janu irj I I 1th has dinwn to Oil oml llunll and the t oer I diet was rendered by Coioner Hoppet It is iII i-II < erj iuthy I documeiil of which the foi I low ing Is a 1 synopsis Iho coroner flint ilndn i 1 that I William rediriolis of Holyito 1 Ohio I I 111 Irancis and rank Irwin of IllaoU I Hand Ohio W H Ilorce of Wheeling W 111 1 w la i II IJ Vii Joseph 1ostilthwalto Hum Iimlel I I thwalto and Spcnoor Idsteltliwatto o mf Wit olojunhW aM H 1nrks of Wash III toll D 1 0 t Fran D I llowmaii of Mo I olianloslmrg Ia David Obi r ofOluilin to l 01 I I iili Ihomas a O Ilniborton of InMie Ohio Alv > II 1110 I of 1eii iltl l l ltit J 13 Onrtmr of lleehanlosille Iowa and othiis whoso iiiuiHS aio unknown i VHP 10 nil ui maT iiuanllliLii lilt I ItellititI l muunu t A Ohio Itall nmd TnTirmiP t wWTlIf flimiTa Tt llipubllo lamiary I 1347 I lit J oclock a III llonUo 1 finds that frcWit OIl lno No III iiuserxiooablo ooiidi was In an unsafo and tlon nnd that bill olllcials of tho load had I bci n uotllli of t his fact but Htlll allow ed it i to bo used Till ongineei of blue freight i train Ldward S Kller I was not Inloxicnted r i I na charged but was worn out with sixteen hours and IIfty minutes of continuous uluty with a green llreman stud 11 poor engine Ho had plenty of time to get to Itepublio from Seneca iding thirty eight minutes ton mill I rl but his engine was so poor and t leaked bo that tho bites were put out and It died on 11Lool track nt blue I point of tho col I lisiou Thus conductor of the freight L t i I Hotelier failed in his duty for not ling sing tho limited express for ho knew tho cngino had died ten minutes before bbs express ex-press waR due Tilt niiuj8 ox Tilt juntas WHU wrmon And ineffective for they failed to diminish tho speed fort thrco miles an hour more than ono half in a distance of 1000 feet llio manner of heating and lighting tho cars of tho express was inferior unsafe and dangerous and contrary to tho laws of this f erll Ohio l Had 51 heating and light I log of tho oars been proper they would not hao burned and tho loss of life would havo been cry light I Wo therefore find that tho thorn poisons cnmo to their death through gross negligence negli-gence on this part of officials nnd manngern of bits Chicago division of tho H A O raIlroad raIl-road of Gwctt hid 1 nod through the gross I negligence on tho part of tho owners managers mana-gers and olllcials of thus llaltimoro b Ohio hallway Compiuy for using on said express tiain inferior and ineffective brakes also for using an improper i dangerous uhf tin lawful mannei fP lighting nnd hinting the I cars of said express It would seem that sucti ucghgcnco resulting in such great loss of life could not bo other than criminal but there turn no lawn in Ohio making such negligence a crime and no laws under which such pirsons cat bo charged with cnmo |