Part 25 (1/2)
”We did.”
”Was the car in which you were riding well filled?”
”It was not; no, sir.”
”How many children were in that car besides your son?”
”Only one.”
”A boy?”
”Yes, sir.”
”About how old?”
”About Ralph's age, I should think.”
”With whom was he travelling?”
”With an elderly gentleman whom he called, 'Grandpa.'”
”Before you reached Philadelphia, did the bridge over Cherry Creek give way and precipitate the car in which you were riding into the bed of the stream?”
”It did; yes, sir.”
”Immediately before that occurred where was your child?”
”He was sitting with his nurse in the second seat ahead of us.”
”And the other child, where was he?”
”Just across the aisle.”
”Did you see that other child after the accident?”
”I did not; I only know that he survived it.”
”How do you know it?”
”We learned, on inquiry, that the same old gentleman and little child went on to the city in the train which carried the rescued pa.s.sengers.”
”You and your husband were both injured in the disaster, were you not?”
”We were.”
”And the nurse lost her life?”
”Yes, sir.”
”How long was it after the accident before you began the search for your child?”