City Court Scene: Judge Holds Engineer in Child Deaths

Courier-Post clipping, December 19, 1957: City Court Scene, Judge Holds Engineer in Child Deaths (first crop).
Camden Courier-Post, December 19, 1957
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City Court Scene: Judge Holds Engineer in Child Deaths (Reprinted From Wednesday's Late Edition) Municipal Judge Marino Wednesday held a PRSL engineer and a motorist for grand jury action
Continuation of the December 19, 1957 story on the engineer held after two children were killed on a trestle at Mechanic and Louis.
Camden Courier-Post, December 19, 1957
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on a manslaughter charge. Both pleaded not guilty and were released in their own recognizance. The engineer, John C. Gillon, 66, of Rhoads ave., Haddonfield, was operating a train Dec. 5 which killed John Wawrzyniak, 14, and his sister, Karen, 9, on a trestle at Mechanic and Louis sts. The motorist, Samuel Trazzera, 39, of Mountain st., Philadelphia, was identified as the driver of a car which killed Mrs. Mary J. Grey, 76, of 842 Pearl st., Dec. 8 as she was walking at 10th and Penn sts.

(Reprinted From Wednesday's Late Edition)

Municipal Judge Marino Wednesday held a PRSL engineer and a motorist for grand jury action on a manslaughter charge. Both pleaded not guilty and were released in their own recognizance.

The engineer, John C. Gillon, 66, of Rhoads ave., Haddonfield, was operating a train Dec. 5 which killed John Wawrzyniak, 14, and his sister, Karen, 9, on a trestle at Mechanic and Louis sts.

The motorist, Samuel Trazzera, 39, of Mountain st., Philadelphia, was identified as the driver of a car which killed Mrs. Mary J. Grey, 76, of 842 Pearl st., Dec. 8 as she was walking at 10th and Penn sts.

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