, 1861-09-12
RAILROAD CATA13RS
FEE.
Rtndiah 0.ay&qe Qfa BaRrood Ekgsseev--ssss
q he Ire Harris C1asa3sy Killed asd Fifteen
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, I98l.-A detachment
n The Harri. Light CayslsJr ColoaA Aans-
tield, arrived hsFe At aye o'clock this .tssr-
capes from the diabolical Heachery OF aendieh
railroad engineers by the wsy. The detach-
nent consisted Of three hundred men and
ffty-one hotses, under command Of Laeutou-
ant Colonel kirkpatrick. The rest ofthe regi'
Colonel Kirkpstrick LEFT New York 1t four
P. 70. On Saturday, proceeding by the way OF
the New Jersey Central Railroad to Ehston,
and the Reading and Lebanon sV.1iey Rail-
roads to Harrisburg, where he arrived at et1
% .hs eaes sehs w., oBsa d % and sas % sa
sen2e1B were Lett In the cars upon the track At
the depot From that ho1f until eleven
O'Clock, Col Kirkpatrick was searching for
scme oficer Of the road to furnish an engine
OF the Northern Central road, leading to Bal
timo1e. At Last he sent pgrty Of his men to-
the engine house, with orders to fire up one
Of the locomotives Of the PennsyiVania Bail
read, and p1ace It in charge Of an engineer, who
belonged to one OF his companies His order
was resisted by the railroad employees, aud be-
waB accn6ted by the Assistant SupefintendE
Samuel D. Young, who deuaanded to know II
Col. Kirkpatrick intended to take the engine
by force. He replied that he was under orders
to take his men to Washington, asd intended
to do 60, for which purpose be must have
fcrce if necessary, and that he should tske the
Assistant Superintendent along with 1t, tied
and gagged, ifsuch treatment was requisite.
Upon this exhibition Of discrimination to go
ahead the Superintendent promised to provide
an engine and engineer.
They proceeded safely, at q rate OF about
eight miles an hour, until within four miles Of
Cuckej svil1e, when the engineer pus On the
eteam, and began to run the train st a fearful
speed. Col. Kirkpatrick and his wife, and
frf4 4$A rf3 IN. h -
brakesman lett his Post and came into the Gag
declaring that he could not manage the brake
wheel the train WAS dashlpg along at such q
sped, In going around sharp curve as soon
as the engine reached the straight road, the
steam was suddenly let on, fearfully increas-
OF the late Gen. Lyon, volunteered to man the
brake Of the last car. Aided by Sergeant Nc
Donald and Fuller, and one Of the pf1vates, he
lad managed to put down the bEake, when the
four cars Immediately in front OF it were yio-
1ently thrown from the track, and the break
| cape the same fate Lieut.. Lyon and Ser
geant Mcdonald and Fuller and the private,
Whc were manning the brakes, were instantly
Killed. They had galantiy exposed them
selves to danger, and lost their lives, but
eaved those ct the occupants Of the last car.
AS soon as the cars we're thrown of, the en-
| glIeer detached the locomotive and tender
| NON the t{ain and started ahead, exclaiming,
"There, your Cd d--d train is wreck,
and hope the whole party is killed" Col
| fitzpatrick promptly gave orders for h1s ar
! rest, and some OF the men started after him
and endeavored By hurling stones to knock
him eff the engine. The fireman beside him
YVES thus knocked iEsensible, and fell from
the car, but the engineer at this time made has
escape.
Finding in the command Al expert tele.
| graph operator, Col Kirkpatrick haa the wires
cut, and the ends Furnished, and message
sent to General Dig, at Baltimore, Informing
i lin Of the occurrence, and re luesting sid and
tie arrest cf the fugitive engineer.
T4is message Of course went in both direc
tione. II was promptly responded to BY Gen
DIX An extra train was sent out from Balli
more, with orders to arrest the engineer
WHEN he was met he denied that any accident
lad occurred, and profeseed to be only IL
charge Of detached engine He was, howav
er, arrested, He had already cut the wires
but not until affet the message had been sent
Upon lis arrival at Coekeysville he had q whis
pertd conversation with the telegraph opera
had gone before the wire WIS cut.
reached Harrisburg, ,Atsistaut-9uperinte1d
Ycunr expressed Qualification at the result
and hoped that Col. Kirkpatrick was amon|
the killed. He WEE promptly arrested
In addition to the four killed inst >ntly
three we're 60 badly wounded that they hay
since died. Fifteen others were badly wound
ed, and number received eontus1Dns5 NOR
or less severe. The affair will be subjected t.
legal Investigation, and the cold hlooded mnl
| derere who planned sud executed this helli5
outrage will be punished.