, 1873-08-20
THE RAILROAD MURDER.
Another Name Added to
the Death-Roll.
Three More Of Beano's Victims
Expected to Die.
The C0roner's Investigation
Resumed Yesterday.
Statement Of the Engineer Of
the Coal Train Loco
motive.
He Throws Ali the Blame upon Beano
and Ills Watch.
The Coroner's Jury at the
% l..
lie Throws All the Blame upon Beano
and Ills Watch,
The Coroner's Jury at the
Scene Of the Collision.

Public attention ia etill engrossod by the rail-
road ncciaent, and public feeling has assumed
tho form Of general wiHh that the conductor Of
tho ooal train will bo caught and lodged In jail
with the engineer, to await tile action Of tho
Grand Jury. Intelligence Was brought to tho
city on Monday TINT Beaue was caught, but It
was premature, as up to Inst night he was at
large. Ho bud quite a long start Of the officers
in hiB flight, II he really fled, and It may tako
Aomo time to ovorhaul him. It is generally
thought, howeyor, that he is concealed In tho
vicinity Of his homo ut Joliet, waiting for
tho storm Of indignation to subRido
when his flight will bo loss likely to
be interrupted. Tho nailroad Company has
given carte blanche to tho police authoritios,
and his capture now depends OH tho skill Of tho
officers. He can hardly oscnpo, and news Of his
apprehension may be received at any moment.
1t will bo very welcome when 1t comes, It being
felt that It Ia about time something was done to
curb the rocklessuess OF railroad omployea.
NO FRESH NEwa.
There was no nows Of special importance at
tho Office Of the Company yesterday. suporin-
tendent Mohlullen was In attendance on the Cor
oners Jury, rendering every facility In procuring
witnesses, and otherwise assisting them. Judge
Bcchwith WAS in his Office, imparting informa-
tion to inquirors. aud doing all in his
powor to mitigate tho sorrow Of tho
boreavod friende OF tho dead. President
Blackstone was alao On hand. He said they had
calculated tho time It would hayo takon tho pas
Bengor train to run from Willow Springs to Lo-
mont, and even had TINT train loft Willow
Springs on time, tho collision would not hayo
boon ayorted, though the consequences would
have beon less frightful. He believed tho
al ~
escoping. BY tho way, it is not tho Miller plat
form, but an improvement on It, invented and
patented by Mr. Blackstone himself, TINT ia in
uHe on the road. The improvement consists in
two heavy prongs projecting under each plat
form, which absolutely prevent ono from jump
ing ovor tho other. Those prongs arc made
sufficiently strong to sustain tho weight Of tho
car, and it happened that,
IN ONE INSTANCE,
they saved train from destruction. That
was in the winter. Ono morning tho lightning
trim WAS moving rapidly between tho Summit
aud Chicago. Tho conductor, in passing from
ono chr to another, noticed bits Of iron flying as
tho train sped along. The train being stopped
it waa discovered that tho forward truck Of one
Of tho cars Was completely gone, and that end Of
tho car waa uphold by tho pronge inserted In tho
platform Of the car ahead. With the Miller
platform there would have been no support, and
tho car would have dropped. Tho consequences
may be imagined. Mr. Blackstone thinks that II
tho tralnB had mot full and plump on straight
line, the toloscoping would not lave gone further
than the baggage car.
ANOTHER VICTIM.
One mnn died since our last report, making
oightoon dead 80 far. Ills namo VAS Frank
Bridges. He expired at the County Hospital
early yesterday morning. He was engineer or
tlreman of the passenger train. Tho remaining
THE physician at tho County Hospital said that
three mora will dio there in tho course OF tho
next few days. Ho did not tell who they wore.
Tho brakeman, Cunningham, whoae limbs we're
| House. hr. Albums is convalesclng ut tho Briggs.
Anton Truklomoyer is comfortable, and going to
recover, His wife waB aent for md ia with him.
Thomas Clowry aud A. Borden, reported as being
on the train aro still missing. II they wore on
| the train, they probably escaped and proceeded
| to thoir destination.
The funeral services over tho romans Of
| Roger J. BRASS wore held yesterday morning in
| thu Church Of tho Holy Namo. in tue presence
| Of lnrge concourse Of mourners. William
| Dayis waH also buried yesterday from the resi-
douce Of his mother, at No. 20 West O'Neill
| atreot.
ALEMoNT INQUEST.
One Coroner'B Jury hnB already passed upon
| Lemont by Justice John T.. Dcrby, on the bodies
OF Joseph B. Michie, John hletziar, and john
Davis. Mr. Huston, tho atation-agort, and somo
other % ooxns 3ys1dst which
Besne conductor Of i1eRht-train No. 23 signalod eu
Hineer Joshua pufenberger Of engine No. 122 to run
truiuB coIdod near curve Just south Of Sag Bridge,
in tie town Of Lemont, about fifteen minutes past 10
D. H. on the 10th inst, and this coaloa caused the
death Of theso persons; md ths jury soy the collision
was caused by the uelctonoy OF conductor T. Bcane,
and thu careoasuesa Of the employees of the road on
the train.
THE CHICAGO 1NQUEsT RESUMED.
The Coronors jury impanelod to investigate
the caaeB OF tho persons killed at tho rccent
railroad accident near Lemont, met again yeHter-
day morning in the Criminal Court room.
Afhdayits were read from Drs. Luce. Moore,
and White, Of Bloomington, to the effect that
80 alck from eoncussion Of the brain that he
could not, without danger. be cent up to oh5'
road people ut Bloomington to tho offoct tha'
CraiG the man not now on the platform, wae
not in their employ, but had promised to go up.
From Mr. Mohfullou's statement It appears
that this man WAS for many yours In tho employ
Of tho Company, waB steady, trustworthy, a1lG
stood high, but that ono day he did what Deant
tried to ao,-that is, beat another train to cor
tain point. It wRs found out, and ho was at onct
dlsmlssod torit, and the olllcera OF the road have
steadily retusod to ronstate him. Since It hat
boen Stated In ono OF tho paperB that tho porBont
III charge of tho road would wink at such an Of
fonso, il no harm resulted from it, they hayt
deosnod 1t advisable to put thiH man on tht
stand to show what encouragement
Beano Ind iu Ills attempt to run OIL the timo O
another train.
1t was debated whether O'Noill's tostimon,
WAS necessary at all, at,l wlothor what informa
tion ho might give had not boon furnished b,
others.
DR.. My4oKEn.
DR.. Brock MoYieker, a physician living Ut No
B35 Wabash avonuc, tllis oity, aaid'
Early Sunday morning, about 10 o'clock, was calle
! by the officers Of thu Alton Road, and re4uoacd +
like general supervision Of the injured by tlla acc
dent, and zoo that they bud everything neo