, 1873-08-19
BEANE'S CRIME.
Additional Particulars of tho S0r
Bridge Disaster.


1onitentiary only fow months, but had by hta
courtesy and general management etltlonrod
himsolf to tho employees Of tho .prlaon ne vol as
tho community at urge; During his bricf Co.
forms, had tirtailed axponses, aud was giving
could not have been but highly successful.
I'LL. FLEunY
was also oonnectol with tho prfHon as ptrchnB-
ing agent Tho bodos Of tho docoaHed passed.
through hero on this evenings train In charge Of
friends for Hpringncld, thoir former homu.
DR. cAHla1us,
ono Of the ponitcntiary Commissioners, arrlAop
horo last ovening, and IL now Acting Warden.
until tho Donra Gun .noot aud I'LL tho vacancy.
Phllo Deveridgo, son Of tho Governor, WAS In
the city to-day, and enid thorc wero no loss than
five applicants for tho position. ct Wardon
a Mr. Mcdao, o2 Ganton, Iii, and Maj. Pink
ham, OF Bpringaeld both Of whom wore app4-
oantB for tue position whom Mr. Smith was mp
pointed. numor has It, alao that Dr.. Canisiua
T. an applicant. y lis Is generally believed horo
will bo appointed, and That Dr.. CaniBius is tho
man.
THE DEATH OF JAMES o'EH111,
The announcement Of the death Of James
was on the i1lfatod train, is hnothor sud chapter
In tho affair. Alr. O'Noill was about 28 years
old, was doing good businesB Oh Bluff stroot
hnd had boon to Chicago to transact somo busi-
meas Win lis protaef. Hs 4oaVeB wife to
mourn his sudden ond.
BEANIE, THE ooxpuoron 4,
to whoso negligence tho disaster Ia attributable,
was In tho city yesterday, but this morning his
vito said to your correspondent that he had dig
appeared; sho did not know wherc ho had gone.
It appears that Deano has boeu In the employ
OF the ALTON Railroad several times, md as o{ton
boon dismissed for reckless carolessneHs. About
hyear ago he Was conductor on tho same trim,
and, by dispboylnB HoMo order, caused serious
fs}hF1$ IIn ~ f%r~A
after reustated, and hns occupied tho same
position up to the time Of tho rocont calamity.
NOT TILE r1nsT ACCIDENT.
The acofdcnt Of Saturday night WAS the third
week, botween Bloomington and Chicago. two
Of which wore destructive Of human ufo. There
Ia great indignation among, tho people hero ut
the managers of the road, who, 1t il claimed, do
not exercise proper caro- IN the selection Of eu-
p1oyes. Tho road agent at this point comes iu
for his share Of censnro from the ugly spirit ho
has manifested toward inquiries for nows uinco
the 1ato accident.
INTERVIEW WITH DEArH's WIFI.
have Just lad m intorylew with tho father
snd vito Of Conductor Doano. Tho father has
not seen him for several days, He appeared
very solcitous about him. Ills wife was over
whalmod with grief, and protested that hor huB-
baud waa not responsible for the disaster. Sho
says lo ca1no home yesterday morning With tho
surviving passengers from the wreck, aud told
her all about the collision. slo shya he received
no Instructions whntover from tho agent at La-
mont; that the instructions nero giyon to brako-
She says that, few moments
before tho collision, ho looked At his watch, and
thought Of tho danger, and oraored the brake
confirmed By a brakeman, brother Of the con-
duetor. She says her husband WAS in tho caboose
at tho time, anu whom tile trains mot and he
say the destruction, he was aorrJ he was not