The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-19
THE RAILWAY SLAUGHTER on
THE CHICAGO & ALTON, X. X.
Indignation oEor the Co1CeaImontlo Of
the News.

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SPRINoPIRLD, Ills. & August Il. S.-Thefl
lis great deal OF Indignation expressed
here by citizens over the action Of tht
Ioflcials, both great and small, Of the Chi
cago s. Alton railroad In keeping from
the public, and even from friends Of tht
victims, thenews Of the slaughter OF Bat
urday night on that road. Although The
collision occurred ct 20 minutes past 10
and the fact was telegraphed to the Su-
perintendent Of the road within an hour
not word was sent TO the friends Of any
Of the wounded, and Il was kept from the
press until 1t could no longer be silenced.
Tho passengers who were on the ill.lAted
train and who came down last night from
Chicago, state that untfl the arrival oithe
relief train in charge Of Superintendent
McMHllen, everything that was done to
release from the wreck and alleviate the
Suferngs Of the sCalded victims had to- be
done by the uniDjured passengers. The
conductor, they say, left the wreck before
single person was extricated, and went
10 Lemont to telegraph to the Superin.
tendent. The uniDjured passengers car
ried the wounded and dying from the
wreck. and with such appliances as they
had ministered to their wants, tearing up
the pillows from the sleeping cars for
bandsges, and improvising beds for them.
Two physicians came from Lemont soon
after the collision occurred, but 1t Is said,
brought nothing In the way Of medicines
or instruments with them, and were there.
fore Of little use. Miss Tracy, daughter Of
the editor Of a Houston, Texas paper, who
was with her father on the train, Is spoken
oi in terms Of highest praise for her
noble attentions TO the wounded, whose
condition was 80 horrible aS to cause the
stoutest heart TO grow siCk and faint.
When the relief train from Chicago ar
rived 1t brought everything necessary for
the comfort Of the poor victims, several Of
whom, however, had by this time found
relief in death. Some of the passengers
stated It was $50 A. n. before the relief
train arrived, and one gentleman asserted
1t was 8 A.. n. The greatest interest Is felt
here In regard to the condition Of Major
Smith and Mr.. FleurY, both of whom were
old citizens Of this city, and the entire
public share In grief for the family ol Cap.
tain Little and young DuvHl BliSe.
CHICAGO. Aug gust t8-MAj. A. J. Smith
and ]. W. Fleury, Of Springfield, Illinois,
victims Of the Alton Railroad casualty,
died this morning at the Briggs House.
coRoNER's INQUEST.
CHICAGO, August 1s.-Coroner Ste
phens has commenced the inquest on the
disaster at Lemont. The agent at that
point testified that be strongly protested
against the freight train pushing forward
and notified the train dispatcher at
Bloomington that q slaughter was i'm
pending. The number Of deaths from
the event has reached eighteen. The
managers ot the road have caused the
arrest OF John Puftinberger, the freight
engineer, and officers have been sent to
Joliet for Edward Bean, the freight con-
ductor.
CHICAGO, August 1s.--The inquest on
the bodies OF those killed by. the Chicago
s. 81. Louis railroad disaster was begun
to-day. The superintendent of the road,
the station agent at:Lemont, near which
the accident occurred, Rndthe conductor
of the passenger train gave their testimo.
ny. The tenor Of the evidence went to
show that theaccident was caused by the
disobedienCe Of the rules Of the com.
pany by the conductor and en-.
gineer OF the coal train, who should
have waited until the passenger
train had passed. The inquest will be
continued tomorrow. The conductor
and engineer ot the coal train have been
arrested on warrants OF msnslaughter
sworn out by the attorney Of the railroad
company, and every effort will be made
to convict them under the granddaughter
statute, there being no statute bearing di-
recily on the case. I7.
The death roll has been swelled 10 day
by the death Of Hon. John W. Smith,
Warden Of the State PenitentiRry, and ].
W. Fleury, Purchasing Agent oil the same
institution.
A complete list OF the deaths thus far Is
rs follows: John W. Smith, Joliet, ILL.,;
J. W. Fleury, Joliet; VIM. Little, Spring.
field, Ills; Roger T. Brass, Chicago;
Thomas Morton, Chicago; James O'Neill,
Joliet; Theodore 6tenG, Texas; Jacob
Curdet,. 0shkosh, Wis; George Trendel,
Chicago; Jacob Lanser, Joliet; VIM.
Davis, Chicago; Joseph B. Niche, Jack
son, Tenn; John Metzler, Joliet, Ill;
and an unknown man. The wounded
number nearly torty, few of whom will
die, fI'i:L
Apolice officer, Christian Jacobs, was
shot and mortally wounded by q burglar
,pho ha una affanhtino .fO aFFaSt at