, 1875-02-17

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SUBURBAN..
AUSTIN.
By the accident which occurred here Monday
afternoon, At eight minutes after o'clockt and
zhicl resulted in the death OF AEr. Bradford
Wood and vito, the citizsna Of Austin we're
thrown into intense excitement. The more i'm
portant facts OF the case have already
been Published in The Tn1nuNg. AIg.
Wood and his vito wero residents OF
tho Town Of Burlington, Kane County, ILL.,,
living about miles from Sycamore.
Wednesday morning, they loft Elgin and camo to
Chicago, after which they stopped with Theodore
Killmor, Of Woat Forty-etghth atrcet, botwoon
whose family aud themselves thoro existed the
| most intimate friendship. Mondy morning
| Nr. Wood vailed from Mr. Killmer's to Austin
in order to return homc They wero = few mo.
were compel I'd to await tho Sterling passenger,
| which pnAEes Auatn at. 4:08 p. N. Tho Austin
| depot 10 stuatod on tha north eido Of tho rail-
road: A. the Sterling passenger was coming to
q halt Mr.. and Mrs. Wood ATTEMPTED to crosB tho
north track in order 70 get upon IT. They did
| not observe tho Omaha OF Atllutlc i Pacific OK
| press train, which Waa then approaching from
.he weat, If ut oil, until 1t was too ]ato to cs-
| GApe tTGul kuC Nup8HullE uhlk1FA IGEf1Id WIG
saw the accident state that tho unfortunate
| 1nan and woman croBking the track
d,agonally, and going IN southeasterly drec-
ton; TINT Mrs. Wood WAS betweeu her husband
mud the engine, and At almost tho same instant
IN which they were struck by the engine, Mr.
| Wood seemed to catch sight Of It. and, realizing
| thois danger. caught hls wifo by her lofs ern
aud attempted to leap from tho track. When
Rttuck, Mr.. Wood Was in the centre Of tho north
track, while his vito was over the south raj! Of
tho Same truck. 1Io IVES thrown into tho ait,
and In descending foil upon tho cross-beam
in, front Of tIo engine. to whioh tbs
ruutil tue train vas stopped and
returned to the depot. Ills skull was fractured
at,d blood flowed from II profusey. while blood
mud his brains rau from hla ears. Mrs. Wood waB
ol1d Of tho rear car Of tho Sterling passenger,
from which her body glanced, and. striking
against tho 0maha train, WAS thrown undor tho
roar ond Of the car. A satchel in hor right hand
car, the glass OF which, flying through tho iutc-
| .or Of tito car, made some slight wounds. After
| Mrs. Wood was picked up she brenthcd alight1y
few times, and at the ond Of twenty minuloa
Aitor the RccdeDt her pulse ceased to beat.
Tho excisement Of the people alter the acci-
dent vns intense. There was an unusually large
crowd nround tho depot. Dy aomo tho numter
Of persons present 90 said to bo fifty. and others
estimate 1t at 100. Cursos loud and deep against
those whom the people considered deserving Of
blame for the Incident werc heard, and fears OF
violence against soma OF the emptoyos OF tho
road were entertained by some.
depot, where they rou,ained until 4 O'Clock yes
tefday. Yesterday morniug sister Of Mrs.
Woods, Hiss Ftaucos Ward, accompanied by T.
]. Multen and Charles Lowell, arrived. The sis-
In the afternoon the three returned to 8ycn-
moro in comPsuy with the romalns.
Coroner Diczsch arrived upon the Same train,
and nt once impanelel jury. and proceeded to
t.x.If &l,A k}Sr $t$Hp nkhAn Take
Stevens. solomon rhateber. i. ". Bowen,
G, =. Roberts, eJohn Frelsc, F. Garfield,
r. A. Richards. +. J. Hoffman, II. ".
Smith, 4. j. Whitehead, +. II. Marshall,
George Cox. Tho inquest wss held at tho
Lotol. The witnesses examined were Or. A.
q. Dowen; William Watson, engineer Of
tho Omaha espress; charles Lowell, Of
Burlington, who identified tho bodios as
h!s vito, Mis-. Alice Wood D. FraRnoE, fireman
! Of Omaha express Bruce Wilcox, conductor OF
Omaha express; II. A. Eewcome, conductor Of
Startling passenge1; William Roberts, = brakeman
Austin School; Z. u, Osgood. Clerk Of Town Of
Cicero Mr. John.on, Henry Hastings, Of River
aldo; N. u. Gilbert, Station: ri Austin, aud
Horny Hunaoyneyer, night-pollccmau. The
anco with thoao alroady stated. When the ro-
portoE left Austin tho jury had not sgreod upon
= verdict.
it ia but just to tbs railroad company to state
|
ducn to the comfort OF those who cAme to take
tho bodies to Sycamore. Clothing 4nd coffins for
tho dead were furnished; tho money paid by
Mr.. Wood, before tho accident, for tickets to
6ycamors wAs refunded, and no charge was
made for the passage Of those who cano to care
| for tue bodies.
Whom tho accident happened tho Omaha tratn
ANS one and a quarter hours bohtpd ita time, and
was running at tho rAko OF 10 or 4U miles an
hour. The ator'lug passenger WAS on time.
Mr, aud Mis-. Wood were married July 5. The
relatiyea OF Mr. Wood live in Canadl: those OF
Mrs. Wood In Kane County: Il is feared that
severe shock. sho y widow lady. and lived
with her daughter and bar husband. Mr. Woosfa
aga wAs 81, that Of his wife % years: Both ara
said to leave large circte Of aeqnaintsnccs by
whom they we're loved Aud respected.
wAuKxaAN.
4 determination on tho part OF certain pattlea
In vo.o Township to rid their village Of several
hard nuts who havo long been Tbs terror Of tho
neghhorhood, adds another to tho lst Of crimi-
nal prosecutions for tha March term Of Cour.
mentioned in THE TRIBUNE OF tho 10th ult.
Yolo, the birthplace Of your gambling e1-regu.
lators, the Hsukinses, haa been unfortunate In
, rcariug other hard citizens amongst theeo may
particularly be mentioned tue aubjocts OF the ap.
proachlng prosecution. tho Compton brothers.
! Although the sous Of I respectable aud wcll-to.
do gentleman Of Lake County, these brotherl
: eoon acquired An unenYled reputation BY th6ll
Irregular and rowdy acts, which finally eulminat-
ed in the following diagrscsfuI and criminal out
rAgo last wlnter. In December. 1873, Henr,
: aud De Witt Compton, in company with thsi
| uncle, Nathan Compton. and two othe1s
, named Robert Monaghan and Thomas Geary
went into tho bllllatd-saloon Of John stadasld
4 OF Volo, whero tho thros former Soon got ug!y
/ over their cups, aud being refused more liqIo
: knocked 6tadholdt down, 1hoy then wentint'
j. table. Thus armed. With furions shouts Whicl
t deferred the tsrror-strlcken ncighbora from Offer
:. ing any aid, they proceeded to wreck the bar
7 sooul, burst In tito doors Of the huuss, gut th
j. furniture. and smash every window-pape t.
4 piecss. Getting stlll mora furious, they agail
= knocked 6tAddeldt dorn severAl times, An.
cushing tn the woodshod procured an II witt
= which they hacked the bil1iard-tabie into kind
. ling wood. All this tins In N adjoining room,
i shiveripg With terzoz, lsy boauufu
+ young German WOMAN named Aauis atsdasldi