The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-16
TRAIN WRECKERS DETECTED
now 4 TfTTHTrL ENGINEER WENT
DOUN 10 ms DEfTH.
The Murderou. pIot Banned 81 Could Have
Jumped aud saved Myself. hut the Train
" ouiJ Have Gone Down''-Thc Confession.

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The cases Of Leroy Oliver George b. Glib
SON. james Long. ami Allen VI. Grccnsircct tho
four dr~pcradoos who are held ~ the wrcck, r.
Uf the Texas express upon the st. Louis and
ban Francisco Railroad on the night of june 2
was called before II Grand Jury at Dixon. the
county scat oi Pulaski county. Missouri. ycstor-
day. a special --ion of that body having been
ordered Ihrd.iuls of the aitir were slow in
developing. owine o. the suppression OF the
tr.iS up to tine time of the capture of the four
On thouieht Of ihc 81 = June the T"xas ok
tr,r- tram on tiiD ST. Louis aud san Fran
cisco Railroad WAS running over Tia" rou-h
track 80 70 speed OBJ mot more Than ten Wil'. an
hour. ~ % ro.ui - ril's, west Of St. Louis m"
LITTLE Nillug" of Woodland had h'ru passed. by
tn trim. which WAS eastward bound. ana one
of the ElnOuiir~ aud most dismal portions ~
it, way over tro-tle- and his. through long
Hireth oi swamp ami miro. iaes into
Through deer ana narrow fut--uuW OF peril
Gus illlS which lrav" t'un tram far above the
tops of the thllr-t trees through strDt lies Of
timber Which, in tine noon oi day. ENFORCE iN-
lightly Shiny dt'h's on ia" roadside. the
litlr towns ina this srtion are only su IN in
name \ few cabins. - stor" at which liquor
may he obtained. a Few necessary SHOPS
and thr rnilrouI buildings make up hose ham
lrs. Between towns. at long intervals. the
cabins Of ~luattrr- are noted. hut mil may De
travelled aud human itec not soon. m
On the night Of June .. when The Texas cN-
press entered the gloom eft the Ozark noun
iains. terrific II rn "i wind and run was
raging. The storm WAS tempest in force.
Lutte streams had swollen to torrents In the
cab Of the engine. Frank Cation. "a" eng in"rr.
ttoOd with his hand upon thu throttle and peer
cd into The tempest keeping sharp lockout
for any oh~tru.t iuus that the storm might have
thrown upon 70" track. By M sii, WIS sum
Richardson. a hardy young fellow. the fireman
of the engine. Their, wii- one other man on
son who had stepped aboard to ride few
miles The train WIS On a illl; Forty feet below
was the level of the ground. The engineer OBJ
served u heap oi rubbish and leaves upon the
track. At the sam" instant ms eye. accustomed
10 dark nights and the distinguishing oi OBJ
Jccts IN DIM light saw tn lorni ui
man stealing into the d"'prr darkness.
beacon. far down, al the ,,hosc OF ihr NH
lie suspected foul play. Win one hand h'
Shrek. Then he sri2"d Tia" reverse lever. nnd
with lcs p"ral, luli rev, r-l inr rp5i NJ 1nI
hands yet upon the lever. ho went t. hs Death
The rngin" reached the seeming olrtruNtiuns.
A trap had been laid. Two rails had hr' \
looscn"d at on" enl. AMI their course diverted.
The intent. d of ihos' wao I'D It was. t. plunge
the train into IA" depths below; Inr engine
ihrrmhu, ,m.ut :. lnr very hns. ami .'op,"'l
with ih' wheels ~ the air. The three ..lisilis
Of the cab were lcn'ath IT, crushed AMI man
When the engine lof' To, ira + and started
upon thr pDtu made iy tine uu~Elne. i rails. it
between the ttnicr and the baggage car GuNe
way. hui not unit. to- h.uv, ear turned upon lis
tiJn. IN, remainder "a rI, tram ,ali. 10 "a
dead stand STILL saf" upon t.rtra k
The trni IS e'n'ra,s -hi on s'iurd', niahl
som, oi IN 'n " o.. i,t.n- o.; ih,ir -nit-. Others
tat lo0Aimr n'' uiI tI. sio'u. sirnns g. the
lowlus oi o.. -.Y.n. Mi.ntA warn. ngshrlrk
Of the cnsn.N.- i,i.A l., rH sudden and
violent stoyrr.N' "i d." tram. 90" iHis- Myers
naiirr. \. II. Va "a. cDq..l i"r Of in.' train.
was seated ma .ar ear. IT .'.aitne lnnt,in
w War di"'IIl KID -.rl.. n r'oei ,l.r inulnni
weeds at tho ~.a, az Tag irtek uui . irw feet
,a nsn H. - mr. W.T. aiil,,t oan "1, Within an
eighth o' nn in'i % his salp. Tn. sensation
His lantern was 'Nin~u -h"i : u n"rr
shots w"r' iir"d ~ Gu"N en 80 i' %. ana tu"n
everything wa- ga ~. -h"ts 'ame from
The engine had plunged. uu' ra-- MGR. wtl
lis inrc c."-' t'aW 10 ''w -Hw l' M" nl-n' . ~
shadows 1t h"ninr sid"ni THAT t,r rriws
who had t,n" m tf,ns , n,I ~ H. Snf ''n,
forward. tuoy -.iw 10 slm % how ihr rai- hrl
been tnmy"rd w.ih. ON" nYn li'Scd ~ q
new monkc, wrench. @ law hammer. amt a
common lnhor"rs p.cklNc. Tho" lad boon
used 10 tear thi rails IRON Iheir strong lhs' L.
inss; ..,,.,.,..
whcre IN" wr' h'd Nhiii" n.y. ,nlu ny "m-ty
, s of 7'e MorI M ' s eFr VIZ,
body OF tn fireman WIS taken Ont. hurnel
saIgd Y %G AZ, IT. m ~ . @e G m a..
mai, mains t = ~ MS@-'i rn 1d hey e. w.t. IT,
ni XIV" ii. Hung llft~th Il i,M4.iy th.i VAS
wonderful. AMI d. Wa lul iwu h"u.s h,l"r,
slowly ana witl ga effort thnt Was n-vu1.us.
he told tho, ISL" gathered "' 'ul !!M d, " h,
had noticed thf Olstru .nA-. how ho hnu ifi'i
g. say" "a tr a. ANA now lr "ui AlS '.ln,
Ianions u ~ = me- down 10 l"iha Nh'G ir inll
told his ~ - Nr l'''S Eiel.u. 'ill nav
lat" gnn" d' Wn. IA ,-' W q ms ~ W0riS
p"t.tiN"- went u j., NWl'l; a t"N ..Ih'
t"u- To- be- ~, ilnh, fM. phHi.
younH nan 10y ~ nim' "i Leroy ~ IS
wiz u~t"iiii"u7 10 lil- N--. 'i q" 'th'l"l''.
INV 'il''tf 800 goo g.. ''-'.''
~ i,riu ,,ttls He d,.lnr.l ms innr., ~. al
first WITHIN IN hour q" M.lk.M H. ana man