Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-10

Chic.go, Oct. 9.-General Manager J. c.
McMuliin, Of The Chicago and Alton rail-
road, will in ,o-norlos's papers offer re.
ward of fifteen thousand dollars for the ar
rest Of the gang OF train robbers who glast
night. stopped thee & a. traia and fiffed
the exprets company's safe at atGlendale, Mo.
A proporlionate part Of the amount will be
given for the capture Of u part Of the rob-
bers. Although the los. ialis entirely on
the express company, the railroad aulhori.
es are determined to prevent, if the most
stringeDst measures will do it. any recur-
reLce Of this outrage, and to break up the
band of outlaws who perpetrated it. Audit
or Bridges, who was At the station when the
affair occurred, telegraphs here TO refute the
insinuation that the station agent at Glen.
dale, Mcintyre, was in the conspiracy to
rob the train He says that but for the
pluck and efficiency Of Mcintyre the stele-
graph ofics would not have been repaired
at all last night, aud the dsaster might have
been much greatsr. The express company
will be able to save large portion Of their
property stolen, as payment can be stopped
on the drafts, checks, etc, which largely
made up the contents Of their packages.
Detroit, Oct. lO-A serious and painful
full accident occurred on the, Michigan Cen.
trsl railroad short distance east of juno.
tion about 10 o'clock this morning. The
Pacific express train bound west, which left
Detroit forty minutes late, collided with =
switch engine on the main track at that
place, .tslescoping the baggage and express
cars and piling the remaining coaches, elev-
en- in number, on top Of the others. The
first coach was filled with emigrants, most Of
whom were killed or. seriously injured.
Many occupants Of other coaches were also
killed or injured. 1t ia supposed there are
about 20 or 25 passengers killed and 20 to
80 wounded. The majority Of the number
ia thought to be euigrants and second class
passengers. Physicians and surgeons were
at once summoned from jackson TO the
scene Of the disaster, aud a special train car
ryipg physicians left Detroit At q. n "A
large force of employees Of the railroad COM
pany, together with large number of citi.
zens Of Jackson are OF the ground engaged
In the work Of extricating budies from the
wreck. Rsilroad officials and surgeons are
buiily at work among the woundsd doing
eyerythfng ID their power to alleviate the
suffering. The names of the killed and
wounded we'll be cent. = "S" -
Up to noon l8 dead bodies have been ta-
ken from the emigrant car, which have not
been identified. rhe identified killed are
Milton Gilys, engineer Of the express train;
G. B. Smith, Of Jackson, fireman Of the ex-
press train; John Rect, wife and daughter,
Philadelphia; Mn. Garland and ten year
old daughter, .Philadelphis; Louis Mongion,
Buckingham, Canada, and an infant daugh.
ter; Mrs. George A. Jones, Of Chatude, Pa.
The following 10 . list Of names Of the
wounded . far g can bs ascertained:
Md. Carlisle, express messenger. De-
troit, collar bone broken; A. A. Bennett,
baggage master, Detroit. badly cut
aud bruised; William Buggy, Troy,
vsrmont right leg and thigh cruahsd;
Daniel Finn. Chicago, head cut aud bruised;
8. NJ. 6parlin, Philadelphia, cut on head
and hurt internally; Arthur Roger, Phils
delphia, cut and bruised, not dangerously
Reuben Carter, Gardner, Ills, hands cu'
and left thigh broken Geo. A. Cunningham
Jaussville, Wis, left arm broken in Two
places; Hon. Aisda,, Canada, cut and
bruised f. J. Parnell. 81. Calharinea, Ont.
left leg broken; Mrs. c. J. Paruell, s.
Cs.hasinss. ost, severely injured in hsaf
and knee; Mn. J. F. Parneli, Toronso, hex
cut; John Jedries, Newark. head craahed
probably fa.al Willie Rice, aged 4, Phila
dslpAia, lsg broksa and facs cut, recover!
doahsful hla father, mother and si.,sr wss,
81 killed Ma Lsusa A. Finsly. Nanvessl