New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-06
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
n.vcrpa or TIE CURVES.


DANGERS OF THE CURVES
ro,,,e,ov IN THE METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAIL-
ROAD ON -HE CURVE BETWEEN i"h
or AND PARK PLACE slATIOSS.
n,,;o;on which endangered the lives OF several
bundled persons occurred yesterday hoIhns I T Nv.
Metropolitan Elevated Railroad. An engine stn.
lion af a few minutes past 10, aud pursuing ,ts nS
down town turned the curve from ColesetttSe
into Hnrrsy.'t @aen "itn anad.niv came to a
standsti'l, its engineer having caug Hg ts pas
of train Wh,ch was ]lst tnen lsss nSccantion
Srv measure the guard Of the second tram ran 70
tie end platform aud waved req nag. mo
signal did not m hsp S S% efa uSD bird
train of three cars rushed around the corner ,i,o
at great speed and dashed INTO me rear
Sreativ But for the fact that the third tram haa
been necessarily slsckened to some extent 70 iouu
Inc the Curss the stcond train apparently wou'o
h nsys h,rn thrown oa the track. Az II was no one
From . statement Of an eve-wtnoss to q IEi1uNk
reporter 1t appears that the second train was Almost
fIilI Of pssstnrers- business mon and lew women
IBc latter were greatly frightened 1t was cla.eu
Toned at the Collegepire, and Murray-si curve
who could have sigDaed tho impending danger u
renorter called on General Manager Ham. of the
Metropolitan Elevated Railroad, yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Hahn attributed the accident entirely ~
the careersness of John G. Auryensen, the engineer
If engine No 276 OF the third tram. t
sc the time Of the accident" he said, the train
was going ct to ratio of i've miles an honf
which under o:,lii.a.y circumstances IL very mod
crate speed Aurysnhen, Who has been In our ei9-
,lOy for so,ne i0c. should. however nave peen aDio
10 sto;, his engine az he caught ciRnt Vi uue
rain ahead OF him at that time there was stii q
listsncs of fJrSy ETY. yards TO DO covered; ~,
loon az received dispatch lnloE ~ Sa set
IN foot Superin te adelt Green has The matte. I'D
hand. and meanwhile Auryensen anu tno Jo c'n"'o'oi
and guard ON bia train have been suspehueo. .
" 7. the report true that iiagman was not stu
ioped at the Coileso-plsoe cufveT
i've have always kept a tlagman there II the
investigation shows that he was not ut his post at
e time Of the accident he will be dealt with ac-
.rGngly." a,,, .r,. A., tho
,eiehbUrhood. Of Church aud Murray-sts were
greatly startled by the crash
ANOTHER BANK ROBBER ARRESTED.
aow coySoas. A COMPANION OF RED" LEARY.
WAS CAPTURED IN PHILADELPHIA.
As stated in a Dispatch from Philadelphia in yes,
erlays TRIBUNE. BILLY" COnnors, the associate OF
RED" Leary. Robert Scott, James DI1!ap,
"Shapgn Draper, and several others IL The North
symptom Mass, National Bank robbery Of January
70, 1870, Was captured late Friday night by deiec-
George II. Bangs. the superintendent of the
agency in this city, in speaking OF the capture 10
TEHsE report yetsS. " ' eonner., movements
for some time, but have not cared 20 arrest
him bsiore Red' Leary was under loGS and
Eey. Connors WAS not personally engaged IN the
great robbery, but was only panner and abeItor
Without Red lcary in the clutches of the law
the case against Corners would nave nee n con-
parat,vely weak. As soon as captured I@aIY tele-
craphed to our agents in Philadelphia tn lay hands
on the other For the last three years Connors
has been liv;ng Vn the outskirts of the no!i hein
section of Philadelphia. Of which city he y Datl\e
His father aud mother also live there We mas hot
shown himself in the streets, hnt the dettcixeS
found IL easy enough to keep trace OF ann. HIS
only sOiety cnns,sted OF set OF gamblers ana sport
ing men, i'll whom he put implicit confidence MD:
1T Was ahont IL Friday night that De'ec,iye
g lIlaI,her and a policeman arrested MN WhllO
10 was leaving drinking shop. lie was snghtly
drunk at the time. and made feeble show OF resist
anre. They handcuficd him, however, and for Tear
of a rescue took lin with all dispatch to prison.
This morning at o'clock he was taken 20 tic pear
est police conrt and after short examination was
reinaLded to Jail BIZ Magistrate H. L. Smith 10 await
ILe arrival of reOuistiOn from Massachusetts.
He and Leay will probably be brOL ght III for trial
at the next regular term OF court IN northampton Ill
Are any members of the gang still, at larger
Not properly speaking. Scott and Dualao were
taken to Northampton, tried; and sentenced 10
twenty years each III the Massachusetts state
Prison. Draper was captured IN 1877. while en-;
gsgcd in al other robbery, aud is now awaiting trial
st Northampton. ked' Leary and C0nDors have
Just been arrested. There remain. Therefore,,
young man VINO was not very anvtiy G',s'g'a VI
q fellow now in Sing sing for another cr"ne. when
the latter has served his term Ts Will p oOahiY ca
UPON hin To take tr!p to Northampton. sy'u
See tie gang is practically broken M.
"t.oou0ra WIS FIST ARRESTED tor the crime early IN
l,77 end Gonnred u LudlO" Street JAN pcnd;ig
proceeulngs for his eXtraditlOn to hlassachuSetts
Willie there lie succeeded in obtaining an Impression
of the KEY of the jail door which enabled him 10
dup'icsie II IN wood one Gay al hneal.,i n,e ne
leaving the key in tho lock as II to snow thdt TIE
turnkey had not asst. led him. Since that lime ,or,
novs has Kept himself In seclrson III fh'iaa'Iphia
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EFFECTS OF SlORM AND COLD.
The ice IN the rivers Is breaking up considerably
,nothere was less delay yesterday 10 the ferryhoafs