Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-15
Massena, N. Y. and Rev. Fl. Marchal was a
Catholic priest connected with st. Francis col
lege, 40 East Fifteenth street

Massena, N. Y, and Rev. III. MarchaI was a
Catholic priest connected with st. Francis col
lege, 40 East Fifteenth street.
STATEMENT OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS NICB OILS
Police Commissioner Nichols, who was on
the train, says, Senator Wagner passed
through the car in which was seated greet
ing his friends pleasantly as he passed along.
He passed out on to the platform of the fol-
lowing car, and second later, following i'm
medately upon the bang Ine door Senator
Wagner closed behind him, came the terrible
shock and deafening cries, Of crushing tim
bers and swapping iron. How | escaped /
scarcely know, but when | got out of the
wreck l turned to look for Senator Wagner.
The car at the spot where had seen him last
was burning and out of the fire came the de-
sparing cry 'For Gods sake, help me' With
axes and bars Commissioner Nichols and his
companions attacked the car to free the i'm
prisonsd man, but were driven back by the
fire and the voice was stilled.
STATEMENT OF BRAKEMAN MELIUs
PoUHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Jan. 14.-Geo. Melius,
the rear brakeman of the New York special
which was run into last night, and who is.
charged with being the cause of the disaster
arrived here last night and went South this
morning with his brother, Conductor Melins,
Of the Poughkeepsie train. In conversation
with the latter, he said he went hack
with his red light far enough to see Spuyten
Duyvel Bridge and that when
the Tarrytewn train passed him
it was running at the rate of forty
miles an hour and the engine using steam.
Conductor Melius told him the train could
not have been running that fast as it had just
left Spuyten Duyvel station. Brakeman Melius
replied, anyhow it was going very fast. Train
otohar C<c H.
far enough to see the Spuyten Duyvel bridge,
his red light would have been seen by the
Waterman in the signal tower. Brakeman
Melius went as far as Fishkill this morning
and returned on the next train, then left for
New York, where a warrant has been issued
for his arrest.
MELIUs ARREsTED-HIs STATEMENT.
New YORK, Jan. 14.-George Melius, brake
man on the Chicago express train, charged
with the responsibility for the Friday even
ing's disaster, was arrested in the Grand Cen
trail depot this evening, and locked up on the
charge of criminal carlessness. He made the
following statement: When the train stopped
got my lamps, white and red, and walked
to the. back part of the train. In
about three minutes I started back
around the curve. About six or seven lengths
lfOm WueTe SIOOu 1 mOVeQ my Teu ianlerU
across the track and think there was time
enough to stop the train. 1t took me about
five minutes, perhaps less, to walk the dis
lance above mentioned, and I stood then
about one or two minutes, perhaps three min
utes, when the Tarrytown train came in sight
I stopped then because 1 considered the dis
lance long enough to stay any train. There
was time enough to walk back to SpuJten
Duyvel station, which was about quarter or
half mile away, but did not consider it
necessary. I knew there was a train behind
us, but did not know whether it was the
Tarrytown or Poughkeepsie train that follow
ed us. Melius will be arraigned at the coron'
er's Office tomorrow.
OLIVER 3. KELLY.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14-Oliver B. Kelly
killed in the spuyten Duyville collision, was q
member of the Philadelphia firm of Oliver B
Kelly & Co., 3s1 North Second street, pro
prietors of the Spring City stone and hollow.
ware works, Chester county. He left for Al
bany last Tuesday, and nothing was heard
from HIM until word reached his wife this
morning he had been killed.
New YORK, Jan. 4.-Geo. Curtis is safe and
unharmed