The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-21
FATAL AGGIDEN'T
on rnE v1nelN1A A.MIphANp ROAD.
Three Persons Kilied and a Number ssri
.ousiy Ipjared-pestrastion OF Important
Mail and Valuable Express nIatter4A
R1slsht rsaia Eatirsls Consumed.

wAsa1SoToS, D. O., Feb. q. The col
tllision last night on the Alexandria &
Fredricksburg railroad, at Four Mile Run
1 was more disastrous than the meager de
tails obtainable last night indicated. The
I following are the killed:
.IsASpREw ArauR, conductor Of the freight
train, aged IS, married; lived in Alex
andria. stt. &. /. 4, &! I rs
\ Ta6aAs powNiNe, fireman Of passenger
train. 80
a The injured are: '7lii9 -!iii
JoiS BRUCE, engineer OF passenger train,
seriously injured. IA
IBRAKEaiAN STEWART, freight train, thought
to be fatally injured.
GEORGE T. MiLLRR, brakeman on freight
train, one ear cut OF and head badly
mangled, arms broken in several places
brought TO this city on areliei train and
taken to hospital. y
| 7. w. JoyEs, chief clerk of the postal car,
Injured about the head and body. = Z
i w. A. McNEAL, mail agent, injured about
the head. 50 :. 2 81 4 = ~
@: T. STEWART, postal clerk.
j. 4. FRANZ, colored, postal clerk.
i TnoNAs GAyLoR, mail weigher, injured se-
yerely.
4 GEoR6E GnrRR, engineer offreight train,
4 Is missing and probabiy killed! '5fs
FIREMAN AfoLoSEY, OF the freight train, Is
also believed to be in the bhrniHg wreck.
AS soon as tho collision occurred the
freight traincaught tireand was consumed.
The freight train consisted OF thirty-one
\ freight cars and four new passenger
coaches Just built for the Midland Rail
way Company and were being taken to
Alexandria. Twenty.seven OF the freight
cars were entirely destroyed with their
contents. OF the passenger train, the bug
gage car, express car, postal car and snok-
4 ing car were also entirely dcstoyed, with
their respective contents. Both engines
being in the very center Of the burning
pile, were completely ruined by the fire.
The safe in the express car containing
500 600 in cash was destroyed. +.
NAIL AND RxPHss MATTER LOST.
| Thersate Of the express car had been
opcned shortly before the accident and.
the flames made such headway tllat the
express agents could not close 1t. The
contents swereiburned. On the accountoi
thewaybllls having beenburned, it can.
not nov be toid:how much money was in
the safe, but is yariously estimated from
$76. 900 TO Sl5O, 600. About "a bushefFot1
silver dollars were taken out Of the wreck, !,
being badlS burned, aud many more, were.
melted into q solid chunk. The loss To-
1.-THE railroad company Is estimated $25, ,000
| The postal ollicials say the collision
caused the largest loss OF mail matter Of
which there, Is any record in the depart
ment. Thef fire which resulted from the
collision destroyed thirteen through regis.
tered mail poneilcs coming from Ncw'0 Or
leans, Mobile and other points In the
South, destined for Washington, New
York and other eastern cities. These
pouches are known to have contained
money and yalua bles, but TO what amount
cannot yet be leuned. 4
The fire. also destroyed 100 sacks Of ordis
nary mail matter. A heavy miscel lane:
Gus mail and $50 registered iettars taken
up for delivery along the line and not en-
closed in the pouches OF ordinary mail
Is supposed 10 have come from Louisiana,
Texas, Afissia ippi and other Southern,
State. It's impossible as yet to tellwhere
the blame for the disaster rests, as all v Who
could throw any light on tue matter arc
dead or SO badly injured The facts, cannot
be ascertained. ri s3l.
tti 81 Over u bridge.
KEoKux, Iowa, Feb. 20.-By an acci-
dent on the Wabash, at Ashton, No. last
night, q sleeper and coach left The track,
1&,,n,. Al, =, l,st,I.n Toa,nn MI
lin, OF Centreyille, Iowa, was fatally In.
Ijured. Several Others were not seriously
hurt. n
rnETRlAI. OF FRANK JAMES.
Friends Trying d Prevent tho Surrender Of
~ I, Z lin, 70 Minnesota. s
JRfpeRsoS Cry, Mo-, Feb. 20. "a secret
meeting ottwenty or twenty-five was held
last night at the Executive Mansion. The
identity OF those who attended can not be
escertained, but 1t Is known the principal
figures were Mr.. Brcnaugh aud John N.
Edwards. The first Is one OF the bonds.
men Of Frank. james and the second the
editor Of the st. Joseph fGdstlie. The OBJ
ject Of the meeting as nearly as can be
learned was TO induse Governor Marina,
duke to refuse to honor the requisilion Of
the Governor of Minnesota for tho person
OF Frank James. This requisition Is ex-
,pected here daily. and under the leader
ship Of Major Edwards the clans have
been gathering for several days with the
purpose Of bringing q powerful pressure TO
bear upon the new Governor.
James will be placed on trial at Boon.
willie next week for the 10tterville train
robbery. Things have been fixed. to
ltoihave a nonspit atthe trial, and IL this
takes place Mr.. James will walk out Of
the court room a free. man. Under the
statutes the State can take but two con.
tinuances on its own motion, the defend.
ant being entitled, when the third continu-
ance is asked for, to an acquittal with
out a trial. Two continuances in
the 0ttervfle train robbery case have
already been taken, and II the State does
not 90 to trial this, the third time, the
case will be thrown out OF court. The
State Is not ready for trial now, and will
not be when the case Is called next week.
Colonel, James will then be acquitted
without trial and lett at the mercy Of the
Il IGoyernor, who, will, ofcourse, be request
led blythe Governor Of Alinnesotat To hand
1 Colonel Frank over to the Minnesota Stl:
thorities for trial for completely in the
Northfield bank robbery, which took
place eight years ago.
Themeeting lasted some time. All the
eloquence possessed by tile friends Of Col.
James was let loose on this occasion. II
was maintained that James was an unfor-
tunate creature of uncomfortable circum-
stances; that he had suffered enough al
ready for the crimes that he had commit-
tied, and as he gave every evidence that his
conduct as q citizen would hone ceiorth sbe
Exemplary, the Governor, as true Mis-
sourian, should throw the aigisi Of tho
STATE over the; emaciated form OF this
lrepentent outlaw, 1.-The was To- be given,
lup 10 the Minnesota author lilies, ,itWas ar.
gned, his liie would not be worth the
tsnap OF the finger, asin that unsympathet;