Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-27
DIABOLICAL.
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Spikes Removed from the Rails Cause
a Wreck on Missouri Pacific
Near Kansas City,
The Fireman and Brakeman Killed
Outright and the Engineer
Seriously Injured.
A Reward Of saooo offered Tor ips.rnn
ton tina, win Convict the
Guilty Persons.

KANSAS Cray, Mo-, April aG..-An In.
coming freight train on the Missouri
Pacific was wrecked at 4 O'Clock this
morning between wyandotte and this
city, near the Kaw river bridge. The
spikes had been removed from the rails
on the curve and when the train an.
preached the engine and four freight cars
went OF the track and down an embank.
ment. The engine overtoppl1d bottom
side M at the wator's edge
BEN HORTON, the fireman, and GKo.
CARLYsLE, the brakeman, were killed.
ENGINEER j. II. FOWLER was thrown
into the river and seriously injured.
No clew as TO the perpetrators OF the out.
rage Is known.
The scene OF the wreck ia about two
miles from the city. The Missouri Pa.
ciic track there skirts the buns which
line the west bank OF the Kaw river
and passes under the street bridge which
connects wyandotte with Kansas CITY.
Engineer Fowler says he Stacked the
speed on approaching the bend OF the
river, keeping sharp lookout. As the
train passed under the bridge AT
speed OF about six miles
an hour he saw several men
in group apparently watching for some.
thing 10 happen. The engineer reached
for the rife he carried and Just then the
train struck tho loosened rails. IIe re.
versed the engine and jumped, landing
at the waters tdge, The fireman was
caught uuderi the engine and killed.
His body was recovered at O'Clock.
The brakeman on the forward
car was carried down also and crushed
to death. A wrecbiug train is busy
clearing the track. II reported that u
man named Converse among the crowd of
spectators on tine blnff along the track
fell over the blnff to-day and was fatally
Injured. II Is also said that throe men
We're seen going rapidly up the track after
the accident, and refusing TO halt were
fred upon by the Waterman aud deputies
at Home Roy, but without feet, aud the
fugitives made for the woods and es.
capped
The Missouri Pacific company offered 4
reward OF $500 for information thai
win lead TO the arrest and conviction 81
the guilty persssfs, or $1,000 for auy.on,
OF them. Nothing transpirtd during IN,
day TO Indicate who are the criminals.
Horton leaves wife at Oak Grove
Iowa, and Carlysl0 has family living a
Atchison. The engineer Is badly bruise,
about the head but is not dangerousl,
hurt. The track was cleared al noon.
A REWARD OFFERED.
| ST, LoUIs, Mo-, April 20 --Vice-Prtsl
dent Hoxie has offered reward OF $3.50
| for the parties who caused the wreck o
the freight tram on the Missouri Pacific
near Wyandotte, Kan, early this morn
ing.
PASSENGER TRAIN AssAILED.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, April 2G.--An In
coming passenger tram from the norti
on the Missouri Pacific was aseailed ~
night between Qundaro and Wyandottt
by unknown parties, who hurled stones
through the windows, breaking seyera
panes OF glass, but fortunately iniuring nc
one. A squad Of police was later sem
up the road on the night freight IN searci
of the miscreants. They viii return ut l
O'clock in the morning Two coloreC
ttamps were arrested at wyandotte sus
peoled Of wrecking the train this morn
ing, There Is no definite evldeno,
against them, but they will be detained
awaiting developments.