The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-30
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
A Party of Young Scoundrels Come Near
Causing a Terrible Railway Wreck.
Henry County Citizens ScandaIized by Sun
day ze-Fight-Galesburg Excited Over
Fatal Street ARRAY leanings.
INDIANA.

Young Hoodlums Set a Trap That Comes
Near wrecI1ing Passenger Train.
DpeciaI to the Indianapolis JournaI
DANvILLE, April 29-This forenoon few
FouDg hoodlums went to the L & St. L. depot,
md finding six or eight heavily loaded freight
lars standing on the side-track, succeeded in
picking the switch-lock, and by letting off the
brakes OF the cars, started them down the grade
for the main track. As the grade is quite sharp
at this point, the freight-cars ran half q mile
east, stopping at the trestIe work over the
creek. The young criminals, af-
ter accomplishing this feat replaced
the switch, locked it fast and
ran away. The station agent luckily discovered
the trick barely in time to prevent terrible
disaster The 1890 limited passenger train
was due in Is minutes, when the agent saw the
ears out Of place. He immediately telegraphed
20 Avon, six miles east OF here, and had the
agent there stop the limited for orders The
Avon agent says the train was in sight
when he cot the dispatch. Meantime
freight pulled into Danville from the west and
khe agent sent the conductor after the displaced
ears. Had the passenger train been this side OF
Avon nothing could have prevented collision,
rs the distance to the trestle was too great for
the agent TO have reached and passed 1t in time
10 signal the coming train. The young Williams
wh0did the work will probably be arrested to-
night. as one of them is known.
Sunday PrtZ9-Etgnt Near New CasCLe.
YDeciAl TO the IndisnaDolis Journaa
NEW CASTLE April %. Yesterday several OF
the young bloods and sports about New Castle
wers given a tip that prize-fght was the
kapis for last night. and were invited to witness
che contest, which was tofake place near this
city. But by the time the ARA ngements had
been made the police were fully posted, and the
mill was postponed. This morning. however,
several carriages containing friends of the par
ties were seen driving out of town. and it was
generally understood that the fight, which was
declared off last night, would occur to-day.
The carriages containing the principals and
their friends left the city by different routes,
bu: met at a designated spot about one mile out
of the city, where q sixteen-foot ring was made
and arran gements hastily completed for the
fight The principals were Bob Spencer. local
s1uRger. and Jack Irwin, Enelishman, both
light. weights. The fight ten rounds. Mar
ouis OF Queensbury rules, with four-ounce
gloves. Both had been training on the
quiet for some time, and being pretty evenly
matched, were anxious to win q victory, and
from the minute time called it was hammer
and tonRs. Irwin showed the most scien ce
but Spencer was the hardest hitter and the,
nonors were pretty evenly divided. Irwin was
The worst punished about the head and face,
but he rained body blows upon his opponent
that badly winded him. As the fight was for
ten rounds, and neither man was knocked out
At the end of the tenth round. it was called
draw and the gate receipts divided evenly be-
tween the principals. The matter will be looked
efter by the authorities.