Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-25
AT 1T AGAIN.
THBINDUSTRIOUS TRAIN-WRBCKBR MAKES
A SECOND ATTEMPT, LAST EVENING,
To Wreck Motor on The Wheeling and Elm Grove
Road Tie Placed on the Track and Spike
Driven Between Two Rails.

LIST evening another attempt was made
to wreck train on the Elm Grove motor
line, between this city and Wheeling Park.
Jerome Mccormick, of No. so Alley Six
teer, was arrested, charged with the crime,
and was committed to jail, in default of
81 600 bail, for a hearing at o'clock this
afternoon.
The arrest was made by Conductor John
Kindlebsrger, and this prisoner was
brought into the city and locked up in the
City Hall. A little later he was taken be-
fore Justice Davis by Officer Bell, and was
there committed to Jail, in default of one
thousand dollars bail, for hearing this
afternoon.
Conductor Kindleberger vas seen by a
REGISTER reporter as soon as he reached
the city with his prisoner He said:
1.-THE distractions were two in number,
and the attempt seemed to be directed to-
wards the motor was on. went out at
four o'clock, and Mccormick got on the
train at Ssibert's. He refused to pay his
fare, but upon my insisting upon it, he
paid fare to the Park and return. saw
nothing more of him until / went out at
six O'Clock. While we were running
along through the field, just west of Sci.
bert's going toward the Park, we came to a
railroad tie. lying across the rails, just by
the stone wall. We got off and removed
the tie, and looking back towards Echo
Point, We saw a man STOPPING down on the
| track. We came to the conclusion that he
WAS the man who did the mischief, and we
ran the motor back towards him. He got
on the train, and l arrested him. On look
ing at the track where he was when we
first sighted him, we found railroad spike
had been driven in the crack between
two rails. 1t would have been impossible
to have seen the spike from the cab, and
the train would have surely been thrown
from the track. brought Mccormick in
and turned him over to the police.
Mccormick was interviewed in cell at
the City Hsll. He is man about FIVE feet
eight inches high, small moustache, intel
ligent looking, and fairly well dressed. He
claimed to be o workman at the Crescent
mill. He said:
~ left the city this afternoon, intending
to find friend named John Burkhardt,
and 90 out 10 the Park. 1 bought round
trip ticket to S-ibert's, where Burkhsrdt
works, and got off there went down to
the ice house, but found Burkhsrdt was in
at Fulton. l got on the next moor and
went back TO the switch, and there changed
off again and started out TO the Park The
conductor came to me and wanted my
fare. l told him l had paid him. He
said 1 hadn't, and we had come words
He said he would blow me full of holes,
and l told him l could do ss mucn of that
as he could. Finally paid him and went
out TO the Park. l looked around there
a while, and then came back to Seibert's
l looked for Burkhardt there, bat did
not find him, and started to walk along
the track. As 1 went along the motor
came towards me, going towards the
Park. l stayed on the track good while,
and they had to whistle me off. As they
went by the engineer said something, and
| called out ard waved my hat. then
started towards town again, but presently
l heard the motor coming back. As it
passed l tried to jump on, but clipped,
and was dragged some distance. At last 1
got or, and the conductor charged me with
putting tie on the track, and drew a
billy. l denied the accusation, bat he in
sisted on arresting me, and had to 90. l
know nothing either about tie or o
spike"
The conductor handed the police a list
of witnesses whom he claimed would SUBJ
stantiste his accusation against McCor-
mick, and their evidence will be taken
to-day. The arrest of the prisoner upon
so serious a charge created considerable
excitement about the City Hall, and peo-
pie who remembered the attempt to wreck
the train on the night Of the Fourth OF
July, near FultOn, when two piles Of ties
were placed on the track, expressed good
deal Of Indignation in rather torcible
way, naturally connecting Mccormick
with both offsnses.
Mccormick is held under Sc. 90 OF
Chap. AS of the Code, in which the pun
ishment is set down at not less than iSe
years in the penitentiary.