Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-13
TIES ON THE TRACK.
Train wreckors Make Attempt to
Wreck Another Now York Central Train
Two More Arrests at Albany.

Train wreckcrs Make an Attempt to
Wreck Another Now York Central Train
Two More Arrests at Albany.
ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 9.-The six
O'Clock train out OF New York, due here
at $3.50 last night was thirty minutes
late, and as this train is usually on time
1t looked sus spicious. A blockade in
tended to wreck the train was discov-
cred by track walker at Now Ham
burg and the train vas tagged just In
time to prevent serious accident.
At point called Old Troy, near Ham
burg, tho train was stopped so quickly
that the passengers were thrown from
their seats. There was great excite
ment, the people on the train believing
that there was another accident. The
cause, however, was the appearance OF
trackman with red lantern and with
blood streaming from q wound in his
shoulder. The engineer said he heard
several shots fired and then saw the
man. When tho trackman co uld speak
he said that there was an obstruction on
the track, and searching party soon
found pile of tics laid across and
braced from behind with pieces of rail-
road iron. The obstruction was removed
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ly frightened lot of passengers.
Two mon out rowing on the river near
that point saw some mon busy on the
tracks, and waiting until they disap-
peared they crawled quietly up. They
found steel rail wodged in the cattle-
guard in the same way as at Albany,
and braced up in the same way by pieces
of iron. With all their strength they
could not move it and started down the
track to warn the Chicago limited ex-
press. They met trackman and he,
swinging his red lantern, started to
stop the train. In an instant several
shots rang out and one took effect in
the trackman's shoulder. However, the
train was stopped about 100 yards south
of the obstruction.
An official report just received shows
that the obstruction was not placed like
the one at Albany. There is culvert
at this point and into that culvert were
iammed seven heavy ties. These ties
were placed so that their butts pointed
towards the approaching train, and if
the engine had struck it the ties would
only have been driven in harder and the
train would have gone into the river.
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alleged train wrecker arrested at Hud-
son, is still kept in close confinement at
the Central railroad depot in this city.
Nobody is allowed to talk to him, and
his family arc not even permitted to see
him. Superintendent Bissell and De-
tective Pinkerton refuse to answer any
questions, but hint to reporters of COM
ing sensational developments The gem
eral impression is that Reed is held for
information and is voluntarily prisoner.
AS a result of the information fur
nishcd by Reed, detectives Pink orton,
Humphreys, Devine and Jackson, to-
gether with the local force, ran down
two men yesterday. The men are John
Cordial, twenty-four years of age, a con-
ductor, and John Kearnan, thirty-six
years of age, a brakeman. Both are
Knights of Labor and strikers. They
were arrested on warrants sworn out at
the instance of tho New York Central
road and the charge is train wrecking,