New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-10
TIE FLAGMAN DISBELIEVED.
DOUBTS ABOUT THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT
TO WRECK TIE CHICAGO EXPRESS.
CONTRADICTORY AND CONFUSED STATEMENTS
BY DUNwOoDY- HE WANTED TO BE A
FREIGHT CONDUCTOR on THE
NEW-YORK CENTRAL

FREIGHT CONDUCTOR on THE
NEw-YoRK CENTRAL
Poughkecpsie, Sept. 0.-Thc brief details re-
ccivcd at late hour last night relative to tho
| attempt to wreck the fast ST. Louis and Chicago
express at a point two miles south of New-llain-
burg made the case sensational one. especially
because it WAS announced that flagman who at
tempted to remove Tie distractions was fired
upon, and he ran down the track and turned the
Ylngcr signal, and thus stopped and saved the
express. then almost due The fagman was
Tim Dnnwoody. This morning Detective
! Dowd WAS directed to take him to Albany to
Superintendent lissclls office, and the two mrn
passed here at 10 :4j a. III. Before the drecilNc
took charge of him, Dunwoody, while sitting III
the signal station on the Ncw-fIambnrg draw
bridge made the following statement;
" got into rowboat here at ten minutes bc-
! fore o'clock yesterday afternoon and roWed
down the river 10 tie Ilard-Pan Bank and pnlei
my boat up Tie beach. Ilhs Is hali a
| ic from Low Point, where live.
| and walked the rest of the way
| ro my home and got my supper at O'Clock.
! ci the hpusc alter supper and got ont on In"
tr.rk a.an ahoni re time that the train due
| ai poG.hkccpsc at & 30 p III. came ai,nS. |
! walkrd up to the lower siIanty. situated at th"
| lower end Of the middle track. There / Incl
| free men who wor, tor ,tr. Rivcs. They asked
| we If that WIS my boat on the lrarb. and also
| a>k"d nlr wi,rr | Wa, going | told them II
| VAS my b, ai and tlaf | Wa going h:hinf. ilry
| told ;l. there were two men IN my boaf. wrQt
| 20 il. and found they were men from a. extra
| fic.Sht tram whrf vas on the DLd'.'c Track
! This WAS about 80 p. IN. Wien the men got
on, of The boat | go, in and rowel up the river
! ;,hou, three hundred yards above where the ties
were found on the track and anchorcd and was
! lshin. at o:io p III. with a SET linz"
Il L.I been iisln: till about O'Clock, when !
| heard tie rolling OF tie, on the shore, hut
| Lizard no voice, Lor conNcfsati"n. nor could
,.c any one. | thought it might he somebody
| after old ties fo. kndlinG wood. AMI plld no
| further attention to the matter for 4 few min
u,cs. Then got thinking it couldn't he that.
because knew all the oI ties had
| been picLcl up Then began I"
| think about the Castlcton wreck. and ro"ri
ashore ,o a poiu, roo feet below where In" ties
wer. found and pulled my boat mp on thr rock
| ond waIl rd up the track 10 what was G'i+
| on Then ! ran across a." i'> on u" 'hH'
| track. III" head ones were s. lrk In h't"'''l
| The rails IN li.r waterway between 'wo tWN' 'h'
was ll across the track with one emil un'"r
| ,Lc c.>r r,l and tie other end over u" w'N'
| ra.l. ! thew one oil 70 t!.c east side. AMI "AN
! about to throw iii III" >cr"ld wien WAS S"'
q, from the bushes on tie east s"" oi TIE tt''K-
| II W., Ike the sIappir- Of cap on mN"N'r-
| uaylc il va, Il lt,!c louder. Ih"n l sar''I
| and ran DOM tie tII"k and s't t!e "'h4'r
| signal and STOPPED IT,. tram. \ frright-tran
| Conductor told ne h" Wniovcd si\ frs Ii"iI me
| raiL, One laid lcngth"isr outside oil inc raso
| ril on tho end Of the track ties.
| After the distractions were rrhlo'ci ana 'hc
| cxprc., started 'un | wrnt 10 Ncw-llanhnrs
| with the tram, and getting oil thcr" rrpoit""
| ,lr matter To- my hus>. Mr.. Miller. Ih'n t'r'
| Was some talk about "nr GOING down The" '-""
| on 4 L..alcar, and Mr. Miller seemed L" i' aii"ii
Finally We cot Con,iIb"> Harris afd Chase. ana
| i.ht "r ten "i ~ Went de-" ID, "'n' =" a. a.
| cl,-tuccr ni u r\irt on 'tr muidI' iia'h, ana i'
| ..I b., ,i,w wa> c.rdlL1s ia" tr!.k; ana
| Niac Wr.ch stayed ahoHt trr' TIL i"i"''Ne
| ,,nd GANG. and turu | t,k"i Foreman i&-t S'".
| II >i."nd s'H! any "n-r!. 'ui i' N'I' i''' 'i''
| wcn, horne and went !" i"d
Di.wo"ly WIS a>h'd wh't ""arH" Of his 'oh.
| and NOT ,ll then drd hr r'iurn'"r that ai'"r
| tn- c>,I,"iIrnt was over l." got lut" II. i""''i
| 10 Loss rnIni. u ME away. got = MI'>''"''' "''
| ni, ln,u al Low Point. and Walk"'i back up thr
| Track When asn,.I Wl.,i became Of h!S ST. me
| hr >,id IN contradiction at hi, hrNt Stat mem
| ii..i II w.s moi ~ lrr". iui Il drt@ l!i' Las,
| I,.ii j." NilI II >rt lin". and wh'i asker
| wLs b" bad no lantern III III" boat 'i,rt 'll ~ 'r
cu..I uu' cAp.hn. Last mint " 81! there wee
| IT t,.~ III all; tat thr irri2h conductor in"N','
| ~ am, hr moved iwo. III" iart -. "nh sN
| rIr. wcr. found there tn" bushes "u the r'"t
| .i, OF iA,. trach. wlrrc the ob>tririlpn' nc"
,...,.' alr 81 ."w efo"'h. and lnli "l 'I"i1'"'
| ,.lf.., lu.>. Inspection rcN'Ll"! II" Ai-;.s
| wha 80 al ipoi>tcps there, nor were any "i
| tire VINE, broken . DISTURBED Another invest I1'
| ton showed II" siXn wh''i"Err that thr rhh Vi
| II" had hrn place! und'r i'c east r'il.n't 4
| mar. of any Kind pinNooiY nns been trying
tor 4 lon- tim" 10 get ir'lsht conductor pi'r''
| 11c Appar.:.t conf i>iuu al Dnnwo"dY III rhi-
| ,,u 10 ihc boat hl, contradictory stI'"Iir'nt
| about the DRAG line and s"L I'M. the iir' 'nai
| h, had no lanirrn in his boat II he WAS ahrh"ich
and fishing the fact that there Is Hat rohrad!c-
| t"n relative Ia the number OF lies found on tnr n,
| track and the fact that II" s=ns Whatever r"u"
m discovered on IN" east slir "i ilI IarN IN
| the bushes Of oot>;"p, 20 far toward s'rli.'h
| rmng the I'!ca thai the story "i wliiui attempt
10 wreck the express vs. nnI"nnh'', ,,,
| When Dlcrtl>r Dowd arrived at Albany WIN
| Dunwooi, al noon. the latter Was taken directly
| 10 Superintendent llsNls private office. ana
| for nearly iuur hours hc was under Il iirr "l
| uucsti OH, nut by chief Defective Humphrey ol
| the road and Hoirr \. lInkrri"n. llr t"d
about ~" s,mr story related above ani was
,lrn allowed t" home. lie passed here 10,
| ni.h, ON his way 1" New -llanlhurg. but had
| unthin. further To say. The detectives ais"
| CLOSELY \aniinr the freight train c"ndlrl"r Wl"
| DnnwooIy said. helped I" take IL" ties oil tt"
| ilnrks What the Ill of the interviews WAS
| J., not vet known II Is certain thai the ralir,"l
| G,,rrri,cs amt Mr.. Pnkcrton DO not lrlrN" that
| an attempt WAS made 10 wreck the tram.
| TIE ENccuiiyc Board of the Knights OF Labor
changed IT, headquarters from tl" ST 'l'nd Hotel Il"
| t,, A,,nr House yc,t,liay It was reported that Mr.
| pnvd,Ily the general m,-trr Workman. >po'c III
u,wr.o Last .:lh; that John !. Drvlln HAD gone I"
| Sew iIle,ny Ind and \. W. Wright had gone Z" i''t''
lur Mis-, Ia attend II convention OF state pStr't rs
.,uhIi., Mr. Ilnlllnd asserted Hat the report tiit
| Nn,chman named Timothy Dnnwoody Irl saved tnc
ca =, I,ui- ,>pr.., tram on TIE Ncw lorh Central
| i,,ilro,d from hc. 'k'd on Monday night ~ New
| l,mhnrc was G,l,. and that he had proof that tic
man had only cuncwtcd to story t" get n"torlcy ana
| bn rcwNr,ld.
At fine. Grand Central station, H. Waller Wcb' vice
| president # the Central Railroad S;d ta' he u" n"'
,,iu tior,. Wa, any foundation for The story that l
| .,,, T., - ,ccL tI,. tram VA, mad, lv strikers. The
1-rlcs told by Dunwoody Will be carniiy Sicd 10 'ic
| notion. , ...., - Il, A., rho or
| ry, of thaunr,y VI. D"prw. anh II i H"i li"t '.r
l,w.,rly aud olr.r nl"ml"fN oi The '"h'a i.N''.No
,.n,,I nf tI knight. viii al oI nm ~ N"h a P,
| ,llc jir Holland ~ ,e t. d e.! I a. ticr We o ~
| 100 member, If IL" k!itht' "l L'o' "o" " '
| an I'm, Ncw York Central Road.