Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-12
THE RAILROADS.
MESSENGER HAZwELL NOT THE
SLAYER OF RADCLIFFE.
He Again States His Experience With the
Robbers MARVEL Going Slow Over the
Atlantic and Pacific.


Robbers Marvel Going Slow Over the
Atlantic and Pacific.
The railroad men OF the city are OF the
opinion that the reports circulated that
the railroad trainmen were blaming Ex-
press Messenger Hazwell for the death
of Fireman Radcliff at the Alila train
robbery, are gross exaggerations.
A Southern Pacific official yesterday
told a. HERALD reporter that there was
no such feeling existing among the men
as far as he knew or had heard. He
stated that it was impossible for Haz-
well to have shot. the fireman; the buck
shot which killed the latter, entered
one side OF his abdomen and passed
through him horizontally. All of Haz-
wells shots were fred from the car and
any wound inflicted by him would nec-
essarily have had declination in its
extent, as the car was at least four
feet higher than the robbers. Mr..
Hazwell was positive in his state
ment on leaving here for the
north that he did not shoot Rad
cliff, and could not have shot him in
flicting horizontally extending wound.
On his arrival, on Monday, in San
Francisco, Mr.. Hazwell made the follow
ing statement to Chronicle reporter:
"They say down the road" said he to
the reporter, "that shot Radcljff, the
fireman OF the train. Now" he went
on, adjusting the silk handkerchief
which covered the buckshot wound over
his left eye, sit is true that the fireman
was shot, but l will show you that it
was impossible for me to have shot
him y
Hazwell drew with his left hand a
pencil diagram OF his car, and went on
to say that the opening or grating in the
door was four feet above the track.
$50 you see," he continued, 3'from
my position above the fireman's head
could not have shot him
through the abdomen, with an up
ward ranging shot. The fireman was
held up near the door by one of the rob-
bers. They took him there to ask me to
open the door, which he did. When
went to the grating saw the muzzle of
shotgun leveled at me, and it was al
most instantly fred in my face, only one
of the buckshot hitting me, however.
Immediately fred back with my revolv-
er, the shot evidently taking effect, as
one Of the robbers-the man with the
shotgun oh. my God I
fred again, from the other window, but
/ did not hit anyone.
II have competent witness to prove
that there was a man on the side Of the
car opposite to the fireman. That man
fired FIVE shots under the car He was
doubtless the one who shot the fireman..
"The shot could not have been fred
through the grating, which is above the
woodwork of the door, and make the up
ward ranging wound through the abdo-
men, and as there is no mark of shots in
the door it certainly was not fired
through the woodwork"
THE A. & =.
President Marvel is making very
thorough study of the Atlantic and Pa
cific road. He travels until dark, and
then has his car sidetracked and waits
for daylight before going further.
Santa Fe officials admit that the late
trains are due, to great extent, to the
Santa Fe road east of Albuquerque,
where delays are constantly occurring.
THE GRoCERs.
The Boston grocers, numbering in all
about 125, are due in this city on Satur-
day at IL 80 a. m. The train left Ell
Paso at 4 O'Clock yesterday, and was
scheduled to arrive at Cotton on Friday
at / a. m. the excursionists will leave
this city for the north on the following
Wednesday, at 8 in the morning.
GoULD's GAME.
N. G. Bogue of the Union Pacific has
been succeeded as chief engineer by E.
G. Smeed. One of Mr.. Bogue's engineers
ing works was the projection of the line
from Phoebe south to Barstow, says the
San Francisco Chronicle. This work
was stopped by Jay Gould. 1t was pro-
jected by Francis Adams as a means OF
entering Los Angeles, greatly strengthen
ing the Union Pacifc's very important
Utah system of roads, and at the same
time bidding hard for Santa Fe trade.
Jay Gould's idea in stopping the work
is said to be an endeavor to weaken the
Union Pacific as much as possible. In
evidence of this the fact is cited that
while in Adams' time the line through
Cheyenne was literally blocked with
traffic it has now melted away. having
been diverted to his other lines. The
governments interest in the Union Pa
cific is $50, ,00O, 600, and if the road can be
sufficiently deprecated Jay Gould might
be found ready to accept it, il not as a
gift, at small price.
NOTES.
The town of San Luis Obispo has sub.
scribed $50, ,440 toward completing the
right of way purchases from Santa Mar.
garita to Ellwo0d, and an effort is now
being made to raise the dormant inter
lest of the San Joseans. 1t is estimated
that $50, 900 will be required, go that
nearly SIC, 900 remains to be subscribed
The meeting of the Transcontinental
association in Chicago thisweek will be
much mole important than the one
held fortnight ago. T. H.. Goodman
received bulletin from Chairman E.
P. Vining yesterday, in which it ia an
nounced that the matters coming up fol
decision include the following: Distri.
button OF passenger business eastbound,
excessive commissions ON passenger
business westbound, division on rates
discontinuance Of the sale Of unlimited
tickets and the abolition Of commissions
on domestic business. b
Yesterday the construction of the
Chino branch Of the Southern Pacific
road was completed.
A Raymond excursion is due here on
| Sunday. M N Z IS q II
General Manager X. H. Wade, Of the
Southern California, is again in the city
u good appetite 4 essential to good health