New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28
TRAIN WRECKERS FOILED.
A DISASTER PREVENTED BY HEROIC PENN
SYLyANIA FARNiRR.

FINDING TIES on TIE TRACK AND A FAST EA
PRESS DIE lie CLEARS AWAY THE oBsTRuc-
Tioys-sHoT TWICE FROM AMBUSH
WHILE At Ills WORK.
tBY TELEGRAPH TIE TnIprHEf
Pittsburg, Aug. 27.-A dastardiy ate"P' ""'
uodo % wreck the New-York and Chicago en-
nross on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago
p.ilroad, near Enon Valley last night and TWO
mon are now in the Allegheny Jail on Suspicion
-, having been concerned in the crime. Inc
,,oi, lefn this city on time, and had procecdeo
AZ the usual rate OF speed until 1t haa aInioe'
reached Enon Valley, forty miles west OF rus
burr. At that point the engineer observed sou'o
obstruction on the track, and succeeded III checN
ing the train in time 10 avert any serious ui'"'
The attempt to wreck the train mad oeen o"ie
frIIv MANNED Enon Valley is q small town, and
on each side OF the place the track Is oof"e'. -
h,, dense woods. 80 that the work of such hends
can lie carried on almost without aahee' y.
u,o,os,oton The town contains only Few
housos and after 10 o'clock at night there Is
.oarcaIv q, stir in the place. The express reaches
Enon about 10 :45. and by that time the place
:. Generally buried in slumber. AS IL nap
,cned Inst NIGHT number Of persons had ioaie"
about the saloon Of the American House uhtil
Iat. hour and lust before train time. one OF thea
named Adams started to go up the track towaru
home lie il a farmer, and as he lives so',e
distance from the place, had TO 60 up the 'raoA
% roach a country road that led TO his nome.
At,cr travelling almost half-milc up the
,o,Iroaa no saw lot Of ties piled upon 'he
.t,acks and firmly bound in position 'o"I
ycre placed on the rails, while others were prou
in the opposite direction 80 aS 10 iorni ~.
barrier. Adams knew that the train wouiu NC
duc in few minutes and unless the ooS''"o','"'
wore removed hundreds of lives might I've ios'
o,a tho pcrpctrotors OF the deed would get IN
their work of robbery which he douoted ho'
uo. +hcr intention lie proceeded Mt once 10
oApor the track As he threw the hr'u VIC
TO one side. shot fred from behind an ambush
struck him in the forehead Du' sun,
he worked on When he TOOK "v''
OF the second tie another shot struck hi'', III ue
calf Of the leg Az this Juncture haa'n' s"'"'eO
~ know you men"
The thieves then started 70 run down the rack
toward the station, but 1t ia not known posltiveiy
which way they went afterward. Adams, though
painfully wounded. worked heroically until the
ob.truction WA cleared away and when the last
tie was thrown of tho train swept BY Au"'ns
went back TO the station and told the story OF
the narrow escape Of the train and Of himself
A senrch was Immediately instituted, ana Mar-
tin Krause and William Kirwin were arrested
BIZ the railroad authorities. and when the next
train ras;-bound arrived there, they were brought
70 Allegheny. These men are residents OF irhneu,
A. station on the Western Pennsylvania road. ana
they say they know nothing Of the affair, except
what they heard from the lips Of Adams. the
wounded man. Krause VIVA seen by n reporter
this afternoon. and he told the following story
Kcrwin and myself heard from PhiIip lieck'
OF Allegheny. that there hotel for sale In
Petersburg, and We were there looking at 10 yes
tcrday. We went down on the 80 trainLo New
Galilee and walked from there to Enon 'iuicy,
a. the train did not stop at Galllee, ana ai"r
registering at the American House at Enon; we
hired the proprctors team TO drive to flts-
burg We got back 10 Enon at 10 O'CLOCK aSo
night and were IN the crowd that was ioahhg
In the American rnloOn until the tram eastpouhI
should arrive and while there the express passed.
w,~tbound. The saloon closed and We went 70 the
railroad station, and II WINS there we iirst hearn
OF the attempt 10 wreck the express. Inns was
from ADAMS who had also just reached the STA
ton We were Immediately taken IN charge ny
the ohic ais and brought. to Allegheny and locked
ND 20 await an Investigation
An attorney for the Pcnnsylvanii COMPANY maue
4 thorough investigation Of the case to-day ana
did not succeed In finding evidence enough against
Krau-n and Kirwn 20 hold them lie made ,rlp
20 bennett Station and found that in the locality
where the men live, they have good regulations
and come from good families. At the request Of
the solicitor for the company. the men were re-
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