The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-30
DASTARDLY DEED.
Miscreants Wreck a Passenger
Train on the Santa Fe Road.
Four Persons KILLED aud Twenty-Five Iu-
Jurcd-E,identiy The work of rob-
bors. But They We're Fright
ened Away.

robbers, three miles west of Usage City
Mt 1870 o'clock yesterday morning and the
engine, the baggage. express and mail
ears, two day coaches, two chair ears
and three slecpcrs thrown over an en-
tankment three feet and the first six
cars telcscoped. Four persons were
killed outright and twenty five scriousp
ly injured.
The killed were:
Frank Baxter, express messenger,
Kansas City.
Bloomenthal, express guardsman,
Mexico.
James Chaddicks, fireman, Topeka
Ed Mayer. engineer, Topeka
The injured were:
Mary Lyman, Bloomington, ILL.,. i'm
jured about head and face, both ankles
broken.
Miss Jessie Grant, Pedro, NO., injured
In back.
William Dorr and child, Chillicothe,
Mo-, badly bruised and scratched.
Mrs. NJ. Jones and two children,
Wichita, slightly bruised.
A. C. Roark, Newton, head cut.
j. +. Johnson, Minneapolis, Kan,
badly bruised.
II. c. Mcclure, Richmond, Mo-, knee
fractured and head cut.
w. ID. Minor, Ness City, knee hurt.
II. S. Foster, Lawrence Kan, postal
clerk, badly bruised.
r. II. Donahue, conductor, Kansas
City, face cut, leg badly bruised.
c. i. Kinney, Kansas City, express
messenger, leg broken and internally
injured.
j. b. Oberlin, Kansas City, postal
clerk, injured in back.
Thomas Nelson, Topeka, bruised
about the head.
NJ. A. Roberts, Emporia, back slightly
injured.
j. +. Waddell, Boyer, Kan, right hip
injured.
S. G. Kelley, Kansas City, postal
clerk, internal injuries; probably fatal.
c. i. Wardlaw, Elliott, ILL.,, badly
bruised.
W. a. Curry, Burlingame, head cut.
Mrs. Ollie Young. Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
head badly cut.
Mary Il. Reed, Great Bend, Kan, left
hip and side paralyzed.
Jessie Gould, Great Bend, Kan. bruised
about arms aud left thigh.
w. w. Smith, Lawson, Mo, left leg
seriously confused.
Mrs. w. w. Smith, Lawson, Mo-, head
severely confused.
II. II. Stratton, Milan, Mo, confusion
Of back.
w. w. A. Curry, Chautauqua Springs,
Kan, confusion Of left temple; left
hand and right knee bruised.
ID. V. Miller, Rockville, Ind, hands
and arms bruised.
j. l.. Bales, Lawrence, Kan, contu.
sion of the right foot
Raymond Cook, Oskaloosa, Kan, cut
on head.
Mrs. Emma Roberts, Emporia, Kan,
left side of abdomen and left hip
bruised.
William +. Ripley, Olathe, Kan, nose
severely bruised.
Mary +. Gruber, Leavcnworth, Kan,
head slightly cut.
Mrs. Josie Van Voodale, Wamego,
Kan, left shoulder bruised.
Miss Dedler, Council Grove, Kan,
left shoulder severely bruised.
The rail was removed at IA small
bridge which crosses Il ravine. There
was n down grade run of five miles
from Barclay to that point and the
train was running fully forty-fve miles
an hour. 1t was impossible for the en-
gineer to see the twisted rail in time to
check the speed Of the train and the
coaches piled mi over the other until
the baggage and express car was COM
pletely hidden from view.
Men, women and children were piled
over each other, caught in the broken
seats and thrown through the windows
of the cars.
An eXamiDation Of the track was
made, and it was found that the fish
plates had been carefully removed and
the bolts taken out and the spikes
drawn from ten ties and the rail bent
over TO the inside.
The one million dollars in currency
was OF its way from the Mexican Cen.
trail railroad to its headquarters in
Boston.
In examining the ground about the
wreck a spot was found in which three
men had lain in the grass and tracks
were found leading from this spot to
the track. A wrench and n sledge
hammer, stolen from the Barclay tool
house, were found and the fish plates
and bolts which had been removed
were also discovered.
The mysterious feature of the whole
affair is that the robbers did not
make an attempt to take the money,
which could have easily been picked up.
The passengers saw men run for tho
brush near by, but it is not known how
many there were.
Here the spikes had to be drawn
from ten ties Of a rail ON the north side
of the track. The east end of the rail
had been pried out of place. thus form.
ing a switch leading to the embank-
ment, making it certain that the entire
train would Ike derailed, ever though IL
were running at a low rate Of speed.
No Flies ON This Divine.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 90. Rev. j. w.
Arney, who made a reputation because
he raced horses week days and preached
rafting SUNDAYS. and who was