The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-22

ately planned. To avoid the possibility of
leaving a clue behind them the robbers
stole the tools with which they did their
dreadful work instead of purchasing them.
They stole a crOwbar. wrench and sledge-
hammer from the t~ool-house at Barclay,
three miles west of the scene of the wreck,
and with them removed a fish-plate which
joined two rails together, which would
necessarily derail the train. The robbers
had evidently selected with care the spot
at which to wreck the train. They
selected the top of a grade. up which the
tram would be obliged to ascend, thus
lessening its speed and at the same time
lessening tho chances of so badly wrecKlng
the train as to bury beneath the debrls the
treasure they were seeking. Their pre-
cautions were unavalling ana the very
thing they sought to eyade thwarted their
efforts.
When the train passed over the weak
ened track the entire train was wrecked;
with the exception OF the rear car. ana
most of the cars were piled one on top OF
the other above the express car. burying III
ana its treasure so deep as TO REQUIRE sew
eral hours digging to reach 1t. 1he engine
when il passed over the loosened rail- lett
the track, swayed TO and fro for q second.
aud then toppled over with a dreadful
crash. The engineer and fireman had no
warning of their dreadful fate and no
ehance for their lives. The express mes
tens ger and ex press guardsman were equally
nnprepared, and they were killed In their
Ear.
There were some $50 passengers on the
train, but not one was killed. How they
escaped seems marvellous. The cars were
piled one on the other and composed a mass
Of timber and twisted iron in which IL
peemed impossible for any human being to
have escaped death. When the work of
rescue was completed. however, all the
victims were found to be alive. Several
we're badly injured ana q few may die. The
lead are.
FRANK BAXTER. express messenger. Kansas
City.
JOHN BLUMENTHAL, express g%uardsman.
Mexico, Mo.
JAMES CHADDICKs. fireman, Topeka.
EDWARD MAHER, engineer, Topeka
The wounded are:
MARY LYMAN Bloomington. Ill, badly bruised
WILLIAM Door AND CHILD, Cnillicothe, Mo-,
badly bruised and scratched.
MRs. NJ JONES AND TWO CHILDREN. Wichita.
Thomas NELSON. Topeka. bruised about the
head and face.
MRS. W. IL. MILLER, Macon, Mo-, injured In
spine and side.
J.F. WADDELI. Bayonne. Kan. injured In left
Sc. KELLY, Kansas City. postal clerk, inter
nal injuries.
W. a. CARY. Burlingame. Kan, head cut.
OLLIE Young, Poplar Bluffs, Mo-, mead badly
A. C. RoARK, Newton, Kan, head cut.
J. L. JOHNSON, Minneapolis, badly bruised.
c. MCCLURE. Richmond, Mo-. knee fractured
6Au uCdu tul1
W. ID. MINER, Ness City, Kan. knee hurt.
III. $. FOSTER, Lawrence, Kan, postal clerk,
badly bruised.
X. b. DoNoUGH. kansas City, leg mashed and
badly bruised.
6. b. kINNE. express messenger, Kansas City.
j. b. oBERLIN, postal clerk. Kansas City slight
~ bruised.
The million dollars in the express car be-
lOnged 10 the Mexican Central Railway
Company. and was bong forwarded to
fhar anra N uFa haaHn m arfAya AT pnsfnn IL
was rescued from the wreck and turned
over to the Wells-FargO Company here. TO
be forwarded TO it's destination. The Santa
lie has offered $1,000 reward for the train
wreckers. and several posses are searching
the country in the vicinity of the wreck.
Adyices from Usage City and Barclay
state that intense excitement and indlgna-
ton prevails among the people there,
ers shall be lynched when caught.
Even before the Santa Fe officials had of
fered the reward of $1,000 for the capture
OF the robbers, several posses, composed of
men from Barclay and Usage City. had
started in all directions to run down the
wreckers. Detectives in the employ of the
railway and express companies joined In
the search later. The horrible nature of
the crime has excited the people to q
frenzy. and the wreckers if caught will
doubtless be hanged.
All the stories told by the gers
agree that there is little d0ubt that the ac-
CiQGnb INC EoSuAt vi u Dih
TO wreck the train for the purpose of seour-
ing the treasure IN the express car. Mai.
w. IL. Llelewen. the Santa Fe livestock
agent at Las Cruces. N. NJ, who was on the
train, says:
was awake when the wreck occurred. We
were going about thirty five miles an hour. The
JOLT was terrific. and all the ears left the track
except ours and the one back OF US. IL WAS the
worst wreck / ever saw. The front coaches were
all piled uD in a heap, and were reduced TO kin
dling-wOOd. There were twelve cars in the rain.
and seventy-five people on hoard, many of them
women accompanied by children. l do not see
how many escaped; They all acted nd,
the unfortunates. Ii Is singular that the train
did not catch tre, for it was piled on top If the
engine. | took particular pains to find oft the
cause of the wreck. L found that four bolts had
been taken from the fish plate which holds the
rails together. The rail was left in place, but
with no support. The engine was actually buried
nearly out OF sight. The poor fireman Is buried
under II. The million dollars in currency belong
ing to the Mexican Central railway was in q
wooden box three feet long. ribbed with iron.
The track at the place where the wreck occurred
Is excellent. with rock ballast and seventy-two
pound steel rails. There is an up grade there
Tor nearly q quarter OF q mile. My theory is that
whoever caused the wreck did not anticipate
that it would be such a bad one as it was. At
the top of the grade they thought we would be
going slow. They were probably after the
million dollars. There were, also. in the express
and money. L did not see any one around the
express car after the wreck. but il was buried 80
deep tnaI r0DberS could not nave found IL III they
had wanted to.
Another Wreck on the Pennsylvania.
LANCASTER, Pa, sept. 21.-The second section
of the Philadelphia express, eastward bound, and
the Pacific express, westward bound. on the Penn
sylvania railroad ran into each other at Rheems
Station. fifteen miles west of here, shortly after
3 O'Clock this morning. Both engines were de
molished aud the express cars or both trains
telescOpci. but the other cars of both trains
kept the track and the passengers escaped with
a severe shaking up. William Caldwell, Of
Philadelphia, a fireman OF the west-bOund train,
was buried under his engine. and was dead wheu
taken out. The engineers and other fireman
were not badly hurt.
Dashed Into q Motor and Trailer.
CLEVELAND, o, Sept. 21.-A motor and trailer
on the Cedaravenue electric line were smashed
into kindling-wood by a passenger train on the
Cleveland & Pittsburg road. about 8 o'clock this
morning. One passenger on the street car, Q
man. had q leg broken, and a woman was badly
bruised about the head.
The Cincinnati Strike.
Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal
CINCINNATI, Sept. 2l.-The strike OF the Gin
cinnad furniture-workers has assumed q
national phase. At the meeting of the strikers
this morning word was received that the inter