The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-09-30
DIABOLICAL DEED.
A Santa Fe Passenger Train
Wreczsd By Robbers
-Four Per=oas ESIIIed and aIore Eaan q
score InIur=d-Tlls sltsCreauts uu-
doubtsdfE Intended E0b1aFg ELuE
Were frightened Away

TOPEKA. Kan. sept Passenger
train No. S on the Atchison, Topeka s.
Santa Fe railroad was wrecked 10y un-
known miscTeants, undoubtedly train
robbers, three miles west OF Usage City
at $50 o'clock yesterday morning and the
engine, the baggage express and mail
cars, two day coaches, two chair cars
and three sIeepers thrown over AN em-
banEment three feet and the first six
cars telescoped. -Four persons were
killed outright and twenty five serious
ly injured
The killed were:
Frank Baxter, express messenger
Bioomenthal. express guardsmau.
MeEico.
James Chaddiclss, fireman, Topeka
Ed Mayer, engineer, Topeka
The injured were;
Mary Lyman, Bloomington, III, iu-
jured about head aud face, both ankles
Miss Jessie Grant. Pedro, No, injured
William Dorr and child, Chuiicothe.
No, badly bruised and scratched
Mrs. NJ Jones and two children
Wichita, slightly bruised
A. G. Roariz, Newton, head cut
j. E. johnson, Minneapolis, KAN
badly bruised.
II. C. Mcclure, Richmond, 40, knee
fractured and head cut
w. d. Minor Ness City knee hurt
II. S. Foster, Lawrence kan, postal
clerk, badly bruised
R b. DOuahue, conductor, Kansas
City, face cut, leg badly bruised
c. b. Kinney, Kansas City express
messenger, leg broken and internally
injured.
J. b. OberIiu, Kansas City, postal
clerk, injured in back.
Thomas Nelson, Topeka, bruised
NJ A. Roberts. Emporia, back slightly
injured.
J. T. WaddeIl, Boyer, kan. right hip
S. c. Kelley, Kansas City, postal
clerk, internal injuries; probably fatal
c. +. Wardiaw, Elliott, Ill, badly
bruised.
w. A Curry, Burlingame, head cut
HRS, ollie Young, Poplar Bluff Mo-
head badly cut.
Mary E. Reed, Great Bend, Kan, left
hip and side paralyzed.
Jessie Gould, Great Bend, Kan, bruised
about arms and left thigh.
w. W. Smith, Lawson, Mo, left leg
seriously confused.
Mrs w w. Smith, lawson No. head
severely confused
R. 81. Stratton, Milan, No, confusion
OF back.
W. W. ALALLNT AlAlL
Kan. confusion of left tempLei left
hand and right knee bruised.
D. v. Miller, Rockville, Ind hands
/ and arms bruised.
j. L. Bales, Lawrence, Kan, cOutu-
/ sion of the right foot
Raymond Cook, Oslaloosa, kan, cut
/ on head.
/ Mrs. Emma Roberts, Emporia, Kan,
| left side of abdomen and left hip
/ bruised.
William f. Ripley, Olathe, kan, nose
! severely bruised
Mary f. Gruber, Leavenworths Kan ,
/ head slightly cut.
Mrs. Josie Van Noodale, WameWo,
4 Kan, left shoulder bruised
/ Miss Dedier, Council Grove, KAN
/ left shoulder severely bruised
The rail was removed at a small
| bridge which crosses a raviue. There
| was a down grade run of five miles
/ from Barclay to that point and the
train was running fully tUrty-dve miles
an hour. il was impossible for the enc
] gineer to see the twisted rail i'm time TO
check The speed of the train and the
/ coaches piled one over the other until
! the baggage and express car was conn
| 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 examination 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 10 currency
was on its way from the Mexican Cen.
trai railroad to its headquarters iu
Boston.
In examining the ground about the
wreck a spot was found iu which three
men had lain in the grass AID tracks
were found leading from this spot to
the track. 4 wrench aud a sledge
| hammer, stolen from the Barclay too
house, were found and the fsh plates
and bolts which had been removed
were also discovered.
The mysterious feature of the whole
affair is that the robbers did moi
make an attempt to take the money
which could have easily been picked NO
The passengers saw men run for the
? 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 sid,
of the track The east end of the raj
had been pried out of place, thus form
ing a switch leading to the eubanIz
| ment, making it certain that the entir,
; train would be derailed, even though fl
. were running AZ low rate of speed
No EIies On This Divine
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