Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-01-21
ROUGHS TERRORIzE A TRAIN.
A Plucky Detective Finally suppresses
Them and Restores Order After Des-
perate Struggle.

A Plucky Detective Finally suppresses
Them and Restores Order After a Des-
perate Struggle.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Jan. ~
There was desperate fight on train No.
6 on the New York Central & Hudson
River railroad last night, the whole
train being in state of panic. 1t left
Albany at 5 p. m. Just as 1t was leaving
three intoxicated men, named William
Beardon, Albert Burnseen and John
Van Nouis, who are employed by P. O.
Ardle of Albany, in breaking up old
engines, boilers, &c, rushed on board,
throwing their chisols. crowbars and
sledges on the platform of the buffet car
They were very rude and boisterous
and Immediately took charge of the car.
Chief Detective Humphrey was on the
train and said to them "Why don't you
behave yourselves?" Burnseen grabbed
Humphrey and endeavored to push him
off the car. Humphrey said, Look out,
Pm an officer"
USED HIS REVOLVER AS A CLUB.
At this Reardon advanced on Hum
phrey, who pulled his revolver to use it
as club. Van Nouis reached for one of
his big chisels, but Humphrey succeeded
in getting Reardon in the car, threw him
down and held him on a seat, while
some OF the passengers and brakemen
held the others back and Reardon got
quiet. Mr.. Humphrey had his wife and
child ON the train in rear car and went
back TO see them. While he was talking
with his wife Conductor McCarrick en-
tered the car and said to the chief :
They are. fighting with knives in the
buffet car"
Chief Humphrey went to the buffet
car and found two of the roughs on the
floor, Reardon on top of Burnseen, both
lunging at each other with knives. The
passengers shouted at Humphrey, say
ing: "They want to kill you; look out"
When Reardon saw Humphrey he
started for him with uplifted knife, ex-
claiming: 81 will kill you"
Humphrey -clinched with him and
threw him on his back and dragged him
through a buffet car into the baggage
car, and, with the assistance of Chief
Detective James Fuller of Fuller's De-
tectiye Agency, and others, managed to
tie the desperate with bell cord. BY
this time the whole train was in an
uproar. Women turned pale with ex-
element, and men rushed forward from
every car.
A KNIFE IN HIS HAND.
Chief Humphrey had just seated him
self alongside of HE wife for the second
time, when the conductor and several
passengers again came into the car in
hurry, exclaiming: "Reardon has II
knife and is coming to kill you.n He
had cut himself loose and driven eight
or ten men out of the baggage car.
Chief Humphrey hurried to the front of
the coach and saw Reardon coming
running through the car next forward
with coat and vest off, with blood
streaming from his face and an uplifted
large knife in his hand.
The conductor shut the car door and
held it. Humphrey pulled out his re.
volver, opened the car door and seized
Reardon and took his knife away from
him, Detective Fuller and the conductor
assisting Humphrey dragged his man
through the buffet car again and took
him into the baggage car and retied him
with bell cord and stayed with him
until the train reached Poughkeepsie,
when he had all three of the men locked
uD.