Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-29
DASTARDLY DEED.
hiscreants Wreck q Passenger
Train on the Santa Fe Road
-Four Persons Killed and Twenty-Five In
jured-Evidently the Work of Rob.
bors, But They Were Fright
ened Away.

train No. 8 on the Atchison, Topeka g.
Santa Fe railroad was wrecked by un-
known miscreants, undoubtedly train
robbers, three miles west of Usage City
at 4:3O o'clock yesterday morning and the
engine, the baggage, express and mail
cars, two day coaches, two chair cars
and three sleepers thrown over an en-
bankment three feet and the first six
cars telescoped Four persons were
killed outright and twenty-fv serious
1y injured
The killed were:
Frank Baxter, express messenger,
Kansas City.
Bloomenthal, express guards,nan,
Mexico.
James Chaddicks, fireman, Topeka,
Ed Mayer, engineer, Topeka.
The injured were:
Mary Lyman, Bloomington, Ill, in-
jured about head and face, both ankles
broken.
Miss Jessie Grant, Pedro, Mo-, injured
in back.
William Dorr and child, Chillicothe,
Mo, badly bruised and scratched.
Mrs. NJ. Jones and two children,
Wichita, slightly bruised.
p A. c. Roark, Newton head cut
j. e. johnson, Minneapolis, Kan,
badly bruised.
H. C. Mcclure Richmond, Mo-, knee
fractured and head cut
w. D. Minor, Ness City, knee hurt.
III. S. Foster, Lawrence Kan, postal
clerk, badly bruised.
R. B. Donahue, conductor, Kansas
City, face cut leg badly bruised
c. Il. Kinney, Kansas City, express
messenger, leg broken and internally
injured.
j. 3. Oberlin, Kansas City, postal
clerk, injured in back.
Thomas Nelson, Topeka, bruised
about the head.
NJ A. Roberts, Emporia, back slightly
injured.
j. F. Waddell, Boyer, Kan, right hip
S.. G. Kelley, Kansas City, postal
clerk, internal injuries; probably fatal.
G. f. Wardlaw, Elliott, Ill, badly
bruised.
w. A. Curry, Burlingame, head cut.
Mrs. Ollie Young, Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
head badly cut
Mary f. 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, Mo-, head
severely CONFUSED.
r. II. Stratton, Milan, Mo, confusion
of back.
w. w. A. Curry, Chautauqua Springs,
Kan, confusion of left temple; left
hand and right knee bruised.
d. V. Miller, Rockville, Ind, hands
and arms bruised.
J. l.. Bales, Lawrence, Kan, contu-
sion of the right foot.
Raymond Cook, Osl1aloosa, Kan, cut
on head.
Mrs. Emma Roberts, Emporia, Kan,
left side of abdomen and left hip
bruised.
William T. Ripley, Olathe, Kan, nose
severely bruised.
Mary L. Gruber, LeavenwOrth, Kan.
head slightly cut.
Mrs. Josie Van Voodale, War.ego,
Kan, left shoulder bruised.
Miss Ded!er, Council Grove, Kan,
left shoulder severely bruised.
The rail was removed at small
bridge which crosses Il ravine. There
was d down grade run of five miles
from Barclay to that point and the
train was running fully forty-five miles
an hour. 1t was impossible for the en-
p
check the speed OF the train and the
coaches piled one over the other until
the baggage and express car was COM
pletelYAidden from view.
Men, Iwomen and children We're piled
over e5ls:h other, caught in the broken
seats and thrown through the windows
of the ears.
An examination of the track was
made, and it was found that the fish
plates had been carefully removed and
the bolts tallea out and the spikes
drawn from ten ties and the rail bent
over to the inside.
The one million dollars in currency
was on its way from the Mexican Cen
trail railroad to its hea dquarters in
Boston.
In examining the ground about the
wreck IA 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 a sledge
hammer, stolen from the Barclay too
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 moi
make an attempt to take the money
which could have easily been picked up
The passengers saw men run for the
brush near by, but it is not known how
many there We're.
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 raj
had been pried out of place, thus form
ing switch leading to the. embank
ment, making it certain that the entire
train would Federated. even though i
We're running at Il low rate of speed.
Nh Flies This Divine.
DETEoIr. Mich Sept. a. Rev. J. w
Arney, who ruade a reputation becaus,
he raced horses week days and preached
rafting sermons Sundays. and who wa:
thrown out of the Methodist church fol-
it, is going back to the pulpit He
however, will race the season out, hav
ing won six purses in the Greenviils
meet and lowered Guarantees record tx
900. To-day he has sold Monte
Patchen and Title s. to Manistee par
ties for $1,000 each. with permission t.
fill out the season with them. He leave
the track and Snll<ey in, txx-o xpoolyS