The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30
DASTARDLY DEED.
Miscreants Wreck a Passenger
Train on the Santa Fe Road +
Four Persons Killed and Twenty-Five In
Jured-Evidentiy the Work OF Rob-
bors, But They Were Fright
ened Away.


TOPEKA, Kan, Sept 22.-Passenger
train No. s on the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad was wrecked by IN
known miscreants, undoubtedly train
robbers, three miles west of Usage City
at4:SO 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-five serious
iy injured.
The killed were:
Frank Baxter, express messenger,
Kansas City.
Bloomenthal, express guardsman,
Mexico.
james Chaddicls, fireman, Topeka
Ed Mayer, engineer, Topeka.
The injured were:
Mary Lyman, Bloomington, Ill, In
jured about head and face, both ankles
broken. q
Miss Jessie Grant, Pedro, Mo-, injured
in back s
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. Z. johnson, Minneapolis, Kan,
badly bruised.
II. C. Mcclure, Richmond, No, knee
fractured and head cut
n NF,,,o,. Naee C;4-- 1-,,oo 1,,,,.4
II. S. Foster, Lawrence Kan, postal
cleri., badly bruised
R B. Donahue. conductor, Kansas
City, face cut, leg badly bruised.
c. Is. 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. ~. f
i F. Waddell. Boyer. Kan, right hip
injured.
S. G. Kelley, Kansas City, postal
clerk, internal injuries; probably fatal.
c. f. Wardlaw, Elliott, H., badly
bruised.
w. a. Curry. Burlingame, head cut
Mrs. 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, Mo-, head
severely confused.
r. II. Stratton, Milan, No, 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.
]. 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 F. Ripley. Olathe, Kan, nose
severely bruised.
Mary f. Gruber, Leavenworth, Kan,
head slightly cut.
Mrs. Josie Van Voodale, War.ego,
Kan. left shoulder bruised.
Miss Dedler, Council Grove, Kan,
left shoulder severely bruised.
The rail was removed at a small
bridge which crosses n ravine. There
was a dowa grade run Of five miles
Ia. %1,r,
train was running fully forty-five miles
an hour. Il was impossible for the en-
gineer t. see the twisted rail in time to
check the speed of tine train and the
coaches piled one over the other until
lie luggage and express car was COM
plctely hidden from view.
Men. women and children were piled
over each other. caught in the broken
seats aaI 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 in currency
was on its way from the Mexican Cen
trial railroad to it, eadquarters in
Boston.
In examining the ground about the
wreck a spot WIS found in which three
men had lain in the grass and tracks
were found leading from this spot to
the track. A wrench and 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 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 rail
had been pried out Of place, thus form
ing a switch leading 10 the embank-
ment, making it certain that the entire
train would be dcrailed. even though it
were running Ut low rate Of speed
y" files 80, This Di.Iae.
DETROIT. Mich, Sept. 22.--Rev. J. w.
Arney. who made q reputation because
he raced horses week days and preached