The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
KILLED An ENGINEER.
William Barr of the VandnIia stoned
to Death at KnightSviIIe.

To Death at knightSVille.
BRAZIL Ind. June 6.-Speciai.-The
city of Brazil was shocked and startled
just after O'Clock this afternoon over
the report that a Vandalia engineer had
been killed at his post of duty by the
strikers watching at the Knightsville
yards to interrupt the transit of coal.
But few minutes later the report
was confirmed by the train crews lift
ing his Iifeless body from the cab of his
engine and placing 1t in the baggage
room of the Vaadalia depot at this place.
Throngs Of people crowded and blocked
every avenue within few minutes. Sec
tions one and two of train No. 1.
hauling a number of flats of coal. were
assaulted by the party of strikers that
has been lettering about the Knights
vile yards for a week past, stones and
cinders being hurled at the train men.
Section one passed through with no
further injury than the smashing of the
glass in the cab windows.
Section number two Jared much worse,
the projected missiles taking effect on
three of the crew. \ large-siZed bowl
der struck Engineer William Barr back
of the left ear. He kept his seat and
directed his engine until the Brazil city
limits were reached, a distance of mile,
when he fell unconscious to the floor of
the cab. When the train reached the
depot but couple of minutes later the
faithful engineer bfeatheG his last.
Coroner Mershon and DR.. Tulley ex-
amined the body and pronounced death
resulting from hemOrrhage from the
rupture of a blood vessel. The body
was sent to his family at Terre Haute
an hour later. He was forty-fve years
Of age and leaves a wife and four chill
dren.
This is the first fatality resulting di-
rectly from the lawlessness practiced by
the strikers of Clay county and has
caused a great deal of feeling among all
law-abiding citizens. Sheriff RingO and
deputies and Marshal Lawderback went
to the scene Of the assault and crime at
once but could get no clew to the iden-
tificatiOn Of the guilty parties and no
arrests have yet been made
BRAZIL, June 7.-Special-City Mar
shall LOWderbaOk and staff made five ar
rests last night of young men suspected
Of being implicated in or having knowl-
edge of the assault made upon Engineer
Barr of the Vandalia, resulting in his
death. The suspects are Robert Rankin,
Charles Poor. James BOothe. William
Green, Charles Slack, all residing at Har-
mony.
The suspects were subjected to a rigid
examination today, conducted by George
A. knight. attorney for the Vandalia
and then remanded to Jail. The whole
proceeding is invested with secTesy for
the present The attorneys, however,
give out that sufficient was brought out
to warrant the statement that the men
guilty of the murder of the lamented en-
gfneer will soon be within the clutches
of the law. 1t is currently rumored that
one of the five suspects made full
statement on which the state will pro-
ceed to make numerous arrests.
BRAZIL, Ind, June S.-Special.-Two
of the five young men at Harmony, ar
rested Wednesday night suspected Of
completely in the murder of Engineer
Barr. were released last evening-Poore
and Greene-while the other three-Ran-
kin, Slack and Boothe-are quartered be-
hind the bars. While the officers were
on their way to Harmony the forepart
Of last night to make further arrests on
the warrants which had been issued
they met as many as hundred armed
men, having guns and revOlvers, moving
In the direction Of Brazil. When spoken
to they made no reply.
The officers retraced their steps and at
once repaired to the county Jail, antic-
ipating a possible attempt to release the
three suspects. On arriving at the Jail
they found an advance guard of three
men who explained that the armed body
wanted permission to OCCUPY the iail
yard until morning, their object being TO
support the sheriff in defense of the pris-
oners should any necessity for il arise
saying that they had heard that a mob
Of Vandalia men were coming out from
Terre Haute to lynch them. The men
remained outside the corporate limits
until notified that they would be per-
mitted to occupy the yard as desired.
when they came in and stayed until
morning They were orderly and appar-
emily acting in good faith. They told
the sheriff that they would give the Of
ficers assistance in finding any suspects
for whom warrants had been issued, and
that they would be in readiness at any
time to respond to his call to defend the
jail against any attempt at mob violence
Three more suspects were arrested to-
day at Harmony-Ed Monk, William
Carr and Ernest Poore. the last named
but fourteen years of age.
KNIGHTSVILLE. June 10.-Special.-
At the regular netting OF local No. 677.