The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-02
c0hFlsSIoN or 4 FIkHD.
The DetsiIs of the Wreokins OF Phssen-
ger Train.

,urpRUI. WIS, Nov. 1.-WholesaIe
,,rrler and express robbery was the mo-
,,... .n.t snspred the recent tra,n wreck
u.,, ON the $500" road. TWO men cna't-
,I with the murder Of the man who lost
tIs ME by their work, were gwen d pre-
Iir-ir,ry hearing to-day. ana we're h.I
a.. mail one of the prisoners mas CON
lessed, and has story DETAILS ne me ..i I,ou
pursued TO derail the through M'nlealV-
u.-UostOu limited, near i'llioi 81 nc
lion. ON the night of october IN. .,..,.
u the crash Fireman Charles COtll
b..ch was seriously injured. I'" Idn
v.ts TO cause "a wreck mat Would XIII
every person on the Tram ma lh'H !op
me safe in the express ear, Us Il "dS
supposed TO contain taI "a" ID
money. The man who confessed IS i,rNllt
IIazriton. about twenty years ell, clam
iur to be O. resident OF brdlntri' Mill
Jis companion Is Frank ma HS'
-roIt thiCk-sct man, VINO cIdlihs 20 taNe
relatives and friends at APP Ton; ~.
V-tllams stouliV denies hat he KNOWS
al.,.hug of the Wreckug. The Once!
traced tn" men from MlihyaP J'tta ~, ~
this CITY. ON september 9th, they broke
into. ana stole an oil coat ana an over
ccar AT the dollhouse al Prentice. Ihat
II .ht they sawed bruce near 'HaI
place but owing to the snort tHe III
which they had 10 do The work, d. was
NOT complete. and tn, train passed -ifely
over IT, The following week time was
spent between Prentice and Rhin'landeI'
ON October 6,h they We're seen IN fhlh'-
llIu,r. ana there purchased some gro
c,Tcs ON October I'M, they sawed the
piles and striugoTs Of the high bridge near
Heanord Junction, and the west -bodAd
Ua.lrugrr train went cras hing down a
twenty-five foot cmbankmcnt. me
train was running slow, so mat the
wreck WAS not as complete as the wreck
ar~ expected. The baggage, smoking anu
G.y coaches and two SlccpeTS were not
broken, and none Of the passengers were
hurt ON October llth, Sheriff Payer
received message from the station agent
at Irma, TO look out FOR two suspicious
looking characters. That mght the E.rT-
IN accompanied boy others, stationed him
self about "a mile from the city, near
IaEcyleW. and about 10 o'clock two men
appeared. They were taken INTO 'usl9-
dy. and were found to be heavily armed.
The 500 officials were notified, and de-
toct.ves put ON the case. The men we're
sentenced for thirty days, FOR CARRYING
concealed weapons. Last Wednesday
they were taken before Court COmms-
-Ioucr Hclmcs, charged with the murder
of Fireman Charles COttrll They plead
"a not guilty and their eXamin alton was
SET for Yesterday. Last Friday Halle
ton -ignined his desire to confess His
statement was taken before ld. <leulZe.
notary public, in the presence Of sheriff
Payer District Attorney Anderson and
T.. y Hole HaZletou said:
About dark We set to work, with The
purpose If WTcCking a passenger train,
SO Thar we could rob the express car. We
expected the wreck would be mucn worse
than 70 was We expected that The cars
would Doe all thrown from the track,
smashed up. and the passengers ana tram
rr,A an killed, so that We would have TO
one 70 prevent Us from accomplishing our
purpose. We thought mostly OF the
money we could get, and not the los" Of
life We began work west Of tie C"ptle
of the bridge We cut all the stringers
across the bridge. and two let's Of them
at the ends. and then sawed the Ii'es
or posts upon which they rested. We
also cut a brace. After train TtSted
over. We sawed the outside post and the
other brace. took the bolts ont If the
hsh-pldtcs, pulled the spikes next 10 the
fsh-plates and removed the bolts from
the hsh-platos AT each end of ,he rail.
I'VE waited at the east end of the
bridge until the west-hound PASSENGER
train came and broke through the bridge
We were on the south side of he track
at the east end Of the bridge " zen tie
crash came. Then we walked N"StN ara
20 the point where the wreck MAS. We
heard some crying: Are you nart' lie
other man answered. a title lien
We heard some one crying out lin We
lid not want 10 hear rcr". \ man ".
coming toward us. and that scared us. We
walked away and went pretty near
90 "a, "cNt town on the Chicago Mllwau-
kce and st. Paul track, and went into
h1v barn. We remained there three
days and then started for Merrill