The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-23
4 TRIMS NARRow EscdpE
Robbers Hnd Apparently Planned TO wrec
II and Set II On Fire.

II and Set II On Five.
ORADEIf. Jan. 22.--An attempt was made
last night TO wreck q train on the New Jersey
md New York Railroad between this place and
Etna. Whom Conductor Reeves !. Werkhols-
er's aouth-bound train. due hero Al 1922
O'clock. was rounding the curve near Neldran
6Snn's sawmill. Engineer Jamos Il. Alderman
saw by the light Of tho moon n largo object on
the track. Tho train was running about
twenty-five mics an hour Engineer Ackcr.
man applied tho air brakes at full power aud
stopped the train so quickly that somo Of the
passengers wore thrown from their seats. The
locomotive struck the obstruction. but not
with force enough to do harm.
The object on the track was found TO be
heavy wheeled truck. used by veldrnn 4
Son for hauling tree trunks from tho woods to
their mill. A heavy log that must have re.
quired the efforts Of several men to move and
a pole used in the mill yard were also lying
across tho track. The manner in which these
otstructions were placed indicated unmis-
takably an effort to wreck the train. one hun
dred feet further down the track there was a
barrel OF Kerosene oil which had been stolen
from the freight depot. II Is suspected by tho
the locomotive to smash the oil barrel. and
thus set IRE To the wreck. The three cars Of
the train we're illLrd with PEOPLE returning to
tho city after spending sunday in the country.
superintendent Drake at once uegan u
search Tor the wreckers. which has thus far
olson OF Conductor kauimun's train, which
LETT hero Mt y 30 o'clock. reported on his
arrival at Hillsdale that Ito saw three men
lying down beside tho track between here and
Etla. Superintendent Drake took a lOcoinO-
tive md hurried down the road in tho hone OF
intercrptinE them. but lie snw nobody.
The theory that the attempt TO wreck tho
train was the work Of robbers seems 10 be sup
ported Ivy the great number OF robberies com
mitted recently Ia this section. The house of
Mrs. Katrina husselman Mt Peetzburgh. about
n mile from Orndell station, was robbed about
midnight Yesterday Of money and jewery. In
tho past three months the railroad stations at
Mestwood. Etnn, Oradell New Milford. River
Edge. Cherry Hill Fairmount. Anderson street,
ana Central avenue. Hackensack: Iasbrouck
Heights, and Carlstadt havs been robbed,
some OF them two and three times. Many
houses nj ong the road have also been robbed,
and Wholesale depredatiOns hayo been COM
United ubon poultry yards In two cases
horses have been stolen. and in one cnse u COW
has neen i illed and cut NJ in the woods
This IL the fourth attemnt at train wrocking
on the road in year. In the first attempt
ties were placed on the track Of the new city
branch between Manuel and RardoniH. Some
OF the thinkers were laid so "a to form u wedge.
The second attempt was made by placing ties
on the trnrR Mt u curve between Manuel and
Pearl River. On Christmas Day large stump
was rolled down the hillside on to the track at
the north end OF the same curve. Nona ot
these attempts succeeded. Superintendent
BRA Ike snid to-day that had the night been
dark instead OF there being brilliant moon
light n terrible accident must have resulted
from the last attempt