The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-03

and Western, Is 3 rad wreck and upside down
I fifteen miles this side Of Plant City; Engineer
/ Rud Thornton is at Tampa with his leg
! crushed and mis- fatse terribly scalded. while
] the hremean is repOi tee 70 De IN very Sc
/ rlOUs condition The IA n 10 Whlch morn
] ton engine was attach "a was No . No,
] len Fernandiua Monday morning. Al the
/ time Of the wreck she was olhg az tne rate OF
thirty miles an hour. Ihc iouhuatloh 20 d
I thirty-foot trestle had been burned; but the
/ rails appeared to be all right anti the engine
was nearly on them. The engineer then
saw that something was wrong ana
he put on The air-brakes, bU II Eas
too late. The engine plurg, "a across
the stream and then turned ura de down.
. be mail, baggage and express cars aIso 4elt
the track ana one coach besides. Al OF inc
cars were more or less canaged. "a nIe-
man. negro, jumped ana sustained in 'urieS
which are sad 10 he serious. The bas gaze
man was also bruised. Engineer JhOn .lon
stayed by his engine, and was under .her
when the crash came. He was unable 10 y
out. Conductor Selbert ran to the rescue, an 1
after hard work succeeded in extucattng him
from a ieopardous position, as the steam
from the euElue was escaping and scaldlug
him the whole time OF his imprisonment
The reports which reached the CRY YET
terday morning were TO the effect that
the engine was so badly wre -ked that she
would hardly De able % 20 into service again.
Capt. Philips master OF transportation OF
the road says tina the rumOrs are eXagger-
ated The engine ala rot plunge down into
the stream as was reported, but simply left
the track and turned over. The mail. bag
gage and express cars also lett the track,
with one passenger coach ana the mail car
was slightly scratched Engineer Thornton
had his leg bruised and his face burned. He
was carried on to Tampa, and is said 10 DC
resting comfortably. He did not have his
leg broken. as rumor had II.
Jacksonville Citizen: J. B. Parramore and
w. Il. O'Neal. OF Orlando, and j. II. Lee. OF
Oveido the three directors of the First Ma
tioEal Bank Of Orlando who were indicted by
the United States grand jury Monday on
charge Of knowingly signing false statement
10 the controller OF the condition of the hank
arrived at Jacksonville from Orlando Tues
day and reported TO the court There are
three indictments each against them. all re-
lating to different portions OF the banks
statement and they were arraigned
upon these in the afternoon and
entered pleas OF not guilty to
each indictment. District ATTORNEY summers
then stated that he desired 10 have new on is
given for their appearance in court on May2l
and they will be given.The grand jury brought
IN three more indictment against Nat Poyntz
and Ollie T. Poyntz Tuesday. These ndiCt-
mcutS charge that the books OF the Orlando
bank were wrongfully made to show credit
OF $500 with the State Bank Of St Paul. and
that this was done for the purpose OF de-
frauding and deceiving the depoSitors of the
hank. The general character of the indct--
mentS found against Nat Hoyntz and O, T.
Poyntz are that money was converted to the
use Of the former, and that in order 10 make
this deficiency good wrong credits with other
institutions were made on the books, and that
deposltors' accounts were also debkted with
having drawn out money at times
Wnen TINS was not done by the depOSdtOr. 1 he
indictments charge that this was done will
fully and with the full intent to deceive
the national bank examiner as TO tn Q
true condition OF the hank s affairs,
and to defraud the depositors.
An afldavit was presented to the Durt yes
teTday by E. h. Foster and A. F. Odlin. at
torneys for ollie Il. Poyntz, the assistant
cashier OF the Orlando bank, and against
whom several indictments have been found
by the grand jury, from DR. O, Evarts medical
superintendent OF the Cincinnati santtarium,
whore Mr. Poyntz has been for some time,
stating that while MIR. Poy ntz had
recovered a certain degree Of mertal capa-
bility, that his mind is Still impaired.
It is learned that Mr.. PoyntZ and the direct
ors dtsclaim having any knowledge Of the
false entries that were made in the socks and
that these were done by o. 7. PoYntz, who
had charge OF the books of the bank at the
time as bookkeeper. The grand jury is still
investigating the bank case, and ii is proha-
Bile that a still larger batch of indictments
win be brought in. Col Ammo stated in con,
versatiou with reporter, that the
news that indictments had been found by the
grand jury has cast a gloom over the people
OF Orlando and that further indictments are
found against the stockholders and depositors
Hope Of resumption by the bank will be lost