Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-02-24

| At Roscoe, four miles GoTth OF
| Burbank. station not on the regular
inc, but on long sidetrack, Engineer
| Thom blew tie customary whistle
as .he switch approached, at same time
putting on the air breaks to the fullest
extent, for he seT that the switch was
missplaced. His efforts We're useless as
| the train had too much momentum.
| In moment the engine crashed over
and into the ditch. Two fruit cars
| loaded with oranges followed it, all
piliug up together and burying the
| fireman in the wreck.
The mail, express, baggage cars, ard
passenger coaches remained on the
| track. At the same moment three men,
wearing black masks, leaDed from
the bushes along side of the track.
Tive of th>m took positions on the esst
side OF the train and commenced o
| fierce fussilade Of pistol shots. The
third went directly to the express car
and applied three dynamite bombs.
There were three explosions and the
express car vas at thu mercy of the
robbers. Conductor O'Dell and brake
man Foster, first thought that the
wreck was simply an accident and
sta arted out to Inve stlgate, but when
bullets began to fly down the track they
had no doubts as to what was up.
Brakeman Foster at once rOse to the
occasion. He saw light in house near
| by and ran there. got horse and rode
| back at full speed to Burbanks, where
there is a telegraph station, and gave
the alarm. Sheriff Cline and number
Of deputies together with police officers
mcguire, at once left on horseback for
| the scene eff tho robbery.
st , o'clock this morning DR.. b. h.
Ainsworth went out on special engine
to attend the injured. A wreckiug
train followed and 1t is expected that
track will be clear in time for traffic
| today.
The engine went down a bank ten
feet Engineer Thomas jumped and
ran but fireman Masters was pinned
in the between of the cab tender and
| died Just as he was taken out.
The robbers left in direction of
Cremign pass.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The womens
suffrage convention meet In session
again this morning.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 15.-The jury
found Doctor West guilty of murder in
the second degree.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-- Peckham's
nomination was rejected by vote Of
81 to 40.
KEEL, Feb. 16.-A terrible disaster
occurred here today through the ex-
| plo>iton of a steam pipe on the iron
clad Brandenburg. Many of the crew
are said to be ri led and large number
| founded. Many are missing.
| The warship was undergoing forced
draft trial at the time of the explosion.
| So far as known forty six were killed
and nine injured. Four steamers, with
doctors, have been sent to the vessels.
SAN Francisco. Feb. 16 The jury
in the west case this morning returned
verdict Of conviction.
The crime of which DR.. Eugene. T
| West was found guilty is the murder
of Addie Gilmour, Colusa mlllIner
upon whom he committed criminal
practice. The body of the murdered
girl was mangled and thrown in the
bay. Portions of it only bave been
found and ideDtified.
QUEENS TowN, Feb. 19-In the storm
last Tuesday the American line steam
hip, City of Paris, with 1S9 first class
passengers, 1l6 second class end 25O
| steerage passengers on board lost her
rudder in the storm. The disabled
ship made her way 500 miles to the
| Irish coast where she came to anchor
and was rescued by tugs and brought
here in tow this morning.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-After some
routine of business the senate went III to
executive session on Peckham's nomina-
tion. The fret half hour of the ex-
ecutive session was devoted TO the con-
sideration of unopposed nominations.
Then Villas resumed the speech, begun
Wednesday in favor of Peckham's con-
firmation. Before going into executive
session. on motion OF Hoar, a resolution
was adopted request Dg the president
"if not incompatible with public in
terests TO communicate to the senate
all the records and dispatches from
| Willis. minister of Hawaii, not hareto-
fore transmitted, especially the dispatch
communicating letter from president
| PRESCOTT, Ariz., Feb. 15.-At the in
Quest held today over the remains of
the victim # Tuesday rights shooting,
the co7oner's jury returned verdict OF
iustifiable homicide. Suffice, who did
the shooting, had a preliminary exami-
nation today and was discharged from
icustody. Colonel De Russey in COM
mand at Whipple barracks referring to
the statement that armed guards had to
be placed over the gun racks of the
company to which the deceased belong
ed to prevent his comrades from eveng-
ing his death, furnishes a card to the
Associated Press in which he states that
there is absolutely no foundation for
the statement that armed officers
guarded the gun rack; that no cause ex-
lists for this or any similar action, and
that no steps by the enlisted men look.
ing to resentment Of the act of Suite al
any time were contemplated.