The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
JUVENILE JESSE JAMES.
FOUR BOYS CAUSEA WRECK ON THE
N. Y. CENTRAL.

N. Y. CENTRAL.
Removed Spikes and Fishplates From Two
Rails--Nany Persons Killed and Injured.
The Young Miscreants Captured
ROME, n. Y, Nov. 19.-The deliber-
ate wrecking Of the fast mail train
No. 8, eastbound on the New York
Central railroad, was accomplished
about three miles west of this citv at
4:20 this morning. The wreckers had
broken open the company's tool house
nearby and obtained a wrench and
crowbar, with which all the spikes and
ishplates from the two opposite rails
on the shoutherly track had been re-
moved. The two released rails were
left in their places on the track. As
the train, comprising four mail cars
and three sleeping cars, came along at
the rate of about 10 miles an hour. the
locomotive left the track. bounded
over the ties and fell sidewise into
ditch u feet deep on the south side of
the track. The first two mail cars
shot over the engine, the first car land
ing fully Is feet from the point where
the engine left the track. The second
and third mail cars came together in
"V" shape and the wrecked engine lay
in the open space between them. I'm
der the second mail car. pinned down
by pair of trucks and stone dead,
was found Engineer Hager. The
fourth mail car was toppled part way
over. The first two sleepers were part
ly turned over and the last one re-
mained on the tracks. Strange to saw
the two loose rails had not been
thrown from the roadbed, the last car
remaining upon them. There were
50 passengers in the three sleepers and
not one of them was hurt. The pas
sengers were taken east on another
train shortly after the accident. The
killed and wounded in the smashup
are:
Nathan \. Hager, engineer, Albany,
killed; Robert Elliott, or Bond, from
Syracus tramp, died after being
removed from the wreck; E. Reardon,
Herkimer mail clerk, head and body
cut and bruised; J. E. Lavine, New
York, mail clerk, upper arm
bruised and sprained; F. N. Pad
dock. Syracuse, mail clerk. arm cut;
G. W. Sackett, Herkimen, mail clerk,
arm cut and bruised M. ]. Mccarthy,
Buffalo, porter, mail car, head cut
and bruised; R. B. Peck, Syracuse,
mail clerk, head cut and bruised Con-
ductor Charles R. Reynolds, Albany,
injured in the chest; John r. Macy,
tramp, Syracuse, right foot smashed
and amputated-he is at the Rome
hospital; G. Wagner, Albany, FIRE
man, head cut. The body of Engi-
neer Hager is in charge of Undertaken
Orton Of this city.
The tools with which the spikes
were pulled were found on the track
after the wreck. One week ago, last
Sunday night, fshplate asloosened
near the point where this mornings
accident occurred. Several trains
passed over the place in safety. The
matter was discovered by trackwalker
the following morning and watch
was kept there each night till last
night.
Three young fellows, aged is to 10
years have been arrested for wrecking
the train They are ]. WatsonHl-
dreth of New York; Fred Bristol and
Herbert Plato of Rome, Iiildreth has
made a confession duplicating the
other twc and Theodore Hibbard, who
has not been apprehended. Their OBJ
ject was robbery. The arrests were
made by Detective Latham of the New
York Central and Policeman Keating
of Rome.
They found Hildreth's hat with his
name in it in the bushes near the
wreck. Upon confronting him he
weakened and told who his accom-
plices were and their Object.
twenty-five Passengers were taken
out of the windows on the first sleeper
the Inca. All Of the mail and sleep
ing cars were lighted with pintch gas
and no fire Tas set in the wreck:
Young Hildreth is said to be the son
of wealthy lawyer in New York.
Theodore Hiboard, the last Of the four
train wrecker, was captured at 8 p.
m. and is nov in the custody with the
others. \ ,Tellow covered history of
the exploits of the James boys was
found in one of Bristols's pockets.
In addition to the four boys arrest
ed for wrecking the Central mail train
near this city this morning, Joseph
Wilkes, is years of age, has been ar
rested as a witness. 1t is said that he
was taken into the confidence of the
others when they We're planning the
wreck, but that he refused to go with
them when they went to commit the
deed. Confession have been made by
all the other boys of their guilt.
One of the boys confessed that they
had woods near the railroad track,
and he was taken there this evening
to locate them, but on account Of dark
ness the spot could not be found.
There is no evidence that others be-
sides those apprehended were concern
ed in the plot. Coroner Mock began
an inquest on the bodies of Engineer
Hager and the tramp Robert Bono, who
were killed, but the inquest was not
completed this evening.
Lewis Harris of this city this after
noon found black cloth mask in the
woods near the scene of the wreck.
40 More Bonds.
A Washington letter says not an
other bond will be issued by the ad-
nninistratiOn until the ReO1,b1ican