New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-20
ROYS WRECK A MAIL TRAIN
THEY SUCCEED IN KILLING TWO MEN
AND INJURING TEN

,.,tr LIVES OF FIFTY PASSENGERS ALSO EN-
p,xGERED-sPIKEs AND FIsHPLArEs RE.
MOVED FROM THE NETWORK CEN.
TRAILS TRACKS NEAR ROME BY
STUDENTS OF THE JAMES
BROTHERS. DoINGs
Rome " Y. Nov. 1.-THE deliberate wreck
ting o. fast mail train No. 8. eastbound on the
Ner-York Central Railroad. was accomplished
stout three miles west Of this city at 4:2O o'clock
mis- morning. The wreckers had broken open
the oompany's toulouse near by, and obtained A
urench and crowbar. with which all the spikes
and hshplates from two opposite rails on the
southerly track had been removed The two re-
leased rails were left in their places on the track
A. the train. comprising four mailcars and
three seeping-cars. came along at the rate of
about forty miles an hour the locomotive left
the track. bounded over the ties and fell side
WAYS into the ditch twelve feet deep the south
side Of the track. The first two macars sho.
over TIE engine. the first one landing fully sew
enty-fve feet from the point where the engine
lef; ;he track. The second and third mailcars
esme .5Cether in ~" shape and the wreck OF
N, engine lay in the open space between them.
rrdcr the second maicar pinned down by
psi~ u trucks and stone dead. was found the
engineer. Haeer. The fourth malcar was toppled
part way ever The first two sleepers were partly
urred over and the last remained on the
racks Strange to say. the two loose rails had
not been thrown from the roadbed the last
car remaining on them.
There were about fifty passengers in the three
seepers. and not one Of them was hurt. The
passengers were taken east by another train
shortly after the accident
The killed and wounded IN the smash-up are:
HAGER. Nathan n engineer Albany. killed
ELLIOTT or BOND. Robert Of Syracuse. a tramp.
riding or platform between first and second mail
cars. died aftef being removed from wreck.
HEARDON E. Herkimer, mail clerk head and
BODY cut and bruised.
LAvINE. J E. New-york mall clerk; upper arm
bruised and sprained and face cut.
ROBINSON. H. D.. Syracuse. mail clerk; ankle
PADDOCK F, n. Syracuse. mail clerk; arm cut.
sACKETT. c. W. Herkimer. mail clerk; arm cut
Mccarthy NJ J.. Buffalo. porter msilcar; head
GU and bruised
pEcK r b. Syracuse mail clerk; head and
bruised.
REYNOLDS. CHARLES r., conductor; injured IN
the chest.
NAcy JOHN R; Syracuse, riding on platform be.
tween FIRST and second mailcars right loot
smashed and ampuiated
WAGNER c. Albany fireman; head cut
The tools with which the spikes were pulled
were found on the track after the wreck. One
week ago last Sunday night hshplate was
lo1sened near the point where this mornings
accident occurred. Several trains passed over the
Place N safety. The matter discovered by
The tra ck-walker the following morning and
watch was kept there each night till last night
Four young fellows, aged eighteen TO nineteen
wears have been arrested for wrecking the tram.
They are !. Watson Hildreth. Of New-York; Fred
IDla4n of Pow nd
d,rs Hbbard Hildreth mas made confession,
Indicating the other three. Their object was
robbery. The arrests We're made by Detective
Latham Of the New-YOrk Central, and Police
man Heating Of Rome. They found Hidreths
hat with his name in H. in some bushes near
the wreck. Upon confronting him he weakened
and told who his accomplces were and their
object
Twentv-two persons unhurt, taken out
~ the windows Of the first sleeper the inca Al
~ the mail and sleeping cars were lighted with
pintsch gas and no fire set in the wreck.
Young Hildreth is said 10 be the son OF law
Yer in New-Yoik. A yellow-covered history OF
The exploits Of the James boys was found in one
% BristOls pockets.
Joseph Wilkes, eighteen years old. has also
been arrested as witness IL is SAID thaI ne was
taken into the confidence of the others when
thew were planning the wreck but that he
refused 10 60 with them when they went 70
commit the deed. Confessions have been made
~ all the other boys of their guilt. One OF
the boys confessed that they had number OF
revolvers hidden in the woods near the rail-
road track. ana ne was TAKEN tHtIe 'hls cNV.i-
Ing TO get them but on account Of dark
ness the spot could not be found.
District-Attorney Klock has been closeted with
the prisoners nearly all day, and scores or
detectives have been in town investigating the
case a large crowd is about the police sta
lion bur there are no threats Of violence. The
prisoners are closely guarded.
Lewis Harris of this city. this afternoon
found q black cloth mask in the woods near the
scene 81 the wreck
Albany. Nov. 19.-ln view Of the accident
{, the fast mail on the New-York Central Raj
rosd this morning. whereby six mail clerks We're
Injured The Evening Journal tonight editor-
ais advocates the Government pension OF
railway mail clerks injured in the Performance
O. their duties while on the road. The journal
Asserts that there has not been a railroad accl-
dent I'm this country In five years where a mall
car was involved that some one Of the clerks was
not Killed or injured.