The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-09
TRIED TO DITCH TRAINS.
TW0 kTTENPTs ar WREOHIN0 ON
THE PENNSTLVdNIA n. n.

They Take Place on Successive Nieht.-
Ties on thc Tracks and Spikes CIsrrs
Out from the R~siis-U~nrv lneLs son, q
NeEro,Is Arrested and n Id on suspieion,
NEW BRuSswtCK, May s.-Two attempts nj
train wrcckinR on successive nights have made
work for the detectives OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad. On Wednesday night n nile OF ties
was found on the east bound passenger track NJ
Deans Pond. seven miles from this city. lust ih
timo to prevent q wreck. Last night train 90.
the Washington express. leaving Washington
at 4 p nj. and due in New Brunswick AZ o no.
struck a small pile OF ties at franklin Park.
three miles east Of Deans. The engineer found
tie wedgcd between the cowcatcher and tho
front wheel.
Tho railroad detectives arrested this morning
. negro who had boon seen about Deans sta
tion and Monmouth Junction since Wednesday,
morning. He was found in a piece of woods near
the trace, and when taken before Justice Forl
said his name wns Henry jackson and his
home was at 100 Railroad avenue. Jersey City.
where he boarded with a colorcd family the
name of which he could not remember.
Detective Morris made a complaint against
him for trespassIne. and produced a large piece
OF brown wrapping paper with n brown stain
across IL. He said that tho stain WAS rust from
an iron CLAW" bar which. he said. jackson had.
and which Is used to lift spikes. The detective
said that Jackson Ia suspected also because of
Inquiries he made of the station agent at Deans
about express trains from the South and because
of conversations with James Wilson. a railroad
nan. jackson was committed to the county
jail for trcspassIng, with tho understanding
that the detective would appear Tomorrow to
make n charge q; atttcmp ped train wrecking.
When jackson was Informed of the sus-
ipirtnns entertained against him, he said: ~
don't know the first thing about It,"
Jackson's story. Rs told to the reporter Mt the
Jail, was thnt he once worked on a railroad that
N" came TO jersey CITY Il rec months auO from
Richmond. where no was born. He obtained u
CITY. and a he he H vSas J p%t to nsp m"rk iaypnSs " sISS;ewnlkss.
Recently he worked on Union street. Jersey
City. and a few Jays ugo went to board at 100
While IN 1srss2y, CITY he was in soTTS.p9n;
son wrote him that he could probably get work
with the barbour company. On Wednesday
chance asked HIN If he was Henry Jackson.
was coming North on Wednesday. and asked
jackson to meet him at Monmout Junction.
ten miles from New Brunswick.
jackson says he did not know why Smith
for he had never heard Of tho place. But he
started to GO to the Jersey City station: and on
umbrella man who was selling canes he bought
four for $3.50. and then paid two cents ina
w HfHrioy 70 s wrnp , them. P TSen 0 he 't bought ap sicket
for lonmouth JUNCTION, got on the train that left
T. S.en asy c iSe q" esn s;as, he ,o sayi S,n and Ing 60, .1 of he s1G
not stop at Monmouth. Junction. He fingered
about New Brunswick for a time. then bought
q ticket for Deans. having learned that that
station was a. far as he could 60 on the % cents
LEFT In his pocket.
He says he got Off At Deans. still carrying the
Canes, and then walked to Monmouth Junction.
three miles. west. There he learned that no
trains from Baltimore stopped there. and con-
clu led that his friend Smith had been carried
through to JERSEY City. On Wednesday night
he slept in q barn and on Thursday night he did
the same.
On Thursday he met three white fellows. to
whom he sold the canes for 65 cents. He lott
cred about the neighborhood, begging his meals
and making frequent inquiries about trains.
The detectives do not charge jackson with the
Thursday night job. but nay that In the attempt
on Wednesday night twelve spikes had been re-
moved from the east bound passenger track. A
track walker who had not heard OF the OH
etruction made tho discovery on Thursday
morning. Several passenger trains had passed
over the track by that time. and the outside rail
was badly bent.
At 100 Railroad avenue. Jersey City. Henry
jackson IL not known.