Evening journal., 1896-05-19
TRAINS ARE IMPERILED
DISTINCTIONS Were Placed on the
Lackawanna Track.
ALLEGED wREOKERs ARRESTED.


Narrow escape OF Express Trains From
DeraiIment Ieg OF Powder Placed on
the West shore Railroad 1t Was struck
by a swiftly Moving Train.
JERSEY CITY, May 19-Ono OF more at
tempts have been made to wreck a train
OF trains on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad. At Boonton and
Dover IL IS claimed that there were two
attempts, and at Hoboken only one IS adj
mitted. Tho railroad officials sought 10
cover up the occurrence at first, but super
intendent Andrew Reasoner finally ad-
mitted that thoro had been an attempt to
wreck the Boston flier.
There are several stories Of the affair.
Two miles below Boonton is Montvale sta
tion. Some one jammed a stone IN the
switch from near the station. Tho engi-
neer OF west bound train as he approach
cd the switch saw two men running
away Then the switch frog came into
view under the headlight of his engine.
There was an obstruction in IL, and a mo-
ment later the engine struck the frog. Tho
stone was crushed and the train crossed
without derailinR The train was stopped,
and what remained OF the stone was taken
TO the Boonton station and turned over to
the agent. A trackwalker who passed the
frog short time before the train re-
ports that the frog was oil right and per
fectly clear when he examined It.
The Boston flier one OF the fastest
trains on the road, reached the Montvale
depot half an hour later. The train leaves
the Hoboken depot at half past and
makes fast time IL stops only at Passaic
and Paterson before reaching Boonton.
The fler pulled out of Hoboken on
time Frank Garland of Paterson was the
engineer The heavy train Of vestibuled
cars was heavily loaded with passengers.
When the train reached a point close to
whoro the FIRST train encountered the stone
in the frog, tie engineer saw pile OF ties
on the rails ahead Of him. 1t was too lato
for him TO stop his engine. He therefore
put on more speed and drove into the OBJ
struotion, with everything wide open. at
moro than 60 miles an hour. AS soon as
possible Garland shut off steam applied
the brakes and brought his train to a
standstill The train was delayed but a
few moments. The engine front was
slightly damaged.
A Suspicious circumstance.
A Hungarian limped into the Boonton
station about half an hour afterward with
badly injured leg. He was sent to the
hospital in Paterson.
At Hoboken the railroad authorities
tried 10 deny tho story. One Of the officials
admitted. however that 'our detectives
are investigating the matter" Later Su-
perintondent Andrew Reasoner admitted
that there had been an attempt His story
was somewhat different from that told at
Boonton. Instead of hitting the pile of
ties, no said the engine was stopped be-
fore it reached tho obstruction, and in his
story the pile OF ties dwindled TO one,
which he said. might have been acciden-
tally dropped from a construction train.
At Boonton the railroad duteotivos made
four arrests. All were Hungarians. James
Nenne, q roadmaster, arrested John Ma
rous, and John Leonard, trackwalker
arrested three others. They were arraign-
cd in the afternoon before Justice Antho-
ny in Boonton. The men arrested by
| Leonard were permitted to depart, having
proved that they had nothing TO do with
the attempts TO derail the trains. Ma
rons was held for the grand jury and sent
to the county jail at Morristown.
The point where the attempts wero
made IS a lonely one on the main line of
the road, and fast time is always made.