Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-17
TRAIN WRECKERS CAUGHT.
Ono Of Tho Villains Fatally Shot
While Trying 10 Escape.


ST. LOUIS, June l7.--B. p. Garner,
car accountant OF the Wabash rail-
road. with Officer In East 81. Louis,
brought to this CITY today details OF an
attempt to wreck and rob q Baltimore
and OHIO South western passenger
train on culvert between Odin and
Salem, ILL.,, about sixty-Gve miles east
OF 81. Louie.
Mr.. Garner Ia bro ther of A. 9.
Garner, ex.city marshal OF Salem, who
was Sheriff Bsrnes's lieutenant in
thwartinK the wre cker's plans.
Mr.. Garner said three men were in
volved In the attempted wreoking and
two were csught,ons being fatally shot.
The would be robbers are residents OF
Salem and were known about the
village rs hard characters. A be Tweed,
the rObber who WAS shot, was out on
parole from Chester, Ills, pen ite ntiary;
Thomas Schumacher, the other man
captured, 10 an ex-0onvict from the
Indiana penitentiary.
These two men, the one who escaped
and q fourth, banded together not long
ago to do regular business IN the
criminal line. They were to deal In
everything from petty larceny "a, train
robbsry. Alter they had Planned to
hold up the Now York express on the
Baltimore & OHIO South western, the
men had difference and broke up In
q row. One OF them toll Bherif Bar
mes, upon the sherfi's promise to pro.
tect him anu not divulge his name, o.
the plan to wreck and loot the train,
but said he did not know the date ana
place selected. lie promised to find
~ "a NJ he lint. La
kept his word.
SAID hs was sorry he hau lett them and
begged to be let In on the fat thing
they were about to pull of. The rogues
relented, took back into their fold the
dessrter and then proceeded to lay
bare the plot. The night New YORK
express was selected ne the train liReIy
TO yield the best haul anu the Shnnna-
felt culvert, mid way between DIN
and Salem was picked out as the best
and SAFEST spot.
All day Wed nesday the men hauled
railroad ties to the trestle. Ab0ul 4
O'Clock in the afternoon the man VINO
peaohed, who by some pretext was
excused from the days work, reported
the situation 10 Sheriff Barnes.
The sheriff collected a party OF elk
men and started from Salem along the
track. About 1880 when they came
near bhennafelt culveIt the three rob.
beIs could be seen AID almost in the
center OF the tresile wac q high pile OF
lies thrown ACROSS the express trains
track. The wreckers were gathered
together on side OF the em6an kment
In convenient positions to Jump aboard
the cars as soon as the train came to
stsnustill.
Sheriff Barnes and his posse got
within thirty yards OF the wreckefs
before they were discovered. When
they saw they were caught, the
wreckers ran down the embsnkment.
The express train was now due In
about tweAty minutes. berdiDg back
two OF his men 10 flag the traia, the
| sheriff, Mr.. Garner and two others
went after the fugitives.
"HAn." called out Mr.. Barnes, and
one Of the wrecksrs, who turned out to
be Schumacher, surrendered. The
other two continued and Garner fred.
A man VINO proved TO BIZ Tweed isll
anu Garner sent two more bullets after
his fleeing partner. Neither shot took
effect and tho man escaped.
Tweed cannot live. Both robbers
aumitteu tuat tHey ihtouuuu 10 TOD tut
train, but denied that they wished 10
| detail the engine or touch any OF the
money In the TX Jress car. They said
they had designs only on the eccu-
panis Of the SIX or seven sleeping cara
aud placed The ties on the track only
| to force the engineer 10 come 10 n
Stop. Thea they were to board the
| siespers, lock & o conductors and por.
ters In the toilet rooms anu RIB tse
passengers.
1t ia ssid that the train which left
| at. Louis Wednesday evening carried
more tnan 100000 In the express Car.
The trainmen are Confident that II the
engine had run into the pile Of Ties II
anu several oars would have been de-
| rallied and thrown down the embauK-
ment, entailing u great less OF life.