The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-27
$35O,OOO IN THE WRECK.
TRAIN WRECEING FOR RORBERH
SUGGESTED ny DEEPEN.
All tho Cash and Bonds Intnct-Two More
Bodies Found by Those Raising tho Train
from the Hudson-The Engineer HAD Re
versed isis EugIne-An Experts Examination

Der dead from the wreck OF the Buffalo special
has been Increased to-day TO twenty. When tho
day coach. from which all tho bodies were sup
posed TO have been taken, was lifted out Of tho
water the body of a man was found in II.
The man lay doubled up in tho aisle not far
from the rear end OF the car. lie was about %
years old, hve feet ono inch in height, weighed
about $50 pounds, and had black, somewhat
curly hair. black eyes. aud a black mustachc.
lie wore q gray outing suit and blue serge
trousers and waistCoat. HIS coat. Shoes, and hat
were found on one OF tho car seats. In the
pockets was found a purse containing six ten
dollar bills, q two-dollar bill. and a partly torn
accident insurance ticket. From q piece OF this
It could be made out that the ticket was issued
on Oct. %. tho day before tho accident. The
train arrived at Rochester on the evening
of Oct. % at 0!15 o'clock. Tho ticket
was for $500 and tho writing on It that
could be made out was Tissue to IL. l."
and Payable to Mrs. f." II is thought that
this body may DO that Of a mnn named Burns,
or Of another named Hubic, either OF whom, the
railroad officials have been informed. may have
loft Rochester on the Buffalo special. The body
was removed to Cold Spring this afternoon.
1t was At 3:l5 O'Clock this afteri,o n when this
body was discovered. For an hour before that
the wreckers had been at work rigging the
slings for the car. Al 2:45 the windlasses be.
gan working. and the car was lifted slowly
out OF tho water. Just MS the car
pwung clear OF the surface some one on
shore shouted: "There's an arm sticking
up in there" In a moment two of the wrcckcrs
climbed into the car through the broken win.
dow. A large crayon picture in a gilt frame was
found underneath tho mans body. Apparently
Iit was his portrait. II was not damaged; not
even the glass WAS broken.
Divers found that the locomotive was in three
I~arta anI thu tr,oGa pnar thn eNHr, fo..
feet further out was the body of the engine, aad
at a right anglo to Il and still further out lay tho
tender. The tender was. raised about 1850
~ss nat .dapaaaea i was psaI,Y aWSi @..S
sand and Undecided in this was a spruce tree
probably eight feet tall. The roots were on the
The engine was raised, pilot first. This, It ap-
higher the locomotive was raised The more bat.
tered 1t appeared: Inch by inch and foot by
foot the great machine, one Of the best that the
eators, was, Dr.. Depew. He had been in,
formed Of the hour when the engine would
De raised and he was there to inspect 1t. With
PIN was an expert engine builder from the FL
object was TO obtain from the engines condition
some notion OF the cause Of the accident
AS soon as the locomotive was out Of the wa
Ter the expert went out in a small boat. Il was
nearly 5 o'clock before tho examination was
s ShePP the EXPERT Der p ciI@Ss T1 np ' ths bsn 70 q s Tepe esis:
Wei, sir, { ere is no very serious. damage to
fhat engine. Both main rods and side rods are
SSSsotSssi. S % c,o 3Ss; ~asre .s'J '4sAs 20 De- inc
THANH God. John died at his post, That was
Eoice OF John Foyle's brother. who stood near
Nr. Depew.
The lever is at the running NOTCH contin-
bed the expert; that il. tie lover is six inches
Forward of the Quadrant. which shows that
lhut of, but her headway had not Oeen stopped.
IN my opinion the engine was not damaged a
particle when she lett the trayk."
THAT haAr9 mt my theory " aid nr nann-
1t shows that whatever obstruction there was
IN the track or whatever hole there was did not
rack. The place where she was found shows
Pat her Roadway carried her there"
prov an entirely new light on the cause OF the
fcident. ana wnich may lead to the discovery
h accident. for which nobody was TO blame,
re- really the result OF a plot II. SAID:
kan1t 10 cali your attention to what seems nns to me-
livery important m,tter. You can readily un.
frstand that tn bed of a railroad becomes
pc trains over the rails In tins the roadbed
kcones almost as hard as a rock.
I"That was the condition OF the roadhed when
pc accident occurred and where it occurred.
10 prove that it was as hard as a rock one
Ed remaining after tho piece gss broken oil.
the face of the part remaining was almost as
ke bed as IL It had been cut ID down snat BY great al
hisel. 1t looked like a rock that had been cleft.
m sG has been BEEN that ihs E she accid ePini %ns up aau 10 nv bg
Landslide. II there had been a land the
pee OF the bank that did not slide off into tho
Hver, or somewhere else. would have been an
"The only kind of a landslide that would
the roadbed left intact Is caused by a stick Of
Enamite; that would do 1t. We may learn
k%rnething that will startle US before we have
I"This morning. after a talk with ono OF Hum
hrey,s men. l sent word TO him TO employ all
Pssible means at his m to discover il
here Is any ground whatever for the theory
E 41 iea' pl eeo'q stranE whs enough tns 5ei I Ieo of 4
sending these instructions to our CHEF detec-
lye. that he has had reason to suspect some
ping of the kind for some time. What this rea-
ply learn when I see Humphrey again,
While Mr.. DSpew was talking tie mud on the
BAR end OF the engine had been sloughine of.
Edlenly some one on shore cried:
brow s a rope = q Sisy OF s.'PiEP, Win S Ss in IN the e risser';
THE wreckers evidently had seen the body be.
Pore was. shouting one Of the derrIck's crew
Id SLIPPED a rope around tho body, which was
was the body OF TompEins. the drsmsn. ae0A
rom its position it is judged that the fireman.
petty In front OF the boiler door and on the plat
trm which separate the engine from the ten
Ataboqt 10, O'clock, this morning the Express
b. which had foated down stream a mile and a
las raised to a hOai. Ever since tho car
ts been In the water railroad detectives
fNo uctn BudIulnR IL. lCuhy elRnt OF tneTl,
kch armed with a brace Of revolyers. stood
bard on Ehore and Oh tho float while the car
las being raised. Besides these there were on
e roht II. g. Julier, general manager Of tho
PANS Express Company. and J. D.. Van Walk
e6nrg. superintendent at Albany.
When the car had been loaded on the hoat, 4.
Mcintosh. from tho Adams Express Com
hny's main off 90 in New York, openod tho two
pres that were in the car. In these were all the
loney, Jewelry, and other articles ofhigh value.
LIhe detectives formed a hollow square. facing
ht. while the safes were being opened. The
metals OF the company had receipts for every.
RIPE IN 10Th safes, and SO IL was possible to
liter the safes and their contents had been ex.
mined one OF the officers of the company made
his statement:
There, was In tho safes $500. 600 in bank
otes ana specie and $50. 900 in bonds. This
nd all the Jewelry in the safes were intact.
We have. besides making an examination OF tho
Afee, inventoried all the cash packages. Wo
nd that. AS near as we can estimate, packages
n value between SIS, 600 and 10000 are
Kissing. These packages were carried as ordi-
airy express matter and probably they foated
ut Or the car into he river and are lost"
When II became known that the safes in the
xpress car had been opened, a rumor became
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