The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-27
THE WORK OF A MISCREANT
REPORT THAT THE HRECK AZ TGAR-
BISON WIS DUE TO DYNAMITE.

Body of the Fireman ReCOVered-Day
Coach and baggage Car Raised-Monoy
and yaIuables in Express Company's
Care safe-Eighteen Bodies Thus Far Re-
covered-Engine Still in River Bed.
New York. Oct. 27.-The Herald and
World this morning quote Chauncey M.
Depew, president of the New York
Central railroad, as saying that the
wreck at Garrison's last Sunday was
caused by dynamite explosion.
ANY one who is familiar with rail-
roading," said Mr.. Depew, knows that
the continual pounding of trains over
roadbed has the effect of beating it
down till it is like rock. That rock bed
has been in use for forty years and the
fact that it was like rock is shown
by the fact that Immediately after the
/ wreck, before the workmen had filled
in any, the break showed a clean cut,
perpendicular cleavage.
"The popular notion that this was
j due to landslide is not borne out by
this. When there is a landslide the
bank takes the shape of an inclined
4 plane. The fact that this was found,
d as it was, shows that the break must
have been formed in an unusual way.
q The only thing that could have done
1t would have been a stick of dynamite
Il rammed down into the roadbed. That
a would have done it.
''I do not say that we have evidence
y that such was the case but when
q sent word to our detective, Mr. Hum
oil
that line, he told me that he had rea-
II sons to suspect something of this sort
Fl before.
you must bear in mind that an hour
before a heavier train passed over the
n road in safety; that thirty minutes
& before that a train went up on the
other track and noticed nothing wrong,
and that nobody heard any report.
y Whatever caused the accident, it is
certain that the engine went clear over
II the obstruction and was injured after
it left the track"
Neither the main nor side rods were
n broken on the engine and the pilot was
practically intact, showing, Superin-
Il tendent Mccoy declared, that the en-
h gine had only been injured in rolling
down the embankment after it left the
N track.
X Garrison's, N. Y, Oct 26.-The event
" of this, the second day after the New
81 York Central railroad accident, was the
u raising of the day coach of the ill-fated
y train, the finding of an additional vic
81 tim there and the raising of the engine,
IA with the body of the fireman, John @.
II Tompkins, tightly wedged between two
81 masses of iron in front.
m 1t was shortly after o'clock when
"a the huge derrick brought up the day
" coach from the bottom of the river,
n where it had lain completely subnerg-
Il ed since the day of the wreck. Slowly
Il ly the great mass rose out of the water,
% and it was seen that, excepting the
IL smashed-in rear end and the hole in
4 the roof of the car, the car was intact.
ii At one of the windows appeared hu-
n man hand. The Wreckers tore aside
n the debris and soon had the body out.
~ A vigorous search was made and the
III entire fiXings of the car were removed,
y so that any body within sight could be
N reached TO the relief of searchers and
m watchers, no more bodies were found.
The body removed, making the sew
Il enteenth since the wreck and the TWEEN
u tieth known victim, was that of a man
4 of thirty-fve years Of age, dark, with
" short mustache. He was dressed in
y gray woolen outing shirt dark blue
N vest and trousers, a black nccktie and
II yellow socks. The shoes and coat had
III been removed and it was evident that
N the man had been sleeping when death
came. Whether he was killed 'by cor
" cussicn or whether he was drowned
never will be known. in one of the
n pockets of the vest was a wallet con-
tanning six ten-dollar bills and a two
dollar bill. All accident policy such as
are procured at railroad stations was
found in his pocket for the sum of $2,-
500 in case of death, but the last name
of payer and beneficiary were missing.
" All that could be read was ike r." as
II the purchasers name and Mrs. E." as
# the person to whom it was to be paid.
I The railroad officials are of the opinion
ii that the man boarded the train at
Rochester. The body was taken to the
RI coroner's Office at Cold Spring.
The contents of the car, other than
n the body, showed that the people had
H made a great rush for their lives.
N There were women's shoes and hats,
E six mems hats, a woman's coat, eight
gripsacks of various kinds, two mems
81 coats and many other garments.
III The other interesting ovent Of the
VI day was the raising of the express car.
N from which is was alleged that a large
u sum of money had been lost by the
IL dropping to the river bottom of small
II safe. General Superintendent Van Val
kenburg Of the American Express COM
n pany was present when the car came
and was ready to make an investiga-
e ton.
Il This car was the most badly damag-
Ii ed of any that had yet been taken out.
Is One-half of the car had been entirely
rs demolished and washed away. AS soon
as possible the car was searched by in
# ventory and then Mr.. Van Valkenburg
gave out this statement:
"None Of the vaiuables in the car
was lost. The big dynamite proof safe
was intact and fastened to the wall in
its proper place. The small safe, which
it was thought might have dropped out
of the broken car, was found in a cor
ner and the only thing of value known
to be missing is small package of
Il iewelry. OF course all of the merchan-
disc in the car has been destroyed, but