The San Francisco call., 1898-02-27
DYNAMITE : : PLACED "A j j ON
 THE RAILS Attempt to Wreck an Overland Train in
 Arizona. Tramp Seeks Awful Re- venge for a Faneied
 Wrong. First Blows Up a Section of the Track, Then Places More
 Explosives.
FOUND JUST IN TIME.
Track Walker Prevents Catas- trophe and the Culprit Is
 Captured.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WILLIAMS, Ariz., Feb. 26.-That section of the Santa Fe Pacific be- tween this point and Ash Fork known as the Hill" on which the late tunnel disasters occurred, came near being the scene of frightful wreck. The de- tals, meager and unsatisfactory, have been unknown untid to-day, when the fiend who attempted to wreak his ven geance on the railroad because he was elected from a freight train was brought to Williams from Congress, where he was captured after hard chase by the Sheriff.
 When the freight train in charge of Conductor Low was ready to proceed westward from Crowley boxcar pas senger was discovered crouching be- tween the cars and was elected from the train As he alighted on the ground he cursed the crew and the railroad company, avowing that he would have revenge, and had it not been for the timely arrival of the track walker his revenge would have been the demolition of the WeStbound eX- press, No. l, which was due in fifteen minutes. The track walker made the y of track had been blown up and that ten feet of the rail was missing and a piece over a foot In length was found fully POO feet from the scene of the ex- plosion. There were evidences that enough dynamite had been used to cause wholesale destruction. The sec tion man found two sticks of dynamite under the head of the switch stand.
 He Jagged the train and immedi- 6iCnnUarN if Cameron was notified. The Sheriff followed the culprit to Ash Fork and thence to Jerome Junction, where he lost him in the darkness. He was To- cated later at Congress, where he was arrested. The railroad is determined that he shall be punished to the full extent of the law, and besides District Attorney Clark, E. l.. Doe of Flagstaff was retained as prosecuting attorney Oscar Gibson and J. E. Jones of that place represent the defendant
 Public feeling runs very high and had the fellow been captured at the time of his crime he would have fared badly at the hands of the train men and the citizens, who plainly showed their feeling at the trial. The express train was unning down hill at the rate of fifty miles an hour and had it crashed into the break in the track, with two sticks of dynamite ready to explode when it passed over, the loss of life would have been appalling. Such a crime but a few years ago in Arizona would have been the signal for lynching, but in these later days justice is allowed to take it's course
 At the hearing 1t was shown that the dynamite used by the man was ob- tained by him from the rock blasting near Ash Fork, where he had been em- ployed short time before He seemed to thoroughly understand it's use and evidently was prepared in case he should be thrown from a train. At the hearing he showed no feeling what ever and did not seem to realize the extent of the crime that he had com mitted, having the idea that he was justified in his revenge. His only re- gret was that his diabolical scheme had not been successful. After the evidence was all in he was placed un- der $5000 bonds to await trial He was escorted to the train and taken to FlagStaff