The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-09
ED TURNER
SAID TO BE In SERIOUS TROUBLE
IN MEXICO.
Reported That He Is TO be shot for
Causing Collision.

A report was circulated by some Of the
| Missouri Pacific train men yesterday to
the effect that Ed Turner. a well known
engineer, formerly with the Missouri
Pacific at this place, had been sentenced
to be shot by the Mexican authorities at
Vera Cruz for having been in some way
| implicated in the causing of wreck on
the Mexican railway on which he had
been employed as an engineer. SO far
! as could be learned the report went on to
say in substance that Mr.! Turner was
pulling heavy freight Into the division
headquarters at Orlzaba, when, his train
eollided with a passenger train, killing
a fireman and MORALLY wounding several
others. Turner and the engineer OF the
other train were arrested and taken to
Orizaba, and the report went out that
both were condemned to be shot. An
other report came yesterday that Tur-
ner was sentenced to prison for life.
Mrs. Turner, who lives the third door
north from the corner Of Second and
Wichita street, was seen by a reporter
for the Eagle last evening and asked If
she had heard OF the report. She said
that she had not heard of so serious a re-
port as the one related, but admitted
that her husband was in trouble at ORR
zaba for being in a wreck and that the
other engineer was also IN prison. She
said that she had received a letter from
Mr.. Turner a week and a half ago, in
which he stated the nature of the trouble
and expressed the opinion that he would
-. - l..
were only holding him as a witness. He
said that the wreck was wholly the fault
of the other engineer, who had been
given a sentence of three years. TIL
wreck occurred on March 20. and he ex-
pressed his dissatisfaction with the tardI-
ness of Mexican courts. Mrs Turner said
she had answered her husbands letter
and expected a letter fom him within a
few days, when she would surely know
the facts about him. She said Mr.. Tur-
ner wrote that he was injured in the
wreck and had to be taken to the COM
pany's hospital.
The law in Mexico deals very severely
with trainmen who are in the least man
ner responsible for a wreck, and several
engineers have been shot for ditching a
considered almost certain death to be
caught in a serious wreck, and only
few weeks ago the press reports gave an
account OF an engineer who deserted his
crew and train in order to escape to the
United States in order to escape an igno-
minious death for an accident for which
he was in no way responsible. 1t was
thought yesterday by trainmen who are
friends Of Mr.. Turner that he may be n
victim Of the same vengeance which has
been dealt out To others. even though he
be innocent of any wrong.
Turner left Wichita last October to 60
to Mexico. where he soon secured en-
ployment He is said To he a splendid
engineer. The trainmen who were assoc
ciated with him all speak in the highest
terms of his ability. Mrs. Turner lost
one of her children by death two weeks
ago and has had a great deal OF trouble
since her husband went away. and she
said last evening that he had written
that ne would return to the United States
just as soon as he got out Of his present
trouble