Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-28
gAuGHT ROBB|NG The DEAD
farmer Boys Arrested at the
Wabash Wreck.
DEAD NUMBER FOURTEEN.
.Gorr Others Are Fatally Hurt, Eleven
Seriously and Thirty slightly Injured
--Hcrotsm OF Eourteen- Yoar-O ia
,Newsboy Who Was BADLY Hurt.

Seriously and Thirty sH&nty A"Ju'0u
--Hcrotsm or gourteeu- Year Old
Newsboy Who Was Badly Hurt
Peru, Ind, June 2S.-Late reports
show that fourteen persons killed, four
Others fatally hurt, eleven seriously
and thirty slightly injured. is the re-
suit of the accident on the Wabash
railway at point nine miles west OF
this city.
David Tucker and Ernest thinner
man. farmer boys, were arrested at the
scene of the wreck, charged with rob-
bling the dead and injured OF money
and valuables. Two policemen were
at the wreck, and but for their deter
mined attitude the prisoners would
have been roughly handled by an In
dignant crowd.
Perhaps the most heroic figure OF
the disaster was John F. Williamson,
the 14-year-old ,newsboy. Both arms
and legs were broken, and he was ter
ribly bruised and crushed. When the
surgeons approached him and attempt
ed to afford some relief the little fel-
low was cheerful and willing to submit
to amputation, but said it was OF no
use, as he could not live. It was SAID
at the hospital to-day that he was the
most cheerful patient there, although
he has no chances to recover.
Partial List of Injured.
Following is partial list of the in
jured:
Mrs. William Gotten, wife of the
general superintendent of the Iron
railway, considerably bruised by vio-
1ence of the shock while lying In the
berth Of Mr.. Cotten's private car at
tached to the rear end Of the train.
Three children slightly bruised, but
not serious
David Agnew, Green Oak, Ind, right
arm badly bruised.
John O'Mara, Denver, Col, right leg
Broken.
Italian laborer, name unknown, New
York, flesh of right leg and right SIDE
of body badly torn.
Nicola Poasa, shoulder badly bruls-
ed, also head.
John Ickes. New York, badly hurt
about body and head.
Anna Juber, St Louis, head badly
bruised.
Joseph Pozze, Trinidad. Col, head
and left foot injured
Herbert Menger, Hillsdale, Mich,
slight injury about face
Joseph Cruise, italian laborer, New
York city, head and body bruised and
left leg.
Matte Cruise, wife of Joseph Cruise
face, head and body badly bruised; will
die.
George S. Miner, Alton. Ill.,, left leg
broken.
John F. Williamson, Bowling Green,
O.. fourteen years old, newsboy on
train, both arms, both legs and
right shoulder blade broken.
E. P. Claugh, Toledo O., back of
head badly crushed, right side and
right shoulder blae broken
John Wilkins. Lafayette, Ind right
arm and shoulder broken.
J. B. Wood, Logansport, Ind, slight
ly bruised about left shoulder.
G. A Thompson, Little Rock, Ark,
bruised side and head.
William Brode, Angola. Ind, slight
iy injured on face.
CldIh dS lUl lLceoSiHopoit Ihbr p'1N
!y hurt in the head and body.
The Rev. Father Welsch, Logans-
port, Ind, right foot crushed
Walter Laid, Wabash, Ind. right leg
Injured
Charles Flarigan, fagman of train,
hurt about body.
yohn Adams. fireman of train, head
and shoulders bruised and torn
J. S. Butler, injuries side Of head.
J. B. Lucks, travelling salesman o.
Logansport, Ind. slightly injured.
In addition to those mentioned prob
ably twenty or more were inju ei.
Dead Not All Identified.
Miss Fanny Fuhlyne of New York.
E. K. Plough, express messenger.
The remainder were Italian emf
grants, whose names are as yet in
doubt. The injured Italians speak no
English, or pretend not to. and will
give no information.
Down TIL, Embanklne,t.
Train No 8 is one Of the oldest and
~one of the finest Of the limited of the
Wabash From this city west it is
made up Of two section=-one from
Detroit and the other from Toll do
and consists of ten cars. With COM
bined baggage car and express, one
combination, one day, one emigrans,
three chair cars three s}eepers and the
private car Of the general superiutand-
cent of the Iron Mountain system, Will
liam Cotton. The engine was in
charge of Engineer w. Butler and
Fireman John Adams. Both stuck to
their posts and, although the enigma
embedded itself in soft earth ct the FOO
of a forty-foot embankment, both es-
scaped with slight injuries. The train
was one hour late out OF the city. It