New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-22
WATCHING FOR TRAIN wRECKERs
New-Haven Officials Think the Threat the
Work of a Demented Person.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BuxEI

New-Haven, Dec. 2l.-No new'facts came out here
tonight on the threatened attempt to blow up with
dynamite an Adams Express train on the New
Haven road fl order TO rob the car Charles s
Meen president of the road said tonight that the
Consolidated Road officials for several DAVIS had
been Watching, though they had little faith In the
threat that the train would be wrecked If s5O0O
was not paid They believe it all the work OF
demented person.
The first the New-Haven road officials knew of
the report was the receipt of a large placard
mailed in NewYork to President Mellen's office
On this placard the statement not written.
but pasted on in words cut from newspapers, that
unless 5000 was deposited in a certain place by
December 10 the Adams Express train leaving
New-York a II p. m would be blown to pieces with
dynamite. The message was turned over to Percy
r Hold, vice-presdent, who called in detectives
On December Is the express train of New
York at II p m was guarded all over the line
Detectives, heavily armed. accompanied the
Christmas valuables in the safe from New-York
TO Boston Nothing happened however. and the
though the detective force is kept on the watch
and; ana several men with bloodhounds are quartered
The dynamite found was not railroad dynamite.
Mr. Melen would not tell what division II was
round Thee have been several petty roberies en-
ne ~ foa1 late; and It IS thought all We're the work
was mailed to Fre5ident Meen when he was on
ne Northern Pacific but it is not believed here
Local business men and railroad officials were in
clHed tonight 20 treat he whole affair as hoax
At the local Offices of the New-York, New-Haven
and Hartford Railroad nothing known of the
threat to dynamite trains If $5Ou were not paid in
accordance with directions in letter made up OF
printed words cut from newspapers 1t posi-
BILE that President MeIIen had received such
threat, it was said. but if such the case it
was not known what he would do to prevent the
1ulnlment of the threat. II said that ii would
be impossible to patrol the tracks from here 10
Boston. There had been buwarks of logs
any other distractions found the tracks, how
ever, some ina ginative persons had declared.
and no train had been delayed for the last three
weeks.
1t would be possible for the Adams Express Com
pany to put more men in its cars. it said, with
out the knowledge of the railroad company. Presi-
dent Weir Of the express company. however, de-
clared that he knew of no dynamite plot.
1t was reported last night that party of Pinker
ton detectives were to leave the Grand Central
Station a late New-York, New Haven and Hart
ford train. bound for New Haven. in search of
gang of dynamiterS which threatened to destroy
the Adams Express train leaving New-York at
II p. and reaching New-Haven at 1:15 a
At the Grand Central Station nothing could be
learned of any such party of detectives. All Of
ficials about the station refused talk
pany of six mysterious looking boarded the
II: train for New-HaVen. and entered the smoker
1t thought that these the detec-