Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-13
MOTORMAN IN HIDING.
Nav Return When Excitement SUB
sides-The Injured Doing We'll.

New York. Sept. 12.-That Motorman
Paul Kelly is still in New YORK ana Is
hiainr with the intention OF giving
himself I'D to the police whenever
non,,lar indignation cools enough to
r,ake such a surrender safe. is the
statement which the police. today. OBJ
tanned from the man with whom Kelly
srent the first few hours after yester-
davis accident and to whom Kelly dis
closed his intentions before his sud-
den disappearance, yesterday. This
man. Motorrnan George Hughes, was
taken into custody by the police. to-
day.
According to him, Kelly remained on
the scene of the accident for short
time after the accident until men who
were on the same car with the motor
man said: Take off that hat and coat
and get out of here quick. man. for If
the crowd recognizes you. they Will
kill YOU" Kelly told his friend that the
switch signals were set for right OF
way straight down the Ninth avenue
tracks.
Policemen watched every ferry and
railroad station in this city, last nlsht.
trying to capture Paul Kelly, the
fugitive motorman of the wrecked FL
evated Railroad train in which IL
persons were killed, but had not found
him, today. A general police alarm was
sent out calling for the arrest of KEEL
" on 4 charge of homicide. The fug1-
tive was a strike breaker. who entered
the company's employ six months ago
while a strike was in progress. and his
home was formerly in st. Louis. The
police of ST. Louis have been asked to
watch for him in the faint hope that
he may return to his former home.
Coroner Scholer today, urged the po-
| lice to make every effort to apprehend
| the missing man. 1t is expected that he
can throw a great deal of light upon
| the condition of the tracks and signals
| at the time of the accident. Kelly is
reported to have gone from his train to
his boarding house up town after the
| wreck.
Investigation of the wreck was taken
I'D. today. but the state railroad COM
mission. Commissioner Baker, who Wis
| tied the scene of the disaster. yester-
| day. said: I'VE will begin an immedi-
ate investigation and determine what
measures are necessary to safeguard
| the TOdu pdSSSIl6clS DIS NCii eiN
the responsibility for yesterdays acct
dent.
Fourteen of the persons injured ir
the wrecked train were still in the hos
| pital, today. Others had been removed
| to their homes during the night. their
injuries proving to be not serious. OF
those still in the hospitals. three were
SO badly injured as to make their re-
cOvery doubtful. They were William
| Engle, whose right leg was amputated;
Eliza Miner of Nyack, whose skull
was fractured and leg amputated, and
| William T. Niebuhr, who also suffered
| from a fractured skull. Several others
| we're suffering from very serious intu-
ries and their condition might at any
| moment become critical. Seymour Roe
| who had a fracture of the skull, was
one of these.
During the night the surgeons and
nurses of Roosevelt hospital were busy
with dangerous operations. One of the
most difficult was that performed up
on Mr.. Niebuhr. He had a fracture Of
the skull and several pieces of the bone
were pressing on the brain so that ire
banning was necessary.