Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-02

the Arcadia station, Thursday
afternoon of last week at 4:15
o'clock. A pusher was helping
pull the train over the hills, and
was probably running sixty miles
an hour when the accident oc-
CURED. In some way or other the
passenger train engine jumped the
track and tumbled to the side of
the cut. The mail car, next to the
engine, was thrown twenty feet
into the air and out of the cut to
the side of the right-of-way. This
car was thrown to such an eleva-
ton that the telegraph wires were
broken in its upward flight. The
car was torn from its trucks and
badly damaged. The express car,
next in the train, was jammed into
the side of the cut, but not so bad
.ly damaged as the mail car. The
two day coaches in the train and
the DINING cal were also derailed.
The four Pullmans in the rear of
the train were not wrecked. w. j..
Edy, OF st. Louis, Mo-, engineer
on the passenger engine, was in
stantly killed, and it was an hour
or more before his remains were
recovered from under the engine.
1t is thought that the unfortunate
man was scalded to death, but he
probably received wounds that
would have proven fatal, too. w.
Heltibrand, fireman on the engine,
was badly bruised about the head
and face, but was not seriously
hurt. How he made his escape
seems wonderful, and he did not
know himself. But the engine fell
on the other side, and in some way
or other the fireman got out of the
cab, but was unconscious when
first found. There were five clerks
in the mail car. 1t seemed m!rac-
ulous, but excepting a few bruises
and scratches, none of them were
hurt. Riding in the baggage car
on a cot was a man on his way to
the hospital in st. Louis, who had
had both arms broken in a wreck
in Texas, but beyond being shaken
up considerably he suffered no in
Jury. There were probably two
hundred passengers on the train,
but none were seriously hurt.
Those in the forward coaches were
iolted around considerably, but
those in the Pullmans were hardly
disturbed. The tender of the
pusher engine, which was the head
of the train, was dragged from the
rails by the wrecked engine, but
the pusher crew stuck to the engine
and escaped injury. There was a
flat car between the pusher engine
and the passenger engine-this tc
facilitate the coupling as the en-
> gines were built so that they coulc
not be coupled together. 1t was
the general opinion that this fla
car occasioned the wreck. The
theory being that at the high rate
, of speed the train was running the
r cars weight was not sufficient tc
keep it on the rails and so the
engine in the real was wrecked
p The passenger train was in charge
+ of Conductor w. T. Lemasters
About ten o'clock Thursday eve
/ ming the passengers were trans
! ferred and sent to st. Louis, an
\ the injured taken to the hospital
n The deceased engineer was n o
$ the most popular mon on the roa
v and had many friends whereve
he was known. The wrecking GREY
q arrived here about four hours afte
n the wreck occurred, but it was nc
until late Friday evening that tn
track was clearedand traffic coul
st be resumed.
The following in reference to tn
Spaugh trial is taken from the las
issue of the Centreville Reforme,
10 "Mr. Edgarfor the State explaine
l. his interest in the case by sayin
that he represented the dead man
= father; had been hired by him t
lie see that justice "a melted out t
r the slayers of his son, but had n
d feeling against the defendant. Fl
Y. said the attorneys for the defens
le had tried to discredit Will Brown
1t testimony, but as a matter of fac
10 he said, Bill and Arthur ought
" feel honored by having Bill Brow
N for a friend. The speech of g!
r Congressman Raney of Way1
d, county was the greatest effort ev'
n. heard in our courthouse. His a
er raignment of the Spaughs ws
of terrific, and the defendant sat
at times with his head bowed and h
I'D face as pale as death. In the b.
il, ginning of his speech he apol'
1T, gized for the long delay in tt
lit trial, but said the State had n
ss been the cause of it. During Il
he two hours that he had the floor
ed held the closest attention. On
r once was there any interruptio
10, Two deputies had gone to the j
ne to lock Bill Spaugh in the ce
IS When they opened the door B
iff raised a yell that would have ma
ly a Commanche green with env
rs Several persons left the room
ID, see what had caused the distur
.es ance, but they all came back. n
nd Raney said he represented t
it dead mans widow and three lit
he orphan children, and had
yn apology to offer for it. He sa
he the defense had raised a no
en- about hired attorneys to assist
e. the prosecution. He recalled t
ng fact that eight lawyers had at o
yer time or another been in the 81
me ploy of the defense and So
/ it castically remarked that the d
10. tense had never lacked for couns