Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-17

fled the dispatcher Of his failure to
deliver No. SIS orders.
Lively says: II was dead for rest: I
went to sleep and did not give No
its orders. ] am responsible for the
wreck. ] will not rum away"
A warrant for the young mans ar
rest has been sworn out by the rail-
road officials. but he was allowed 10
continue at work all day.
He took charge of the key at Adobe
ten days ago. Without taking any
sleep he remained at his post Wednes-
day night, Thursday and Thursday
night He received orders from the
train dispatcher in this city to hold
the west-bound train at Adobe, but
when the train had passed he had
yielded to natures demands.
The operator was aroused by the
call of the train dispatcher, who asked
if the west-bound train had passed.
Replying in the negative, Lively went
to sleep again. A few minutes later
he was aroused from his slumber by
the conductor Of No. Is, another west
bound train, ana asked for orders. Re-
spending the operator handed the con-
ductor slip of paper in a mechanical
way, and dropped his head again, on
the desk.
Is Awakened Too Late.
"Why. man, these orders are for No.
3,' cried the conductor, and then the
young operator, who is % years old.
awoke to the horror Of, his position He
dashed his hand out ITO the key and
frantically began calling the train dis
tohn nd o. q ha ~
munication, notified that official Of the
terrible mistake he had made. 1T was
too late While the message was fash
ing over the wire horrible scenes We're
occurring but few miles away.
Work of clearing away the debris of
the wreck began at daylight. 1t is an
nounced that the wreck will be entire
ly clear and trains running tomorrow
noon.
The monetary damage to railroad
property is estimated at 100000. In
addition to this slll the baggage on No.
Is was destroyed, as well as the mail.
One Of the pathetic tragedies of the
disaster was the wiping out of all but
two of the family of Taylor Hewitt, Of
Lebo, Kan. Father. mother, daughter,
grandchild and the wives of the sons
are missing. The two sons. E. A.
Hewitt and w l.. Hewitt, are among
the inquired in the hospital here, each
OF them having leg fractures in addi-
ton to other injuries
Saw Wreck in Deram.
e. A. Hewitt said last night. "Adream
that had several months ago in which
our family was all killed kept coming
into my mind. i saw just as plainly
as later saw the real wreck every
thing that took place after the collis-
ion. went forward to my party. My
wife was sleeping; soundly. Our little
baby was just half asleep. Catherine
awakened and said Good night,
sweetheart leaned over and kissed
her and she smiled
IL sat down again and closed my
eyes, but In a few minutes was arous-
ed by a crash. When tried to move
found my leg was broken. I heard
my wife calling me but could not go
to her. Some one dragged me out. I
wife and baby, but nobody paid any
attention.
Il saw Fred Jones leaning out Of the
WINDOW OF the iDur1Mng car pleading Tor
some one to kill him. The flames shot
UP about him ana he fell forward
dead"
Hewitt and his brother will return to
their home in Kansas and bury their
dead.
In the front end Of the ruins Of the
smoker Of No were found the charred
hands of a man, crossed and held to-
gether by a. pair Of handouts. 1t is
all that is left to show that the con-
vict who was being taken to prison
was burned in the wreck. Near the
ghastly hands, were found two re-
volvers. the property of Deputy Sheriff
E. E. Baird, Of Denver, who was also
killed The prisoner might have es-
capped a horrible death but for the
handouts.