Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-23
REVENGE MOTIVE
OF DERA|LERS
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ing. This car turned completely over and
the occupants were thrown from the
berths into heaps on the floor. After the
Arbella came the Bonheur, second
sleeper, which was also dragged from the
rails and rolled over on one side in the
ditch. Two other Pullmans which fol-
lowed the Bonheur were not derailed.
At once the oil from the tank of the
engine became freed and soon the black
fluid spread among the debris of the
twisted and broken cars. Had nre
started at that moment the train wreck
would have been turned into a horror OF
holocaust.
Terrible Scene Enacted
The shrieks of the injured men, women
and children rang out loud above the
noise of the escaping steam. Their cries
for help resounded on the still night ar
and they prayed to be released from the
cars which had been turned into prisons.
Doors and windows in the wrecked cars
had become jammed and men fought with
men in desperation as they sought to
gain some means of egress and to escape
to the open, whien meant life and liberty
for them.
Soon the work of rescue began, and out
of the chaos came system. Cool headed
trainmen took charge of the wreck and
within a few minutes the unconscious
forms of women and children were being
lifted to safety from the wrecked cars,
while unaccusstomed but gentle hands
administered relief where possible.
In the meantime word had been sent
to Los Angeles of the wreck and physi-
clans and nurses were soon on their way
to the scene with medicines and relief
for the sufferers
Victims Were Wanderers
At $3.50 o'clock train No. % appeared
on the scene and within half hour was
on its way back to Los Angeles with its
load of dead and injured. These sufferers
of the wreckers' insanity were at once
hurried to the receiving and Sisters hos
pitals; Later those who were only
slightly injured were sent to their homes
or hotels.
The two men who were killed in the
wreck, I; J. McMahon and j; Victor
taken to Bresee Brothers undertaking es-
tablishment and a coroners inquest will
be held on them today. They were me-
chanics and were probably on their way
to Los Angeles to seek employment. Both
men were riding the blind baggage
when the train went over the embank-
ment and were crushed beneath the ten
der.
Frank Naylor, the boy tramp who was so
severely injured in the wreck that all
hope of saving his life is despalred of,
was escaping from an officer who was
school Naylor was riding the brake
beam. He had been arrested in Santa
barbara and broke away from the police
Tor petty thefts.
After breaking from the officer the boy
went to his mother at her home in Santa
Barbara. Naylor told his mother he was
going to come to Los Angeles and find
his sister, Mrs. Frances Webster, who
lives on Gladys avenue. His mother gave
him 80 cents with which to purchase
breakfast and lodging. This was all the
money the bov had. Frank was the third
of Mrs. MAYORS sons. The other two
boys ran away from home and both died
while absent.
Yeggmen Are Blamed
Soon after word of the accident was
received in Los Angeles General Superin-
tendent r. H. Ingram visited the scene
and made a careful investigation of the
causes which led up to the wreck Mr.
Ingram then reported the facts as he had
learned them to General Manager E. E.
Calvin, and was authorized to offer a re-
ward of $4,000 for the apprehension of
the wreckers. When word of this reward
detectives at once gathered and with
boodhounds were soon on the trail of the
tramps suspected of the crime.
Lieutenant Williams of the local police
department at once assumed charge of
the manhunt and with Detectives Hos
lex and Ziegler made a careful investi-
cation.
The members of the train crew which
had the battle with the tramps the pre-
Vious morning were sought out and ques-
toned and good description of the
three men gained. 1t Is thought by the
officers who are investigating that they
were of the yeggmen type and of the class
of men who hesitate at no crime to gain
revenge.