The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-01-11
WRECK AND MURDER
ATTEMPTED by FORMER sOUIa.
ERN RAILWAY FIREMAN.
Diabolioal Crime Was frustrated by
the Runaway Train Running
Into Two Engines.

BfanCnVlJ0 friday evening, DeOem
Der 20, had q narrow escape from be
ing wrecked by o runaway train sent
out from Augusta by Royal Sogo, .
former fireman Of the Southern Rail
way, for THAT express purpose. i,
seems that Sego had some grudgt
against Engineer Oliver Ewing, whit
was running the engine attached &c
the passenger train, and in order &c
iDjure him opened the throttle OF ar
engine in the railroad yard at Au.
gusta and started it on Its GRAND o.
destruction, thereby imporrilipg the
life OF every passenger as we'll as the
Grew Of the passenger train. The fol.
lowing account of the attempted
crime, which we take from the Au.
gusta Chronicle Of last Friday, viii
BIO read with interest:
Royal Seg0, o white man al out &c
years old, was arrested yesterday by
Constable Kslly and taken to MagiB.
trate Nurnburger's office, between
2.30 and 3 o'Glook, charged with hsy.
Ing opened the throttle OF the engine
which pulled the run away train out
OF the Southern coach yard last Fri.
day night and which was only pre-.
vented from wrecking tho incoming
passenger train by colliding with en-,
ginas 3045 and 1404 on Washington
street, between Broad and Reynolds.
Sego ia q former fireman Of the
Southern road, and he claims that the
company owes him to tba amount Of
$685. 90. He was arrested on q warrant
sworn out by the railroad company.
Judge w. III. Nurnburger being the
magistrate, the evidence warranting
the Issuance Of the paper having beon
furnished by M. E. Boyett, an em.
ploye Of the road.
Boyett states that q day or two age
Sego came to him and stated that he
was guilty Of opening the throttle OF
Southern engine No. 1852, tire one
which pulled the train of two oars
through the heart Of Augusta. Sego
stated that IL the two freight engines
had not been IN tho track at the time
of tho collision, he would "sure have
got Oliver ERing." Oliver &c wing ie
the engineer who was pulling No. II
last Friday night. the passenger train
from Branohville. and which train
would have oollided with the runaway
engine and coaches, II 1t had not been
for the preBence Of the two freight en-
gines In the path Of the runaway.
B-yett also states thab SeK0 en-
deavored TO persuade him to aasisb In
der2iling another train, but he says
that he refused to accept the fallow,s
a!llanouB Initiation. When the al.
thorities Of the road heard Of the
statements which had been made to
Boyotb, and investigation was held,
and the arrest Of Sego was the result.
He was arraigned before Magistrate
Nurnberger ehortly after 8 O'Clock,
but in default of bond he was commit
ted to jail.
When making his statement to
Judge Number, Sego absolutely de-
MED that he had made any statements
whatever TO Royett, and vehemently
claimed that he was innocent. Boyett
says, on the contrary, that Sego even
went 80 far as to describe his manner
of starting the engine, saying that be
S 1eaked up on thu e%ngineor'R side Of
the cab, pulled the throttle half way
open, and then jumped Off. He then
ran into one Of the nearby trainmen's
shaoks, and the suspicious OF the man
inside were aroused, but he paid no
especial attention TO the matter.
Considering the fact that the charge
is n OF the most serious which can
be brought againot any man, 1T Ia
generally thought that, In case he is
proven to be guilty, he will received
o very heavy sentence. 1t ia said that
Sego is at times slightly demented.