The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-09
Officials of the Road Declare That Some One Threw the
 Switch Open
FIREMAN IS KILLED AND
 MANY PERSONS INJURED
Entire Train Is Smashed Up With the Exception of Two Coaches-The Engine Is Turned Complete
 ly Over in Crash.

Memphis. February S.-That the train was deliberately wrecked is the asser- tion of railroad officials who investi- gated the derailment near Cold water, Miss. early today of Illinois Central train No. 2, northbound from New Or leans to Chicago. The train ran into an open switch and with the excep tion of two coaches was entirely wrec'ied. causing the death of one train hand and the injury of a score of pas sens CTS and trainmen, several of whom it is believed are fatally hurt
 The dead:
 Martin Stanton fireman, Memphis.
 The injured:
 George B. Matthews, expressman, legs broken.
 Musco Victoria, stealing a ride, badly bruised and cut.
 George Barnett, Memphis, engineer badly scalded and cut about the head.
 L. F. Lieber. postal clerk; cut about the head and shoulders.
 Hugh Wickley, 4S2 Johnson avenue Memphis; badly hurt
 J. F. Stevens, 196 Union avenue, Mem phis; bruised and internally injured.
 J. G. Naudorfer, superintendent of the Mississippi division of the Illinois Cen tral; knocked unconscious and badly cut about the face and head.
 Ed Cameron, baggageman; legs broken.
 Mrs. c. L. Harbert, Brownsville, Tenn; arm and face cut and teeth knocked out.
 eli t11r hurt.
 Frank Malone. negro. badly jared.
 J. T. Talbert, vice president Commer cial National bank of Chicago; slightly bruised.
 E. w. Washburn, instructor in chem istry. University of Illinois. Urbana H.; neck sprained.
 F. E. Lackman, St. Louis; cut in hand and injured about neck.
 Mrs. Eleanor Marx, New York city private secretary to pr. c. H. Park hurst slightly injured.
 Ike Cohen, 1519 South Compton street, St. Louis; badly bruised about body and cut seriously.
 The train was travelling at a high rate of speed and IS minutes late when if ran into what is known as cooked" switch-about half thrown the dan ger lantern only half showing and out of the vision of the engineer. The en- zine turned completely over and crashed into the wall of a compress. The mail and baggage cars were splintered and Pullman sleeper ond the library car were derailed.
 Two other coaches which made up the train remained on the track.
 Supt. H. McCourt who went to the scene early today, returned to Memphis late this afternoon and declared that everything indicated that the wreck was the outcome of an deliberate attempt. The position of the switch, one that had not been used for several days, he con- sidered evidence, and stated that arrests would probably follow That the wreck was accomplished by a man who had been elected from train of the road several days ago was the belief of the officials.
 News of the wreck spread rapidly in Memphis At first it was reported that as many as 45 were killed, and people with friends or relatives likely to be on the train thronged the offices of the H. Ijnois Central and the depots trying to get information.
 The first word of the wreck came to the Illinois Central officials long before daybreak The police station was noti- fled as the round up of officials and doc tors was begun. It was few minutes after daybreak when a special pulled out and hurried south to the scene. Two men on the special train who hurried to the scene with frantic interest were the engineer and conductor The engineer was Dave Barnett whose brother was engineer of the wrecked train, while ..4< IS~f1 l.. ahQ his father-in-law, Capt. Billy Woods, was in charge of the wrecked train and feared his own wife and baby were on 1t.
 Barnett found his brother seriously hurt, Crider learned his wife and baby had not taken the train and that his father-in-law escaped uninjured.
 MT. Woods, who is well known Mis- sissippi politician and former member of Governor Vardaman's staff, was in the rear of the train and escaped with noth- ing more than shaking up.