The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
FAST TRANWRECKED
CHICAGO FLYER PLUNGEs INTO
 OPEN SWITCH.
One Person Was Killed Outright, wktie . Score Were injured sna Several of Them Prob
 ably Fatally.

Memphis. Tenn, Feb. S.--That th, train was deliberately wrecked Is tn,
 assertion of railroad officiais who in
 yestigated the derailment near Cols
 Water Miss, early today of nlinotl Central passenger train No. 2. north. bound. from New Orleans to Chicago
 The train ran Into an open switch and with the exception of two coaches
 was entirely wrecked. causing ths death of one trainman and the 4njufy of score of passengers and trainmen several of whom 1t Is believed are ia. tally hurt.
 The dead: Martin stanton, fireman Memphis.
 The more, seriously injured are:
 unknown. Italian: George Barnett engineer, 1904 Patton Avenue, Memphis badly scaided and bruised: !. A. Me- Donald, postal clerk. Raines' Station. Three or four other postal clerks are reported injured. | Relief trains were rushed from Mem- phis and Water Valley st the first news of the wreck.
 On the relief train, from Memphis went surgeons and Robert M. Beattio. tfe was at the depot to meet his wife when he learned of the wreck.
 The injured. George B. Matthews, ex- press man, legs broken: MuscoN Victo- ria. stealing ride, badly bruised and cut; George Barnett. Memphis. engi- lneer. badly. scalded. cut about the head; l.. F. Lieber, postal clerk. cut about the head and shoulders; Hugh wicliey. t82 Johnson Avenue. Memphis. badly hurt: J. F. Stevens. 1se Union Avenue. Memphis. bruised and internally in- tured; J. e. Neudorfer. superintendent, of the Rfississippi division of the Ilii- nois Central. knocked unconscious and badly cut about the face and head: N D. Cameron, Brownsville. Tenn- arm and face cut and teeth knocked out; H' T. Euges. negro porter, slightly hurt; J. T. Taibert, President Commercial National Bank of Chicago. slightly bruised; E. w washburn. instructor in chemistry, University of Illinois. Urbana. Ills, 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. Parkhurst, slightly injured. Ike Cohen, 161e South Compton Street, st. Louis, badly bruised about body and cut seriously.
 The train, travelling at e high rate of speed and thirteen minutes late. ran into what is known as cooked switeh--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 crash ed into the wall of a compress. The mall and baggage cars were spllntered and a Pullman sleeper and the library car were derailed.
 Two other coaches which made. up the train. remained on the track.
 Superintendent n. McCorts, who went to the scene early in the day, returned to Memphis late this afternoon and de- ciared that every indication was that the wreck was the outcome of a delfb- crate attempt. The position of the switch, one that had not been used for ueyefal days, he considered ample eyi- dence and stated that arrests would probably follow shortly.
 That the wreck was accomplished by a man who had been elected from a train of the road several days ago ia the belief of the railroad officials.
 The first word of the wreck came to Che Iilinois Central Of1ce long before dayDrealk. The police station was Ilo- titled and the round-up of officials and doctors was begun. It was Q few min. utes after daybreak when q special train pulled out and hurried south to the scene, Two men on, the special train who hurried to the scene with frantic interest were the conductor and eIlgi- neer. The engineer was Dave Barnett, whose brother was engineer or Che wrecked train. while conductor Jack crider in charge. knew his father-in- law. Captain Billy Woods. was In charge of the wrecked train and feared hIs own wife and baby were on it
 Barrett found his brother seriously hurt, Crider learned his wife and baby had not taken the train and that his father-in-law had escaped uninJurea;
 MT, woods, who is a well known Mis- sissinni politician. and former member og Governor vardamanas stan, was in The rear of the train. and escaped witn nothing more serious than Q shaking up.