Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-01-01
By Associated Press

TRENTON, Mo-, Dec. 31.-Three
persons, two of them women, were
killed, and at least 43 injured,
three seriously, when the Rock Is
land passenger No. 8, California
Special, westbound from Chicago,
was wrecked two miles south of
here this morning.
The cause of the wreck is un-
known, although it is believed to
have been caused b. spreading of
the rails. While the train was
running at high speed the engine
and tender left the track and
plunged over a five-foot embank-
ment. They were followed by two
baggage cars, mail, tourist and
Pullman car. OF the entire train,
only the sleeper and observation
cars remained on the track. Soon
after the train left the rails fire
broke out, and the three who lost
their lives were badly burned.
had scorched their clothing or
e"reea Their l1ess 9ayid siegsl Ct
to walk the streets" was the Coz
Guiding remark of Gilbert. This re-
mark had been made dozens of
times before and naturally caused
us to laugh, but had we known
for moment that an attempt was
to ba made on the life of Golden,
We would have been the first nan
to Interfere, no matter whether the
victim was deserving of the fate
or not. Tom Kendall happened to
pass at that time and to him we
told of the remark as made by
Gilbert.
Mr. Kendall evidently considered
it a good joke. for he too laughed.
The first intimation that we had
of the affair was when informed by
Chief of Police Ed Malley some
twenty minutes after the event. If
Mr. Golden so desires, We will fur
nish him with sworn affidavits. The
people of Tonopah and in fact
southern Nevada know the true
circumstances. A great deal of in
dignation was expressed by the citi-
zens of this city yesterday over the
article in the Reno paper and while
we are not attempting to toot our
own horn, there was not a single
individual who did not detect the
falsity of Golden's story. The pro-
prietor of this paper is one of the
best law abiding citizens in the
state of Nevada, believes in pro-
tecting the holdings of others and
to keep down crime. The Bonanza
published a truthful statement on
the following morning of the at
tempted killing of "Dolalr for Dol
lar" Golden. The paper was on the
streets at o'clock in the morning
and the train that carried the ex-
president of the Nye and Ormsby
county bank from this city to his
Reno home, did not depart from
Tonopah until 8 a. M, four hours
later. If he had been maligned
and slandered why did he not make
signature? The people of Tonopah
know Mr.. Golden and the cool re-
ception received by him during his
stay of less than "a hours will con-
firm his opinion of their true con-
ception of his manhood's worth
Again, Mr.. Golden, why did you
not make good to your former
friends, as your repeated kilograms
said you would on your oft re-
peated wires, will be in Tonopah
tomorrow, or in day or two?"
Golden cannot malign or slander
the publisher of the Daily Bonan-
"a, for in estimation the editor of
this journal stands in the minds of
the people of Nevada as an ele-
phant compared in size to that of
fiea-size Golden.
And again, Golden, you were told
when you asked your friend What
did Booth say?" he replied, ."He said
nothing but walked away Can
you deny this?