The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-27

of Sheriff Josephson of Box Elder
county, who served It upon NauShton
In Ogden shortly after 4 o'clock yes
terday and he was taken TO Brigham
City on the Cache Valley train at
5.35 p. m
Since the morning of the terrible
accident Naughton has remained In
Ogden awaiting whatever decision the
coroner's jury arrived at. The fact
that he made no effort to leave the
city Will probably be much in his ia
vor when the case is called for trial.
II Is stated that when he was asked
whether be would leave ogden or not,
after being dismissed from service by
the Southern Pacific company he re-
marked that he would stay and take
his medicine"
The past two days Nauehton and
his wife were In Salt Lake City but
returned TO Ogden yesterday
The two were walking up
the street from the depot when
Sheriff Josephson, who has been in
Ogden looking for the man, accosted
Naughton AS soon as the sheriff told
him he was under arrest. the tears
came TO his eyes as well as those of
his wife. Between choking sobs the
former railroad man answered that
he was expecting and had been un-
der terrible strain while awaiting the
action of the authorities. He told the
officer that he was ready TO accom-
pany him. but asked that he be al
lowed to attend to a few matters be-
fore leaving. The grief stricken cou-
pie then attended TO whatever af
fairs they had to and which demand
ed immediate attention and then re-
turned to the depot to accompany
the onlcer 10 Brigham City.
May Get Bail.
Naughton will be arraigned before
the justice OF the peace at Brigham
City this morning and his bond fixed
The arresting OF William Naughton.
ex-rallroad brakeman. is a sequel TO
one OF the most disastrous wrecks
that has occurred on the Salt Lake d.
vision OF the Southern Pacific railroad
since the terrible explosion at Jack
son. six miles west OF Lemay. where
the last wreck occurred. The Jack
son wreck occurred February 19, 1903
during the time the cutoff across the
Great Salt Like was being built. In
that wreck thirty.three lives were lost
and twenty-five were injured The
cause of the catastrophe was caused
by the upsetting Of stove In a Greek
outfit car, the car catching fire and
spreading to a car which contained
about nifty thousand pounds OF pow
der The powder exploded and rail-
road buildings rolling stock and hu-
man beings were scattered over the
country for more than q half mile.
Wreck One Of Worst.
The Lemay wreck which occurred
week ago last Monday morning will
probably go down In the history as
ono OF the most fortunate wrecks that
ever occurred In the intermountain
region and possibly the United States.
The two steel mall cars next TO the
engine Of the passenger train which
collided head-on with freight train
standing upon a side track. saved
the lives of ten mail clerks and about
forty passengers. AS a result OF the
collision the two mail cars were
thrown from the track and stripped
Of their trucks while the other
coaches of the train only had few
windows In the yestibules broken.
The victims OF the wreck were En-
giueers Hinley and Reardon, Fireman
BiXler and Freight Brakeman Kroll.
All met deaths in different manner.
The one farthest from the engines
was mutilated while the engine men
were scalded and bruised internally
KToll was about eight car-le1gths
from the engine and while standing
between two cars fixing a drawheod
was caught and crushed Reardon
had his neck broken and died instant
ly. Bixler was severely scalded and
died about four hours after the acci-
dent occurred. Ilialey had his legs
broken, received internal injuries and
was scalded and lived for fifteen hours
after the accident
Following the accident the Southern
Pacific officials convened a board OF
inquiry which found that the switch
had been left open by Head Brake
man Naughton. that the light was
burning In the said switch lamp. The
engine crews of both trains together
with Conductor Tribe and Head
Brakeman Naughton Of the freight
train were held responsible and the
latter two were dismissed from the
service of the company