The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-19
Great Pile of Wreckaqc.

Hundreds of people from Cairo
VISITED the scene of the wreck during
the day. 1t presented bad appear
ance. Both locomotives were badly
damaged, the M. & o. engine being
almost a total wreck. The smoke
stacks Of both engines after the
wreck were within a foot or two of
each other. but the engines were at
right angles to each other. There
were several lumber cars in the
wreck and lumber was scattered in
all directions. The wrecking train
went TO work at O'Clock, and at 4:S0
O'Clock yesterday the track was clear.
ed. Both locomotives were brought to
Cairo and placed in the NJ. & o.
freight yards at the foot of Eighth
street, All trains on the M. G. o.
during the day were .etoured t-sss
the Illinois Central between Cairo and
Murphyrsboro.
Operator Arrested.
Operator Charles e. Clark is in 1t
bad He was arrested yesterday af-
ternoon by Constable Wilson OF
Tamms and brough, 10 Cairo and
placed in the county jail. At the first
knowledge of the disaster Coroner
McManus and DR.. w. f. Grinstead
went to the scene of the wreck. The
dead men were ordered sent to Cairo
the only man injured, Engineer Burg
dorf, was ordered sent to st. Mary's
infirmary
When Drg McManus arrived at
Beech Ridge he found the operator,
Clarke, still under the influence of
liquor and not able TO give any state
ment that would vindicate himself. He
was ordered placed under arrest by
the coroner.
Prisoners Story.
Clarke was seen in Jail by a Bul,
letin reporter. He stated that he
lived in Cairo with two sisters, Mrs.
Alvey and Mrs. Reynolds, at S2l5
Park avenue; that he was So years
old and had been telegraph operator
for fifteen years, having been employ
ed at various times by the I. c., Big
Four, M. & O. and other roads. His
home was formerly at Grayson
Springs, KY. He has a sister living
there, and also has a brother, William
at Paducah, KY, who Is employed in
a wholesale house.
Is an Ex.Convict.
Some inside history was furnished
the Bulletin by man who has known
Clarke for many years. He says
Clarke is not his name; that his real
name is Charles E. Rogers. Rogers
Killed blacksmith at Graysop Springs
about fourteen years ago while in a
drunken quarrel, knocking his, victim
in the head with arwagon spoke. Fol-
this crime Rogers served term Of
seven years in the Eddyville, Ky. pen
itentlary. Why Rogers changed his
name to Clarke Is not known. 1t is
presumed tnat the cnange was made
because he had been in bad favor with
the railroads on account of the crime
he had committed, and also because
of the Order of Railway Telegraphers
OF which he had been a member.
Rogers Is man about 80 years oi
age, rough looking an. not very W II
edlsata1, NJ enc w,tlG take him to
be \ telegraph C,vAtoT. He says Lt
has been in Cairo for the past eleven
months, and has beer ealp!oyel occa'
sionally at Davis Junction.
Coroner's Inquest.
Coroner McManu., held an inquest
'lpoh he bodies the four victims oi
he wreck yestaraay afternoon at Mrs
Fer.n's . undert King establishment
The Jury was colp Used of the fol
iow.rs citizens: Gas. w. Swobtia
Il was sitting in the cupalo of the
'caboose when noticed the black sig
mails we're all right from Davis Tower
Ito Beech Ridge, When the collision