New Britain herald., 1914-07-06
TRAIN WRECkER MAY l 1 BE PROVED INSANE
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:f (Ccntinued from First Page.) |Vicinity of Danbury. He had given |np his job on his own accord.
 Prosecuting Attorney Gibney then a statement made by Cal |houn yesterday, in the presence of |Railroad beteNivessaJ. R. McMahon, Arthur B. 6eesy,J. JstDriscoll, James lCarron anal sHeriffssClarke, w. G. EGibney and J.Eies. C6mtey.
 It follows:
 | Calhouns Confession.
 My home, is in Bridgeport. Conn. Age 20 years Left Bridgeport Mon- day, June 29, 1914, went to New Ha- wen by hopping a freight, getting off at West Haven, arriving there at }noon. Stayed at West Haven until Fuesday. Left there for Meriden lbetween and 9 o'clock, hopping l lffeigfft. Arriving at Meriden at II or f12 o'clock noon, Tuesday, stayed in Meriden until Wednesday noon sleeping in a freight car at Meride-. Tuesday night. Wednesday, morning, istarted walking up track toward Berlin, leaving Meriden at G:sO by {A gentleman's watch. Ate. buns on )fhe way. Walked up track as far as
 
 tie and put it across the rails on ktrack and sat down on the tie to rest. Sat there a little while and then iwalked up the track short distance and sat down beside the track, got up And went up, track short way and then went down the bank. This was about 1000 feet from where the tie was placed across the track. Then waited. The engineer. stopped the train and ran to where the tie was and cursed and swore in a loud voice. tsO that I heard him. l did not no- stice how many passengers got off, did not see the cond uctor. I saw the en- zine when it hit the tie. Before plac- ing, tie, a freight came along which tried to hop. but could not on ac- count of it's speed. Put tie on rail simply to furnish a place to resr. Put tie on northbound rails upon Which the freight had gone. After !trainS had stopped and seeing en-~ gineer pull the tie from track. I start, ed running up the track toward Ber- Min and stopped. Then started and ran 1000 feet more, but stopped be- cause was all in and did not want section gang to see me running. went on to Berlin and sat down by the first brickyard north of the Berlin depot Stayed there about an hour and half. A freight was making up at Berlin that I tried to jump, but it pulled out too quickly. Then walked to Hartford and stayed at tlo Open, Hearth in Hartford, We'd sdesday night"
 Thursday morning started walking down toward Berlin en route to Bridgeport. Stopped at Cremo Brew ing company over night Thursday. Friday morning started and walked into New Britain and stayed there until noon and then walked across lots to Berlin. Struck. railroad track at stone culvert south of Berlin depot ard sat down on stone coping to bridge. While sitting here was ar- rested by young gentleman
 In answer to questions propounded to him by Chief Special Agent J. R. McMahon of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. Cal houn made the following statement:
 Put tie on tracks because I was mad that l was not able, to hop Freight. Expected to j see <. train wrecked and, if I had picked up Dewelry would have given back same. After placing tie, all my running was
 
 did not want anyone to see me-
 T make this statement of my own 6ree will without fear or favor or on the promise of any reward and also Eealizing that what may say can be- h1sed against me.
 ] JOHN c. CALHOUN"
 In the presence of:
 J. c. CONNLEY,
 W. G. CHENEY,
 J. R. MCMAHON, 1; C., ARTHUR B. SEE. JAMES CLARK.
 J. J.fDRISCOIL,
 JAS. CARROLL.
 HJames F. Carroll, another railroad detective. stated on the witness stand that he held a lengthy conversation with Calhoun at the Berlin 1ockup Saturday afternoon. At that time the prisoner gave him complete. account of his at- tempt to wreck the train, his state- aments agreeing with those made in his written confession.
 i Calhoun Demonstrates to Detective.
 syMr. Carroll told of taking Cal- 1hOun to the scene of the attempted wreck yesterday afternoon. The lat- ter was able, without the slightest difficulty or prompting, to locate al- most the exact spot where the tie had been found. He showed a thorough knowledge of when and how the ob- struction had been placed on the rails, going so far as to drag another tie from the side of the roadbed and repeat his performance of Wednes- day. Oflfcer Carroll noticed that Cal noun walked around. looking for marks by which he might be sure he had located the exact spot in ques- tfon Furthermore, the prisoner showed how he had run up the tracks distance of almost thousand feet,