The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-31
EXPOSE PLOT
TO DYNAMITE
FAST EXPRESS
Chicago Police Hold Men
Charged With Trying to
Wreck New York Central
Train at Gary.
WRECK AT CINCINNATI
CBy Associated Press)

go ponce declared tney mad pared
plot to dynamite the Western Elk.
press" on the New York Central at
point between Gary, Ind, and Chicago.
The wreck, according to the police,
was to have marked the beginning Of
a new reign of terror on railroads
throughout the country
The Western Express" is a fast
passenger train which leaves New
York at 6 p. m. arriving in Chicago at
3:15 the following afternoon.
According to information which the
police said they obtained with the
arrest of the three men, the original
plan of the plotters was to blow up
the train last Tuesday
Change Plans
The change, police said, was caused
by the capture of four men accused
of wrecking the Michigan Centrals
Million Dollar Express" at Gary Aug
20, when two of the train crew were
killed
Frank R. Hartman was held as the
ringleader of the alleged conspirators
/ His companions are ]. ]. Boyle and
/ c. A. Lagham, who, the police said,
are striking New York Central shop
men. At least two other men believed
to have been in the conspiracy were
sought.
First information of the intended
dynamiting, according to the police.
was obtained by private detectives
posing as strikers.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 31.-Ran-
road detectives are investigating \
mysterious explosion which occurred
shortly before last midnight on a
southbound Cleveland, Cincinnati.
Chicago and st. Louis railroad track
in Arlington heights, 80 feet north OF
a trestle. The charge, detectives say
was set off by time fuse, and made
a hole three feet deep betwehn the
raifs, shattered several ties and spread
the rails an inch and half
The engineer OF work train bound
for Sharonville, who had been warned
J by officials few minutes before that
an explosion had damaged the trestle
proceeded slowly and stopped at the
trestle. When he saw the trestle was
damaged, he sent the train slowly
! ahead, the tender in front of the loco
motive. When the train reached the
damaged track the tender was de-
rallied.
No One On Train
There was no one on the train ex-
cept the engineer and fireman rail
: officials said.
Since the strike of railroad shopmen
the work trains have been used to
haul employees. Patrolmen were una
BILE to find any traces of the persons
: who left the explosive. Big Four train
i No. AZ, northbound was held up an
hour and half, but later was allowed
to proceed when it was learned that
the explosion had not damaged the
:, main tracks.
:, WILMINGTON, Del, Aug 31-Tha
;, Pennsylvania railroad bridge at Four
. teenth street, this city, was damaged
= by an explosion, probably of a dyna-
q mite bomb, early today. The charge
n was so heavy that glass was broken
! in houses of the neighborhood, but it
9 did not demolish the bridge.
1t damaged a stone abutment.. tore
O the guard railing and displaced the
). rails of the northbound track. No
= trains we're due at the time, but a
i passenger train due 20 minutes later
!. was held up for an hour until the
q track could be replaced. Guards at
6 the railroad shops nearby where they
/ have been on duty since the shopmen's
n strike started, hurried to the scene
but found no persons at the bridge.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 81 = Two
sticks of dynamite were hurled against
a Big Four roundhouse here late last
! night, throwing the 120 workmen in
side into a panic. No one was hurt,
but several large windows were shat
tered. The Big Four and Pennsyl-
vania roads each offered 81 900 reward
e.. 1, -so 1r
L BILE for the wrecking of their freight
/ trains near Indianapolis.
1T CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-Attorneys for
ie the American Federation of Labor de-
D. clared today that a million-dollar de-
e tense fund had been obtained for a
full investigation into the arrest of
e four men in connection with the wreck
& of "the Million-Dollar Express" at
r Gary, recently. Attorneys declared
they would not only probe the wreck
Il but investigate charges that the pris
lie oners had been brutally beaten to OBJ
ID tain the confessions which they later
repudiated.
n CHICAGO, Aug 31.-Passing OF the
s. Chicago and Alton railroad into the
re hands of receivers, disclosure Of new
AZ plOLS 10 WRECK IIalLS, ana several &C
tual attempts to cause derailment.
and blow up railroad property, werc
high lights today in the nations rail
road situation.
PC With four men held on murdel
charges in connection with the Michi
-, gan Central wreck at Gary, Ind, Aug
- 20, in which two enginemen wer
- killed, preparing to repudiate their al
- legged confessions as the first step il
ai their defense, Chicago police an
al al nounced disclosures of a plot to bloy
A. up the Western Express" of the New
os York Central lines. With the arres
,Js of three men in connection with tn
=, alleged plot came revelations of
N widespread conspiracy to start reigl
- of terror on the railroads, the polio
-, said.
An explosion of dynamite on tn,
re main line of the Cleveland, Cincinnati
vo Chicago and st. Louis railroad ut Al
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