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g weatheb today Fair.' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 21, lQO
ares That State Has Fully Corrob
orated Orchard's Story of Crime
. at Instigation of Federa-
tion Officials.
OF DEFENDANT'S WITNESSES
I DENOUNCED AS WILFUL PERJURERS
Hils to Jury in Name of Justice to Convict the
Accused of Sternberg's Murder to
Which Orchard Confessed.
Je,' Idaho, July 20. James II.
t (leading counsel for the State oC
resenting the first of the nrgu
2o tho jury in the case against
MR Haywood, spoke for nearly
Tours, distributed over three ses
"AjJconrfc. Even -when the after
"Bsion today had extended far be
iflJe customary time limit, every
afhe courtroom was occupied and
IcTl so until tho last word was
Outside the sun beat down
ly ' arid tho atmosphere of the
fas almost stifling, tho fans and.
inflows furnishing little or no
'If
Ijfjistened more attentively to tho
$nt than Haywood, the defend
jajS none showed less emotion.
'Smo to time he took copious notes
Itaall book and frequently made
nras to one or other of his coun--'
jien of whom were in court today,
aughout the day Mr. Hawley used
lost conversational tone. Step by
followed Orchard along tho road
fjat criminal had selected after he
lie' Cocur d'Alenes, stopping at
dicator mine and then at the In
Smce depot to count sixtcon dead.
myoj one more was added to the
yjfathe analysis of lcstimon3' in
Action of Orchard's story con
!!frrequently with the '.donuueia
Jrwitncss after witness as wil
nurers or guilty of unintentional
5tnl.
If Holds Jury Closely,
'fijhc had spoken five and a half
V 2fr. Hawlcy readied Caldwell,
;Kfc the close of the year J 905 the
r'itios for the murder of Steimcn
l!erc afoot. His voice now found
sSathetic note, and as he told of
3tT moments of the ex-Governor,
3jtroom was hushed and the jury
Jxforward to catch tho speaker's
word. Young Julian Steuuen
j'jfjio had a seat inside the railing,
id. the speaker with lips drawn
jtnd face quivering, but gave no
jHg'u of emotion.
jlawle3''s peroration was imprcs
f'ffhere was no attempt at any
oratory, but only a strong note
sincerity and great earnestness
ipe pleaded for an honest judg
,'jroni honest men of Idaho.
41 will be charged," he said,
ifniaking war on this Western
efcion of Miners, but T ask for
l.onest judgment. I do uot seek
ft the scalps .of innocent men to
Hi, I am here to hunt down tho
J&awlcy said he did not charge
Tma.iority or even that many of
fatent Federation of Minors wero
ftts, but that the evil deeds of
leers and of the scum of the or
jibn had brought discredit on the
ljtacl flic. The time had indeed
me said, when right-thinking men
Jrise and mako war upon the evil
$es that wore tho curse of all
yiganizations.
jifkmusfc show the world," he eou
filrLlitit here in Idaho wo are a
T-Ting and a God-fearing people,
frJlleal out even-handed justice
iBcrimiual accused of the highest
rXjs to the tramp charged with
sJJtty broach of the law."
-sHjc adjournment of court until
awsmormng Mr. Hawley was sliow
fflth congratulations.
vlcy Continues Argument,
tl?Hui?fi today the opening argu--S-,V10
late in 11,0 case of Will
3?lHnywood, whieh, after two
f'ld,;; ac , ha"S. ' about
Sibnutted to tho .nirv. James II.
ien.ei' prosecutor, lirst devoted
(Inktl0.n ,0 ftUcgud attempt to
i sffltram on tuo Florence ami Crip--;iik
railroad. This was one of tho
oS.ot";'lKulo labor tronblea
fffiio by Henry Orehnrd.
et?; matter came out in Orchard's
2DT3y," said Mr. Hawley, ut it
jjolutely immaterial to the issue
qlvcd. But the defense has
.0hw incident and has tried to
tiSffllt il :i conspiracy on t ho
itFA Mine Owners agamst tu.
rfft'1"1'3,1'01,1 of itinera. Orchard
tsKi lhat llt5 ha(1 reported the al
vcJfxT1" detectives in tho cm
fifti"0 Railroad and Mine Owners'
11,0 d"feuc has bru.ight
-,lneu witnesses here to testify
MSif-i Orclmrrl in one of (lie
5 rooms ,, occasions.
-omen baw this man bin casual
a2;!f'four years ago, but thev come
ll(),avvcar T'Jitivcly aa "to Or
ltlf.acrixiy a,ltl to number of
feni: ov'dcncc as that wpcaka
gftmirf undoubtedly was trying to
Mnqney trom all ihe houivu-i lie
gjd I urn not goiag to defend
Y
it
him for his double-dealing in taking
money from both tho Western Federa
tion of Miners and the railroad nom
panv. I am not here to paint Tlarry
Orcliard in an3'thing but. his true colors,
jhero is but one claim wo mako ior
Kim and that is, that ho has told you
tho truth. This fact has been indelibly
fixed by all the circumstances in this
case.
Federation Hired. Orchard.
Mr. Hawley said immediately after
tho train-wrecking incident Orchard
was found again m the employ of tho
Pederation.
Taking up the matter of the at
tempted assassination of Governor Pea
body. Mr. Hawley repeated much of tho
testimony of Orchard as to the plans
he and Steve Adams laid to kill tho
Governor, cither by bomb or with
sawed-off shotguns. Orchard's testi
mony was amplv corroborated, counsel
declared, Mrs. Peabody herself taking
the stand to tcstif.y to' one of the most
important incident's. Tho attorney told
of Governor Peabody 's activities in tho
Colorado troubles, and declared that the
strongest niotivo for his taking off
rested with thq "Western Fpderation of
Miners. No possible personal motivo,
said Mr. Hawlev, could bo attributed to
either Steve Aijams or Harry Orchard.
"While arguing this incident Mr. Haw
ley soon procipjtated an exciting bat
tle of words- with Clarence Darrow. of
tho defense, in which untruth and
1 'deliberate falsehood" were freely
used on both sides.
"If," said Hawley, "there was a
word of. untruth in Orchard's testimonj'
as to the attempts on Governor Pea
body, who, of all men, -was the best
wituess to testify? A man who is now
in the basement of this building, a man
who stood in the esteem of tho leaders
of the "Western Federation of Miners
second only io Orchard Stevo Adams.
The prosecution brought this man to
Boise so he could be used, by tho de
fense if it so desired
"l object to that," Bhoutcd Mr. Dar
row, jumping to his feet. "It is an
absoluto untruth as counsel well knows,
and there is no such record in this
case."
"If you say that what I have stated
is an untruth"," replied ITawley in an
ger, "you utter a deliberate false
hood." Verbal Battle of Counsel.
Darrow renewed his objection, and
then Judge "Wood look a hand. He said
he would instruct the jury to disregard
all statements mado by counsel not
borne out by the evidence. Darrow
urged that counsel be prevented from
nuikiuc any statement in regard, to
Steve Adams.
"I object to his saj-ing ho brought
his man here for im," ho continued.
"Your honor," said Hawley, "If you
have ruled, I ask that Mr. Darrow be
instructed to sit down."
"I object," said Darrow.
"It is the galled jade that winces,"
taunted Hawley,
"Then wince," shouted the oppos
ing attorney.
"Oh, no, gentlemen, T' have not
winced," said Hawley, turning at last
to the jury.
"Adams is here and ho was brought
into this court and shown to yovHj: His
appearance in this room gives tho lie
to the statement made by counsel' that
the facts are not as I" have related
them.
"There is just one other mau who
could denv Orchard 's statements as to
Governor Peabodj'. That man is GeOrgo
Ppttibone. If he did not counsel the
proposed murder if ho did not furn
ish the sawed -off shotguns, why didn't
they bring him here to say soy There
is no evidence to contradict Jinny Or
chard. Does counsel expect to wipo out
the facts by mere argument? They can
not do so.
Carrying forth his address in chrono
logical' order. Mr. Hawley next took up
the Independence depot explosion.
lie ridiculed the idea that tho Mine
Ownqrs' association was responsible for
tho outrage and asserted that tho evi
dence adduced in support of that; the
ory was cither from witnesses shown
to'be perjurers or utterly absurd on tho
face of it. The facts were ns stated
bv Orchard. Stevo Adams, whom
Orchard implicated, was not called to
contradict hiin. As to the dogs be
ing railed off by a detective of the Mine
Owners' association, Mr. Hawley admit
ted this to be true- The dogs, supposed
Io. bo following Orchurd, had gone eight
miles from the scene, whereas the evi
dence showed Orchard had mounted a'
horse a mile from the depot and had
ridden some thirty miles or more before
nightfall.
Discusses Bradley Explosion.
Bringing his argumeut. down to the
attempt on the life of F. "W. Bradley, in
San Francisco, MY. Hawley reviewed
first tho Iuotimonv as to money sent to
Orchard in Sail Francisco by George A.
Pottibouo. As to tho motivo ngainst
Bradley, it -was to show to the world
that the Federation did not. forget its
enemies even after a lapse of years.
Bradley had been the malinger of the
Continued on Page Three.
KIDNAPED!
Hill CASE BECOMES
ME COMPLICATED
Opposing Counsel May Fight
Duel; Public Sympathy .
With Defendant-
KARLSRUHE. July 20. Sensational in
cidents and mysterious complications are
multiplying in connection with tho trial
of Knrl Iluu, the college " professor of
Washington. D. C.. on the charge of mur
dering bis mother-In-law, Fran Molitor,
at Baden-3adcn, Nov. 6, 100G. Soon af
ter the court opened today another lilt
between opposing counsel occurred, dur
ing which II err Dictz. counsel for JT'"',
announced that he had sent his repre
sentatives this morning to Dr. Blcielior.
the Stale's attorney. In connection with
remarks mudo by the 'attorney at tho
eltting yesterday, and that Dr. Blclciier
had refused to receive those represen
tatives HeiT DIetz later informed tho
newspaper correspondents that he in
tended this as a preliminary step to a
duel. Dr. Blclcher said last evening that
tho criticism made by l-lerr Diets of the
expert testimony was insulting.
New Witnesses Called.
Another sensation today was the sud
den summoning upon a motion made by
Herr Dieix of two witnesses from Karl
sruhe. One of tho witnesses is a young
artist named LcnHc, who recently was
confined in the same prison with 1-Iau
upon a charge of which he has since
been acquitted and the other is Lenck's
counsel, Dr. Voegcle. Tho latter swore
his client had had an interview with him
in which ho declared he had important
information which he had obtained from
Hau while they were both In prison, and
which was calculated to give an entirely
now aspect to the Ilau case. Dr. Voegele
thereupon advised his client to write to
Olga Molitor In asking for a private
meeting. Such a letter was sent, but
tho desired meeting was not granted.
ITerr Dletz having in the meantime been
put in possession of these facts, decided
to ask the court to summon both T.onck
and Dr. Voegele as witnesses. Lenck
testified that ho had conversed with Hau
while in jail, lie refused, howover. to
make any statement regarding the death j
of Frau Molitor.
It was asserted that the witness was i
In possession of Information relating to
the murder directly.
Tho presiding Judgo inquired of Ilau if
he would give the witness permission to !
speak. Hau replied firmly, "no." Ilerr
Uietz thereupon moved that the court
institute compulsory proceedings to ob
tain I.enck's testimony.
At this point court was adjourned un
I til this afternoon to take Hcrr DieU's
1 motion under consideration. This inrl
! dent made a deep Impression upon every -t
one Jn the courtroom.
The sympathies of the audience evi
dently are turning in favor of Ilau. Much
criticism Is heard of tho attitude of the
State's attorney, Dr. Blelcher, and tho
presiding judge.
The rest of today was taken up with
hearing the testimony of further wit
nesses from Baden-Baden who arrived
on the scene of the murder a minute or
two after the crime.
TRADING IN SHAEBS 4-
OF OHIO OOPPER 00. -J
v v
4. Special to Tho Tribune. -
BOSTOX, July 20. Trading
I in tho shares of tho Ohio Cop-
r per company, which was iucor- !
!- porated this' week in Maine with !
! $10,000,000 capital, of which V. 'b
'r A. Heiuze of the United Copper !
'b company will b president, was
b commenced yesterday on tho
'b curb, j
The coinnany has opened a
transfer office 'at -12 Broadway,
-b New York, with C. S. Buching-
- ham in charge.
wo It?
Strong Rumor That He Has
Confessed and Implicated
Chief George Sheets.
SHERIFF EMERY DOES
NOT DENY THE STORY
Convicted Man Admits Bitter
ness Against Sheets But
Denies Confession.
Persistent rumors that James M. Don
aldson, convicted of graud larcony in
connection with tho MeWhirtcr case,
has mado a confession implicating Chiof
of Police George A. Shoots and possibly
other persons with that affair, were in
circulation all day Saturday, and in
many quarters they aro given credence.
Donaldson himself denies having made
any ', confession, although it is known
that ho did tell one man a few days
ago that he had made one covering over
twouty pages of manuscript.
Sheriff C. Frank Emery was askod
last night if Donaldson had confessed,
and was decidedly non-committal.
"I haven't, anything to say about
that now," declared the sheriff.
"Will you deny that ho has con
fessed?" was asked.
'I tell you I hnvpn't anything to say
about it. 1 can't lalk about it now,''
was tho only reply the sheriff would
make.
District Attorney Fred C. Loofbourow
declared that if Donaldson had mado
any confession, he know nothing of it.
Mr. Loofbourow expressed the belief,
moreover, that Donaldson had mado 110
confession.
Wouldn't Talk to Hira.
Donaldson spent five days in jail
after his conviction two weeks ago and
beforo ho was released on Jjail. It is
known that he beeamo exceedingly resf
ivo and worried during his confine
ment, especiallly when it began to look
ns though he would be unallo to fur
nish a bond.
During this period a deputy shorill'
wont to District Attorney Loofbourow
and suggested to him that he go to tho
county jail and have a talk with Don
aldson. Mr. Loofbourow refused to go,
saying that he had had no bargains
so far with any of the alleged Me
Whirtcr couspiratotrs, and did not pro
pose to do any dickering with Donald
son. Whether or not the deputy sheriff
who approached Mr. Loofbourow did so
at Donaldson's instigation cannot bo
learned. Mr. Loofbourow himself docs
not know; but. it is pretty npparout
that, if Donaldson has confessed, it has
not been lo Mr. Loofbourow.
Says' Ho Hasn't Confessed.
"Jim" Donaldson says he has not
made a confession. Dressed with his cus
tomary dilletanto care he was about his
usual 'haunts last night, quiet but not
reticent. '
"Thero is no truth," said he, "in tho
story that I havo mado a confession. I
Continued on Page Two,
1
DOZEN IILIIUVEI
DISPERSE 815 IB
Coolness of Young Soldier in
Asking for Cigarette Re
lieves Tenso Situation.
HAHNVILLE, La.. July 20 A doz
en militiamen faced a mob of one
hundred would-be tynchcrs here early
today and, without firing a shot, sent
them peaceably back to New Orleans.
Control ovor tho mob was gained at
tho moment when an unequal fight was
threatened, bv a remark drawled in
softest, accent )y a militiaman, who re
marked: "Any of vou fellows got a ciga
rotte?,' A laugh ran through tho crowd, and
with this break in tho tension an ugly
situation cleared up.
Tho posse had arrived at Hahnvillo
on a freight train. Rumors that a
mob was coming had occasioned tho
placing of extra sentries by the mili
tia. Tho posse .jumped from tho freight
train at the railroad station, which is
over a mile from tho jail, covered two
telegraph operators thero with revol
vers in order to prevent an alarm, and
theu started for the jail.
A short distauco from tho railroad
station tho mob suddonly was confront
ed by Major Wheat and a baro hand
ful of men. With tho militiameu's
guns leveled at their waists, the mem
bers of the mob halted, revolvers and
clubs hold in menacing positions.
Scarcely a man moved, and not a word
was spoken for nearly a minute, and
jhen the militiaman "with the happy
inspiration recalled tho comradeship or
both sides by his timely request for a
smoke. Immediate' a loader in tho
mob spoko up:
"Wo want just a word with the cap
tain." Major Wheat replied that, there
would be no talking; that unless the
mob marched immediately for the rail
road station ho would give the order
to fire.
This appeared to bo what tho mob
had come to find out, for some of them
exclaimed:
"Come on. boys; we aro going
back," and all started for the railroad.
Thoy had reached tho track and were
proceeding to the station when the
special train bearing tho reinforcements
came in at a speed whieh forced sev
eral mon who wero crowded on a low
trestle to jump into a creek. No one
was hurt, and the emptied special was
reloaded with the mob members and
sent to New Orleans.
v
REIGN OF TERROR
IN KOREAN CAPITAL.
? TOKIO, July 21. La to ad-
I vices from Seoul say that tho
b riotiug is growing in magnitude. i
r Attempts to burn the railway -I-
i station and polico building wero -
J frustrated by the prompt ac- r
I- tion of the Japanese polico and
v gendarmes. !
! The powder magazine of the !
b Korean government is strongly !
r guarded by Japanese troops tit !
b tho request of tho minister of v
I- war. Rioters are shooting wild- r
! .ly out of windows and two Jap- -b
'b aneso arc ruported to havo boon v
b killed. Murderous assaults aro
-b frequent, and the city is verging -I-
4 almost on a reign of terror. Bus- i
'b incss is complotely suspended, yb
Horrible Disaster Resy!t of Head-Omi H
Collision on Pere Marquette Road H
Near Salem, Michigan; H
BSamrie Fixed.
HEAVILY LOADED EXCURSION TRAIN H
CRASHED INTO WEST-BOUND FREIGHT
Running at Fifty Milss Per Hour Down-Grade, Im- H
pact of Collision Completely Wrecks
Five Passenger Cars.
SALEM, Mich., July 20. Thirty-ono
peoplo are dead and more than seventy
injured, man3T of them seriously, as tho
result of a head-end collision today be
tween this village and Plymouth, when
a Perre Marquette excursion train
bound from Iouia to Detroit crashed in
to a westbound freight in a cut located
at a sharp curve of the Perre Mar
quetto railroad about a mile east of
Salem. Tho injured wore taken to De
troit hospitals.
Tho Dead.
Following is the list of dead:
HOMER SMITH, a bov, Ionia.
ALBERT TRAUTWINE, whose body
was cut in two. Ionia.
TOA TOFAJj. Ionia.
CHARLES HESS. lonin.
HERMAN HESS, -Ionia.
DANIEL HESS. Ionia,
"WILLIAM CORNELL, Ionia,
DON ROGERS, Lowell, Mich.
DICK JONES, Ionia.
MRS. ABRAHAM EDDY, Ionia,
EDWARD GALLAGHER, aged 18
yaers, Ionin.
FRANK DOUSE. Ionia.
L. K. MEBRELL, aged 5S years,
Ionia.
HENRY REYNOLDS, a Pore Mar
quette engineer. Ionia.
CHAJILES M'CAULEY, SR., Ionia,
ALF HERBERT, Ionia.
EDWARD DtjRLTNG, Ionia.
CHARLES BROAD, aged IS, Ionia.
.TAMES VISARD, Ionia,
WILLARD STAGER, Ionia.
WILLIAM GOTT. Ionia.
MRS. AUGUST HICHTER, Ionia.
FRED FITZGERALD, Ionia.
BRAKEMAN ED OORWAN.
FIREMAN KNOWLES. '
WILLIAM EVANS, 20, Tonia.
FRANK LATHAM. IS, Ionia.
BENJAMIN DURLING, -15, Ionia.
CHARLES FENTON, fireman, freight
engine, Grand Lcdgo.
HARRY WILLIAMS, 17, Ionia.
E. J. Pixley. conductor passenger
train, body ground to pieces and scarce
ly enough fragments found to identify
it.
Herman and Daniel Hess, aged 15 and
IS years respectively, were tho sons of
Charles Hess. A w'idow and six other
children aro left by Uess.
Injured.
The injured brought to Detroit from
tho wreck, all of -whom live at Ionia,
aro as follows:
MRS. CATHERINE S1BBELL, ribs
broken; injured internally; not scri-
0IMISS LOUISE END RES, 19; scalp
wounds; not serious.
EDDY BrNGIIAM, 11; scalp wound.
NELS JENSEN, serious scalp wound.
MRS. JENSEN, faco cut.
MRS. GEORGE VAN ANBURG and
2-vear-old bov. Leroy; slight wounds.
"HUGH BROOK. 21; cut about head.
MRS. A. C. FULLER, leg broken.
MRS. JENNIE SMITH, hurt inter
nallv. M"RS. KATE SMITH, Go; concussion
of brain; serious.
LEO KELKOSAN, 20; losses hall
hand.
JAKE KENNY, 25; cut about legs
and faco. , . ,
WILLIAM BEALS. 56, machinist;
back hurt and hip dislocated.
MARION DUDLEY, 3G; head and
face cut. ,
WILLIAM DUDLEl, -10; head and
face cut. ,
MRS. CHARLES DAWSON, fracture
of spine. . , , I
.MRS. FLOYD WEIRS, bruised about
limbs and chest. ,
MRS. GEORGE TAYLOR, leg bro-
ken. eye and head bruised.
JOSEPH FEENEY, leg broken.
M. O. FEENEY, bruised about lower
part ot bodv. , . ,
GEORGE VAN ANBURG, bruised
about hips and arms.
MRS. DAVID OTTO, leg broken and
bruisod about head.
MILO STELL. log broken and
bruised about leg and face.
MRS. HARVET TOWNE, fractured
left log.
MRS. CHARLES DOLSON, crushed
in abdomen.
EDWARD BREEZs, ami broken in
two places. .
EUGENE HANNAH, limb bruised
and head cut.
LEO BENDICT. Bolding, Mich.;
bruised about, head.
RICHARD JONES, bruised about
bodv and otherwise injured.
JAMES BOOLE, hruiscd about body
and cut, in hand.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN, cut over oye
and chin; unconscious; will probably
die. , . , ,
MASON HANNAH, cut about hands
and head.
JOHN II . WALSON. 62.
ARTHUR G. WALTON. 38.
FRANK WALEVITZ. 5.1.
MRS. FRANK WALEVITZ, 40.
JOHN E. ANDERSON, 42; condition.
serious.
HILDA ANDERSON. 15.
MRS. OLIVE TURNER, 50. fM
On Pleasure Excursion.
The passenger train of eleven cars, '
carrying tho Pere Marquette shop cm
ployees of Ionia and their families to'
the Michigan metropolis, for their au
nual excursion, was running at high
speed, probably fifty miles an hour, ' tM
down a steep grade. It struck ths
lighter locomotive of the freight train.
with such terrible force as to turn the jf
freight engine completely round. Tho
wrecked locomotives this afternoon lay
side by side, both beaded eastward. (
Only a" few of the freight train 's cara 1 iB
were smashed, and it took only a few
hours' work to remove all traces of jH
them from the scene. But behind tho
two wrecked locomotives six cars of jH
the passenger train lay piled in a hope- 'jl
less wreck. Four of the passenger
coaches remained on the track undam
aged, and were used to convey the, dead 'B
and injured to Ionia ; one coach was
entirely undamaged, with only its for- )
ward trucks off the rails. Theso wero i
the rear five cars. The two coaches
next ahead of these were telescoped. j
The next car forward stood almost 011 '
end after tho wreck, its forward end
resting on tho roadbed. j
Fireman Kuowlea died on tho relief
train enrouto to Detroit, bringing tho 1 'H
list of dead to thirty, with a possibil
ity that more bodies might be found '
in the wreckage and. that several of. I
the injured may dio. I
Freight Crew to Blamo. j
Responsibilit3' is put square upon th& j
crew of the freight train by officials
of the road. Those who arrived at (
the scene of the w'reok soon after tho j
accident, secured from the crew of thn
freight train the orders under whieh i Jl
it was running, and which clearly
showed tho position of the passenger , Jl
excursion train, and that the freight 11
had encroached upon the other train's
runuing time. The special train was j
due at Salem at 0:10 a. in., and at
Plymouth at 9:30 a. m. It passed Sa- )
loin on time. Tho time card of tho spe- )
cial was telegraphed to the freight crew
in tho form of a train order and this
order, with the signatures of the freight f -SB
train crew attached, was secured by tho v
officials. Tho freight crew left tho j tHJ
scene earlv, but railroad officials say
they explained simply that they had 1
forgotten.
Tho collision occurred at 9:lo o'clock
and the freight train should havo been
at Salem at 9:10 to be within their or-
Tho excursion train loft louia,
crowded with men, women and children.
at 15 o'clock this morning. It was the HB
annual excursion of the shopmen of the KV
road to Detroit. , BEJJ
Victims Thrown Through. Windows. IH
Everv family had its lunch baskets, fU
and many of them were eating when j HaVJ
tho two trains crashed together. The
impact was terrific, and a number or HHJ
passengers sitting near tho windows or ,
tho rear end of the umlamnged coaches '
wero thrown through the wiudows to ;
tho ground. Thero was a panic among J
tho uninjured coaches for a few mo-
ments. Then, ns tho uninjured people
realized that they had not been hurt,
they rushed from the cars to tho res- ,
cue of their friends and relations who
wero pinioned among tho wreckage
ahead of it. Families were scattered
among differeut cars and there, wero
frenzied searches for missing relatives.
Mothers ran screaming up and down, HBJJ
searching for their children, while
manv of the voting people were as trail
ticallv calliug for their parents. b. HJ
Dennehv, a young man of Ionia, waa 1
in the last coach, while his sister was j
in one of the middle coaches, and his
father and mother wero in one of the
most seriously damaged cars. !
" Wo folt the iar when the air brakca
were applied," said Mr. Denncny,
"and then, before any one had time
io stand up or leave his seat, cama 1
the crash of the collision. In the con-
fusion of tho moment I did not realize. pBJJ
that the car I was in was undamaged, BJJ
and, seeking tho quickest exit to tuo pBjl
open air, I jumped through the win-
dow to tho ground. I found my sis- .
ter several cars ahead, uninjured, but I
mv mother was standing- supported bv
a couple of men. with her head and
her hands covered with blood. Father , j
was sitting beside the window of ouo BJI
of the forward cars, his right arm and ,
shoulder free, and leaning outside the BJJ
window, but his left hand was caught
fast, where the seats had lammed to- J
gether in the car. It took three or four JJj
minutes to get him free. . J
Youth Finds Mother Dead. j
Jny Eddy, a twenty-year-old youth. Hf-V
from Ionia, had a hovnfying e.xpcn-
once. He was sitting in a seat wun,
his mother, and -when ho regained us ,
senses after the crash, she lay dead
beside him. They were m the fiist JM
car .of the train, and young Eddy said
that ho .opuld see tho rrcight ap- j