Show 1 Fici3disil Attempt Houston lOA special from Pnmer Texas says Late on Thursday night an attempt was mad to wreck the northbound north-bound passenger Irgla on the Houston and Texas Central Railroad about a mile south of town Half a dozen or more railroad ties were placed across the rack on a long trestle at a point thirty feet above the water in a swollen stream The engine pilot shoved all but two of the ties in front of it running upon thorn The forward tacks were raised about one fool above the rails when the engineer en-gineer Thos Clark stopped the engine and avoided a disaster AB the train was heavily loaded those who would not have bean killed must almost certainly have been drowned had tho train proceeded eeded ten feet further this would have resulted The passengers made up a purse for Engineer Clark The railroad manager at once put two detectives at work ferreting out the scouddrels |