Show EXPLOSION ON THE TRACK DASTARDLY ATTEMPT T WRECK AX EXPRESS TRAIN Plot Overheard hy a Tramp Who Brings the Train to a Halt Amid a Shower of Ballets Passengers Appreciative WASHINGTON Ind Nov 10An attempt was made at 1 oclock this morning by robbers to ditch the westbound I west-bound St Louis express on the Baltimore I Balti-more Ohio Southwestern railway in a lonely stretch of country east of this city The express car it is reported contained a large amount of money A heavy charge of nitroglycerir e and dynamite dy-namite was placed upon the track in J such a way that it would explode I when struck by the engine A tramp I named Bynum claims to have overheard I over-heard a gang of men in a boxcar I shortly before the train was due plotting plot-ting to wreck the train He had no 1 way to signal the express train which i I he knew would be due within a short time I was some distance to the nearest switch but he made his way there and jerked off the signal light His signal was seen by the engineer of the train In time The train wreckers wreck-ers who were in ambush also saw the signal and a volley of shot was fired I at the tramp and he was wounded in the leg and a shot grazed his head I The explosives were discovered and I removed from the track and the train came to this city bringing the wounded wound-ed tramp The 200 people who were on the train crowded about him and praised him for the brave deed Later I a subscription was taken up for his I I benefit Bynilms home is in Baltimore Md The Washington police are working on the theory that he was one of the gang of robbers but that as the train appeared his nerve failed him |