Show Death of Oldest Engineer New York Oct 4 Wood Benson 05 years old Is dead iat the almshouse here He went to Bellevue hospital on Juno 25th suffering > with a scalp wound and asked X6r treatment At the hosoital It was found that his general gen-eral health was poor and as he had no friends to whom he could refer and no home he was sent to the almshouse At that Institution Benson told the keepers that he was the first locomotive locomo-tive engineer to make regular trips In America He also related many I anecdotes of his experiences In railroading rail-roading and gave the names of peveral prominent men who he said had been oloso friends of his When he died some of the men mentioned as living In Washington were communicated with and they at once sent word that they would bury the body |