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Show BAD WRECK IS NARROWLY AVERTED, TOPEKA, Kan., May 24.Two tramps were arrested .; today !y ' Detective Germalne of the Santa. Fe, charged with trying to wreck Santa Fe passenger train No. 17 laet night at Pauline, ten miles south of here. The Santa Fe officials refuse re-fuse to say what evidence they have against the men. The track walker last night discovered a pile of ties on the track, twenty minutes min-utes before time for the train to pass. He removed the obstruction, thus averting avert-ing a wreck. Soon afterward he captured cap-tured the two men taken in charge today to-day by Detective Germalne. - This is the second attempt made on No. IT within the, past two weeks, the first being successful, when the train waa derailed de-railed near Emporia May IX General Manager Hurley announces that no expense ex-pense will be spared to apprehend tbe criminals). Discharged employees are supposed sup-posed to be the wreckers. ; |