| Show ASSUMES THE ROLE OF HERO PLACES TIES ON TRACK THEN FLAGS TRAIN TELLS TALE OF BANDITS chicago boy s scheme to get free ride and reward fa Is to end accord ng to Pro gramme wreck narrowly averted indianapolis ind there was a tern horary feeling of gratitude in abe hearts of a big four train crew on the cincinnati division of the road the other day when the train wag flagged at the tannes creel bridge by the wild waving of a youth the bis en gine and heavy freight train came to stop near the bridge and before the eyes of the crew were four heavy ties piled on the rails 01 the bridge A serious wreck and 1 perhaps death to the men on the train had been narrow ly averted i the youth who gave his name as chris daus 16 years old of chicago came in tor his share of giaise the trainmen pressed around him and he told a lurid story that would rival in sensationalism any tale of trans wreckers found in yellow back novels the boy said he was walking along the track when he saw two roughly attired and low men piling the ties on the rails when they saw him daus aid abe men ran behind la section tool house near the bridge realizing the danger of a serious wreck baua said he caught bold of the ties to drag them from the track when the alleged train wreckers sprang from their hiding place and pointed revolvers at him they threatened to blow his head oft and daus said he turned and ran south along the tracks in dearborn county south of the bridge Is 9 cut through which the trains approach the bridge on an up grade the boy said he took his stand at the head of the cut and when he saw the train coming he flagged it the trainmen were loud in their praise of the boy s alleged heroism and after dividing the contents of their lunch buckets w ath him they took him on the train to sunman in ripley county here the authorities were notified that a desperate attempt had been made to wreck the train and daus promised to give the authorities all possible assistance he was to ibe rewarded for his alleged bravery the sheriffs of both ripley and dearborn counties notified and a search tor the train wreckers was be agun news of the matter was etie to indianapolis and lawrence P arad chief of the big four detec t cia went to the place he talked with dans and the hoy told him all the details as he haa alvn them to the trainmen diady was suspicious that all was not right and he con tinned to question the boy on all points finally daus became contused i and his descriptions of the alleged train wreckers varied considerably the alleged robbers had laH bei balts revolvers daus asserted how did you know they were for I 1 ty demanded grady well they looked big enough to be forty fours the youth replied sul lenly grady then accused the boy out right of placing the ties on the tracks daus denied this at fust but after A serious wreck was narrowly averted becoming hopelessly confused in relating the details he finally confessed that the work at the bridge was done by him when closely questioned s to his reason the boy said he was on his way back to chicago and wished to ride he said he had seen a amov ing picture exhibit of train wreck ers and the idea came to him to flag a train and maybe get a ride to chicago and some money as his reward daus admitted that he did not know the time of the trains and merely took a chance that the first train along would come from the south what it a passenger train had come from the north f grady asked the whole train would have been wrecked and gone down the creek say they would have been up against it wouldn t said daus in an interested manner |
