Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1887 — Alleged Train-Wreckers Arrested. [ARTICLE]

Alleged Train-Wreckers Arrested.

Immediately after the attempted train wrecking near (Greencastle, described last week, the officials of the Monon set to work immediately to ferret out the guilty parties, and on Monday night Frank Conners and Frank Irwin, two brakemen formerly employed on the road, were arrested, charged with the crime. They were identified by the coalheavers at the dump near the junction as two men who came to them shortly before the passenger train was due and tried to borrow a hammer and chisel, saying a wagon tire was off at the crossing near by. They could not get the tools, and then asked for a crow-bar, which was refused them, because it was frequently needed. The men went off, but stole the crow-bar, and took it with them. It was found at the wreck. The men quit the road of their own accord, and no one can conjecture what their object was in attempting to wreck the train. They are in jail at Greencastle.