True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-17
Scenes and Incidents Of the Alliance
Railroad Murder.

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Railroad Murder.
We quote the following passage from
the Pittsburgh Dispatch:
DEATH or A YOUNG MAN.
In the same room was the body Of Mr..
John Brooks, Of N. j., who is also said
to have been standing upon the platform
Of the station when he met his death, and
was crushed against the building by the
car. This young man was tn have been
married on this day, to young lady
residing in the western part of Ohio, so
we were informed. This which was to
have been day of joy, is turned to one
Of sorrow by the inscru,able hand Of
Providence. Instead of his wedding
gear, he is clad in the pale habiliments Of
of death. @
TRUE HERoIsM
is forgetfulness Of self in the anxiety 10
save the life of others. II the account
given us be correct. and il was given by
an eye witness of the occurrence, Jacob
Rudy, a German, the fagman Of the
sta,ion-the shapeless fragments Of whose
body we saw lying on board, in large
warehouse near the station-died as a
hero dies. He saw The train approach
ing with the speed of lighLning-he saw
The danger of the crowd upon the plat
form, and of those in the train which was
leaving, he rushed with his lantern and
his signal waving. up the track, directly
in front Of the death dealing locomotive.
and it struck him-carried him between
the cars-iore him limb from limb; ac-
tually tearing bis noble heart out, which
was found with his lungs, lying twenty
or thirty yards from his body, which was
dragged from under the baggage car a
torn and bleeding mass of shaPeless hu'
man flesh. In The agony of his fear for
others, he had. forgotten himself. Such
conduct is worthy Of a monument OF
marble. His body, or rather what re-
mained of it, presented most shocking
spectacle. One of his arms was tore of,
his head and The upper part of his body
had lost every distinguished feature o
humanity. His young wife about to be
come a mother, came down in the morn
ing to see her husband. God help heI
in her sore distress. .
ABOUT THE LOCALITY
where the occurrence took place, wer'
pools Of blood and fragments of human
bodies and bones. Upon the platform LAY
coat which had all the appearance o
having been ground through the machin
cry of paper mill. A chrushed bonnie
!! was pulled from amongst the fragment
of the broken platforms. and the sole o
boot which mad been forced entire from
the wearer's foot was lying near it On
piec Of an iron wheel we saw portion
of human scull. and one OF the spina
vertabre.
THE FORCE
of the conclusion must have heen tremen
/, dous. Aside from the torn building an
crushed platforms, there were evidence
of this IN every side. The trunks of tn
passenger cars were smashed to pieces
Even the heavy iron axes were snappe
! off like pipe stems. Some Of them wer
broken in two places. and the wheel
were scattered like china ware.
4 TIE sTRANGEsT FACT
connected with the whole matter, an
, that is, that Of the eight persons killet
: mol one so far as we could learn upon tn
s most diligent inquiry, was in the cars
J. Mr. Brooks of New Jersey was the onl
o one killed who is not positively know
d to have been outside the cars. and sever
d persons assert that he was on the platforl
also, while none of the persons wh
n were in the cars recollect Of seeing hi
,e there.
3. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT
If is attributed by every one who saw it al
c. with whom We conversed, 10 John Che
to ry, the engineer npon the train on Il
IL Cleveland and Pittsburgh Road. Th
ed man bas not been seen since the accider
1t When his engine stopped or was stopp'
no we cannot tell which, he left the trai
os and as we are informed, after consultir
Vs. with some of his friends at Alliance, W
advised him to flee. walked to Lima
little place four miles distant from Al
. ance, on the Cleveland and Pit.sbur
oh Road, where he took the train aud went
an Cleveland. One thing is certain 'who
l.. sale Rail Road murder has been CO
'' mitted, the responsibility rests son
go where, and as the facts now appear, t
ere burden Of proving their innocence !
with the Cleveland and Pittsburgh R;
,ht road. Nothing short of an act of G
- can excuse the engineer of that road.
q would not do for him to say that his n
~. chinery was out of order. He knew Il
ID ID it was his duty to come to dead s
MIls' M before crossing the road upon which
ac T iIl.faed train was moving, and he sho
"a. "a have stopped unless the Almignty's o
IN. hand had prevented him.
no Regularly Sold Out.
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