The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-12-03

the carriages now swayed ieartuily. arose TO
my feet, and met passenger upon the platform.
He was one of our chief owners of the road,
and was just on his way to Berlin BE was
was pale and excited. 5a.
"Sir," he gaspod, SIS Martin KrOller on the
enginer
"Yes," told him.
"HOly Virgin! Don't you know him?"
Know him?" 1 repeated, somewhat puz-
zled. "What do you meanP He told me his
name was KrolIer, and that he was an engi-
neer. We had no one to run the engine, and
"You took him!' interrupted the man.
Good heavens, Sir, he is as crazy as man can
be! He turned his brain over a new plan for
applying steam power. I saw him at the sta
ton, but did not then recognize him, as was
in a hurry Just now one of the passengers
told me that your engineers were all gone this
morning, and that you found one who was
stranger to YOU ThenI knew that the man
whom seen was Martin Kroller He had es-
capped form the hospital at Stettin. You must
get him off somehow"
The whole fearful turth was now open to me.
The speed Of the train was increasing at each
moment, and I knew that few more miles per
hour would surely launch US all into destruction
I called to the guard, and then made my way
forward as quickly as possible. l reached the
after platform of the tender, and there stood
Krollcr upon the engine board, his hat and coat
off, his long black hair floating wildly in the
wind, his shirt unbuttoned at the throat, his
sleeves rolled up, with pistol in his teeth, and
thus glaring upon the fireman who lay motion
less upon the fuel. The furnace was stuffed
till the very latch of the door was red hot, and
the whole engine was quverins and swaying as
though it would shiver in pieces! ... ..4
"Krollor! Krollerl' l cricd at the top OF my
voice.
The crazy engineer started and caught the
pistol in his hand. 0! how those great black
eyes glared, and how CHASTITY and frightful the
face locked
"Ha! ha! han' he yelled Economically, glaring
upon me Ike reused lion. "They swore
could not make it, But seol see see my power!
See my engine made it! made it! and they
were Jealous Of me, made it, and when
twas done they stole it from me. But I've
foundit Four years I've been wandering in
search of my great engine, and they swore 1T
was not made But I've found it! | knew it
when saw it this morning at Danzig, and was
determined to hayeit. And Pye got it! Ho!
no! ho we're Off to the moon, | sayl BY the
Virgin Mother, We'll be in the moon i'll four and
twenty hours! Down! down, william! If you
move I'll shoot you" a. t
This last was spoken to the poor fireman, who
at that moment attempted to rise; and the fiGh-
tened man shrank back again.
"Heros Little 0scue, right ahead" shouted
one Of the guard.
But even as he spoke the buildings were at
: hand. 4 scilening sensation settled upon my
heart, for | supposed we were gene now. The
houses flew by like lightning. l knew if the
t officers here had turned the switch as usual We
should be hurled into eternity in one fearlu
crash. saw q flash; it was another engine;
closed my eyes; but we still thundered on
The officers had seen our speed, and knowing
; that we could not haul up at that distance, they
had changed the SWITCH SO that we kept on.
But there was sure death ahead if we did no
stop. Only fifteen miles ahead was the tow
: Of Schwetz, on the Vistula, and the entrance
Il near the bank of the river, was a short curve il
r the road At the rate we were now going w
should be there in few minutes, ior each min
ute carried us overa mile! The shrieks of TIN
: passengers now rose above the crash of the rail
l. and more terrific than all else arose the demon
lac yels of the mad engineer
= "MercifuI heaven" gasped the guardman
'there's not moment of time TO be lost
e Schwetz is close by! If you dare not go, II
: 60 myself" he added. Lets shoot him"
=, At that moment d tall, stout German studen
came over to the platform where we stood, an
, we saw that the madman had his pistol aime
II at.us. He grasped heavy stick Of wood lror
1t the tender, and with steadiness of nerV
10 which | could not have commanded, he hule
= it with such force and precision that he knocke
the pistol from the maniacs grasp. saw tn
Is movement, and on the instant the pistol fell,
ID sprane forward and the German followed me
e erasped the man by the arm, but | shou'
+o have been mere infant in his mad power had
been alone. He would have hurled mo trol
$ the platform had not the student at that mo
d menl struck him with stick Of wood whic
rs he had caught as he came over the tender
Kroller settled down like dead man, and 0
: the next instant shut off the steam, and oper
o. ed the safety-vaIve AS the freed steam shrisl
I'd ed and howled in its escape, the speed Of Il
a. train began to decrease and in a few momen
more the danger was passed; and as l settle
back, entirely overcome by the wild emotion
IL that had ragged within me- we began to tui
ne the curve by the river; and before ! was fair
Mt recovered the fireman had stopped the train
n the station house at Schwetz.
Martin Kroller still insensible, was taken fro
the platform, and as we carried him into u
of guard room, one of the guard recognized hil
lt and told US that he had been there about ty
,ul weeks before.
- "He came,' said the guard, "and swore tn
an engine which stood near was his. lie said
hu was one he had made to go to the moon in, al
that it had been stolen from him. We went
IL more help to arrest him, and he He'd" .l q
As "Well,' | replied with shudder, Il wish
had approached me in the same way. But
on was more cautious at Dantzg" Jut ra5,
we At Schwetz we found an engineer to run
train to Romberg, and having taken out
+o western mail for the next northern train ia ia
alonr. we saw that Kroller would be proper
erS attended to, and then started on. III m .
yn. The rest of the trip we run in safety, thou
wo could see that the passengers were not who
;n at ease, and would not be until they were {
'ne tirely clear of the railroad A heavy purse "
vas made up by them for the German student a
ern he accented it with much gratitude; and v
clad Of it. for the current Of their gratitude
,rd him NAV have prevented far different currt
80 which might have been poured upon my h(
! an, for having engaged mailman to run railrc
| train. .er .f.a !ge- az
But this is not the end. Martin Kroller
vas mained insensble from the effects Of that bl
q ,upon the head, nearly two weeks and when
S"'' recovered from that, he was sound in m