Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-01

was determined 70 have t. Ard I've got III Hol
hal hC--Ws're on the way to the moon, ssJl-'
By the Virgin Mother, well be 10 the moon ia
four and twenty hours.-D ,wn, down, villAiIl If
you move, III shoot you
This wSs spoken TO the poor fireman, who at
that moment attempted to rise, and the frightened
man sank back sgsin.
s'Hers's Little Oseue right at hand" cried out
one Of the guard. But even as he spoke the build
ings were At hand A sicksning sensation settled
upon my heart, for I supposed that we were gone
now. The houses few By like lightning. I knew
if the officers here had turned TIE switch usual
we should be hurled into eternity in one fearful
crash. l saw q hasb--t was another engine-I
closed my eyes; but still we Numbered Onl The
officers had seen our speed aRd knowing that we
would not head up in that distance they had chan
ged the switch, so that We went on.
But there was sure death ahead il we did not
stop. Only fifteen miles ahead was the town Of
Lchwartz, on the Yssula, and ct the rates We were
goipg We should be there in 8 few minutes, for
each minute carried rs over q mile. The shriekB
of the passengers now rose above the crash of the
rails and more terrific than ell else arose the de-
mouica yels Of the mad engineer
HMerciful heavens T. gasped the guaFdsman,
''there's not q moment TO lose Schwartz is close
BY But hold +" he added, "let's shoot him.
At that moment tall, stout German student
came over the platform where We stood, and we
saw that the mad man had his heavy pistol aimed
at us. He grssped heavy stick Of wood, and,
with a stesdness Of nerve which / could not have
commanded, be hurled it with such force and pre-
esion that he knocked the'pistol from the mGniaes
hand 1 saw the movement and on the instant
that the pistol fen, / sp-Ang forward and the Ger
man followed me. grGsped the man By tie sTm,
but should have been nothing in his mad power
had been alone he would have hurled me from
the platform, had not the student al that moment
struck him upon the head with stick Of wood
which be caught as be came over the tender.
Kroller settled down ike dead man, and on
the next instant shut CT the steam and opened
the valve AS the freed steam shrieked and howl
ed in its escape the speed began to decrease, and
in few minutes more the danger was passed. As
settled back, entirely overcome at the wild emo
tons that had rEged within me, we began to turn
the river, and befOreI was fairly recovered, ths
fireman had stopped the train in the station house
ct Schwartz
Martin Kroller, still inssusibls, was taken from
the platform; and as we carried him to the guard.
! room, one Of the guard recognised HIM, and TOLD
as that he had been there about two weeks before
"He came" said the guard, "snd sWOre that az
engine which stood near here was his. He sRiC
it was one he had made to g to the moon in, AnG
| that it had been stolen from him. We sent fol
| more help to arrest him, and he aed
"Weu,' replied with a shudder, Il wish be haC
| approached me in the same way; but be was more
| cautious at Dsntzc."
At Schwartz we found "a engineer to run tht
engine to Bromberg; and having taken out the ives
tern mail for the next northern train to take aon(
/ we saw that KrOllsr would be properly attended
| TO, and then started on.
The rest OF the trip we ran in safety, though
o,uld see thAt the p :ssengers we've not wholly g
| ease, and would no. be until they were entirely
| clear of the railway A heavy purse was mad
| up by them for the German student, and he &C
| cepted it with much gratitude, and I was glad o
| IT; for the current Of gratitude to him may hav
prevented far different Current, which might hRy
| poured upon my heal for having engaged a mad
! man to run q railroad train.
But this is not the end Martin KIOller remain
ed insensible from the effects of that blow upo;
| the head nearly two weeks and when he recover
| ed from that be was sCuad sgain-bis insanity wa
| gone. l saw him about three weeks afterwards
| but he had no recollection Of me. He remember
ed nothing Of the past year, not even his mat
| freak on my engine.
| But I remembered it, and remember is still
| and the people need never fear that shall be i'm
posed uT on again by crazy engineer,