, 1865-05-30
RAILROAD REFElANIB3 n.
4 CoJoFad " oman Crossly Assaulted
on The Pittaburs b. Fort Wayne and
chicago Hallway


Edifor1 TElbnnt:
Constrained By sense OF duty, and no H.
will, and in compliance with tbs expressed
wish Of numerous fellow passengers, dealse
to lay before your readers what raeautly oc~
cured on the train OF the Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad
Soon after passing Lima, Ohio, perhaps ten
o'clock In the morning, there was gathering
1T the front door Of our kleep1ng-car to see
what one called 4 " niger fight" A. drew
near they said the conductor had Just had
tutt.e with negro woman, and had put har
out of the ladles' ear into the forward CIR !;
and that she Was trying to jump OF, and hsd
to be gusrded. The act WAS freely discussed
by Us all, and nearly unanimously dlsap-
1t Crestline We stopped for dinner. 4
good looking, bright nulaito lady-well
dIeseed, nent, and eVeryway modest and
eomely tn appearance, came out Of The S,,: cars
IL. We drew near, snd she related her story,
which was there cond1med by the reluctant
admissions Of conductor aud brakeman, and
the voluntary testimony tf passengers, and
Was as follows:
She bought frat class ticket at L1ms for
husband and eiek child. She got aboard Of
| the car and took her seat where there Waa
room In the ladiEs' car, feeling she had =
right to sit there. This Is Whsre ladies, and
gentlemen with ladles, arc direetcd, Us all
travellers know. Soon the conductor came
! in and took her ticket and gave her his check,
leave that car and 70 the uext--the gentle
| mtn's car. She declined. He declared Bhc
| shonId. She said, IS have paid my fare In
full and Tish to b let alone, but IT he 1nslst-
ed she wou'd pay him mone rather than be
took out tie t7.50 still lett Of the $40 her
husband sent her to come to him
| wth,) but nothing would do save
| t,r htr to leave. This she refused to do. He
| then with violent hands seized and dragged
htr ont, che resisting as best she could. She
asked him 10 stop the cara and she would go
back aud take more decent train bnt no.
EuaIdt d against getting cd. In the scufae he
badly tore her fine clothes, which she showed
rs. snd she lost the ssven dollars and hfty
cents she had With her. Ptnnilcss, she stood
there weeping. wert to the conductor,
standing at q distance, and told him Of her
move or Lis hand to aid, though under hli
wicked band she had lost 1t. Tic passengcta
then made up purse for her to help her to
Cleveland. The conductor then came up and
showed fight. He was told "we were not
fighting men," but we shonid publish him.
As the passengers wo1ld have me be the
Ee,ibe for thtm, give your readers these sim
pie tacts.
On the platform stood the Rev. N. B. C.
Love, the Methodist clergyman Of Crestliue,
| who heard and SAW what thtre occurred, and
| who can be consult. d Tor the correctness ol
this statement, that others there said that
The lady was well known At Crestline-she
had lived there and was respectaole lady.
The cenduc tors name Is john Bull (sign.l
cant Eame.) Those who knew him we'll told
me that be was a notorious Coprerhead, and
gloried In 1t.
should have reported him to the sup.rin
tcDdent Of the railroad had not Bull and
others oi the conductors told me that It Wal
| their Instructions from this Official to !" tur1
al colo,ed ladies' ont Of The ladies' car, unless
they are servants that accompany white Ia
disa.' Yes, there ftis-eervantso or slaves uevel
70 black may sit thsre with impunlty, Int
they are free, no matter ii but Of shade 0
African blood, they must be thrust out Toen
Now / ask, If eald John Bull might not Il
law be taken for assault and batteEy
and for theft, abe haTipg lost her none,
while under bis rough handss I ask too hoV
long must these abuses Of the colored people
because God made them so, last here at tn
Nor,h! How long ere the split Of SLAYER,
Ehall die ont, and these insults and opprea
snps of tase Coppe1heads cehEe1 And final
" ask If such Is The auimus Of the Pitts
6ureh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
o0sAA no' ~' pN'A " ~ INV. Core.
REMARKs.-We do not believe that the Su
perintendent Of the P. Ft. ". & G. B. R
gave any such Instructions to his conductors
nor that be will countenance or tolerate sucl
+ b,utal conduct. We shall feel much surpris
ed If be retains Nr. Bull's services aftcz th
! 6.cts shnve narrated are brought to his no