St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-07-05

then followed as we had suspected. Tn
tram moved off without the guard. an,
with the carriage doors open. The en,
gine driver rushed up Just in time TO Sc,
the tail-li@hts of the train disappcarin.
under the bridge. and very much Surpri.
>ed liz fireman by asking for an explain.
ailon oi such an extraordinary proceed.
lng, The fireman. poor man. could only
protest IN strong LANGUAGE that he had
received his orders from the engine, anu
as lac supposed, from the engine driver
himself. There WAS, aS might lie ex-
pectcd, great CONSERVATION amongst the
officials. when it became known that
some one Lad run oil with the train.
and a. such a thing could not have been
done with any harmless intention. and
the consequences would IN all probability
bc serious, Immediate steps were, a. We
have seen, taken 10 provid. that assist
ance which. it was feared, would bc
needed hv lis, Happily. As | have shown.
II WAS not needed. ami the whole o. the
passengers were forwarded 10 their yari-
Gus destinations, sale. AT all events. in
body if terribly disturbed in mind.
y word or two as io the man who de
vi>rd and pcrpeiratei this horrible al
Tempt, He Was supposed to have Jump
ei otf the tram a little way down the
Inic. and 10 have got clear AWAY but
next morning n gan" of plate layers.
proceeding To their work. came upon his
sadly muiilatei body lyin. IN the six
foot lis head and face were 80 shat
tered and bruised that no feature could
bc recognized but from his clothes. ami
AN old pass found in his pocket. he ap-
!carci 10 lc one OF the goods tirenlcn
then Oh -irikc He MAS known TO bc
un" a.; the most dl>aflcctc;l of the lot.
and h;,l often been heard To- utter VAGUE
threats about ''>cryin" the company of
ior their tyranny and oppression, -
'ilrcai> ~ very vague that mo one had
thought Il worth while 10 heel them. or
to look after him. When found, one ot
III hooi- was missing. but If MAS found
i iew yards farther Oh, torn and ilatien-
4! out OF ali shape, Putting the iwo
lh.n-. together. il would >,-cm that. in
"li tie c,i-ihc. hi> foot had
r:su-ht IN the slippery iron step. lie
had ia,ll,u head lowmwari>. ami had 80
hten dragged for a considerable distance,
with hi> hvi'i crs,slln. against the ,nI
ut every sleeper, until his boa; came vi.
ami hr had then fallen 10 the carth on
lie spot where lie MAS found
Nom al thu railway o:liciai, had any
doubt o.. tins, hIt til directors consider
i II rNl,d.e,i tia; The circumstances
should l'e suppressed - far Il possible.
and, accordingly al The inquest. the
men eNamine,! seemed 10 know - little
al the matter. ami ~ little Of anv real
Importance ca,nr ont. that tLe jury rc-
turned a bare verdict oi accideniai death.
and. - lie Tram w,.> not smashed uI,.
ami the passengers Were not all killed or
drc;rliully INJURED. the newspapers COLI
iell,-! themselves with byie. paragraph
hc,.'iol ''EA;raoriinary Affair on the VI.
aud ID Rtilway. instead ui the column,
on columns which would haze b,,n re-
qu;rc'l under other circumstances.
For the share whic!. | had the good
fortune Il nave ia the matter. and for
~.'I.I- ihcm "a much valuable l,rol.criy.
AMI :" many thousands "t pound, in
c.;.i'n- for COMPENSATION. received a
handsome acknowledgment from the ii
rect"r-, AMI have risen rapidly from one
position 10 another - that. although il
w:.> lOm5 before iuiie recovered from
the nervous stale into which >lnh after
the occurrence. ! had no reason 10 regret
that | wa~ IN that runaway tram. AMI
that | did my duty 10 the passengers.
AMI 10 the company whose servant
wa~. | am thankful that | had Suiiici
cat ,onr.iEt amd strength OF purpose 10
10 that duty satisfactorily.