The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-08-24

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Our readers wtli ra dauht rcouNue; the rafiio-
ulArs 81 tBg Terrible naEo3s vii d atsucJd 4
Cars Rock oa tho Er.e Bailrlad. va the morn.
ing 81 the 18th 81 April isas. whereby seef0 81
more suuls utrg hurled into ctsfaity b, an iu
staut oal dtty of Nkty pcrsous wore badly
wounded, seven q Nl.om afterwards died from
the effects ~ tausy ui0ea Tbe aatbar IS ellis
cyoui las boon JunH % isii q AlIfN. p,na5 op
a double charge - having torn up tho railroad
track With th0 intention q throwing 90 trains.
and II pe8ug, % iaaieu iho ggil, thercol Il "a
innocent man, ls name il john BoVtn He l.
an Euelishnan by birth, about snty.fuur Years
Of age, and has l{ca 80 ibs country twenty-five
yearf. nj has resided near rutt Jor,ia mum.
bor q years, IL was formerly ii The employ of
The Eric Railroad Company but was seut io jan
by Thorn on charge n foigcry Below il The
confession which be mado toa gentleman who
visited him ii iail
/ have read lhe biblo and pl aged latcly. aud
hope 10 set some Of my AIMS pafdonod may
not hyo long, and don't lke TO dio with 10 much
on my conscience Iwish % lghlon Il little.
About bctwocu summer and and fall, three years
ago, on the Eaie Railway between the Delaware
I
was going along tIWas not working IN tho
Company one day kickod stone from the
middle Of tho road 10 the edge Of tho track
against the chair; there il logged. didn't think
Il would do any damage hut Il did IL started
two Or three cars of tie track Some time
February one year ago, there was crooked rail
at Rosa's Switch near tie chair took piece
Of iron aud pushed tho rail out Of the chair, and
raised It mp and pnt q spike under Il at the bond.
ed place on second quarter tie, ! showed i
back into the chair, but it wouldn't go ia without
something heavy to force il Ia, lefl It at that
and along came a freight train and broke II on
and the train ran Of down the bank About tho
10Th, year ago last March at three O'Clock Ia
the morning, | came down 10 the track, q left
my place early and had boon at lackawaxon.
! went 10 soc about silver mine bad burning
out there. ! dropped stone On my foot, which
hurt me SO walked slowly down the track uu-
hll came 10 Carrs Rock, Freight train pss-
sed mo thore, going west. | stepped aside ull
Il passed. / saw on tho river side crooked rail
which was working up aud down rs ihd train
passed.. | took piece ~ the cap % rail aud
tried 10 fix il ou as vol as could. showed tho
rail out Of tho chair aud pat block under Il 70
raise a. Iput spihe under the quarter tie, IN
order 10 make j. come straight tliia lace again.
/ didn't think It was going n 10 any danagp
travelled on from half 10 tHroa quarters u milo
down the track, then heard great noiso.
thought it was the stones slipping into the
water. Instead Of The stones II was a train 20
ing east. That was the Cars Rock calamity
! felt ycfS sorry from that time 10 this. Since
have been here don't sleep nights | knew
when 1 put the spike under tho rail il heavy
train came upon thai rail- afuvard It
would break tint rail, but if train had como
from The east it would have drove 1t down /
didn't know from which way the next train was
comingr