Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-05-21

slIi as those azents would not give me- aHy
infHmatioa ard We had better ier the on
tus 90 and 'loSk up the ticket nee for QUE
selves thcn walked into the slrno cfiice
ard told b "a th4fI lSaew there Wss an Of
lis W that eits that wouid sellne ticketS,
VA SrpphA Tenn, the way wished o.
-. tirh- h~ srrm-'i sameEhat enrage,
aHd 0d me that he would bet ne eve hon
i.Frd dYtl lars to ten there vas 90 such eiii,e
~ ~ nt IN Ehe city Of S.. louis. | told
-im Il 0 not wish 10 win his money but
would say apd satisfy myself; that before
( I wodld buy his tickets would 60 on
buard Of the boat aRd pay from poiat to
poipt. Then as last res II he proT osed
that he would sell me ticket TO LOuisv .iie
I fav 81 50 and then would give me emigraut
papers C rtiied by himself that | was gn-
iug South 70 bay farm aud vita such pa
Ders I would be enabled tn travel oil over
I the S. urhsrn railroads At cts. a Elit.-
BHt happened to De posted On thar aud
did not bite at his bait Fnally ! went
down to fhe river, went aboard OF the tine
steamer Belle Of ST. Louis. The Captain
smsd to be a gentleman Of the irst water
and g4ye ne this address 3. r. Byiagten,
/ Gen. Ticket Agent, No n Sourh b ST..
| I went to his olfice, found him gentlc man
I and willing to im9aEf information. | bought
l
/ dc steamer ard on ThGrsday morning the
/ : b oi May al 2 O'Clock A. g., landed a.
Memphis. Il s-emedfhat We were uot yet
I lo1e with these 81 LouisscuUnirels. They
were still after me, foT do uob think frem
What I saw OF the good cilizsns of Memphis
thst thEy would iDag keep such scuundrels
/ as gr Elrt Wi,h therr.a AT iuur 0'elacS, A.
I VI. there wasa eaA tor posse ugcrs. NJ
travelling comganion wcut cut and was in.
h torned that tse ears .woall leave at Eve
FO'elocF, ard q We dldsupt hurry We would
be lef'. We had oniribus tickets attached
70 our thrgngh tickets. this ny companion
tslioWed to tbs driver; he heard u read and
( said that Eas al Tigbt and that be- wodle
axe rs 10 tue depot f'ir them. Ny CON-
! penion, anil wife buried out and were soon
1 seated in The vehsele. SO soon as got my
\ boots on I followed af,er. Il was dark,
! could 70. see wsil and when I approached
near the vehicle, seeirg it was not an ON NJ
I bus at rather What - sometimes called a
4 calaSh, calted halt. 1Aers sfse med Il
I b. two driv, rs on be front seat. then re-
! marked, this Is no Omu buss. Tie reply
4 was that il did not matter, 20 ges in, thel
had seen our tickets they were al right,
and they would take Us 10 the depot fol
thfm. When W. got sb1ut half way the
drivers proposed to take Us to house o
refreshments, but We declined, telling then
that If they had told rs the truth "a re wa
aatime for delay. We s@ol arrived al th'
+ depot and found that the train dii net lstv'
Rr some seven hours. The hackmeu thei
refused - take our Omnibus tickets AMI De
manded that we should pay them three dol
bars In grcenbucks, this We refused to do
j They then struck If with their hack or ca
lash doEn in the city, we're gone about di
teen minutes, dt being stiH dark whei
they returned with two olicemen and sew
eral olher ruiians and demarded the thre'
dollars. The policemen after heaFirg th
lwurlIr saury av-far4 W. siaVuft pay It,.
paid It wilh pro est iut as w'u'd civ
M money to 8 band OF robbers and thieves
WHEN daylight came none OF this part.
cruld De- UunL Policemen and all ha'
i ldi-apuearrd. When daylight came, | in
form. the good citizeus e Mrmphis Z
Nhat had been done, ani hHps they wi
saon ferret it cut and bTins the scnuudrel
70 Justice II. l. bgEsoS.