Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-27

rollsdu into adistorted heapFasifh
been overtakens byCa fts 'Supposins- HIM
to. be;in O, drunken stupory + ruiseth him
to his seat and thOuJ, J,beeam It di aoossn
his collar and, neck tiass hAsiE did soul
noticed a -small lxid lblhe line Funning
exactly ,aroundgh his Throat, and cutting
| deeply into the flesh his face Aalsoi was
of deadly huesI and frightened at,
knew not what, I SENT the brakesman
for physician when1G Eknew was on
the train. AS soon as he came and had
handled the Kentuckian, he exclaimed,
| s the mans dead-his kis broken
the man has been murdered p
'lnn5ed ediatelyH Stene embered the ght
of the preceding eyeAinE between the
now dead man and the Missourin, and
telling the doctor of my fears that the
latter had kept his word and murdered
the Kentuckiaffys we Agreed to make
some movements toward the detection
of the murderer. iGoing 10 the rear we
found. the Missourian ctlrled up In his
seat; his friend also Being in the outside
seat, and both being apparently asleep.
Ag we1 hooked up6hs the Missourian,
wes' heard hina ,'mItteft |SI'Il Kill him,
I'll kill hin, ~ as If half Hsleep and
awake. We were turning away WI hen
the doctors quick eye caughta glimpse
of something the man held in his hand,
and reaching over gently drew it from
his fingers, exclaimif1g, and this Is
what the deed was done with" !" holding
up to- me .au thin Heather string, about
the sizesofaa small Nhip4ashs and Used
by dreversias a belt around their waist,
and also to hopple an unruly OK; or to
tie the legs .ofla calf. sdf = 1s.sea T7h s!
As we left the drunken man, the
doctor said, " That brufte has icrept afp
behind sthe KentuclZiau, when m the
darkness of the tunnel, and throwing
this strap around his throat, has .ierked
his head back and broken his neck at
once. The body had then. fallen for
ward against the door while the muir
derer Ahs grcpe4 hiAi way pSSk t4 his
seat, Sad Aas Ae9ide e4tSlly cad ght the
bell-rope, in his drunken grasp and
pulled it." -.....,.,, .,,....,-v5- d, -.
As we passed the next stGtion, threw
off a telegram to our headquarters, ask
ing for some police to be on hand on my
arrival and as We ,oams iEIto, the depot,
force of men surrounded, the cars,
while we went into it and made; the ar
rest. The drovers were still sleeping
their orgies off when I'VE entered, the
dead Kentpckiap lying; in the corner
just as we had left HIM, Wearresteds the
Missourian on a charges of, murder, and
also his friend who sat by him, as an acs
compGce, as 1T did not seem probable
that the drunken fellow could have
passed out of his seat and into it again
without awakening his companion.
The rest of the 'drovers were exam
ined and testified strongly against the
prisoheE as to the quarrel and the
threats he had used, and the doctor
swore that the neck of the sn1urdered
man had been9 bFpken ahyH aasshdaenl
jerk, and the mark made ON Ehis throat
by just such x strap Dorsi thong asg WAS
found in the grasp of the Missoarian.
The prisoner produced good .testi-
mod1y as ito his charseter. and his conn
Isel fought bravely for him.. He showed
that the thong was IN use by every
Sdrover, and that each man in that car
had fone0 or Iiiore on his person.
The words he had heard, p" I'll kin
rhini, u from the murderer he firgued;
meant what he woeld d. do and not what
heshad done. .qfe showed the Nilsson
,riasr lteslb6 wealthy, % 6fngood1 character
and of a. peaeeable Ndispositior except
when in Itisieupsy b9tEf5 was of no eavail,
and the wretched nam was sentenced to
be hung in elk weeks from the time Of
shis trial. siB : tus 9iGs1i 70 ElhuNJ .
Iwentr to- visit him several times IN
his condemned cea, and fsoiiaeho how' or
another the deolaratiefls 16f innoceAce
bthS fellown made to me sA6olk nay belief
! in his guilt; although 'Ishad Witnessed
strongly against HIM on his trial, and at
last f0qnaE myself fully confirmed m
my new belief ofEhis, entire innoeehee.
IL could ssBe mo wayeto save him, how
even, sanddfiKe bxeslsso of his a6imel on
earth had rolled by, and yet the mys-
/ terry was as great one. as ever.s 'sssI -
Ones morning abonts that time, I owas
running the same tram, Gonly, as it hap
penedx wet had n6 par ticulaPs drovers,
car. 4 In the. hst car was Aour superih-
tendent, a tall, ilean ,Hankee, fully six
feet tgto inches insheight, and of about
the,sameas the murGlered * entuclxian.
1t 50 hdppened that he occupied the
same seat IS the ,Kentafckian had done,
and i Was5alson in my solds place in, the
tbaggage-car. When exactly in the same
place in. the tpRnel, just bwheni the en-.
gineer had, tplltp on steam 30 carry us
through, the belsrope again ratified, and
the engineer whistled for the brakes.
car, firmly nerstiad led hat hoNs Keould
solve ismYstery. Reaching it found
I the Csdp pefintendent sitting back in his
kseat, and hosting his hand to his throat
twhile he. .gaSped for breath, One or two
tpassensefs were attempting to be y Of
some 1seAo bin; hbsiE he cohld only
moan and hold tightly his throat. "a
At last he recovered. sufficiently to
taxa his Rand away, and then, I saw the
slight, iivid blue marx Which 1.had seen
before, iii q most exact similar position
on the 1Ieek of the Kentuckiap.. As
the superintendent got over the;shock,
he proceeded to tell us Of how he re-
Eceived the mark and its fearful effects.
laHe had been asleep, and was awakened
Pby the train eptsfing the, tunnel. Half
asleep and awake,S he stepped to. the
car-dQor ah fstdod aooH g6r tTitig to
look through the door7window.
? Suddenly and without my WARNING. MN I.
he felt asfepe shPpeE yipder his hffoat,
tEand at that moment the engine giving q
jerk he was, thrown VIOLENTLY into q
hcornsrsoG the oarPaa sdnl Died 70 ass
( The mystefyswas solvedsat last. The
Itrain, as have said; entered the tunnel
at ansloW rate Of speed7and without the
Iuse of steam, the 1gr&deaat the entrances
forcing the cars together and giving
them sufficient headway. AT this time
the bell-Fope, which of course has to be
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