The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-04

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of the robbers tries its weight. am s''ght
Of form. and he can easily lift the living
bundle up, and throw It on his shoulder.
How can they get me from the car! How
thew got in is rs vet mystery to me. The
doors are locked on the outside, and could
not he broken open with the train at fun
Speed from without. AS lie upon the
floor. nearly suffocatcd and IN fearful pain
from my cramped position and the tight
ness of the ropes. Bill hisses In my ear,
eve are goingto throw you over the Rocky
Run"
Even death In the form OF being cast
living bundle from the cars into the waters
Of the run, which we cross in short time
at nm immense height, Is preferable to the
agony am enduring. think l. prayed
with ali nv soul then. I Lave prayed be-
fore going into battle, when expecting TO
be wrecked at sea, and at other times when
my life was in danger. hut never prayed
before. think. with all my soul. Then there
was chance of escape, here there was
none. NY senses, quickened with the agony
Of the moments, were wonderfully acute,
or else was already in delirium. thought
I heard voices at the forward ventilator. l
thought I heard him say "Watch close, and
shoot if there IS DANGER OF coure 1t was
fancy. for the train was going at full speed,
anu Neu IuuSl DC III ists pOSb OAk VIZ SAASs~
Next I heard cautious footsteps on the
roof of my car; probably, if anybody. 1t
was brakeman going over the car to the
engine for his iunch-can, which was there
keeping hot l lay still praying few mo-
ments longer, then more footsteps are
plainly heard on the roof. This time was
sure there were two or three persons. Ah,
| forgot, no doubt they were. confederates
watching outside, while the three WITHIN
did the plundering. All of q sudden the
hel-pull overhead ratified as II energetlcaily
pulled the engine wkistled brakes, and l
| felt every brake on the train was being put
down to purpose.
The robbers consulted for moment, and
then one said: cit is nothing; they are
stopping for hot journal, perhaps" Bill
sprung to ME, and, pressing his revolver
hard against my body, hissed: of they
call for you, say all right" Before could
reply, a rasping noise was heard, followed
| by the report of pistol, and the fall OF
some heavy body across my already over
taxed frame. tainted. -.
| When / came to Ned was .chahng my
| hands. and half dozen men were ruboln1g
NV swollen and chafed limbs, while brandy
| was being placed on my lips. Ned was al
most hyStercal when came to, but the
cr,zicst of all was little Jack, the wood
Da~SpT Vi Tic eISLuc, WI Nv n.y. saoe-o'
l..I shot him ] shot him J." till some one
knocked him down to make him quiet
Then it all came out. The robbers had
been concealed on the rear Of my car, ana
had watched me through the grating. On
my going to sleep slender stick, with a
I>porlge soaked in chloroform at one end.
had been placed under my nose, rouslns
me for moment but to send me into
deeper sleep. Then, with fine saw, por'
ton of the end of the car had been re-
moved, through which they crept, and tnen
IcloSed it behind them. Ned, after While,
thought he would have look at me SO,
crawling over his engine, he essayed &c
open the ventilated shutter and peep
through. Finding tiast, he looked through
the bell-rope hole. which happened
10 be Il large one, and taking in matters at
Ia glance, he had called little Jack to hlm,
and handing his revolver, had gwen him
the message l had heard. Then crossing
the car he had obtained the services OF the
conductor. brakemen, and some willing
passengers, and having surrounded as fal
rs they could Il tast-moyiEg car. he mac
pulled the bell and so signalled to the nre
malL 10 stop. When Jack saw Bill POM
his revolver at me he thought he was goins
10 shoot me; so forcing the ventliahns
| shutter open, he brought him down Will
Il well-ui1ned bullet, killing him instantly
| We took the other two to town on oul
route, where justice was done them They
got thirty years free board. AS for Ned
The express folks were reXed ut first, bu
As had suffered so much and pleaded hare
for both him and for myself, sc kept oul
old places, and still do. Christmas Day
| spent in bed, and also few days alter
wards, getting well, but they brought my
wife aud family TO me, and we didn't fare
| 50 badly after ali.