The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-08-24
A TROUBLESOME CHAReE.-A strange ST.

TROUBLESOME CHARGE.-A strange ST.
going the rounds of the papers about the
bles OF crazy man and his brother on q
from Texas to New York. The afflicted r.
had gone from New York to Texas and enpa,
In some business enterprise which proved d
astrous, and after repeated msfortunes Al
heavy pecuniary losses, he finally lost his mino
His brother, learning the condition of affairs.
went to Texas to look after the demented man
and, if necessary, take him home to NY Y,oEJ.-@
de found him, and the two started 4, uor1n =
They went by way of Mobile, and wi en- That
city the crazy man escaped from his 0"ietaKer
and could not be found. A man had seen MIN
going out in the bay in a skiff, and pa sea from
sight out to sea. Search was made n the bay
by the police authorizes of Mobile, nd a3ter two
days the lunatic was discovered "a a secluded
on shore. He madea stout resistance, and
was captured with difficulty. His hands were
then secured with leather hand cuffs and thongs,
and in this condition his brother took him aboard
the train to continue the journey north. Once,
when the brothers back was turned, the crazy
man fastened to the car door and attempted to
Jump from the platform, but was fortunately
caught by the brother in time to prevent him
falling to the ground AS it was, he hung for
some time in his brothers strong grasp, the lat
ter holding to the railing with the other hand.
The train was passing over high embankment
and the unfortunate man struck several posts
and other obstacles, and hung between life and
death over fearful abyss Tor some minutes
Aid came and he was got safely into the car.
Further on in the trip the crazy man asked
his brother to loose his hands, and promised to
be quiet and orderly. The request was com
piled with. Selling the first opportunity, he
crawled out of the car window while the train
was going twenty miles an hour, and dropped
| to the ground The conductor would not stop
the train and went on to the next station, where
| the brother got off and went back to search for
his charge. He looked several days and nights
| without success, and was in despair. At length
| he came upon crowd of men making prepar
| ations to hang a man to a tree. The victim was
| struggling against his fate, and acting in a
manner which made his captors believe he was
| playing crazy. The terrified man saw that it
was his brother, although deep cash in the
| forehead of the victim had disfgured him al
most beyond his recognition. He pleaded for
him, and told his pitiful story which softened
the hearts of the lynchers, and the mob became
| his friends. The offence of the crazy man had
been going into house and attempting to out
rage the person ofa married lady whose moth
| er coming to her rescue mad inflicted the wound
| by which the poor man was hunted down and
identified by the outraged citizens. The crazy
man and his brother took the next train and
left that place, which was Macedonia Tenn,
since which time nothing has been heard of
them. If they have no better luck on the re-
mainder of the trip, it would not be surprising
if both were crazy before they reach New York.
st Louis Republican.