The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-01-25
.TaaA Horrible steryIg

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WHAT AN ENGIHEEE DID WITH A MAN
WHO DIsARRANuED A RAILROAD TRACK.
'&Iss elSlII IL ~ -I
7e, Asthe' day of 'Cluek's execution ap-
proa,bes, horrible and gl,astly topics are
S'discuSsed'in orkshops, around the even
i!agateyes sin, the corner groce ries, and
10 many places of public resort Chill
dEsn shadder and cling closer to their
msiAsr'S pee O. the, ,garrqlous -oldr Wis
itdr nasfates some STORY Of a hanging or
ssIliss' bdstaiB 6Fsofne dark crime that oc.
2curred when she was,e a, girl, Tho sol
enn,tha mysterious aud the 'supers,i
,rtion, Nhieh always surround hanging.
sseem;to be in the air, and although the
topic isrn disgusting one, it must be con.
pstssesa IL not. to the credit Of hum nifty
ss,s,tihaas's s,ihlaatsg herbidanrpetite in the public
oG'cfagsB, and demands the minutest detail
..softhe horrible barbarity.
s sbSa 81 Shee 9t the raany recalled stories which
:. aIeeborne upon ahervery wind, the foil
sit0Wihy was ioid TO ,Srnttnel reporter
aspisBt or two. ago, and, to add to the
= hottid surroundings ofthe story, he was
..ailla coffin shop, viewing the coffin which
assia 20 contain the last remains of the nlur
sssssdssrst ssd glucks The story may be true
-ssione more likely it is false, but it is
On giEsn ss it was detailed and it may be
that some one still living may remember
ths6ircpnsfahcss Eand write the tale
sis 81, Some years ago there was a well known
aGieugineer, whose name is not given for
good and sufficient reasons, who ran
sss,Spassenecr e. train on one of tho most pop
Shs ular hpd most travelled roads that run
:. ont Of Indianapolis. Alta certain place
~ ~ onithe road every night for about week
,e1'as the passenger train ran by, and this
.ssosngipo came laundering along, it was
80 .a certain to elthrown from the track by
-, aa obstruction placed there Several
s ofrthehe mishaps to the train caused loss
.z.. of life nd the company was becoming
considerably alarmed and the ability of
sas the aneitecr was being seriously ques-
. az Toned One night, as the unfortunate,
~ . tfainswas tpeuring the fatal spot, the,
!. saeneiDeers mho'th been sitting, grun
ald silent at the throtto turned to his
s.s ss.,,S ,ffstlia and sand: Ifthis train jumps
ssa:the itrackGat this place to night, you fol.
low me; don't stop i;or anything, but
keep close qaiteri me. Somebody has
.Cbsen tbroEIhS this train eft the track
and I'm CHING to catch him." When
.h=sfs42.s s:s.s!reetl :. g. The usual place it
KgstEpek :. agisRlacsd,rail and was banked.
4 The engineer closely fullowed by The
.et 'ffseuian, jumped from the engine and ran
80 into aacornfeld aud started up man
~ . fhst lhVssttl lay Concealed there Upon bring
: 80 ius :fhc culprit back to the wreck the en-.
- Sagadapassepgers wanted to lynch him,
Int tlle engineer stern, cold, determin
EsAAsd Mans ipssaeatsli them, saying that he
ssWoald atake charge ioffhim, and through
the iptercession Of the conductor the
erembling wretch was left in charge OF
the engiaeer.s The train vas righ,el,
and SaS s9oh speeding on its way. Th C
prisoner who had confessed his flo ,dish
ness; hua been seated on the engine and
the fireman placed beside him a. guard.
When th., Train was on a smooth piece
of track bowling along at the speed of
twenty miles an hour, the engineer
beckopcd the fireman to stand out of
the way. The fireman stepped aside
and the engineer picked up round
aetlekso wood aud struck the criminal
- aaah Sbhlow upon the head that it ST.
lasned him; Hs!thcn caught the quivcri.
form Of the poor wretch, and opening
o5 tie futnico doors, threw his tody into
81 J; sitiISes3h the hot 3hpt, scething hell Of fame The
y bdeossswero shut the train ratified along
r9isaudtneSers until upon his dca.h bed the
eGgfEeer confessed the act, was it ascer
], ~ .sgasasd What had been done to the find
IN sRho had bean in the habit Of throwing
Dsaa hse hSet tffRRiid tffRiid 90 she track.