The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-08
FIEND1sH CRUELTY
TIED TO TIE TRACK.

FURTHER FACTS CONCERNING THE OUTkAdE
NEAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND MUIR
DER-THE STORY OF THE DYING NAN.
The Louisville Courier Journal of August
81 contains the following account of an
strocity mentioned by telegraph: AS freight
train No. 10, coming south on the j. NJ. *
L. railroad, due at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning, in charge of Conductor Water
house, had reached a point near about one
mile this side of Henryville. the tain YVES
hailed and stopped. A number of men,
probably dozen, were gathered
around the body of man, and Con-
ductOr Warehouse was told that man had
been run over by previous train, and was
dying The conductor had the jured man
taken on board the train, in company with
Dr. Ferguson, of Henryville, who bad been
called to render medical services. The in
iured man had his left leg torn eff by the
train, and was weak from the loss of blood,
and for some time after he was aboard was
unable to talk. He, however, revived for
time, and told the following horrible story:
Ny name is August Gardner. / was born in
France and have been from that country
but short time. am but % years old. /
have no relations or friends in this country.
Nv father is dead. / was going down To
Louisville Lou had search SGt IF
thought / would walk. 1t could
not have been much past 10 o'clock last
night when three men came up to me while
Twas walking along the track. One of them
demanded my money. told them was
poor. having only few dollars. This did
not do any good, for they seized me, two
holding me and the other one searching my
pockets and taking my pocket-book and
everything else mad. Tnen they threw me
down on the track. / thought that they
were going to kill me, and begged them to
spare my life. They said nothing, but one of
them produced long piece of rope from his
pocket, and they commenced to
TIE ME- TO THE TRACK,
over a cattle-gusrd. Twas badly frightened,
and begged them hard not to do that. 1
told them that never knew them. and had
never done them any harm, and if they
would let me go 1 would say nothing of
what had occurred. While | was talking
and pleading with them they still kept on
tying me to the track over the cattle guard.
They tied me leDgthwIse to the rail. The
rope was tightly fastened around my body,
legs, and arms. When they got through
could not move nv arms and legs. While
was begging them not to leave me there,
they went Off knew that the cars would
be along soon, and tried my utmost to free
myself and loosen the ropes that bound me
At frat l did not think L would be
able to move at all, but, after repeated
efforts. succeeded in working my arms end
body off the track. In swingingsdOwD, tried
to get my left leg off, but could not. l yelled
with all my might, hoping that somebody
would come and save me, but no one came
1t was raining hard at the time, and very
dark. / mad been lying there about hall
an hour when L heard the cars whistle.
can not tell you NV feelinls. A perceptible
shudder here passed through the frame Of
the diving man In a few seconds the cars
m m tn w w O vi
a wild shrek and closed my eyes. The cars
passed over me, the wheels GU ting off my lt Q
and cut the ropes loose that bound me. | suf-
fered inten Sc pain. and crawled and dragged
myself few feet from the track. L tainted
away, and when | came to was very thirsty.
1t was still raining, and 1 dug a hole in the
ground by my face with my fingers so that
il would fill with water. By doing this
managed to get little water. was so weak
that / could not move, and L hallned fire.
quently during the night for help, but nc
one came until morning, when 1 was found
We gained the above statement after inter
viewing several gentlemen who were witt
the diving man. The language may not b,
exactly that which he used, but ig is sub
stantially the same.
DR. FERGUsoN's STATEMENTS
DIR. III. III. Ferguson, of Henryville, fur
nishes us the following statement: l wa
aroused this morning at 1870 O'Clock by Mr.
Samuel Williams, Jr., who said that Their
was a man who had been run over by tn
cars lying on the track one mile below
Henryville. The news spread rapidly, ant
in few minutes a dozen men had col
lected. We procured the hand-car, and in
short time we arrived at the point desig
mated, where we found the man lying ON al
old section dirt car, with the left leg torn OF
below the knee, his clothing saturated will
water from the rain; he was extremely pal,
and suffering from the shock and exposure
There was no pulse at the wrist.
asked him what time of the night he bad re
ceived the injury; he said it was b. tween l
and III p. NJ. i then asked him if he ha
been drunk and went TO sleep on the rail
road track. He said no; "that he had bee
met by three men, who demanded hi
money, and after taking it from him (wbic
was only five dollars) they bound him o.
the track" then went about sixty feet
the south, and at Sow Gap" 1 discoyere
two pieces of old manila rope still aroun
the cross-tie, with about room enough fo
the body of deceased, and, on looking round
found three other ropes which had evidentl
been cut by the car wheels. Another ger
tleman found bis
EMPTY POCKEr-BOOK
forty feet still farther south. We also foun
the foot in the cattle-guard. While we wer
making some arrangement for taking hiI
to Henryville, the morning freight goin
south came by, and was hailed by Condut
tor Thomas Dillon. After the train stopped
and as it was raining, we concluded that tn
best plan would be to put him in the car
and carry him to Jacksonville, which W
proceeded to do. The train stopped at Mem
phis, where we procured some dry clothin
to put on him and some whisky. After be-
ing stimulated his pulse became moderated
good, and be answered questions readily
gave his name as August Gardner, said b
was % years of age and was native {
France, and was travelling from Seymour
The train that run over Gardner VS.
passenger train No. 6, bound south, tn
train being due in Louisville at IL p.
The train with the dying man on board a
rived at Jacksonville yesterday morning
few minutes after 10 o'clock Tie horrib