Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-12-04
4 Western Adventure with Il
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The Virginia (Nevada) "Enterprise, y
gives the following occurrence which we
publish promising that the Judge CARRIER
mentioned is Staunton man, son OF Mr.
VIM. H. CARRIER:
On Tuesday of last week John B. Win
tiers. the welI-knoWn operator IN mines :;
J. NJ Walker, former superintendent OF
the Bullion mine, and brother Ut eX-Gov
ernor Walker NOW Z, ngreSs-elect,) OF Viz
gilia, aud Judge GitiDef. formerly I'll
White Pine, Nevada, bur now ii reSldel
of Oakland, Caiiforu q ;ntt with quite al
adventure at stlcralnrn,U, Willie Oh thei'
way to San Francisco ~ u.tneSS the grea
S25, 900 running rae. The three we:
standing together on Tie platform OF IT,
rear car when the train left the depot /;
Sacramento, and after it had started ALI
wien it was moving pretty rapidly,
young German, in MS shirt sleeves, with
baby i'll his arms, came rushing up to them
wildly crying:
''TAKE THE BABY TAKE THE BABY ~
Mr. Walker grasped the man by the arm
with the intention of assisting the excited
Teuton aboard. but he shouted ''Let me
alone! Take the baby - at the same time
time holding the infant toward MI. Win
to the rear of the platform with one hand,
while he grasped the baby with the other,
and the cars were moving at such rate
Of speed that both man and child were in
danger of being killed. eff we take the
baby we take you with I'll" cried, Walker,
| who had again grasped the Dutchinan
by the wrist Telling Winters to seize
the child, Walker, who is Il man OF great
strength, then hauled the Dutchman
aboard. No sooner mad he released him,
however, than he made All attempt to leap
tanned sucn speed that the man would have
| been badly injured, il not killed outright,
had he succeeded in his design Of jumping
off the platform. Again Walker seized
him with giants grasp. crying: NO you
who was standing by with the baby in his
arms, took great interest in the struggle
going on between Walker and the Dutch
man. He didn't want to he left with a lit
tie Dutch baby on his hands. He Justify
shouted
''HoLD HIM, WALKER DIN HIM! HOLD
HIM!''
And Walker did held him-stdck to him
like nigger to woodehuck. Seeing t.lat
he would not be allowed TO jump Oft OF the
train, the Dutchman allowed himself TO be
led into the car, when Judge CARRIER took
the bench. and he was asked to explain.
THE DUTCHMAN's STORY
was this He was at work about the depot.
when a woman who spoke German came
to him and asked him to hold her child
while she went f,T q cup of coffee. He
took the child and walked about the plat
form With it in his arms awaiting the re-
turn of the mother. She did NOT come
for the child, and finally, seeing that the
train was leaving he ran after it, suppOs-
inc the mother had gone aboard without
his having observed her. He wanted to
plt the child aboard the train, but did not
desire to be carried away himself, as he
had no money with him and had no bust
ness down the road. Seeing no reason to
doubt the JeNton's story. they searched
through the train, hut ne one was found
TO claim the little one. and the Teuton
failed to find any such woman as the one
that placed the youngster i'll his arms.
The CHILD, a bright little boy about fifteen
months Old, attracted great attention on
the train. It was found that the little
fellow had on about three suits of clothing,
as though on purpose to send him away
with all of his belongings: and there was
no longer any doubt in the minds OF any
tb0ut the intention Of t..e woman who had
given the Dutchman her baby to hold.
The Old trick had been played off oa him.
NOBODY ABOUT THE TRAIN WANTED
THE BABY,
and after looking at it, all passed it
back to the poor Dutchman who felt about
ten times as sick Of the prize as did the
man who won the white elephant in the
raifit. There the poor fellow Went throGg',
the cars with that ''blessed baby" in his
arms, crying, with sickly smile: HE is
a pooty fine baby don t some yendleman
or lady like to got him ?" Nobody cared
to got him." and so at last the poor Dutch
man sat down and tried to take it cOUlly-
but it Was impossible. Big drops of sweat
coursed down the m MS cheeks, and an
occasional moan escaped him as he rocked
himself and the baby to and fro. Seeing
in tie kindness of his heart, sat down by
his side and tried to comfort him.
ut is all /; mistake, my friend, " said Mr..
Walker: ''the woman no doubt forgot the
train. You VIII find her waiting for you
when you get back to Sacramento, red-hot
about the baby Mo- said the Dutch
man, ''she don't got red'hot. She von tam
rascal Now, vot [ goin' to do nit dis
pabys Mine Colt, ven | go home nit i'm
VAT WILL KATRINA TOLD ME-
sWel, aid Walker, ''you can explain
matters-you can tell her about how the
woman gave him to you to hold, all that. ="
" as, and all dat ! All dat is big peeZness
for me to told Katrina. Told Katrina
about dat some womans vat | don't know
who it vas gived me a papy? No, you don't
fooled Katrina nit some tam fool yarns
like dose Katrina, she watch me poorly
close anyhow, and it is now pig peeznees
dat l 60 home nit dees tam pary and some
cock and pull schtories sabout dat a vo-
mans leave him nit me Colt in Himmel
wond somepody take the paby!" Nobody
would take the little walf and Oh arriving
at Oakland the poor Dutchman got off of
the train and sorroWfuly marched away
i'll his shirt sleeves, with that baby in his
arms. He is probably still walking the
streets of Oakland, carrying the baby on
Ills breast, afraid to go nome to Katrina
init der peeZness. -
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT--On Wednesday
night Of last week MI. Thomas Overaker
of Iibprty Bedford co. VA where he had