Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-09-11
TIED to :. Track-Fiendish Muir
der

One of the most atroclOuS crimes ever
committed was perpetrated at point near
Henryville, Indiana, about twenty miles
from Jeffersonville, Saturday night. The
following details are given by correspon-
dent of the Louisville "Courier-Journal :"
AS freight train coming south on the
j., M. & |. Railroad, due at 10 O'Clock
Sunday morning, had reached point a
bout "a mile this side of Henryville, the
train was hailed and stopped. A i:umber
of men, probably a dozen, were gatheled
| around the body of a man, and the con-
| ductor was told that a man had been run
over by a previous train, and was dying
| The injured man was taken on board the
tain. in company with DR.. FurguSon. OF
Henryville, who had been called to render
medical services. The injured man had
his left leg torn off by the train, and was
weak from the loss of blood, aud for SOME
time after he was aboard unable to talk
He however, revived for a time, and told
| the following nOrriDia story
| He said his name is AuguSte Gardner,
| Frenchnan, Iwenty-thret years OF age,
and has been in the United States out Il
short time. He WAS gong from LOUIS
Vile, KY. to seymour, Ind. Ill search OF
employment. lie adds: II had but little
money, 81 | thought | would walk. L.
could not have been much past IN o CLOCK
last night when three men came up 10 me
while | WAS walking along the track. One
of them demanded my money. L told
them that | was poor, having only a few
dollars This did not do any good, for
they seized me, two holding me and the
other one searching my pockets and taxing
nv pocket-book and everything else had.
They then threw me down on the track
| thought 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, Sno
they commenced to tie me 10 the track
over cattle-guard. / was badly fright
: ened, and begged them hard not to dc
that. | told them that | never knew
them. and had never done them any harm
and if they would let me go would say
nothing of what had occurred. While
was talking ard pleading with them they
, still kept on tying me to the track ovel
the cattle-guard They tied me length
ways to the rail. The rope was tightly
fastened around my body, legs and arms
!, When they got through could not move
, my arms and legs. While | was.begglna
them not to leave me there they Went OIL
| knew that the cars would be along soon
loosen the ropes that bound me. AT hrs
[ did not think that would be able t.
move at all, but after repeated efforts
succeeded IN working my arms and bod.
off of the track. In swinging down,
tried to get my left leg off, but coult
, not. 1 yelled with all my might, hoping
that somebody would come and save me
but no one came. 1t was raining hard
, the time, and very dark, | had been lying
! there about half all hour, when | heart
the cars whistle | cannot tell you M
feelings. IA perceptible shudder her
passed through the frame of the dying
mani In a few seconds the cars Wer
nearly up to where l was lying. L CAV
a wild Shrek and closed my eyes. IN
cars passed over me, the wheels cutting
off my leg, and cutting the rope loose tina
bound me- | suffered intense pain, ant
crawled and dragged myself few fee
from the track | tainted away land wllel
came to was very thirsty. 1t was still
raining, and | dug a hole in the gronn!'
: by my face with my fingers, so that i
would fill with water. BY doing this
managed to get Il little water. [ Was s.
weak that | could not move, and halo
ed frequently during the mig Int for help
but no one came until morning, when
, was found" Gardiner died shortly afte
arriving at JetfeIsonVille.