The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-04
John kelly's Ride.


Yesterday morning man named John
Kelly was taken to the Third Precinct
station house in an insensible condition.
He was found in freight car by some
tramps, who entered the car at Sche-
nectady, Sunday night, for the purpose
of stealing q ride to this city. They
heard the groans of an apparently dy-
ing man, and at first were alarmed, but
on investigation Kelly was discovered.
One of the tramps poured some liquor
down Kelly's throat, and on the arrival
of the train at West Albany they pro-
cured couple of sandwiches for him.
These he devoured rapidly. He was
helped from the car, when it was found
that he could not walk, for he fell to
the earth insensible.
He was picked up and placed on a
car and brought to the station-ho as
stated, from whence he was carried on
a stretcher to st. Peters Hospital. I'm
der the care of DIR. Hart, he was speed
lily restored to consciousness. On be-
ing questioned, he related substan-
italy the following story as to how he
came in the position found
My name is John Kelly, aud am
now % years OF age three years ago /
enlisted IN the regular army, and was
assigned to the I'd cavalry, from whence
l was discharged about four weeks agoI;
the regiment was then stationed at
Camp Douglas, in Utah from there l
went to Omaha, and unfortunately got
in with rough crowd, and it's pretty
rough place. L staid about there drink
ing and gambling until all my money.
about $500, was gone, then thought 1
would try and reach home in
Philadelphia; L started and made
my way to Davenport, Iowa,
stealing ride when 1 could,
and walking the rest of the way. l ar
rived at Davenport last Wednesday,
and could get nothing to do o. to eat /;
early Thursday morning / entered the
car in which 1 was found, before it was
locked up, having noticed the day be-
fore that it was bound East secreted
myself in the oats, and soon after the
cars started the dust from the oats, ow-
ing to the motion of the car, soon filled
my ears, nose and mouth, so that L
could not breathe. While confined in
the car, 1 made two attempts to open
the door, but was unable to do so. l
becameinsensible and knewnothing more
until last night, when L was aroused by
a racket outside the car, and soon after
the door opened, and three or four fell
lows entered. They were making a
noise, and | endeavored to tell them to
stop, when they discovered, and dragged
me out of the oats. l had nothing to
eat or drink from Wednesday noon I'M
til this morning, when the fellows who
came i'll the car gave me something.
My folks all live in Philadelphia, and
my father is proprietor of the York
House, near the Pennsylvania Central
depot.
Kelly, who appears to be stout,
athletic young man, seemed while
later but little the worse for this terri
BILE ride of a thousand miles, and will
undoubtedly recover, although consid-
cradle care must be taken. But for
his opportune discovery by the tramps
he would have continued on to New
York, and in all probability been taken
out dead, as he couldnot have survived
many hours longer in the condition in
which be was found. All the food he
ate on Wednesday before starting from
Davenport was two pears. The walk
from Omaha to Davenport was about
three hundred miles, making in all
about thirteen hundred miles he has
travelled since he left Omaha three weeks
ago.-Hibany Argus.