The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-06-19
The Brave EXprcSsman.

wonderful example of the nerve and
presence Of mind possessed by some men
was probably never more forcibly illus
tratcd than in tho case of George III.
Price, the Adams Express messenger who
killed II. &. Brinklcy near Lima, Ohio,
last week. Though many accounts have
been published concerning tho deed, few
can lay claims to accuracy or correctness,
especially the interviews Pittsburgh re-
porters allege to have had with Mr. Price,
who never saw them that hO remembers
of, and ho says his memory is tirst.class
ono.
Tho hero of tho daring affair, a Louis
vile man, and formerly editor Of Our
Erpressmdn, when that journal was pub
iished in Louisville, returned TO his fam.
lily, Mt 70 Eighteenth Street, Monday. In
conversation with COuricr-JourRdI re-
porter yesterday, he related the appended
.ccount of his peril on last Friday MORN
ing, when attacked by the robbcr Brink
ley:
81 am M express messenger, running
between Chicago and Pittsburgh. but
have lived in Louisville for ten or twelve
years. For the past two months have
been on this route, but before that ran be-
tween Louisville md Memphis. I left
Chicago Thursday, May @, at I'm, for
t'ittsburgh. My car was fastened on the
inside. The trMin had proceeded to Liza,
Ohio, when arose and filled the stove in
he car with coal. We had gone short
iistancc from Lima when suddenly bL-
:amc aware of the presence of some one
IN tho car by the command of
SURRENDER!
III was on my feet in an instant, and
cook in the situation ut n glance. The
:ar was well lighted with candles, such
rs nrc used on railroads. The man who
lad so suddenly entered was between me
md my pistol, which lay on my 'P. p
hest containing small valuable packages.
| lodged down balIind him and reached
fnr my pistol. As / did ST., the fellow
ircd NJ me. His shot struck my right
'houldcr. We stood within one foot of
:ach other. Igrahbcd my pistol, n Smith
Z Wesson, with my left hand, and immcdi-
Itcly changed it into my other, raising
INC hammer as sprang into the rear part
II the car. AS turned to face him.
'aw the flnsh Of his pistol ngain, and
:hrnwinS up my left arm received his
'hot just above tho wrist, from which il
glanced 10 my left check near the chin.
by this time had
MY PISTOL LEvELED
At him, and knowing that unless | fired
he might again shoot aud perhaps kill
me, | pulled the trigger of my weapon.
y tinsh and report followed, and he foil,
altering no sound whatever ns hG did 80.
| then cooked my pistol again and waited
second or two, but seeing he did not
move, went forward md examined his
body; found him dead. | then pulled
the bell cord and stopped the train. The
brakeman came t1 my car door, which !
had opened. | told him to look there and
'co what | had done, designating the
corpse as spoke. Tho brakeman called
the conductor, who got into the cur with
tho rest Of us, when we found the
RonnEn HAD MADE AZ ENTRANCE
10 the chr by saving the lower panel out
Of tho door in The rear end, which was
below some bags Of corn, and thus hidden
from my Wow. lie made this hole hy
saving the panel as the train went along,
tho noise Of travelling preventing my hear
ing the sound of his sawing. Ny car
should have been next To the engine, but
n refrigerator chr interviewed, thus placing
my coach between that one nud the bag
gage chr. have since learned that this
man boarded our train ut Fort Wayne,
Indiana, and probably crawlcd over tho
baggage car to the rear platform Of mine,
and there did his saving MS the train
moved along the route. The conductor,
tho brakeman, and I, went up to tho body,
and tho irst.namcd
PULLED OFF MASK
Which rcstcd on tho faco of tho dead.
II was piece Of black cambric, and hung
from tho ;op Of his head to his waist, was
fastened to tho body with string, and
Ind cychnlCs aud MI aperture for breath.
ing, strongly reminding one of the rcgu.
lar KIT KIux raimcnt. We did not rccuE.
nizo his face and let the body remain
where II had fallen. Tho train proceeded
on to Forest, Ohio, the brakeman remain.
ing with inc in my car during this par,
Of tho trip. At Forest sent
pisrATCHEs 70 MY ROUTE AGENT
st Mansfield, Ohio, and alsu our agent n
Crcstlinc, Ohio, To have some one read,
to take my route, rs did not consoles
myself nblo 10 make tho route through
When we arrived at CrCstlinC n mcsscn
ger relieved nc. We put the dead mai
off at this point, aud huro hc WAS soor
recognized az
u. G. uRISRLEY,
former conductor Of the Pittsburgh,