The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-02
An AsToyrsHED REPORTER.
The Fearful and Wonderful Revelations OF
Railroad Engineer.


A locomotive engineer from the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad was IN Detroit last week on
hriof visit to his sister. In some way or other
new reporter on one Of the daily papers came
across The man and appointed an interview IN
orderto securgth gepginccf's aiyepi dpring
wns willing TO tell his story. and began:
] ran the last passenger IRAN OEcr the ROAD
tho last tran allowed to pass ny tle sirlAcIs.
All the train officials were heavily armed. many
Of the uossrngcrs carried re,yolv"rs. anu We
were al ready tor u muss. Ncexpert,d uigt
tn strikers would dispac' rail. let us tlroIsl,
q hrilg'. or switch us into soma gravel PIT, anu
just before We left the station kissed my VINE
annd ioid her where she would una t,e sym u
PossihleW .gaspcd the now reporter us he
And my fireman. feeling certain that he
mo that he was the ahluetor Of Charlie Ross,
ana that he once murdered man IN Missouri"
and wheh he rt m nS his note G5"t rdad:
Groat heaycnsr+ .-coolly confessed-
t3s.oj0-Charie Ross--l --murdgr,d seven;
tenn mo doning@ 81 nIrelP' ion' 0oi'S
"And the conductor Of the train continued
the engineer. also prepared iordcnth. lie re-
turned to tho company 2.5jS. Sab which he
the roal and humhlv asked forgiveness. Ho
wu- much troubled TO think he had Invested his
share OF the plumber in founding AN orphan
asylum md could not restore 1t to We roau H9
owned up 10 having Killed an old womnn or
two. but ! forget their names or whethSi tuey
struggled very hard when he was choking
thNln.
The pale faced young man wrote again. and
Further horrorf, eondnctor s,r'fkfbn
Ell in n detroit paper . scoop the Free
Press stone blind ! %
Well. W. finally pulled out said the grim
engineer ns ne wiped his heated brow on tho
back of his hand had a Derrnger on one
sile 81 mo-. %. revolver on the othcr. bowie
knife down behind MY coat collar. and a mustrt
louded with ~ buckshot wns strapped To- my
back. The fireman had four revolNers and SIX
onp-pCuii .~ns OF nitro glyecrinc. We meant
To- give 'oi ih" h"st w" had. YOU See"
The reporter wrote:
'R yolv.rs ~ isk 'is-perrinsers ely
cerns-ll raAdy-hrnVc us lions, hpt modest as
school rir-. Tile plot thickens-iull pnrticul nts
I'm this issuo-no other Detroit paper has a line
I'VE III out nj q speed Of forty miles mn hour"
the engineer went ON. for ] reasoned that We
might a. we'll - down with living coiors ~ T.
crawl ike q snail. We whi2zsd through cut
dashed past farm houses and across highways.
and everything was runniL- hnely, wh"n. lar
ahrad, IN tho dim g!e,eih oi the 9,ailignt / ga"
mon ON the tro' X. The moment had como
- s'ci wis nerod te reporter. az ne seized
his pgnci sHain hail, tern upst1gd w ,Sai
sa.re 81 unocrut "-devils-l | =
- should have put on al steam and dashed
ahofd resumed the tnfincer. hut tn nr'-
tint hc lad boon hiding the Bender family IN
hi- front bedroom: and | slowed down tai ID,
trim stppped just whore Tad seen the crowd
ONLY one inan was row visible
"Th festverc In Ambassador exclaimed the
~ ! gu $50. Th. ono man approached. II,
had sai lrt' .ue in his hand" ,,.
"No-. h. lid-a hand grenada homb-shcll!
| shout, toe listener
lie tamo closer and closer walking like d
mnn who means murder
" Hold nEN cried the reporter, nni he wrote
" Darh lgure can' noutcr-u car0r-uelrer
! gkUlkil-- SWING numerous puruu-" dis
played iu et rN u nNn-iHlI account in ihls pug"l
now lHl'r enterprise viii tell l-chdAc.
| for grupAl writing here-' +-whoop II VI
! Ac.ty unl uul, other papers feel hldi"
| onrinser "Hr looked W. VI raised his righl
! hand. H. held something out toward me, an,
II did, Groai henvensl hut what mo-
mnptl Mh1t fond m w'si He hdL led y0t
efInnti ny and ho spok-f
l,- he minded me W flask Of brandy, anC
| lo wanted q know. being that the train hg,
! -toirUl. IL liiut think tho conductor woUll
/ 80 him rile 90 fhr neyt station -evnn mills
! ahead. Cor an ola ~ k-knife and hall hVtl. a.
/ .rr-. t.Ur. liia' WAS tl p 7' brandy
og 'a-r 1870 ss ..g,,ii nowoN realize i-o7
IT, t2nt-au,' u-s the reporter as lis jaw
i.-. thal ~ Senrz 90 mo vow can mako
/ grt 4" bins ci it, 3metnins g. tray. al o'ci
"N -afom-io-4 so." courhoa thu report,
! 0- tNr lois la'.
AMI Yu' say Wfsevon copies n the l1I 0r
81. .,eu-iust ov7o'ly scvonl' VIZ
iho illt I.Iy os plIr 90. boots 81 nt down ih'
Fr f'r,.er particulars see the very a,ss