The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-08
THE GRIM ENGINEER.

last week OF briet visit to his sister
In some way or other IA new reporter on
one OF the daily papers came across the
man and appointed an interview in
order 10 secure the engineers adVen-
lures during the f'laLe war" The
brother OF the fooLboard was willing to
tell his story, and without st0pplng to
take on wood or water he rang the Del
aud began:
II ran the last passenger train over
the road-the last train allowed to pass
by the strikers. All the rain o1fic, AIS
were heavily armed, many OF the pas SEN
GERS carried reyolVers, and we were all
TeDdy for a muss. We expe cted that
tue strikers would dis place rail, letuS
through bridge, or switch us into some
urayeI pit, and just before we lett the
Station l klssei my vile and told her
where sne would lind thesum Of $$38, 900
winch mad buried in The garden.
"possiDlew gasped the new reporter
as he made "a note OF 1T.
| uAud my fireman, leefing certain that
lie would not lly 9 twohours longer, con-
fessed 70 me that he was the abductor
OF Charlie Ross, and that he once muir
deped man in Missouri"
Tue reporter made his pencil fly for a
minute, and When he let up his note
book read:
| .Great Heayens-* *-eoelly con-
tesseu - $3S, 900 - Charlie Ross-l!l!-
murdered seventeen meu-name of I'll e
man Tom Oollins-!!!-mpre coming
~ n slip
| aAnl Lne conductor of the train,n con-
tinued the engineer, "also prepared Tor
death. He returned to the company
| S2. .55S,644 10 " hich he had knocked down
| u,irlu. ms connection with the road, and
humbly asked forgiveness. He was
much troubled to think he had invested
nis share uf the plunder in founding an
orehan asylum and could not restore ii
| 10 the road. He owned up to having
killed an old WON N or two, but. torgei
| their names, or whether they struggled
very nara wnen he was choking tBem."
! The pale faced young man wrote again,
and mis- notebook reaa:
| "Further horrors ~-eOnductol
| stricken with remorse-! ! !--restores
Imoney-oWns up 10 muiders-see
| rhosts oi his victims around hlm-! !
biggest item ever published in abe
tru.G paper-* scoop The Detroi
| Free Press stone blind! !"
swell, we finally pulled out" said The
grim engineer, as he wiped his heateL
brow on The back Of his hand. 81 ha(
a Derringer on oiIe side of ME, areVolVe1 a
on tie other. a bowie-knite down behinC
NV coat-colIar, and musket Loaded
with one hundred and seventeen back
suvt was strapped on my back. 1h'
fireman had four reVolyers and Six one
uouud cans OF nitro-gIycerine. W.
meant to give 'em the best we had, yol
see."
The reporter wrote:-
"Revolyefs - mus kets - Derringers-
nitro-gIycerine - all ready - brave a.
lions, but modest as schoolgirls. Th
plot tAickens-full particulars in thi
lssue-no other DeJroit paper has lin
OF itv'
1--WE lit out at speed of forty mile
an hour" the engineer went on, 'for
eas oned that we might as we'll go doWl
| with H. ing colors as TO crawl like
snail. We whizzed through cuts, dashet
past m-houses aud cross highways
and every thing was running hnely
wuen, lar ahead, in the dim gleam OF TIN
headlight, saw man Oh tne tfach
; The moment rad come !"
81 seeW whispered the reporter, as h
Sc .zed his pencil agaln-''rails torn up
. tiends waiting to wash their hands i
bloud-hofribie massacre of innocen
*-aevds-l ! --a-h.hl |!
IL should have put on all steam an
: dashed ahead," resumed the enginee
y "Dut the fireman entreated me TO CIV
hlm time TO confess that he had bee
, hiding the Bender family in his fror
: bedroom, and l slowed down till tb
= train stopped just Wnere l had seen th
: crowd. Only one man was now VII
: Ible."
/ sThe rest were in ambuscadep e.
j., claimed the reporter.
u II guess SO. This one man al
; proached. He had something in b
o hand"
Y HYes, he did-a hand grenade
= bOmysheilW shouted the listener.
e "ne came closer and closer, waikiki
like man who means murder"
d "HoId onp cried the reporter, and
/, wrote:
e Ozark figure came nearer-nearer
d nearer r-skulklng -sliding-murderol
d purpose displayed in every mOye-iu
II account III this paper-newspaper e
& terprise will tell ! - chance f
Q graphic writing here ~ whoop
d up neavY and make other papers fe
o DadW
3, "Well, he was finally at the step
e said the engineer. Gle looked up. /
81 raised his right hand. He neld som
81 thing out toward me, and he spoke"
"He didl Great Heavens! but VIII
" a moment! What a fend he Was!
e handed you something, and he spoke
c. eyes, he banded me up a flask
d brandy, and he wanted TO know, bell
N that the train had stopped, if l didI
think that the conductor would let hi
rlde to the next station, seven mil
;. ahead, Tor an old jack-knlte anu half
~ DUttle OF cough mediclntl That was Il
j. best brandy ever tasted, and l shu
10 der now as L realize how narrowly
y, missed Itl'
a. "Is-that-al,?' asked the reporter,
a q mis- jaw dropped and his ears grew re
~ "Yes, tnaVs all. Seems TO me you ct
- make a graphic thing OF lt-some thil
~ 70 travel all over the country"
1Io "Yes-ahem-jess so," coughed T.
W reporter as he reached Tor his hat.
:" "And you'll give me seven copies
-, the plper, WON'T youW
~ "seven-yes-seyen- exactly sc
- emp was the iaint reply as a pair
boots went down the walk.
For further particulars see "the We
10 latest edition. NJ. Qlad."