Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
TRAMPS ON A TEAR.
Thsy Seize a Freight Train on the
northwestern at euiton-And
are Bagged bv the Police
ard CITIZENS on tie 1si-

and.
c linton (ia,) Herald.
Considerable excitement prevailed
in this city Yesterday afternoon over
the seizure of an incoming freight
train ut Fulton Junction, about 3
o'clock by some twenty tramps, who
overpowcred the train men aud COM
PEELED the engineer to proceed with
them to Clinton. They brandished
butcher knives, threw rocks, and act
ted altogether 80 violently that the
train men fiaally proceeded with
them, causing telegram to be sent
meantime to the railway headquarters
at Clinton. The railway officials act
ed promptly, and in short time had
summoned the city police and q posse
of citizens, which increased rapid as
the news spread. and the party pro-
ceeded across the bridge to meet the
captured train on the island. Some
delay was caused by the opening of
the draw to let boat through, but
the posse arrived on the island in
time TO intercept the confiscated train
During conflicts between the train
men and tramps, at Fulton and en-
route, the engineer, Mr.. Stevens, was
cut on the head with q chunk of coal
hurled by one of the ring-leaders of
the assauiting party, who gave his
name as Obediah Canuck.
Mr.. Shaffer, the brakeman, gave
two or three of the fellows a good
pounding. Mr.. Sill, an engineer who
was returning from the Baptist pic
nj NJ ha frof xro o,ly nA D,xy
Of the tramps. with knife, but the
latter did not use the weapon, as Mr..
Sill grasped him and administered
such a sound thrashing that he (SilD
broke his wrist in the operation, the
injury being quite painful to-day.
At the sight of the officers, the
tramps began to Chamber Of the GERS
and run to the bushes, and several
shots were fred by the train men and
officers at the retreating forms. FL
nally, after half an hours labor, thir-
teen of the desperadoes including
Canuck, were captured and marched
to the Clinton Jail. They were taken
out by officers Nickel and Crowley
early this morning, put in a box car
and conducted to Morrison, being
turned over to the Sheriff of White
side, and put in the county jail. The
facts meantime had all been tele-
graphed to the railway headquar-
tiers at Chicago, and Manager Hugh
lit made arrangements to prosecute
the tramps, their case being set for
hearing at Morrison this forenoon.
Officer Nickel took three knives away
from one of the tramps on the island,
the blade of one knife being covered
with blood.
These are the internal rowdies and
scoundrels who are receiving encour-
agemen, at this time from the loud
mouthed takers for soft money and
reputation. A great many men es-
pousing soft money are not, perhaps,
aware of this fact, but it is true new
ertheless, and if the inquiry is made
of these tramps they will preach the
same pcrnicious doctrines that are
found in the soft money papers and
heard from the stumpers of that side.
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