The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-12-19
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~sVo Men Drag a Boy fssIS-1he Bores =
and Drop Hint Ia OF an Ap-
prouching Ga,: q
stop that Car stop. " Shouted |
dozen bewildered men aud b,nea to dri.
yer on a Third avenue car IL ns1ht. where
Chatham square runs into le 3owery. 1t
was a few minutes after CEAAck and the
hundreds of manufactures ID thss eighbor-
hood had been emptied Of theirE.An oc.
cupants, making anything like fJ walking
near the Chatham squarerstason of the
Elevated Railroad. just iuapossift WhiY
the the crowd crow ,xassas i asassste g hasten
1cd Co. bds4y l5sfsfa, w6o.wes, ssning
and dragging between them thoJoay Of an q
apparently lifeless boyi Each 1ne,uf the
loafors had the boy by IN arm, at vi ich they
tusgc f-with brutish fury. Behbd them
followed SCREAMING, hootins MOI of half
drunken men aud dSunruly boys, whose half
civilized natures were fired into Iaroxysms
of laughter and joy at the persiscncy Of
the two l6afers. From some cause sr other
the unfortunate lad was unable to m3ye and
allowed himself to be dragged over the
rongh pavcments without restraint; Ol
course no policeman was in sight and vain
ly one was sought. BY this time the iends
had reached the Bowery, still clinging tc
the form between them. Stern men and
women turned their heads, being unwilling
to witness such scene of barbarity. Que
elderly lady, accompanied by her daughter
tainted away and was removed to q neigh
boring drug store. "Shame shame y M2.
heard on every side VIZ "ue man bravel
~ IN ssSs : to catch onese
vie villains ~ the arm, but was evadcd b,
the loafer, who kept right on and tried t.
cross the street in front OF car. 1t wa
at this juncture that score of people
shouted, stop that car" but it was to-
late. The driver did not see tho two mel
with the boy. The brutes, as though pos
sesscd of cannibal instincts, FASTENED acros.
the street, but allowed the boy to fall righ
in front of tho feet of the approaching ca
horse Women skrieked and tainted il
the street; men, shouting at the top Of thci
voices and pale with fright, graspcd tn,
brides ofthe ebewildcred, prancing horses ant
swung them to one side. The driver, poo
fellow, seeing what had occurred, dropped
helpless into the arms of two men wht
stood on the front platform. He was taker
carefully into the car and given drink o
brandy, which soon revived him. The
crowd, which by this time became so great
as to stop all travel euic':ly mhitrhoa The
horses and began extricating the boy VIII;
lay beneath the car. lie never murmurec
or gave the least evidence that he wa
hurt. After some time the car was lifted
off the. track and run into the gutter TIL,
first to touch the boy was an aged philan
thropc looking gentleman with white hal,
and beard. care you hurt much, my son?'
he inquired of the lad, who lay motionles
as death. "Thc kids stuffed" shoutet
some one in the crowd, whcrcupon young
man with spcctacles took the boy by th
body and raised him up. The form iftec
as though it were filled with wind |
wasn't though, it was straw. In FIVE min
utcs not soul was seen where before ha,
stood four hundred people. The two can
nibals are still at large