The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-24
A HELLysH DEED.
ErnDo,ia Nax-~sx

lEmporia News,f5I
Last evening, about eight O'Clock, police
man Bifdsail had Just turned the corner Of
Sixth avenue, when S man, bsrehesded and
n stafe OF great excitement, ran against
hin. "Where can ind an officer ," asked
The stranger. An officer has Just got hold
Of you," was the reply; "what do you
want 2'' 81 want to go TO jail, quick" said
the stranger, and he proceeded to explain
that he had probably killed railrosd man
and was afraid his comrades were after him
with revolver4 Mr.. Birdssll escorted his
willing captive 20 jill. the latter urging
him 10 hurry, and sweiting like Turkish
bath. After locking him up, Mr.. Birdssil
proceed, d up town and found a man under
treatment by DR.. Jacobs, with a terribly
gashed head and a severe bruise on has
neck.
IL appears that the assaulted party ia
named Daniel Dunham aud his assailant
John Haley. The farmer ia an engineer
and the latter a fireman on the NJ, h. Il /.
railroad. They both live at Parsons and
have families, and have run together The
psst seven wears. Haley told Mr.. Birdsail
he had fight with his engineer, but the
latter's story is that there had been no
trouble between them, and that suddenly,
"a the train was passing Shaw's grove, three
miles rom the city, he felt sharp and Sc
we're blow on his head He turned and saw
Haley striking at him wi h q heavy ham
mer The trs: blow had probably been
partly broken by the hammer hitting the
cab top, the second cut a severe cash, but
Du ham grappl.d Ha'ey so that the latter
could not succeed in disabling him. Haley
then pulled ofen he throttle valves, to the
Imminent risk OF the train, and tried 10
throw Dunhsm Off the engine. The latter.
however, cluny To the brake. and managed
% turn the air brakes on ard sound the
whistle four times for an alarm This
Stacked the train and brought the baggage
men 10 the Tescue, aud the two men were
separated and the train brought safely to
The depot, where Haley got OF and ran for
policeman TO lock han ~ for safety.
DUNN m Went home this morning quite
badly il iGr,d though his skull Is not irsc-
.ured Haley l. in jait awaiting examine
Ton. He is said TO he man Of violent
temper. and had probably got angered be
cause Durham had lefr orders that when
the engine stopped at Parsons Hale was
% tsk- it to the engine house, and not leave
IL on the track From this slight cause l.
supposed 10 have arisen Hal,y's reckless
and murderous assault, endangering all the
lives on the train.
THE STORY OF THE TRAIN MEN As TOLD BY
THE TOPEKA COMMONWEALTH = - FOL.
lows:
Last MOrdlv evening pG-senCer train
No. on the Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas rail
road, came rattling up the valley betSeen
Parsons and EmUoris, with Dave Duuham
4. the throttle and Johnnie Haley at the
urnlce, Just ~ it has every evening for
the pact srx Years.
A. engineer and fireman these two bOvs
have stood side b. side on this run since
he spring of 1873, and have not only reg
is.erei Ion tine" but have, by their strict
attention 10 The rules of the road, gained
he confidence OF their employers snd the
friendship Of many PEOPLE living a'O7g this
division OF the Missouri, Kansas X Texas.
They have bern the beat OF frieuks-a
kind Of friendship that danger cements and
III kes stronger h ~ held them together for
years-snd hU, for the alteration giving
rise to This item, they might have filed heirt
respective stations for a lifetime, and their
names never aPpesr-d IN the newspaper
prints) As the train pulled out from the
loo land On tn Ntushp ard struck the
prairie, the conductor MOTTO Il a sudden
change in speed, but thinking the boys
IN 9ht be "Hlring" her a little To meet
he grade, paid no attention 10 it. the
grade was mt and pa sed - thCo-h no
grade was there, and then down the hill
she started at a terrible rate. A she
Skinned along the pas--uger began To show
Il gus Of nervuu-ue Jhey saw farm houses
-U-hing al,rg n eli" { together, apparently
4 in a Kanss4 town. and the contucIur
TOO began to think sll Wa not right at the
'steam end" A. the speed increased at
every Tevo. ion Of the wheels. cushions,
iurch basket, handles and bsbi,s flew
around the c-r Ike mai ard now ih-
thoroughly frightened pas e0g,rs APP
pesl,d to tie conductor 10 SOP the
train. Ry this lime he realized The danger
Biu sell, and Knowing that Santa Re
freight train had the right OF way" ~ the
EmpDria junction, and that it would he
certsi7 dea h ~ reach there ale,d of time,
he jsrked the b u 70 - though town
were on iise The bell sounded the alarm
but a. no response came from The whistle,
h. realized for The ti--t time that he was on
a runaway t. lin, five coaches from the en-
h-7 life insurance policy, or the safely Of
the pas-cn2 - that spurred him on, Will
remain an open que ton, but it il moral Y
cGTlaiu that he was not many seconds III
passing through the coache-, scalirg the
iron rail Of the mail car, and landing on
The coal pile near the locomotive, VII en-
was writbiug under the pressure Of sky
i've poUnC- more Of steam Il an was ntC,s-
4. l.. II
lie says that ~ he truck the water tank
sDt rolled down into tie cab, the engine
was eOing 30 last that the telegraph poles
along thu road looked like picket
fence" IL took but moment to put on
the sir brakes. reverse the lever, ard low
her down and find himself within two hun
d-sd yard Of IN open switch 1t The Nen'a
Re crossing, ard that he run If eight miles !
bad been ulde IN less thln eight minutes. |
When the train stopped the fireman Jump !
e! from he engine ard ran down the II ok |
.pward- n. city, and he engineer, arising |
from the fl 'or Of the cab. explained that |
iu-r 81 thy reared the Neosho grade, |
Haley, the fireman, accused hIm of |
h sviug reported some, hing di-cr, ditable /
20 him To the division -upe inrendent |
ThI- lie stOutly denied, wis upon
marcy a@-fuiteu nun win e Al IltE, ana /
a hand to hand sCuiile ensued. IN the
melee the throttle vas thrown open, and
going 1t the rate of a mile miruie they
fought IL out on that line" Ga leaving
The train II Ilev ran down % the court
house, nd had Sheriff Moon lock him up
10 cell, fearing tha; h. worl IA be over
.-ken, he i'd, and killed By Durham aad
fis friends. uunhsm Was conveyed in a
,'rTisge T. 2 physician and had his wounds
ir.sssd. His face, head and shoulders
sere terribly Gu aud brui-ed, the cut in the
Jack of tie he'd by pick being very re-
lere one.
TIE conductor rsn he train through TO
7Uucti n City, Leaving his engineer in the
ans f nur-e sud his fireman in the
hands Of the sheriff
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