The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-12-23
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Tie Porn Of n Tramp Horribly Man
Eied By n u. y. switch EnEine.


Eied by a u. n. switch Engine.
A shocking accident occurred on
Monday night at a late hour, in the
yard OF the U. r. road in Cheyenne,
which resulted in the horrible mangling
Of the form of a tramp. At about one
o'clock, while the yard engine was bus
lily engaged in making up a train, the
engineer saw the form Of a man stand
ing on the track ahead. The moon
was shining and the engineer saw q
man plainly for a long distance, but
supposed that it was one Of the yard
hands waiting TO get on the engine.
The train approached nearer and nearer
and rapidly increased its speed, still
the man moved not. The engineer
watched him with ever increasing in
%terest, expecting every moment TO see
him step aside. But no; he stood there
Is If he were transfxed 10 the rail, ut
teriy obliyious to the approaching dan
ger OF injury if not of certain death,
and the train seemed TO be moving more
rapidly than ever, and fast decreased
the short distance between the engine
and that form on the track. Cold
drops Of sweat stood on tho brow of the
engineer rs he pulled the whistle and
sounded the shrill notes OF warning,
but there wa no movement on the
part OF the stranger on the rail. There
seemed but a step intervening between
the engine which seemed TO be rushing
along madly and gloating over its pros
pective victim, and that form. And
still the man moved not. Was 1t n
case of deliberate suicide? The en-
gineer's eyes stood out of his head and
his brain began reeling with the
thought of the horrible sight that must
greet his vision in a moment more. lie
pulled the whistle to its limit and the
sound was almost loud enough TO
awaken even the dead. But the man
remained motionless as n statue, An
other instant and the remorseless grind
ing wheels of the engine would be
crushing and mangling the form OF the
stranger, and the blood OF the victim
would stain the engineer Behold
the pilot has almost reached the poor
creature and yet he sees not, neither
does he hear. Oh, horrors /! he is des-
tined TO a horrible death,
With the strength of a Samson the
engineer threw over" or reversed the
engine, and whistled down brakes.
But it was too late ! He looked ahead
just to see the cruel pilot strike down
tho stranger, and the engineer fancied
that he heard shrieks and groans COM
ing from under the engines wheels.
He was sick at heart, and when the
train finally stopped, he walked back
to the spot where he expected to find u
bleeding, ~lifeless corse. The fireman
and brakeman Joined him. Not one
dared speak. The silence that prevail
ed in the presence of a horrible death
ove-awed them.
Attic farther on they saw the body.
The old moon threw down its feeble
rays on the scene and lent u strong cf-
feet to its ghastliness. Not a sound
was heard save the footsteps
of the three men. The silence was so
painful that they fancied they heard
their hearts thamps against their
breasts in the extreme anxiety Of the
moment. They neared the body; who
would first touch it? Who would lift
it up2 They stood for a moment,
mute and motionless. When the spell
broke they simultaneously stopped TO
lift the bleeding form and were as
founded 10 the point of fright upon
finding in their arms q stulJtd paddy
n figure made of clothing and stuffed
with straw.
The holiness Of the occasion suddenly
ended. The anti-profane command
ment (No. 81 was suspended for fifteen
minutes, and the air was suddenly sur
charged with phosphorescent and sui
phurous cuss words. There was spon-
taneous offer of a reward of $4,000 for
the deep-dyed and dirty-socked william
who perpetrated the-but VIC must for
bear. Let us draw Il curtain over this
most touching scene.
All day yesterday the stuffed paddy
that went through the terrible ordeal
was standing up against the old stone
warehouse on Fifteenth street. A
stick propped up the form and it looked
as natural rs a tramp wen upon II close
inspection.