The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-05-04

had my bead ouI Of the visdOv O. ihs
vess eide Of he track, - Usually do
when backing up; the boy must hsve besa
On the opposiie side VI the track from ne
] have no specisl Instructions Vhea hack
iag up and cro~ing streets. osiy hat ot
ringing the brill; always drive boys q The
eoe'n< when ere iI'em jn@pi.g % The
lest Pacific engine was going sloWn iiss
main track sbs'us City feet aisesd of ~
when I started in III. sane dissciion 90
Oh the side track aud backing On The main
track; the bsskeHaA 90 Heasly " the
north switch bs(ose atasted: Ne. Inch, .
brake0Aaa, s.sd another man Wese ssas.siiux
q the soash ssilch when the accident o.
eurrrd l a0 punitive the by was nUs On
| ny side " should have ssea him.
Nm. sNsH TESTIFIED;
an Night caller IN the NJ. X. 4 T.;
stood 1t The switch within u " ~ Sees
from where The accident occurred ] ~
vea, "f engine 50 when il started and
south Of il when Tie sccideas 0ccurnal,
tending tho switch; the brakeman Who
should switch was down as The sWiseA north
Of Indiana street; I threw the svisch for
the Pacific engine u psss out o. the main
trsrs; my attention 1as callsd % the &C.
cident BY Mi. vaa RrSnt hallooiag.
"lnch, Inch, siOp then )" The boy must
have come from the east eide. 1rom Ne
depot IL he he'd cone iron The vess eide
I would have asen hio; The bell wss ring
ing 1t the time ard The engies - running
very slov ths beakeaso vas nearly q
the north switch bet0se - Stated. which
IL about 100 hundred leet moth o. Indiana
street / ran after the engine - 600 - !
san Ne boy under the eaGias; ~ eegiae
carried him about - leet; I hsve hsso
Thus employed Tor nearly shrss yssn aet
never knew Of ~ accident 70 occur at this
crossing; don't believe Il there ha1 been
. 6sgnan be- could have saved ~ boy ;
] think be trisd TO cron the track ahead Of
the engine By running vest fron he depot ;
| did not notice the boy around The track |;
Dalbys boys were not 10 the habit OF being
near the track or jumping On isains
Trsut@an. special police, goea 10 The
Garrison HOuse every evening On the
train; he makes the boys get Cd The train
when he sees them; the boy Was between
the tracks, lying east and wese, When ]
picked him up and laid him outside The
track then went back and picked up
part of the skull and crushed head, and
took il to the body John Armstrong then
came up and ssid Il va Dalbys hoy; /
sav Mn. Daily coming and lold Arm.
strong TO keep her back, which be did.
EDGAR PALMER TEsTlFIED.
am fireman On engine 80, n, K. 4 +. !;
ssv the boy alter - backed over him
was looking ont Of The cab window IN the
direction ne were backing; would have
seen the boy IL he had ran scsoA; he must
have been standing on the track, behind
the tank; cant re The track very Close a.
the tender, in looking hack, With the head
out Of she window. unless you are very
near out of the window the tender j.
about twenty feet long; don't think ]
could rec the boy on the sidewalk by lo..k
ing around the tender, from the place
where be started; vas ringing the bell
and looking out Of the window 10 zee II
any one vas passing. and was Waichiog the
brakeman going 10 the switch; heard
some one hallooing. and looking Ground
saw the boy lying between the rails. with
his head crushed ON the east rail {: think !
would have seea the boy il he had run
across the street; brakeman did not ses
the boy.
Then and Now.
II. Martin Williams. the illnAtrioas spns-
tie Of sreenbsckiam in Missouri, Wss In the
city yesterday and took dinner at the Jay
Gould. II. Martin is nov the editor Of ihe
Springfield G'sesbLek Nexs. paper which
has grown TO large circulation under The
guidance Of his genIus. Just before din
nsr, group Of gentlemen. Of which Mr..
Williams wsa the centre. sat about the
reading room, converting in IN Internal
way: and in the course Of the talk, The
great greenback light related The following
anecdOts Of the early days Of The Missouri
pre'~ association: Some one ~ broaght
10 trial for . certain o(leoss, before Sc.
Louis court. He s-ked what Sas has &C.
cupation, and declared that he vas IN editoe.
The prosecuting attorney presumed to
doubt the assertion. and in proof Of il the
defendant produced . card aligned BY The
secretary and president Of THE Missouri
Press Association" stating that hs vas .
member Of that body. and in good Standing.
But the court wanted more light. TAe
prosecuting attorney called to the saaaul
two reporter. ONO Of them the celeAsased
"Jenks," court reporter Of the Glshe- hr~o-
eras, and the other the court reporter Of The
Republican.
"Mr. jerks. what DO yon kss~ oi the
Missouri pre.s sssOcisiiOu!" wsu sskeh this
6rss "expsrt."
"Nothing. except that il = . convention
of ediios which meets every year aud gess
drunk On bad whisky n sooebody elsss
expense"
M. jerks Vas asked ID more.
"Mr. Rrpsbtian, vhaa do you know Of
the Missouri prem aDociAiionT
''Never heard Of It. sir; sevss heasd Of il.
Don't helieve there 10 any such body IL ex.
istence."
The court convicted The defendant.
This wss . good while ago. BY the vay.
Lot tho Nests Alone.
During spring time the ino0cent little
birds are continually annoyed By Tho dep
Of naughty boys upon ih<ir ne.sA |
Mis'ouri's wise legislator esscsed . Law u
The last ssssion, providing that
ANY person Who shall n any tins or
.ea.on, disturb. rob OF de.sroy .ay uiId |
birds nest, or take iherefrom any esg or ]
aggs. Of any Wild bird vhstsoeser. ev. I
'ry snch person Offending shalt b. suiity oi
ni~leneanor, and b puniahsA aeeosd-
nEly."
Boys Who are in the habit q violsiise
'his Lao should hevare, a older heads ass
patching them aud thsy nay have 10 pay
'everely Tor the poor faa a robbiag birds
nests.