The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-30
SHDAIlA, NO.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 70. 1881.
A MOCK MATIN EE.
The Hanging in E6Rgy Of a
Former Sedalia Rail-
road Man.
What is Thought Of Conductor
Browne at Las Vegas,
New Mexico.

I'm inc IND 06v OF MAY, 1919, =. lie II
Browne ran out on his first trip rs conduc
tor On the NJ, K. & +. road. He is nc
doubt remembered by many old railroad
men of this city, for those who once form.
ed his acquaintance would not he likely to
forget him. He was of genteel appear.
ance, and possessed of the gift Of CAB to
remarkably large degree. He remained
ON the NJ, K. L. T. until the winter OF
1879, when he threw up his job and the
next heard of him he Was running a train
ON the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern
road. While resident OF Sedalia he was
disliked by his associates on the road,
they claiming he tried to stand in with
the officials by reporting his fellow-work
men. He left the 81. L., X. C. Il \. and
went to New Mexico, and the Las Vegas
Optic of the Path inst tells in what high
regard he is held BY the railway men of
that section. The following is from the
Optic:
Last evening the body Of Conductor s.
De H Browne was hung IN effigy. which
goes to show that Las Vegas is not behind
some of her older and more wicked sisters
IN deeds of darkness and revenge. An
Optic reporter was brcathlessly informed
atdaybreak this morning that lynching
had taken place during the night, and
hurriedly repaired 10 the scene OF the al
legged execution. There, sure enough.
hung the form Of a man swinging from n
beam attached to a box car near the COM
mission houses. The cold-blooded scribe
felt not little disappointed when he
neared the stiff close enough to see that
II was only an efigy-for right then and
there visions OF two-column scoop" van
ished like dish Of ice cream before a TWO
hundred pound girl. However. not to lose
an item altogether, a note book wa,
brought into requisition and 'labclr
pinned on to the horrible image was cop
led verbatim. As follows:
s. DE II. BROWNE
This is to represent Conductor :. DE II.
Browne, the unprincipled person, who i'm
an underhanded and contemplate manner
has used means at his command TO have
worthy men discharged and Others placed
under suspicion for things of which thew
would not be guilty. The thought which
prOmptedsaid Browne to make such changes
is but the enanatiOn of low, grovelinc
nature, and We hereby notify him that
repetition of such acts, As he has lately
been guilty of, will result in his regretting
them. RAILROAD MIN.
This mysterious document. while il con-
veys strange significance. does not GO
down into the details of the misdemeanors !
with which Browne is charged, and TO sat /
isfy a curious public We will give them. |
1t is learned, upon investigation, that Con- !
ductor Browne is held in bad repute by the |
railroad BOYS generally. He has "peached" /
and ''crOaked' on the men for the most |
trivial offenses, and has been the means of |
getting a number of runners discharged |
while one poor fellow has been sent to Jail |
upOn his say SO. An organization was eff .
fected last evening to hang Browne, in fact, /
instead OF straw, and rope was obtained |
by some thirty infuriated men to carry out
that plan, but better judgment prevailed.
and the efigy was substituted for the origi-
nal. Mr.. b. has reason to congratulate /
himself down to the soles of his boots at
his providential deliverance
~ BROWNIES STATEMENT.
Conductor Browne, the subject of last
nights 6asco, was found by reporter TO-
day and questioned in regard to the mat.
Ter. He seems to think that he has been
mistreated BY a set of men without princi-
pie, and states that the cause of the Insult
arises from his reporting the theft of three
,ases of canned goods from his train by
one Rogers, brakeman in his crew. He +,
elt honor bound to make the report and
lid SO to Trainmaster Dyer, who had
Rogers arrested. Browne says that he has
Always conserved the interests of the COM
pany and feels that he has been abused for
the right and daring to stand .
mt from the wrong doing. The company,
- are informed, Is disposed to see Mr..
Browne ont in his trouble. Is