Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-08
Tho Fatal Car.

From, tie Las A ageies Erpreas.
"It's the strangest thing / ever heard
Of. It often starts OF on perfectly level
track and we have to keep the brake on
all the while in order 10 keep it quiet"
The above remarks We're uttered by
Jack Martin, a brakeman on the San Pc
drO road. Martin was addressing friend
a few DAYS AGO.
whats the matter with the carr" ask
ed the person addressed.
81 think 1t is haunted. At least all the
boys say il is. IL may and IL may not be;
but it is certain that the car often moves
when no one is near it, The car in ques-
ton was an old one and stood on side
track. 1t had just been brought up from
san Pedro and had been emptied of six
tons of iron for the cable railroad. Con
tinuing Martin said: "That car has
strange history. No less than three muir
ders have been committed IN il. Three
years ago it was brought out from Boston
loaded with fine furniture for hotel in
sacramento. Somewhere in Nevada the
door was broken open and two tramps en-
tered and closed the door. They were
anxious 10 get TO Frisco, and being sup
piled with food and water they proposed
TO 20 through without change. No one
knows how the deed was done, but when
the car was opened at Sacramento the
His throat was cut and an ugly wound
was found on his right side. The other
tramp could not be found. The car was
sidetracked at Sacramento three months
and was then loaded with -four for Stock
ton. While at the depot at the latter place
couple OF railroad hands occupied 1t one
night, and during game OF cards one of
them named John Dewey stabbed his
companion. He died in few moments
The trial was a long one, and Dewey was
sentenced to San Quentin for % years.
He claimed he acted in seli-defense. When
arrested, however, he had about S}S in his
possession, while his dead companion did
not have a nickel. That looked rather
suspicious. Well. the next we heard of
No. l / ,0SS she was the scene of another
mysterious affair. This was about year
ago at FL Paso. During a strike among a
lot of Italian labOiers at that place this
car was boarded by halt dozen of them.
A quarrel ensued over some tritling mat
ter, and one Of them was beaten so badly
that he died before medical aid could be
summoned"
"The car must be haunted" remarked
Martins companion, who listened to the
story with the closest attention, land
would not sleep IN IL for hundred dol
lars"
"All the train men say It is" continued
Martin, land the fact that il will often
move on "a level track is an evidence that
something is wrong"
"D0 you ever hear any strange noises
around t?" asked the reporter.
81 fancy sometimes hear moan or
some indistinct mutterings, but IL may be
only imagination" replied the brakeman
1.-The engineer said Yesterday he heard n
human voice In it, but upon looking all
around the ear he saw no one. The fact
Of the matter Is ! do not have much 10 do
with the old thing, ana / wish the COM
pany would draw n on" At this point
IN the conversation Martins train pulled
up from the new depot and he boarded II
and was soon engaged with the duties
attending his line OF business. Car II ,Oos
il considered haunted BY nearly all the
railroad boys.