Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-27
BREAK BEAM TOURISTS.
The Line OF The U, P, SVaTmi1g With
that Glass Of People.
Some of the Schemes Resorted to 10y
Them to- Catch On"-Expccted
Railroad Grand Round-Up,
Cheyenne Sun.

Cheyenne Sun.
While Cheyenne itself is not at present
30 badly overrun with tramps as 1t was a
few weeks ago the line of the Union Pa
cifc Is completely swarming with them.
The weather has nov got warm enough
for them to travel and consequently they
have generally left their winter quarters
In the towns along the line Of the rail-
road and have begun their summer Jam.
palgn-whIch Is to tramp, tramp, some.
where, and as q rule they little care
whether it Is east or west, north or south,
30 long as they can be on the move In
some direction In which they can ''catch
on" to q ride on q railroad train.
The conductors who run between
Cheyenne and Omaha say that at nearly
every station along the entire line Of 516
miles they find from two to q half dozen
and sometimes a dozen trsmps awaiting a
chance to get aboard of the train and
steal q ride to somewhere where they are
not discovered. 1t Is with great difficulty
that they can be kept from getting into a
snug position under q car when although
they take great chances and are liable to
Instant death as long as they remain in
that position upon the tracks of the car,
they avail themselves of every opportu'
nifty to get q ride In that way. Only two
or three days ago a tramp at Pine Bluff
who had got used to the business rar
under a car and secured his position for 9
ride after 1t was In motion and rode ir
that way to the next station below.
The same thing happened here In
Cheyenne only two or three days age
whereby a tramp jumped under a car and
thereby secured a place to ride, and this,
too, In broad day flight and after the train
had started for the west. Another one
who attempted to get o ride east by con
cealing himself, or rather lying fiat on
the top Of an emlgrant car, day before
yesterday, did not fare 80 well. Officer
Bean who watched the train after 1t had
started eastward saw him raise up to q
sitting posture on top of the car just SO
the train was passing out Of sight and
telegraphed to the conductor to the next
station east that there was a tramp on
top of the train. and he was put eff the
train at Hilladale. East of the city es.
pec,slly, and In other directions also,
mysterious hyroglyphics are seen on the
snow fences and elsewhere which are
supposed to be the means by which these
gangs of tramps convey ipfor.
nation to each other as one by
one these bands of lawless characters
roam through the country. Around the
railroad grounds hers In Cheyenne they
congregate very numerously but do not
make long stops, for nearly every nom.
ing Officer Bean makes q round.u and
invariably finds from two to half a dozen,
whom he always starts eff In a southerly
direction. Yesterday morning he started
out three, and on one morning during
the past week drove up seven and started
them in the direction of Denver. One of
them insisted hat he wanted to go to
Sidney but Jim soon convinced him that
he wanted to go to Denver. Starting
them In that direction always gives Jim
a good opportunity to see that they go far
by the aid of his field glasses he can
watch them until they pass over the
bluffs to the south. If they go east they
pass out of sight in a little distance east
of the city, and as soon as they are out
of sight of the city they leave the rail-.
road and strike off around In the direc.
ton Of Lake Minnihsha, and before
night they are back again.