Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
THE END OF A CAREER.
Death of One of Kit Carson's OLD Com
rades.

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"Died, at Puebla, Mexico, March 3,
1885, James u. Young, formerly of Balti-
MORE" This notice, which appears in the
Baltimore Sun of to-day, records the close
of life which was full of adventure and
romance. Capt. James u. Young was
native of England, but came to Baltimore
when a boy. His first employment was
IN the service of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. He was for some
years a baggage master between Balti-
more and Wheeling. But he possessed
daring nature. which DANGEROUS enter
prises attracted. The spirit of adventure
led him West while still young man,
and he became an intimate and
comrade of the great Indian scout
and hunter, Kit Carson. One of
Capt. Noung's feats at that time
was ride of 226 miles from Fort Lara
ME TO the nearest military station, which
he made on horseback in 81 days, unpar-
aleled speed over such route as he
travelled. In telling the story of this ride
to his friends he said his halfwIld
cOursers flew like the wind over prairie
and through forest. He rode down three
horses in making the run, taking the sad
die and bride off the exhausted steed,
and transferring them to another which
he caught. The second horse gave out as
they reached the bank of small creek,
on the opposite side of which he saw
horses grazing. He had to carry the sad
die over his own shoulders, wading the
creek, and catching fresh horse.
The time was about 1885. Soon after
he was captured by the Comanches, and
lived with them three years, conforming
to their Indian ways and making himself
popular favorite until chance to es-
cape offered, when he bolted. The Begin
ming of the war found him in TeXfs. He
had had enough Of exciting times, how
ever, for few years, and it was not till
the last year of the war that he abandon
ed pursuits of peace and became Texas
ranger. After the war be went to
Mexico, and for over eighteen years past
he was the steady and reliable travel
ing inspector of the Mexico and Vera
Cruz Railroad. At the wreck of a train
IA years ago, by the breaking through of
bridge near the City of Mexico, which
was a terrible accident, attended with
great loss of life, he saved many women
and children, plunging into the water
and snatching them half drowned from
the wrecked cars in the water. He con-
tracted rheumatism and other ailments
by his exposure on this occasion, and his
health was never robust afterwards
About six years ago the train on which
he was running was attacked by robbers.
A dozen or more greasers, as the lowest
Mexicans are called, got aboard in the
City of Mexico, and few miles out they
slipped the engine from the passenger and
baggage cars, stopping them, and
plundered from the express car SOS. 600
in silver. They killed the cOnduc-
tor and left. Can't. Young for dead,
felled by a wound on the head from the
butt of a musket AT another time the
train robbers made a moose of a telegraph
wire around his neck and were about to
hang him. He was sure his last hour had
come, and when they tainted him with
fearing death in that way he told them it
was all one whether he twas hanged or
shot, for death sO0n comes to ALL" The
robbers admired his stOicism and spared
his life. The Captain Of the band is now.
it is said, in a good position under the
Mexican Government, train robbing hav-
ing been nearly put down by the present
government, and there being less profit
and safety in it than formerly.
Capt. Young left a Mexican wife, TO
whom he willed his property, and his
mother and brother, W. Ii. Young, live
at Painsville, Ohio, the brother beinepas-
senger conductor on the PainsYlle and
Youngstown Railroad. He was formerly
a conductor on the Baltimore and Ohio,
between Baltimore and Washington, and
he has railrOaded in India and Africa.
He has Just returned from Mexico, which
he visited on the death Of his brother. He
thinks the mines, railroads and other
business in that country offer fine Open
ing for American enterprise.