Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-06-18
A HAUNTED RAILWAY CAR.


What the Boys Say About Cur II, ,088
4 Bloody Record and Strange
Voices.
It's the strangest thing I ever heard
Of. It often starts off on a perfectly
level track, and we have to keep the
brake on all the while in order 70 keep
it quiet"
The above remarks were uttered by
Jack Martin, brakeman on the San
Pedro road. Martin was addressing
a friend few days ago
Nv hats the matter with the car?''
asked the person addres ied.
Il think it is haunted. At least all
the boys say it is. It may and it may
not be; but it is certain that the car
often moves when no one is near it,
The car in question was an old enc
and stood on a side track. It had just
been brought up from San Pedro and
been emptied Of six tons Of iron for
the cable railroad Continuing, Mar
tin said: THAT car has a strange his
tory. No less than three murders have
been committed in it. Three years
ago it was brought out from Boston
loaded with fine furniture for a hotel
in Sacramento. Somewhere in Neya-
da the door was broken open and two
tramps entered and closed the door
They were anxious to get to Frisco,
and being supplied with food and va
ter they proposed to go through with
out change. No one knows how the
deed was done; but when the car was
opened at Sacramento the body Of one
of the tramps was discovered. His
throat was cut and an ugly wound
was found on his right side. The other
tramp could not be found. The car
was side tracked at Sacramento three
months and was then loaded with flour
for Stockton. While at the depot at
the latter place couple Of railroad
hands occupied it one night, and dur
ing game Of cards one Of them
named John Dewey stabbed his com
panion. He died in a few moments.
The trial was a long one and Dewey
was sentenced to San Quentin for
twenty years. He claimed be acted
in self-defense. When arrested, how
ever, he had about S3S in his posses
ssession, while his dead companion
did not have nickel. That locked
rather suspicious. Well, the next we
head of No 11,0S0 she was the scene
of another mysterious affair This
was about year ago at FL Paso.
During strike among some Italian
laborers at that place this car was
boarded by half a dozen Of them. A
quarrel cnsued over some trifing mat
ter ani one Of them was beaten so
badly that he died before medical aid
could be summoned"
The car must be hauntcd," remark
ed Martins companion, who listened
to the story with the closest attention,
''and | would not sleep in it for
hundred dollars"
''All the train men say it is" con
tinued Martin, "and the fact that it
will often move on a level track is an
evidence that something is wrong"
DO you ever hear any strange
noises around it!" asked the reporter.
i fancy sometimes [ hear a moan
or some indistinct mutterings, but it
may be only imagination" replied the
brakeman. THE engineer said yes
terday he heard human voice in it,
but, upon looking all around the car,
saw no one. The fact of the matter
is, I do not have much to do with the
old thing, and I wish the company
would draw it Off"
At this point in the conversation
Martins train pulled up from the new
depot, and he boarded it and was soon
engaged with the duties attending his
line Of business Car 11,0Ss is con
5idered haunted by nearly all the rail
road boys.-Los Angeles News.