The Daily Tombstone., 1886-03-13
HISTORY OF A TRAMP.
The Experience Of One Who EEas .Busf Made tsle Trip From TOmbsGOne to
 Aibnquerque.

le!I 1onOStOne on -January ZItn, in the afternoon, and walked to Con tention, where l camped until morn ing. It is not necessary to inform you of the condition of that place. It's glory, in my mind, having departed. Next morning I packed my blankets and started on to Bensoq afoot, where I arrived foot-sore and hungry about twelve o'clock. After having good meal, thought I would dispose of my blankets, and accordingly started out to find a purchaser. Almost every person approached refused. to buy, thinking they might have been stolen, and as 1 had no bill of sale with me I could not find buyer nntil late in tic evening, when 1 ran across q Mexican camp and disposed of them-fve, at two bits apiece. My reasons for selling was that it is hard to beat train with blankets, and, as I was sort of compelle1t do that kind. of business, l accordingly disposed of them. But, I was out of luck! did not get out on the train that night, and took in a box-car for a sleeper, at which time would will ingly have returned the S1.25 for the blankets. Just about the time l must have been snoring the loudest, 1 was rudely awakened by a couple of railway employees and ordered to jump out of the car, which I reluctantly did. Just as I arrived on the ground outof tie car I discovered that one of the gentlemen had me covered witb six-shootcr, and heard gentle voice murmur, "don't run," After ;hey had satisfied themselves that I was not the gentleman wanted, they kindly told me I could get back in 1 the ear and finish my sleep, which i did wi;h alacrity, so as to get out of i Don't Runs" range The next morning l found out the reason why was visited at that unscemly hour in the night It appears that some parties had robbed conductor of q ! train, which had arrived d shCrt while before, of $l40 and gold watch, ard it was stated that the con ductor had knocked one of the ruff fans down with his lantern, blcaking ! the glass. 1t was, of course, blamed on trImps, but they might have found ihe culpiits if they had hunted up some of their transient citizens-tin- i hurns-if it Was ever lost; for, to my mind. it seems almost impossible that d tramp coulI get aW;r, cut of the country after being knocked down with lamp, as he most assuredly would have been disfg Ired by blow sufficient to break the glass III the lamp, and, besides, all the railroad men-brakemen and conductors, es- 1 pecially-wcre on the alert for the highwaymen. Wonder if the victim owed much? Now for the detective ability shown:
 Two days after-I had failed to get out the night after the alleged rob bery, and was awaiting the next train, which proved to be the conductors train who had been robbcd-I was standing behind fat-car waiting for the train to start out, when was ap-' preached by two individuals with tue question of "What are you doing there?,n and I informed them of my purpose. The parties proved to be the deputy marshal-so was inform ed afterward-and the conductor whom I recognized as one of my wis itors of two nights before. They i'm mediatcly marched me over in front of the headlight of the engine and i proceeded to search me, and, of course, found nothing of what they were in search of, and told me it was "all right" The engine then wlis- tied and started out with the train, and jumped on the bumpers be- tween the cars, and rode out of town until the train struck the steep grade