Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-15
An Old E1pres.-Asoncs Confession.

tGlobe-Democrstl
of You won't give me away, sad a
middle-aged man whom We Will call
Brown. because Brown IS not his name,
81 will tell you little trick J once
PLAYED on On express company for when
WAS running rs Il messenger on a tram
not far from here. 1t was IN the days
when they never thought of sending out
more than one man with an express car
and il was not deemed necessary to arm
him. as thew now do their messengers.
I had thought this echene all out care
flllv and tried TO look at it IN all IT'S
phases. so that no unexpected evil result
would come of it. One night we were
running along at u rattllng speed, ny
which / mean speed that made every
thing about the old Stacking cars rattle
tin Won couldn't hear yourself think. Inc
wind was blowing very hard outside, and
everybody on the train was huggng
about as tight as he could to stove. /
had things all my own way. lfst L
took a big coupln ;-pin and struck my
end door in such manner with It as 10
show several large dents in 1t. Then |
stepped outside. locked the door, and
with tremendous blow broke the loch.
/ J waited awhile, intending that If any
/ body was attracted by the NOSE to say
+ had locked myself out and cropped my
I kew OIL the train. But nobody came,
/ Then / closed the door and quickly fired
several shots from an old pepper-hoX
petol which had loaded not very
heavily. one of these ! fired through
the rim of my hat. In another mo
mont | was back III the passen
GER coach. excited ami calling for help
. the conductor. brakeman. and severa
Of the passengers jumped up and 1ol
lowed Inc. | was so excited CONF
hardly sreak. you know. but when tneJ
saw the broken and battered door they
OWNED what did not tell them. Nhcl
my excitement had subsidized managed
ia cxplaip how two masked men haC
broken in the door how had called To-
helm in vain how | had fought then
both off with the stove poker how the,
had shot at me several times-l conldn
tell how many times-and how, after
had miraculously escaped their bullet
and fonybt them OF, calling for help a
loudly rs / could, they had rushed to tn
platform and probably jumped on. -
course let somebody else find the Dulle
hole in my hat and then expressed SUI
prise about 1t.
"Weu. sir, it worked like a charm
The next morning the papers had Ion
accounts of il, and they all praised ID
highly for keeping the robbers away ir0i
the money-chest. | was the hon OF ID
hour The PRECEDENT of the company
too. wrote long personal letter TO me
{ and inclosed n check for 800. Here
made another point by sending the ehec
3 hack and saving that conld not acceI
r such a check for having done merely III
% nlain duty. From that time on l wa
q very solid with the company, ana 500
/ had one Of the best runs and TIE Del
4 pay they could give me.
g There we're two funny things aDol
Y ,Let CASE One WAS that the agent at IL
1 station we had last passed said that l
S NV two hard-iookiug characters aroun
, the station lust before the tram came j
r. and never saw them again, whlle Il
a conductor said no such persons board'
E. the tram as legitimate passengers, -
i other fanny thing was that il 8ehucA'
r who occasionally sent large sums
money 10 his agent at the other enc
no road said he had tele2raphed on u
% dav that he would send Sl2,OOo ID
= njcht 1t so happened, however IN
4 he did not send It till the next nlPI
= lie always thought il was his money u
rohbers were after.