The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-01-19

the axe away from him, and threw it
out of the wagon Moshier then shot
the man three times A soldier at the
post going out on duck hunt passed
not far from the wagons and heard
the shooting Returning to the post
he OBJ tained assistance. and an investi-
cation resulted in finding the bodies
of the two men, but Mo>hier had fed.
The freighter was unconscious, but /
wounded, was able to make a dying |
statement to an Episcopal clergyman
and to the Prosecuting Attorney. I'm
fortunately, he didn't know Moshier's
name. He died that afternoon. 1t
came out that the murderer intended
to kill his benefactor and his fellow
passenger, dump their bodies into one
Of the wagons, hook up the mules, and
drive off with the whole outfit. At
night he would bury the bodies, build
big campfire over their graves to
to hide the spot, and take the wagons
and mules to some part of the coun-
try where he could sell the outfit,
which was worth about $4,000.
"The people were indignant over
the da>tardly crime, and the other
freighters were wild with anger. Big
rewards were offered by the Territory
and by private citizens, and hundreds
of men galloped over the country in
search of the murderer Three days
afterward, and much to the surprise
Of every body, the freighter regained
consciousness He told who the mur-
derer was, and then many people. knew
the man they were pursuing. Several
days afterward he was captured by
Sheriff Sweene, of Fort Collins, Col
orado.
THE Sheriff of Cheyenne feared a
lynching, and>so the special train was
secretly made up to go to Fort Col
Inns, and get back before daylight
Engineer Post was in his element, for
he was expected to make fast time.
The section of the road between Gree
ley and Fort Collins was new and
rough The ties were laid on the dirt,
without any rock ballast, and recent
heavy rams had made the ground soft
The way Post ran old 400 was an ex-
ample of his reckleSsness. | always
believed he must have hung weight
on the safety valve There were sta
tionary seats on each side of the way
car, and few common chairs sat on
the floor In one half of the car were
bnnks for the use Of the train men,
and the Sheriff and the Superintepd-
ent laid down on these to sleep. Post
had about fegained his standing from
his last escapade, and had a chance to
distinguish himself in the presence of
the Superintendent, but, instead of
running with express speed, he turned
her over for every stroke there was in
her odd 400 plunged into the night
kissing and rolling like q demon and
maniac In one The way-car rolled
from side to side so violently that it
was impossible to sit on the chairs
Every little while the wheels would
strike the end of some rail that was
not Joined evenly, and the car would
give a lurch which threatened to
land it in the ditch While the
train was rushing to apparent destruc-
ton, Post left the eugine and came
back into the car moment, as happy
as a man could be. Somebody said
something about being turned over,
and Post understood it to be a request
to turn her over That suited him,
and, returning to the engine, he did
turn her over Heavens! How the
engine and its one car rocked and
sawayed and lurched! Yet on, faster
and faster, they flew over that danger
Gus track. To add to the excitement
of the moment. the men in the car
discovered that Post had never been
over that branch before Suddenly
the car gave heavy lurch and there
was sound like 'thud' in the bunk
room. The Superintendent and the
Sheriff had been thrown out Of their
hunks. The former made his way to
the front platform, and, by yelling at
the top Of his voice, attracted Posts
attention.
The rest Of the run to Fort Collins
was made slower, and when the train
got there Post got a jacketing for
making such wild run. The trip
gave him quite reputation at Chey-
enne, but he didn't get passenger
engine. Perhaps the railroad people
had their own views about such run
as that.
"And Moshier? Oh, they got back
to Cheyenne with him just at sunrise
Sunday morning. That nj ght seven
ty-fve men marched to the Jail like
company of soldiers, broke open the
doors. and, in the presence Of 1000
people, hanged the murderer to tele-
graph pole in the center of the city
Secretary Morgan, the Secretary Of
the Territory, and the Mayor of the
city made speeches to to the mob, and
pleaded with the avengers not to hang
the man. The night was cloudless,
and vividlv bright moon lit up the
faces of the stern lynchers, gave a