The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-25
DADS CORPSE.

A Chicago Woman who Got Full
Value for Her Poor Fathers Re-
mains.
Five conductors. delegates to the
grand convention now in session. were
in the private Office of the Queens
last night telling their experiences
The Worlds railroad reporter was
with thom Their parrations were all
interesting but the one that caught the
car OF tho party was the following.
told by Conductor Tom punchwater.
now Of tho Chicago & Alton.
Il was baggageman then, IA years
ago oh the Lake Shore ran on the
through express from Buffalo to Chica-
go One night cold night 10 early
March, VIC left Chicago with five
coaches filled With passengers, most of
them cxcursionlsts In my car there
was little baggage. but amongst 1t o
corpse checked to Buffalo As we rat
tied along the night dark and stormy
without, my car dImly lighted within,
l didn't feel any to comfortable with a
coffin in my car. Some baggagemen
that I've known have appeared indif-
ferent 10 the presence Of q corpse In
their car; but l must confess that one
in my chr always unsettled me end
made me sleep little for two or three
nights that followed And this night
especially felt particularly uncom.
Portable knew something dreadful
would happen And 1t did In the
dim morning light when we were with
in twenty miles or 30 Of Buffalo we
colllded with freight train Both
were running at frIghtful speed Our
train was completely wrecked 1found
myself In field sixty yards or more
from the wreck. How l got there l
never know. But / was unhurt save
few scratches Fire broke out and
some Of the cars blazed up But q
heavy rain storm came and soon the
flames were extinguished The people
who escaped did their best to relieve
tho unfortunates. BY eight o'clock In
The morning we were pretty well
Strengthened up. The killed outright
numbered seven; the wounded twenty.
Before 0 o'clock a trainload of doctors
md railroad officials were on the scene.
They had come from Buffalo.
Shortly after the accident I had
been attracted by the plteous cries Of
, young woman. ono of the passsn-
yers She was bewaillng her father.
Her cries were piercing. o, where is
ladp O. where is my dear dadp We
earned from her beWailments that she |
lad lost her father In tho wreck. We
searched as we'll as we could. and soon
lfter the arrival Of the doctor and
lead official we found the body under
ny car. Ii was down the embark
nent where three cars were piled one
Ibove the other. An old railway
awyer, counsel for the road. spoke
oothIngly to the girl ]. too, seemed
O have an influence over her, and at
ass we got her calmed But every
low and then she broke out In parox-
SINS of grief. The old lawyer spoke
o her about accidents. but they could
ot be helped. that some were doomed
D die in bed and some at sea, and
ONE by collisions; that the railroad
tficials were sorry and ready to make
Q parations to the best of their ability.
he old fellow succeeded 80 we'll that
@ at last got her quiet But l could
ardly restrain my Indignation when
saw him produce o pen aud Ink and
ct the young woman to sign o paper
ight there in the wet, for 1t was now
I knew what that meant
had seen 1t done before and I've
eon it dono since He got her sigma
1re however, and she got from him a
heck, afterwards learned. for ST.
90 He also got from her two rail-
ray ticke Is, frst-class ones that she
ad In her purse for herself and her
lther. But her grief did not end
asily. The body of the old man was
ut in temporary coffin and placed
n the relief train. The young woman
'ent with it, CT, ing all the way.
''The old lawyer ordered me to 90
Dmpany her to Buffalo. / did as be
BID me- need not spin the yarn I
luch longer, but six weeks after that
was married to the girl and six weeks ,
i'll later l was made q conductor
trough the help of the old lawyer. 1
Iy wife and lived happy until her
cath three years ago On her death
cd she made confession: Tom
le said. do you remember the night {
! the dreadful collisionp" / told +,
er yes Well do you know that the
'rpse you had In your car that night 6
as dad. and that be had been killed
: street car In Chicago the day be- {
re, and that in the smashup he yes /
rown out Of his coffin and away from G
p As I remembered the corpse I re. Q
lied how peaceful he looked as we t
II him out from below the car. You t
& never told the old lawyer. and G
'ver think Of my wife but also think b
the way the old lawyer chuckled, as (
said to the general manager after n
got the girl to sign: That's o cheap r
Element In o court we'd have to b
y SO 000' still think he was not q
smart as he imagined. 1 think my II
fe was downright smart woman, Il
20 all the women that come from Il
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