The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-19

their engine, ran across to the Rome
train, uncoupled the engine and
with one car pushed forward with
about 40 armed men. Andrews was
not many minutes ahead. Four
miles from Kingston Andrews again
cut the telegraph and placed OBJ
struction on the track. Andrews
and his train had to run at a fearful
rate Of speed to reach Calhoun (pass-
ing Adairsville where there was a
train on the side track before the
arrival of the express train nearly
due at Adairsville. He reached
Calhoun in time to pass the express
and managed to elude suspicion BY
adroitly answering all questions.
The Confederates, Fuller and
Murphy, saw the distractions on
the track in time to reverse the en-
CINE to prevent wreck, but the
hlnderance was insuperable. Leav-
ing all their men behind, they start
ed again on foot, before, however,
they had gone far met the train An
drews had passed at Adairsville and
turned in back in hot pursuit. At
Adairsville they dropped the cars
and with the locomotive and tender
loaded with armed men they drove
forward with the highest speed pos
sible. Before the pursuers arrived
at Calhoun, Andrews was again UNI
der way. He again stopped to cut
telegraph wires and tear up the
track, but in few minutes the Con-
federates were seen coming down at
| lightning speed and he had to aban-
don the work of tearing up the
track Now the trains were
in full view of each other and a race
followed unparalleled in the annals
of history. On, on, in the terrible
race the two. engines sped. An
drews dropping cross ties on the
track to impede the progress of the
Confederates, but all in vain. The
two engines flying through the air
at fearful speed. Andrews hoped
to reach the Chicamauga bridges in
time to burn them. Fuller and
Murphy in time to prevent it. Dali
ton was passed without difficulty by
Andrews. After passing Dalton,
Andrews again cut the telegraph
but was too holly pursued by the
Confederates to tear up the track.
At last Andrews train approached
a long covered bridges, fire was
made in the rear car and it was ulf=
coupled and left standing in the mid
die of the bridge, hoping to destroy
the bridge and stop the pursuers,
but before the fire had done its work.
the pursuing Confederates drove in
to the bridge and pushed the burn
ing car to a side track. With no
fuel and no instructions to place on
the track, the condition of Andrews
was indeed deplorable certain cap
ture seemed to stare him in the
face. Andrews ordered his men to
jump off, disperse in the woods and
each endeayor to save himself. An
drews and all Of his party were cap
tured before they could reach the
Union lines. Being in citizens
dress in an enemy's line, the whole
party were held as spies and closely
and vigorously guarded.
A court-marshal was convened
and the leader and seven others out
OF the twenty-five were condemned
and executed at Atlanta. The re-
mainder were never brought to trial
of the remaining IA eight succeed
ed by bold effort, attacking their
guard in broad day light, in making
their escape from Atlanta and ul
timately reached the North. The
other six who Shared in this effort.
but We're recaptured, remained
prisoners until the latter part of
March, 1863 when they were ex-
changed.