Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
He JUMPS OFF An EXPRESS TRAIN.
When Rescued Another Passenger Slugs
Him.
He IS NOW IN DURANGO VILE.

Yesterday mornings REGISTER con-
tanned little item shout railroad man
fal!ir frcm train up about Ycrkville, on
The C. & P. road, and his subsequent ar
rest in Martins Ferry, with a companion
or two, on the charge of disorderly con-
duct.
Facts cana to light yesterday which
chow the hero of the story is entitled to the
b.lt as the most ipjudic;ous as well as the
most lucky citizen in two or three States.
Tnere has been come trouble with a por-
ton Of the railroad len employed on one
o. the tunnels back about about Mt.
Pleasant, and about thirty or forty OF the
men quit work, and have been gradually
drifting down to the towns along tie river
ss affording the best facilities for getting
rid of their money. a party OF half
dczeu of these men boarded G. & P.
train late Friday afternoon, up about
Mingo or Brilliant, intending to come
down TO Martins Ferry. En- route they
became very disorderly in the car they
occupied, they being all more or less
under the influence of liquor.
They insisted on singing songs,
qusrrelng among themselves, IL
quilting passengers, ard otherwise making
themselves conspicuous. Finally one OF
their number, Unlisted that be was see
end John l. Sullivan, and that he want, d
to clean out TIE car. Passengers told him
that would Big very wrong and lrjddl-
cious thing to do, that several of the quiet
ard unassuming passengers had wives AMI
children depending upon them, ard a
great deal of trouble would inevitably re-
suit upon his carrying out his idea. This
pscifed him fer time, bat presently ne
got up, and approached a quiet ard pesc-
ably disposed Irish passenger and Gsked
for the loan of quarter.
Faith, OIL not lind ye the twinty-
foive cirt'," said the Hibern'ap ''but ON
give ye a quarther if yell lamp eff the
car"
"I'll Just 90 you" said the negotiator Of
the lean, and receiving the quarter, he
went hurriedly to the platform, and leapef
off into the ditch alongside the track.
TIE wild freak was observed by half a
dozen passengers, and as the train was
running forty miles an hour, and there was
every reason to suppose the foolhsrdy
passenger had been killed, the con-
ductor wss notified, the train stopped, and
run back to the locality. There, su e
encu sb, the form Of the man WIS found,
he lying fat on bis back in the ditch be-
side tbs road bed, with h.s halds crossed
over his breast. He was at orca surrounded
by passengers, prepared to carry bis re-
mains 10 the baggage car, when to Their
SUI prise he jumped to his feet, and climb, d
into the car uuajded, not having received
a bruise. When the train was sgin
started he was cluckling to himslf about
how easily he had got quarter, when
fellow passenger approached and said:
Are you the man who jumped of the
traiD?"
Eyes"
"Well, you're too big d-n fool to liy',
and I'll just do you" and he at once be-
gan to slug the ipjudicious one right and
left, knocking him down in the aisle and
cutting his head in several places. Pas
eeugers came to the rescue and separat d
the combatants, but at Martins Ferry tie
man who jumped of and was subsequently
thumped became involved in arother row,
aud was arrested in company with one or
two others, and now lies in the lookup at
that place. The arrest broke up the party,
one or two coming over to this city ard tie
others going on down to Bellsire.