Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-04
BOUND IN A BOX CAR,
Terrible Night Experience of
a BraddOck Man.
ROBBED AND ABDUCTED.
dis CaptOrS Drive Him to Pittsburg
in a Covered Wagon.
ALL NIGHT ON A FREIGHT TRAIN.
Liberated at LeetOnia, BE Manages to Work
His Way Back Home.
ALL NIGHT ON A FREIGHT TRAIN.
HE DESCRIBES HIS TWO ASSAILANTS

A tall, dark bearded man, dressed in his
working clothes. went to the Central police
station at about 1890 o'clock last night, and
told Inspector McAleese a remarkable story
of robbery and abduction.
He gave his name as J. NJ. Reed. He
appeared to be honest and of sound mind,
and attempted to conceal nothing. He said
that he worked for the Howard Plate Glass
Company, at Cochran station, and lived at
Braddock. He had been working in the
glass mill since it began operations last
Nav. On Wednesday he drew his months
nav. S6O put it in his pocket, crossed the
Monongahela river to the Baltimore and
Chic Railroad, and took a local train to
Braddock. He left the train at Braddock
and started to walk to his home, not far
AWAY. 1t was then after dark. He says
he had not proceeded more than 200 yards
from the depot when he was stopped and
Knocked down by two men. He was rem
dered unconscious by blow on the head.
HE WAS BOUND WITH ROPES.
When he recovered consciousness he was
living, tightly bound with ropes, in the
bottom of a covered wagon, which was
rapidly jolting over country roads. Two
men. the same who had assaulted him in
Braddock, sat upon the seat. One was a
man who talked and looked like an English
man. He was of medium height, we'll
built and wore a full reddish beard. The
other man was a negro. probably feet tall,
ana weighing something like 200 pounds.
Reed could not tell where he was being
taken. The wagon entered the city and
ratified over paved streets. He was so
greatly excited by his condition that he
cannot tell whether one or two bridges were
crossed, and he is unable TO say whether the
wagon stopped in Pittsburg or Allegheny.
He was driven to railroad yard, lifted
from the wagon and placed in an empty box
car. The door OF the car was pulled shut,
and he was left alone.
CARRIED FROM THE CITY.
He thinks it was about o'clock in the
morning when he was put into the car. He
soon felt that the car was moving swiftly,
and he lay all night helpless, wondering
whether be were being carried away toward
the east. west. north or south. The perspira-
ton stood upon his forehead and he suffered
great mental anguish. Soon after daylight
the car, after being bumped back and forth,
came to a stand. The imprisoned glass
worker pushed open the door with his ieet
and succeeded in attracting the attention of
some railroad men. His bonds were re-
moved and he was released from his prison.
He learned that he was in Leetonia, on the
Fort Wayne road, 63 miles west of Pitts
burg.
ROBBED AND LEFT ALONE.
His money had all been taken, and he
was in a strange town. There was nothing
to be done but to loot it, and he walked %
miles to New Galilee. There, at o'clock,
be got on board passenger train No. 4, and
succeeded in beating his way to LeetsdaIe,
Is miles from the city. He was put off at
that place, but he there found some men,
bers of the Junior Order of the United
American Mechanics. He secured 81 and
came to the city on an accommodation train
last night.
Reed claims 10 have lived in McKeesport
only six months, and knows few people
there. He has wife and several children,
who are probably alarmed about his
absence. In his coat is cut about three
inches long, which be says was made by
knife in the hand of one OF his assailants.