Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02

repairing the break, got on board his
hand car and escaped without coming
in contact with the robbcr. But the
robber was there in the person of big
Nose George" who is known only by
this alias, and who was once the terror
OF Wyoming. Brown did not know
that George was there, but the latter
behind pile of rock awaiting the APP
proach OF the train. He had fixed up
the rail SO that the engineer would not
have discovered it, to ditch the train,
when he intended to rob the express
car during the excitement. He was
waiting for the train when Brown
and his men came along,
and according to his own words.
had his rifle twice leveled on Brown,
intending to kill him, but he thought if
Brown was foolish" enough to repair
circumstances the break had been
he caused, was not worth killing.
Big Nose George was captured at Car
bon, Wyo., about three months after
ward, and was hung. Up to the time of
his death the facts of the rail removed
were undevelOped; but as he stood with
a moose around his neck he confessed
the entire details as above, and asked
that Brown be informed of his narrow
escape. For this act of bravery Brown
was promoted to the rOadmastership,
and his face is familiar at the present
time on the streets of Omaha.
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The road to success in railroad circles
is hard at best to follow. Vice Presi-
dent Holcomb, of the Union Pacific,
was once freight brakeman and did
some hard work turning thecranks. He
wnrlyad in this np ri
western road, and it is said takes pride
in relating his experience as ''shack. "
Tom Potter followed the same appren-
ticeship and made quite record in
turning brakes on the Northwestern.
Ed Dickinson, now. assistant general
manager of the Union Pacific, COM
menced railroading at the age of eleven
years as messenger boy for the Cleve-
land IL Toledo railroad at Cleveland.
At the age of fourteen, and during his
career as a messenger, he learned tele-
graphy and took position as operator
on the Atlantic & Great Western. At
the age OF seventeen he was made train
dispatcher on the same road. in 1879 he
came to Omaha as clerk and operator
in the freight office, but returned to
Cleveland shortly afterward as assistant
train dispatcher of the Cleveland Il
Toledo: His wrist giving out, he was
compelled TO cease operating and went
on the road as baggage aud express
messenger. In 1877 he was appointed
superintendent OF the Laramie division
OF the Union Pacific, and made his way
up to the position of general superin-
tendent, by Vice President Potter, and
recently to the position of assistant
general manager by Vice President
Holcomb.
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The absence OF finger, thumb or
| foot indicates the vocation of a man in
such condition to be that of railroader.
But, rs rule, and one with but few OK
ceptions, the man with missing mem-
Der is rarely found holding official posi-
| tions. The reason is self-explanatory.
In the first place nine-tenths of the
railway employees that meet with acci-
dents of this kind, do SO by their own
carelessness, and through negligence.
When MANNED in this way the indi-
vidual, whom he may be, feels as though
he is entitled to some good position
with the company. But the manage
ment never looks at it in that wav. A
practical railway Official will meet the
request for position OF responsibility
from an injured person by informing &
the individual that he could not well
take care OF himself, as his injuries
demonstrated, and that he would be a
poor man to put in position, the duty