The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-10
A HUMAN CYCLONE.
PeTi1s of Conveying "a Party Of COnv1S
Euna3tes from Jaf1 20 Asylum

| PeRi1s of Conveying "a Party Of Convict
Euna4tes from Jaf1 20 Asylum
It isn't the pleasantest thing in the world
to travel with q convict. It is still hess
agreeable TO have al your cOmpagnon du
| voyage a funEtic who is habie 20 break out
| and bs violent at any moment But I think
| the worst Of all Is TO have collection Of
convict 'lunsys' under your charge even
| for short journey, for, mad as they arc,
most of them know that they are prisoners
and enemies OF sociGty, and they couple
with this knowledge all the recklessness
which insanity bring& They are apt to be
both dangerous and ugiy.
We were transferring six prisoners OF
this variety from Utica to Auburn There
were eleven in the party, four keepers be-
sides the doctor, a slender young fellow
and something of dude in appearance,
with his fine clothes and goId trimmed eve
glasses, which he pronounced ''glawses, F."
bot good man for ali that, brave as lion,
and with muscles Ike steel springs on his
athletic RT1ns
1t was hard ts say who was the most ner-
vous Of the p&rty-the madmen, excited by
their change Of bass; the keepers, knowing
well the peEls Of the enterprise or the
shoulders rested the response Elity for safe
y delivering his charges within the walls u
the insane pavilion st Auburn.
On the station platform st Utica one Of
the men, the most dangerous character Of
al, broke loose and started 70 run away
Instantly all four Of the keepers jumped
upon him and, altar Tremendous strug-
gle, threw him down and oveTpowered him
while the doctor, after swesping the others
with lightning Like glance and bidding
them in low tone OF authority 10 stand
perfectly still, whipped out pocket case
with a tiny syr1nEH In Il and squirted ps~
cifying measure into the arm Of the furious
and foaruing mailman In moIasat or
two he had become more tranquil
Nov. get up, said Tire doctor, "aad do
not make Us any E5ors trouble
The keepers reiaxed their hold and the
'rluney' suIlenly obeysc- II was wonder
full what effect the cool manner and tie
strong VII Of the little doctor had upon
tbese r1isshaPen minds Ii was like OIL en-
troubled waterz
There was no further trouble until re
reached Syracuse Tx dangerous patient
had been vsxJ quiet g nee bls first OJItbrsak,
sIspAciO0sAy 80 tba doctor thought, who
asked him several lines how bs fels, II be
felt al right, etc In tbs cars he was bs-
tween his keeper and the window. and
really had nc chance for Tnischisf But Is
they vgrS getting of the cars at SyrsC1sa
his opportunity cams and be took Il Ike
fash With quick blow be knocked tbs
keeper Of the car platform and down on The
station, then he was Of upon the ether s5ds
and running Ike deer along the rs1l-o&d
track The Chicago limited was coming
down She track AZ 5 fa-ss pa1e. and ex-
pecxsd that shs loeo-zct1ys would tOrsvar
sstShe thzs tr0slh&esozus patient, for il
caught kin 10 a n&rpow plscs WHARF &c
oozld turn nsithcr 20 ttss right Aer eft, u.
VIA sA = nAs<lnaz's suaaing he hsy Down
close 20 the FxJs ;ust n the atck q tins
and Ezs p&ss>1 5y uaAATuZed
E1t Eh-s vss thAt upon his hee-z-A
streak q lightning Ss, Il was tae young
dOSsoT. and RAINING LIE the hoand thzt
ovx-tzkss he deer Hs sscE2ed sAe Ezni:ed
ky thrsSf1g hiazSsif ils5 against the fenrs,
and sheE Aszc-e the cT1ssy had tine %
serzzab,e np sssd De CT again As z@s OF
hirn with f1r.3, ~1erEF- he r-uzE. ;bs
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