St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-07
Four Ohio Tramps Furiously
Attack a Man in Charge
of a Train.
On Ordering Them to Leave a
Car They Begin Firing
at Him.
A Ball Passes Into His Left
Side, Producing a Fatal
Wound.
The Excited Populace Threat
ems to Hang the Four
ScoundrelS.

LIMA. o.. April Gas the third sec
tien of Freight Train No. So, eastbound
on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
was pulling into the long side track half
mile west of this city at $3.50 O'Clock
this afternoon, Conductor Gardner j.
Tuckey noticed six tramps getting into
box car of the train. He stepped over
the train until he reached the car, and
getting down to the door he gave them
orders to leave the train, and to get out
lively. One of the trampS said
to him: "You Will be the first
man to get out" At this
moment Tuckey grappled with the
man, when one of his companions dis
charged gun inside the car. The train
was moving during this occurrence, and
had reached the Main street crossing.
The target man, hearing the report of
the revolver, ran to the car with flag
stick, which he gave to the conductor,
and endeavored to get into the car to aid
him, but in trying to get hold of the
stick Tuckey was showed out of the car
door to the ground. At the same time
the tramps jumped out of the door on
the north side of the train. Tuckey
climbed over the train, and, as he
alighted on the opposite side one of the
gang produced revolver. which
Tuckey wrenched out of his hands.
The two others then caught him. holding
each of his arms so that he was power
less to defend himself. Then the other
one of them placed 3S-caliber revolver
at the conductors left side and fired,
the ball taking effect in the region of,
but little below the heart. The
tramps then started to run north on
Main street, Tuckey bravely starting in
pursuit, but soon fell exhausted from
loss of blood. There were a number of
men on the street at the time who
would have given Conductor Tuckey
their assistance, but they could not
cross over the track,as the train blocked
the way. Tuckey was picked up and
carried to the =. nearest DRUG
store, where he received medi-
cal assistance. The doctors soon
decided that the wound would prove
fatal. kilograms were sent to Fort
Wayne, his place of residence, for Mrs.
Tuckey, and Supt. Law speedily got
special train ready, which brought
Mrs. Tuckey and little children here,
arriving at o'clock. The police went
in search of the tramps and arrested
four of them after lively chase of
about three miles out Of the city. They
were identified by Tuckey, one of them
as the man who fired the shot. He
was examined and thirty-eight-cdlibe
revolver with one empty chamber
found on his person. Intense excite
ment was created by the shooting, and
large crowd gathered at the Jail
ready to hang the miserable scoun-
drels on sight, but cooler judgment
prevailed. Tuckey was removed to the
parlor of the Burnett house. and his an
te-mortem statement was taken by pros
ecutlng attorney. The trampS were
brought over from Jail and again identi-
fed by the dying conductor. He picked
one of them as the one that did the shoot
ing. The man gave his name as William
Thomas, of Springfield, 0. The other
parties arrested give names as Lewis
Duebret, OF Columbus; Charles Sager-
man and William Black. Tuckey is
still living at o'clock, and is receiving
every attention, but he cannot last over
two hours. He is member of the
conductors brotherhood, and the local
branch is giving him all possible care.