Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-11-28
A SPECTRE BRAKEMAN.
From tho Noenles ncrnld.

/ NJ A. Jackson gifted genius Of the
Munchaussn school who formerly
lived in Nogales and was associated
with the editor Of the Herald in the
publication OF the daily Reserve, has
a rare faculty FOR delying in ghost and
and other weird lore. He is now a
a reporter on the City Of Mexico Two
Republics. another Munchausen
giant, CLEANS from him a weird tale
which is rotated as follows and APP
pearcd in recent issue of the Two
Republics
II was condutor of worE-train No.
, on the Sonora Railroad in 1883, said
Gilmcrc My train crew consisting
Iof Engineer, JOIN Eberts, Fireman
Joe Magill Head-Brakeman Frank
Urquides, Hind brakeman James
Gibbons and Bill Baeunn, foreman Of
he work train. On August 18th re-
ceiyed orders to run to Magdaena
and bring up fifteen empty fat-clrs.
left i}asta station at $50 a. n. and
topped mid way between Casita aud
Inuris station to leave the foreman
and his gang, who had to clean the
seeds of the track between these
two stations stations and then cuntin-
ued on to Magdalena. About p. m
On the return trip, and when nearing
aridge 5222, near Imuris, a sudden jolt
Of the cars threw IEead-brakeman
crank UrquiGcs between the cars and
,e was instantly killed. We gather
ii up all that was left Of him apc
continued on our iounoy. After due
investigation BY the authorities, We
we're exhoneratcd from all blame.
Ills rem >jn3 we're bI&od in MlgIa
ena next day.
"'Three days afterward, while we
6cre tied pat Santa Ana station and
III hands wore asleep on the water
:ar, Magill suddenly aroused ms by
coming tearing in the caboosc, with a
,ook Of terror on his face. and inform
ID us that he lad seen the dead brake
nan standing over him. We all
laughed at him and attributed his
iriah to excessive nervousness and
Imagination. on account OF brooding
,ver the dreadful tragedy. But the
follCwing night, While we were laying
,vcr at Csita station, all hands. who
ycre on the caooose found it impossible
0 sleep on the aceo;nlt the strange
md DISMAL sounds and knokiaga
which rcsouGded through the car,
.amlng from different portions Of the
abocse at odd times. The following
iarties were in the caboo5e at the
.ime: Engineer Ebcgtz, Fireman
Magill. Braliemcn Gibbons and Burns.
who had taken the dead maa'e
place. Linc RcpaireNSam LonseH and
lysclt,
we were all keeping still as death.
when suddenly the engineer exclaimed
IN hoarse whisper; Look. look! there
lecomes!" and sure enough upon cast
ing our eyes in the direction Indicated,
.ge beheld the form OF the brakeman
slowly and with measured tread ap-
Jroaching the caboose over the top OF
,he train. We were Mortified, but
could not move, so overcome were We
with awe or fright cannot describ"
Which TIE ghost approached hearer
untllit came within ten feet Of Ut,
and looked at lis; then it turned anu
rctraced its steps and disappeared at the
end Of the last car.
From fhis time on for about ten
LAYS, TIE form Of the dead biaHeman|
could be plainly seen passing over the
train from end to end every night al
ways disappearing at the ca0oose and
the weird sounds and kuockings con
tinued to annoy us so that the fire.
man and the wiper Of the engine re-
FUSED to any longer to sleep in the
cabnoae. therefore determined
10 change ii and substitute an
other, Which l did and from tina
time on we received no more visits
from the ghost ofoar dead brakeman.
Tne caboose now stands, condemned
in the Guaymas yard, and nobody
Wants it,
The subject was brought to the at
tentior ofsthc railroad officials and be
ing authenticated by so many Wit
nesses, they held an investigation at
the time, but came to no dehpite
cuncusion In regard tQitt so they let
the mater drop. 5
"In substantiation Of the facts re-
lated above, refer to the following
people under whose notice it came at
the time; H. r. Richard, Assistant
General Manager Of the Sonora Rail
road; G. D. Jones, chief dispatcher;
Sam Bonsell, line reprher; George.
Montague, road master; Bill Laguna,
foreman Of the work train No. q;
Geo. Ebertz, engineer of the work
train No, .; John Burns, brakeman Of
the work train No. 2; James Gibbons,
brakeman Of the work train, No. q.
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