The Lamar register., 1890-08-23
A HUMAN CYCLONE
see Peril Of Conveying = Party OF conu..
LanAttes.

- .ne Pieasahtest thing in the
wo',a 10 travel with convict, saws
.ne y. L. Herald. II is still less agree
Aole 70 nave as your compagnon din
Wy age lunatic who is liable to break
D D aha DC violent at any moment.
Du. = tn,ns the worst of all is TO have
collection of convict .'luuevsr nnda.
your ehsrge even for short journey.
ior, mad as they are, most Of them
know that they are nrisoro,.. III
enemies of society. and they conni.,
with this knowledge all the reckl.ss-
ness which insanity brings The. o.,
apt to be both dangerous aud uolv.
We were transferring six nrisopers
OF this variety from Utica To Anburn
There were eleven in the party fonr
besides the doctor. n slender younr
Keepers fellow and something of a dude
in appearance, with his fine clothes and
goid-rimmed eyeglasses. which he pro.
nounead ''glawses." but good man
Tor all that, brave ms lion and with
muscles like steel springs on his athletic
arms.
III was hard TO say who was the most
nervous of the party-the madmen
excited by their change of base, the
keepers, knowing well the perils Of the
enterpr'sc. or the young doctor. keen
aud alert. on whose shoulders rested
the responsibility for safely DELIVERING
his charge within the walls of the in.
sane pavilion vt Auburn.
On the station platform at Utica one
OF the men. the most daugerou.
character Of all. broke loose and started
10 run away. Instantly all four of the
keepers jumped on him aud after a
most tremendous struggle threw him
down and oyerpowered him. while the
doctor, after sweeping the others with
iightniug-likc glance and bidding
them Ia low tone of authority to
stand perfectly still. whipped out a
pocket case with tiny syringe in n
and squirted a pacifying measure into
the arm Of the furious and foaminc
madman- In a moment or two he had
become tranquil.
Now, get up said the doctor. 'and
do not make u any more trouble"
The keepers relaxed their hold and
the ''iuney' sulleuly obeycd. 1t was
wonderful what effect the cool manner
aud tho strong will Of the little doctor
had upon these nisshapen minds II
was like oil on troubled waters.
There was no further trouble until
We reached Syracuse The dangerou,
patient bad been very quiet since his
iirst outbreak suspiciously so the
doctor thought who asked him several
times bow be felt. Il he felt all right.
and so forth In the cars he was be.
tween bis keeper aad the window. aud
really had no chance FOR mischief. But
A. they were getting on tine cars at
Syracuse his opportunity came and he
took il like a fash With i quick blow
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form and down on the station. then he
was OF upon the other side and run.
ming like a deer along the railroad
track. The Chicago limited was CON.
ing down the track At a fast pace and
I expected that the locomotive would
forever settle that troublesome patient
for 1t eaugh, bin in narrow place
where be could turu neither 70 the
right nor to the left. but with all
mAdmsn's cunning he lay down close
to The rails jus, Ia the nick OF time aud
WAS passed hy unframed.
But what vas that upon his hecls-
n streak Of lightning? No. il WAS tho
Young doctor, aud running like the
hound that overiAkes the deer. He
escaped the limited BY throwing him
ssif fat against the fence aud then be-
fore the other had time 10 scramble up
aud Be OF Again he was on him with a
furious energy. He caught the fellow
by the scruh Of the neck gave him .
twis, aud sent him spinning like peg
top crash against the fence. Then he
had him down. aud was jumping OF
the prostrate body till the fellow
howlod for mercy. Cruell Brutal
Well. perhaps !; Was. but |. who had
seen the whole business. and knew
how quickly the mailman would stickA
knife iu him II he got chance could
aot blame him for harsh measures.
A moment later the fellow Was again
in the hands Of keeper. The NOR
phip- was applied once more and the
doctor WAS scrcueiy asking how he felt.
IL was not until the men were safely
lodged In their new asylum a couple OF
hours afterward that the doctor broke
down and then. trembling and with
nuttering voice, be went to the hotel
and asked for a long horn Of brandy.
That is the most terrible task OF any
that have 10 do" he said. In trans
ferring the 'luneys' ! am always
possessed by the expectation that one
Of them viii break loose aud kill some
body. IL is not for myself that fear
bat for some harmless and unsuspect-
ing passenger. would rather carry
a load Of dynamite on the cars than
half dozen Of those fellows