Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-04-30
tAuN ftti his CRIME.
Terrible 1:.'irilut|+5n nf III :.1t"ttttt'r WIN
pitc.tct} ii. l.i>nl'> Tttln.

Terrific I!atfIuttl !ffn ~ Hi A+t@fHf'h'f - -"
DiicAct1 II ..itnr> Train.
.>,iy <iu,l. huipt. There *1)icl:son's
engine csHnin: again. s>.v hi> t<ln'>t'
Oh. she's canning. r":nj:':5'' Help
lnlp."
TLe sentence i> uttered by OK Eli
rt,rcr Henry Slantz nearly every
>luy. After being III i frenzy ltalt II
minute tie fulls to the ground in q
ruint.
Slantz lives With his brother john
t,1l Il farm lu.tWtt.n i'"n1nn nutl ]>irE-
wool OH the lNa:iH', I'll the Mrr:l1ncc.
Hc il IL hopeless nlt'li;>c anf1 lnl> been
40 tor twu yt4tr>. l1is history tx"
plains it.
Sixteen ytar> ago Henry WAS an
engineer Oh II Union l';uilie lUcumo-
tive. Among l1is railway 1,'jc:rl, WIS
otle tfturHu Dit>EAj<t n'I'l t|!N. l:sftnr's
!ilvlnu1l. .Al!i>yt;> dickson :!i1tl >@lulltz
! cot Into Il dispute over i. Et'llt ut
cal~.>, and whenever they passed
racl1 ut1.cruft,r tl>>>> dickson and Al
| ilsun would =:t.lilnt. SlAt1ltz s>t,t| tal|l
/ linn thief mid II e>>ward* d*"="={)u> 'lay
! II. Denver &a1tttf21s. came to n=t|l1E:t&
*Ilat11z ,ys>t iIltf, i, rage *!l<I 1Nf,1r l.a Il
! cot even with lis c11t11y "ithln
twenty y-tuur lo111n,
~==ltA left I,nnrttr tnr t|1t>"We>t in
I cltur@o rlr iii IA:ll}v~*.. !: TO- learned
that Dlck>!.n :t3ttl Allison WolIltl fol-
l,w him I'll II lone !t"nnpti>t within
fifteen ,Mir1,tt. A>nA:t fifteen miles
out uf Et;nver. ut the Gt'ytr %tr4!<c,
was Swittl, that ran Il track down
II Slope, which stoppt"' abruptly ut
the brinl; OF The gorge. THIS ~nlin3
was rarely USED and the switch was
lockt41
Shantz naw his change to get
even" with his tal1nts'rs in q ter
riblc way Hu slowed t1l,. anil with
the excuse to the fireman dat lie
would 90 batl: t. >''' ii the switch
was so>i.l, RUSHED lack. broke the
lock anl turned thu. i.vr: from right
tn left, TO that I)itksol'> locomotive
would 20 down the siding atnl smash
down the gorge. He tl:c> returned
tn his engine.
Within twenty minutes there was
an uncarthly $hrick in tho valley, 4
tremendous crash anu Dhtk>on's ; ell
xinc had smashed down the gorge nnG
WAS dashed into IL thousand frag
mcnts hundreds Of feet below.
Pi.1cs Of flesh and hone. WAS a!
that was left Ut Dickson and Allison
The affair attracted great uttcn
tion ut tho time. Sluntz WAS Mt once
suspected. an'l the combined fact:
tlAt Sllantz threatened tngs-t even
anil that lW stopped At the gorge
convicted Linn. liz WIS scntencts
lightly. however, going to the Dcn
! ytr pc1li&t,>iu,y tor ttn years. II
l>SG i1e wa, RELEASED
NJ one k:,rw w!,.r,. he w&l< after
AlS .t.lt1.>t, until n1t morning, twt
: years u1u, ht lnWkts} at ,>lt dt''}r q
his brothers. .lt,ll>< liz WIS very il
land fur tW*,1NlVnth>. rav.Al like {
,: ,nu;ln,un. flelt1t> improved at tj'ncs
but l!c ii u ll:,l1tl.:>> 'l!a1'lut.: ::
While wandering ulnut the yar'
he will suddenly rt1>}l into 1h*. llp'>t'
yelling. "Th.tt l<~u,nut1yr II t*,,nln!
; straight towa14l: nc 1t ~ canning
oll,: tor Gs;l i: >tlkc. take: 1IV away
Dit:k>s,l1 l. steering it tn rl1,l directly
over me.
After lli>, fulnt lae will t}t:.trllo tn
: phantom r:s:@t1l.i',~ ~ .:..
FL: 1t l4at1 tl3l1/:@a I'LL nttr> It. fr says
','DI<:ksnl. WltIl..<t Wi4i;o s1rV1nl nve*
:: hi, >;huu..G~r-. E:&d l!< skiut&y han'
;,.1 thu throttle valve, and hi iltt,rc'
: Il loud tyrsc TN mc before ln !'lcv
otf steam. Alli>t1, taunted inc Ek'
1u t1>c,l to TO- \ t1t,Hon htt: pl th
, rowca,chcr with H. arms op n t
grab me.
Ho will then - in:u his ro'm AIT
tremtiingly 10 to his bed. At nigh
lle walks to and iro. looking out @
the window at intervals, and then
r. drawing buck, would shrek "Oll
that headlight is coming round til
bend! 1t has Il monster blaze" Tlie1
. he will crawl under his couch an'
remain there for hours, st. Loui