The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-03-09

Al the report OF the Slol engineer DAusu-
eriy, the only other occupant Of the engine
Jumped frOn his seat in the cab and step
ped into the tank where INLAND had fallen.
He says inland exclaimed, a. Ny God, Joe,
Tn shot Go for doctor
You have killed this man, said Daugh-
erty to Fuhrer as be stopped over the body
Of the victim and commenced q search for
the wound.
4 thizk you viii find he Is sh through
the heart, replied Fuhrer, a. that's where l
aimed for"
Fahrer then jumped from the engine and
started up the track to where another west
bound train was side tracked Daugherty
with the crew followed in pursuit. They
did not 90 far, however, until they met
Fuhrer coming back to the scene Of his
crime. He said Sc You need not fear. I'm
not going torun awzy. have done it, and
suppose I must suffer for it,
Give me your revolver" said engineer
Kephart. Of engine No. 563, pulling the
freight train. Yes, I'll give it to you" re-
piled Fuhrer in a tone that caused KEEP
hart not to press the question.
The body Of the dead fireman was subse-
quently carried into the cabOoss Of kep-
harts train, and Fahrer mounted the en-
gine-
Engineer Daugherty pulled out in advance
with the understanding that be would stop
At lockwood and notify the officers TO look
out for Fuhrer. When Kephart's engine
arrived At the Redwood station, Constable
Fed Dupont appeared upon the scene and
asked for the man who did the shooting.
Fuhrer was pointed out to him and the
Constable at once placed him under arrest
and disarmed him.
5. You needn't put those on me- remark
ed the prisoner after the Constable had pro-
duced pair Of hand cuffs.
1T looks more Ike business this way,
observed the Constable as he snapped the
handouts on the prisoners hands and led
him of TO the borough lookup, where be
was kept until morning, before being brought
here to Jail.
The train carrying Fuhrer into Rock
wood also carried the remains Of his victim.
The body was placed in the wareroom at
the depot, where il lay until afternoon,
when Dr. David Gildner, the local Justice Of
the Peace empsnneled the following jury
and proceeded 10 hold an inquest: J. r.
Bocse, J. J. sipe. Levi L. Miller, George
Holtzhouer, John Short, J. e. Critchfeld-
After reviewing the remains the jury retired
10 Or. Gildners Office. when the testimony
Of engineer Daugherty, the only witness Of
the tragedy, was taken after he had been af-
6rmed. His testimony in substance was a.
follows had backed my engine, No. ~
on Yoder siding about l2,45 a. m, Michael
F. INLAND was my fireman, and be said to
me we have coal enough 10 take Us 20 Con
neisville. He went back INTO the tank
and commenced pulling doEn coal I heard
him ask the hagman, Elmer Foredish, to
help him. Foredish told him, NO,
wont help pull coal down for q light engine. p
inland retorted that if he didn't help be
couldn't ride on his side of the engine.
Foredish replied either that be wouldn't ad-
wise him to put him out or that he couldn't.
inland called Foredish names when Foredish
reached for his gun. inland said. it isn't
Necessary to pull your gun; put up your
gun During all this time inland was
back in the tank, but he then walked up to
Foredish with his coal pick upraised.
Don't know what then passed between them,
but Foredish shot; didn't see him shoot,
but heard the shot. INLAND called, '' Joe,
20 for a doctor ! stopped over inland,
who had fallen, opened his shirt and turned
to Foredish, saying, You've murdered this
man you We shot him through the heart
a. That's what aimed for" said Foredish.
Saw revolver in hands Of Foredish.
DR.. C. B. Masters testified that he bad per-
formed post H,0rteps examination upon Nj
lands body and found that the bullet had
penetrated the heart
Only two witnesses were called and the
coronors jury promptly found that Mich
ael inland came to his death from a bullet
fred from a revolver in the hands Of Elmer
Foredish'
The dead fremzn's body was cofined at
lockwood and for waIded TO his parents at
Connellsville on the evening train. inland
IS the fireman who was thrown from ore
engine into the tender Of another in a col
lision at YOder's some three or four week :
ago. and had only been discharged from a
Pittsburgh hospital Monday preceding his
death. He had been firing an engine on the
B. & o. for several years and is said to have
been very profane.
ESGISEER DAUGHEKTT CRITICISED
Among the better class Of railroad men,
engineer Dsugherty IS severely criticised for
not having interfered and put stop TO the
ouarrel between the fireman and flsgman
before II led to blooished. Daugherty had
cnarge of the locomotive and in the absence
of a conductor, both fireman and hsgman
were subject 70 his orders while on duty.
He knew what was required Of both and il
was his duty TO see that good order was
maintained on his engine II IS a custom
If not a rule of the company on all roads
that the iagman shall occupy the front seat
on the freman's side of the cab and Dsugh-
erty should have known this if be does not.
II has long been customary on the B. & o.
for Hagmen to assist fremen il their work
when their engine is pulling or pushing a
train, cut II is not the practice where an en-
CINE IS running light. D1ugherty must
have overheard the quarrel between the
men. and he knew that Fuhrer was a new
man and he should not have permitted the
fireman to impose upon him.
A word from the engineer would in all
probability have put an end to their quarrel
and preventative awful tragedy which cost
one man his life and may send another 10
the gallows.
FUHRER's Story OF TIE SHOOTING.
Monday afternoon Sheriff Good permitted
a reporter for the HERALD to interview flag
man Fahrer in his cell in the county jail.
The prisoner is a rather handsome young
fellow and very strongly built He is about
feet inches tall. A heavy crop of black
hair, eombed pompadore. snrmounts an in
teIligent looking and handsome face.
His nnstache is neatly trimmed and his
calm, black eyes look straight into yours