Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-16
LIFELONG FRIENDS.
Remarkable Story Of John Haley and
Tom Rsga1, Engineers.
JOHN. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED,
Appeared TO Tom In a Dream, Leading
Him 10 liis Death IN rtcu-
liar Manner.

Engineer "Tom" Rcgan va, dying
ialt hight In crampvd littlp rJom nj
Jacksous, tue railway mems boarding
house, which stands out bleak anu
lonely where tho Northwestern tracks
crOss west Fourteenth street.
"Johnn.s" Haley anu "rom" Regain
were boys together. They botn came
from the same little county town.
rhry had gone to the same disltici
school, where they had fought each
noi's battles anu SHARED eaou othsr's
mstUlue. Thuy mai both ruu away
mos than once " steal ride on a
pn.uug ito ght train aud plny that
laoy were ufaktmeu. Alter thty
.Ity, uiIcr, "lhe tWius'-iOf that Was
Vtst everybody called them-tOOk
naturally " "the roa1.0
When Tom was engine wiper, John
was nanny man tn tho f0uud house
nud after WINE, whom Tom was Al-
lowed ~ $50 Ou" with AN engine ~
iliemnn, hu touk tufuH with JOnn 10
thai nr would not yet too Tar ahead,
Auu then one Jay bOtn Of them iOuuu
places ION tue iuit," For several years
tbUy occupied their petitions as ire
inuu, uuV during Nil Ut That time they
Kept up theis old tlrm friendship. A.
lsst on happy Jay not long ago tie
Two iticuus were both "given engines"
On thu Northwestern TUAd anu they
iuilud freight trains Ia AMI Out VI
Chicago Two or three times week.
Everything ran smoothly uatli last
MluiAy. Early that morning J0hn
Irt JacsbOu street 10 take his Train
westward. II was "a bright morning
ana the engine ran smoothly. just
tg. ore TU.cning LhFOS tho throttle
gaH open and JOhu wac leaning easily
uul ui the little window. some men
appeared on the track anu suddenly
uus mnu, no one knows just how,
iuMhlcd hoadl0ng across tho track.
John reversed tbs engine Instantly,
bat the wheels ground upa fountain
OF sparks and sped onward. Ia "a
frenzy Ot excitement the engineer
spIAug from the door Of tho cab 10
lne ground. His body caught on
the switch beam, then tore away
and plunged to the bottom VI the
vmbaukmeut where II lay quite Btill In
bloody heap. When they piCAoG him
up lie was extinct. A. soOu ns tho
train reached Clinton, Iowa, Tom Re.
gan was tclegRphed for, aud ho came
at once to attend tbs funeral OF his
lifelong friend. Wednesday no re-
turned 10 Chicago, not having had n
wink OF oluup Tor two nights anu a DAY.
He was broken down, discouraged aud
worn out with fatigue.
Tom told all that he could about the
accident anu then he mOpud Oh ~ bed.
He was soon followed by all the other
toys ana NJ midnight the street la
aont was oecu pied only by recon-
aoileflug prairie wind on ~ way into
Tho city.
Tho street lamps still burned, vying
With tue green aud FED crossing lamps
half block away IN deepening the
shadows AROUND the JaCksOua builu-
Ing. Suddenly there WIS a clash AS VI
breaking glass,and "a white figuru shot
downward IRON one OF the second story
windows Of tbs railway mems boaru-
Ing house, anu lay very Htill where II
had fallen.
There were no stragglers In the silent
street, no one 70 shout an alarm, AMI
the white heap among the shadows lay
long unnotioed. Al last some ono
beard a sound OF gt0aulDg, Ruu Jack
sons was soon omplying It's hall.olad
bJardefH into the street.
They picked up poor Tom Regain
anu carried him upstnirs. Iheu the
doctors were called, anu after working
over him for u long time ho b. came
conscious aud told his story IN faint,
weak voice.
lie said he had fallen asleep almost M
HOJn rs hu wont ~ bed. soon alter
that he was on locomotive running
westward thirty miles an hour. John
liza ry WIS ON the rigut, with his arm
ftating taiiy ON the cab window sill
aud hls hrud graspiug the throttle
lever. Tom himself was hnnR-he
knew II, because ne oOul1 col tho iiru
on his lace anu hts back was lirpd, ~ u
hs had been 0huyeling a long time. 1t
seemed gOod 10 he with John, they
were not uiuully on the same loo mo
tive together. Nut-4nd here the iu.
lurrd mun raised mis- hauu little
John seemed nArdly rigut; no looked
fiXediy uut Oi tie window, ana there
was a Terrible expression Vi foar on lis
face.
Suddenly there was n shout. Both
men on thu loo motive looked out. A
man was trying 10 turn switch. Al
other Just hohind MIN was about ~
Hpriug across the track. He iuil-here
the voice Of tho Injured man rose
a,most TO y shrek.
John yelled 10 mt; "We'te going
10 fuu u man down. LePs jump.0
Then raw him 80 downward iIOm
the cab anu strike the switch, and then
! iumuei--auI tue speaker sunk back
SAuAu-t,O.
fhu ufokon glsss and casings OF the
window showed al coo plainly how he
hui Jumped, The dream Of Jonn hnd
lsd f1m to hls d-Rth. Tue frlenda
could not be- paituu.
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