The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-20

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sake-report-to - train-dispatcher-
-the-hands - of - seven robbers
who-will- compel me to-fag-
No. Observation-Disclosures.
Then l signed name and Office call.
I released the armatnre and the in
strument clicked OUT:
you'll"
II. was the train d~ispatcher's call.
With a fierce shout the leader sprang
forward and rudely snatched me away
from the table and asked:
gal, what's that"
"Only a distant Office asking for or
ders for a freight train I responded.
"None O. yer lyin, you little imp"
he roared. Eyer up to some trick" ;
mo" I replied, Il am not. If I was
doing that, my fingers would be on the
instrument. Don't you see I am not
touching it, and get it works. 1t is only
an order to a freight train away down
at Medicine Bow"
Keep away from that table, he said
savagely. And if l ketch you at any
tricks I'll choke the life out O. you"
Oh, how eagerly my ears drank in ev-
| cry word the instrument clicked out l
heard a telegram to the sheriff at Green
River, 20 miles west, asking him to arm
a posse Of men at once and get on board
a special train which would be ready
for him. Then another to the young SUI
perintendent, who was at Green River,
telling how my slowly written words
had been heard by the dispatcher and
asking him to supervise the prepara-
tions to fly to my relief. Then a third
dispatch to the master mechanic, in
structing him to fire up his fastest pas
senger engine and couple on to a car
riage and await the superintendent s or
ders. My heart beat SO violently that it
almost took my breath away. 1t seemed
an age ere I heard the Green River OPP
orator call the dispatcher and say:
1.-The superintendent, with sheriff and
30 armed men, is aboard, and train
ready for orders"
The order came flying. It told the en-
gineer he had a clear track and to run
at his very highest speed to within half
. mile Of my station and with his party
to alight. Then cam the welcome re-
port from the Green River office:
Especial east departed l :15."
Oh, how my poor heart beat, and how
my every nerve tingled with excitement
One ffteeni I mentality figured that the
train ON such q desperate errand should
make nearly Q mile q minute and reach
the stopping point about l 80.
The robber chief gave his men their
instructions. I was to be sent ont alone
to signal the train, and when it halted
the band would make a rush and board it.
bill, you jump ON the engine as
soon as she stops and hold the engineer
and fireman under your gun. Jack, you
pile into the mail car and make the clerk
give up his registered letters, and Yank
and Aleck'n work the express car, while
Tom and Shorty hold the conductor and
brakeman back. Do yer work quick and
bold and don't be afeared to burn pow
der, if necessary. Thar's q big haul on
that train, and we've got to have it..
How eagerly l watched the clock, and
how slowly, how very, very slowly, the
hands seemed to move. One tw~enty-one,
:25 and / 80 were licked off. One
thirty-fve! Would they never come?
One forty! There came a fearful crash
Of glass, and the black muzzles Of a per-
feet cloud of rifles were thrust through
the windows and pointed directly at the
robbers. Then a voice cried out:
MEN, throw up your hands! I am
the sheriff, and in the nam Of the law
demand your surrender. Make but a
move. and I'll order my men to fire!'
Eyer little cat!" Kissed the leader,
glazing at me savagely as the band sud-
denly held aloft their hands. Then the
sheriff and three men entered and dis
armed and haDdcuffed the robbers, and
I saw the superintendent looking at me
and heard him say, "What debt 1 owe
you, my brave girl" and then I fell
fainting into his arms.
When I regained consciousness, I was
lying in my bed in my room at Green
River, with several ladies around me,
and was told that seven days had elapsed
since the capture Of the robbers. I was
suffering from brain fever brought or
by the terrible strain I had passed
through and had been unconscious fo1
that long period.
I finally recovered, and when callet
, into court to testify against the desperat,
, gang I will never forget their ierc'
chances toward me as l told how I hat
, entrapped them, or how, in spite of tn
efforts Of the judge and court officers t.
suppress it, the crowd cheered me as
t left the stand. The men we're sent TO
long terms to an eastern prison and
g have never heard of them since"
r "And did the company reward 20
for saving the train!"
: "Well, only slightly. Corporation
d have DO souls, you know. But I revenge
myself ON the superintendent in q mar
Ii ner."
e I'm what way?" -l>
It II married him" she replied, wit
n Q cunning smile.-New York Journal.