Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
MANIAC ON AN ENGINE.
Dr. Barney of Boston Became Demented While Travelling.
HE WANTED TO RUN THE TRAIN.

Subdue Him-H Is n Harvard Man.
 CHATHAM, N. Y, Feh 1S.-The con. Guctor, eng neer and fireman of the Bos ton express. bound west, on the Boston and Albany railroad hadNa desperate on counter hero last night with passenger who had become insane, and boarding the locomotive announced his intention of running the train to suit himself
 Engineer Edward Maggs of Albany was at tho thro, tie. Fireman Chester Wi!tz was his helpor. and Conductor II. k. Will son of wcs Springfield. Mass, was in charge of the train.
 Conductor Wilson was passing through the smoking car just after the express left Pittsfield He noticed a tal, young stran- ger sitting thers and smoking. The young man tapped the conductors elbow and said quietly, Conductor, may follow you througl tho car!" Conductor Will son thought the request a strange one. but he smiled pleasantly and said, Certain ly."
 As Wilson passed Conductor Barker of the parlor car service a moment later, howe, CT, he said:
 That man is a little of. think. He'll boar watching"
 X paSsengor who overheard the remark told the conductor that tho young man was all right He knew him by sight as Dr. G. l. Barney of tae Harvard Medical school, a very promising young physician. Dr. Barney followed the conductor as | far as tho baggage car and then said: ''C, nduCtor, why are we going so slow? Can You push this thing along A little | livelier''
 Wilson glanced at his watch We are on timl, $ r, " le said in a cOnciliatory | tone.
 That may be" Dr. Barney retorted, but l think l could run this train faster myself.
 Not long afterward the train pulled up at StateliuC. Wilson swung hls lantern, tho signal for Engineer Maggs to start after few pa> sengers had disembarked | To his surprise the train did not move l Then he heard the engineer calling for him and ran forward to see what was the trouble. Ihere stood Dr. Barney clutch l ing the hanurail of he locomotive and IT! ing 10 draw hims If up into the cab. | This man won't leave the engine, | said Engineer Maggs.
 | As Dr. Iarney saw tho conductor and one or two b:akemen coming he jumped l Rightly from the step of the engine and l resumed his plaCe in tho sleeping car.
 tsrabbcd by Maniac.
 When the express rolled into Chatham At six minutes to o'clock, Conductor Will
 
 wha, h. thought about Dr. Barney. Tho | engineer sat at his post, leaning from the | cab window. direcil ly above Wilson. Fireman Wntz had stepped out of the cab and was listening to he conductors $ account uf Barney's eccentriCi; ies The 2nly light was the faint glimmer that 1 . mo from the little lamp in the locomo- 1 tive cab and the rays from the conduct ors sband lantern. Suddenly an agile
  tho tender. and Ficman WiItZ, who had hts lack ,urncd toward the tender. felt | himself grASped about the body with a | clutch that would have been a CT dil to | the champiol taCkler of Hale football team
 1 Wiltz was taken by surprise H0 grasp ed e5ly at tho engine Ia saYo hims If, 1 but with iShIy lift Dr. Barney had pivk ked him up bodily. For an instALt the fireman body was poised as wrestll T lifts lis au aguniSE and then Barney put forth all his man nc ,t ength and hurled the fireman away above lis head Wltz cAmc down on the ,oal of the tender and lay there stunned by tn shock | Go.ductor Wilson, WI 0 was on tha op- po~itc side oi he locomotive, and Engi- nccr MaGEs lu h sprang for tho maniac, who having cas ly disposed of WlltE, al re tdy had foot in Ihc cab and was l ISACt.l0S TOT IAe engineer
 stand aCk"' shouted tho insane young Hercules = and back l propose to run this tram mys If now. and I'll show you how q br, as some records
 MaSGS who is a powerful man. grab bl> Il l. an agoniSI inside thc cab, and then vnsuad remarkable struggle. Dr. Barnyy had grasp>d a: tho u To t.e, and actually had pulled it before the engineer could check him Tho train moved for ward few feet before Maggs could stop 1t. Then he conductor and the engineer WIT stled wi, h th2 crazy man; but wiry and ,lusiyo as a trained athlete, he evadt their grasp and sprang upon the tender. whrr0 Wilt. till lay powerlCsS Tie duur of tle trGbox stood par, ly opon, Earney saw tho glow of the firr within. Q Il at tLe same instant his hand touCEed the fireman coal shovel. He Gra>peI 1t frantically anu began hurlinS shove,ful of coal at tGe half open door. MagG$ and Wilson ltsp1d upon the tender anu grappled Jim again. He seemed tc have tho abnormal strength of ten ordi nary men, b.t he was beginning to weak en. His oy, were blOodShOt now. His neat frOc& coat was tattered and begrimed in the struggle. but he flourished the shovel alost and ordered them to stand lack. A co,orrd porter came running uI and joined the attack.
 Finally OyerPOwered.
 Tho clmN Nined efforts of the threo mer finally overpowered the maniac. and they threw him beside the body of the prostratl fireman.
 Then Wilson got the doctors head be tween his knees, and the colored portel sat on his chest until somebody found reel of bell cord and the crazy man wa bound hand and foot
 Painting for Lreath. he still was strong enough to cry as they bound him: ''Le me run the engine I'll set pace for tn, old machine You people are slow, slow dead slow
 six mon finally carried the tanned Her cules into the waiting room of the llttl sta: ion and laid him on a bench. Mean time Fireman Wiltz had been revived ana helped down into his cnb. He was lam and bruised from htS t. rrlble mauling but pluckily resumed bis place Wilson swung his lantern again, Maggs pulle. the throttle. and the train pull ed out
 Conductor Wilson say ho believes tn manlac's intention was to try and throy Wiltz into the firebox. That the man demented mind had really formed plal of action Is shown by the fact that jus before tho express reached Chatham b. had asked Brakeman Stebbins where tn next stop would be made and how lon tho train would stop thera
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