Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
them instantly into an ugly and furious

them instantly into an ugly ana fur1Ou0
temper.
'There was a conductor working for thess
Detroit. Lansing and Northern in those
days whose name was Mclaughlin. He
was a professional wrestler before he
took to r%ailroading and was considered
one of the best in the country. He was
a man of fine physique, strong, 1.-THE and
over six feet tall. He it was whom they
always sent up to the camps to bring the
lumbermen home, and as he never failed
to collect at least th~ree-fOurths of the
fares he was looked upon as a wonder.
The log rollers came to know him in
time and had great respect for his Prov
es. They looked for his coming in the
spring and sometimes arranged friendly
bouts between Mac and whoever hap
pened to be champion crapper of the
| season..
But there came a spring at last when
Mac did not appear. He had left the
! Detroit, Lansing and Northern railroad
and gone west. I think he now runs on
the Northern Pacific railroad out Of Min
neapolis. In his stead the wondering
lumbermen now saw a medium sized man
that in no respect the muscu-'
lar and giant framed Mae swing OF the
train when it slowed up at the station in
the woods. The new conductor was
Johnny Hall. who had been sent out to
do the best he could in Macs place. &
The passengers to be Immediately pro-
posed to themselves what they thought
would prove a numerous and agreeable
pastime. Every man jack of them
agreed not under shy circumstances to
pay his fare to the new conductor. so
! they boarded the train in high glee at the
prospect of a free ride home.
.Meanwhile John Hall had not failed
to notice a few signs which, when ne
the evil repute in which MS
passengers were held by all railroad men.
, gave the future IN ominous look. he
walked Coward and spoke a few words TO
/ his engineer. You can't get back to
civilization a minute too soon, Steve ne
said. Jerk her through the woods Tor
all she'll stand 49,
'It was lust nightfall when they pulled
away from the lonely station and piuns-
ed into the gloom of the forests OF hem-
lock, pine and tamarack that lay De1ore
them for $50 miles. Johnny Han staTtea
at once to collect fares. He appeared at
the rear end of the last coach win MS
-nch in his right hand, his lantern hang
ing from his left arm and one purify
brakeman longside OF MIN.
"'rhere was one husky wOOdchopper IN
the last seat Fares, please said Johnny.
1.-THE other passengers continued their
. conversation or gazed unconcerneuiy
! through the windows into the black
night. 49,
train said the conductor in even tones.
Like a gladiator waiting FOR the Worus
! the unruly passenger prepared to spring
upon his victim. He half rose from ms
| seat, Wfel SOIlltlillE hdPpSASN.
plier which the conductor carried in his
right hand suddenly met the passenger
between the eyes, and he tumbled TO the
floor. 1t was a blow, and Johnny Hall
knew better than to let his antagonist
get in the first one. -
".Cover 'em Bill he said, and the big
brakeman instantly whipped out two
murderous looking Colts and turned'
them upon the astonished occupants OF
the EAR. Nobody stirred while ne sung
ont. sAnyhn1v that tries to cave this
car is a dead man. Keep your seats! Alp
kept their seats and everybody paid MS
fare. too. No one had any
that could stand up against the mnzzles'
Of two loaded guns, and once having pald'
they wanted to see every one else pay
too, so they made no interference. !,
I'm the second car no one knew lat
had happened in the first. But the mo-
ment the two men stepped inside and the
door slammed behind them. the eyes or
every one there caught sight of the two
reyolvers. In the twinkling of an eye the
hand Of the man in the first seat reacneoi
draw it away Johnny Halls lantern had
! circled through the air and come down.
with terrible force, flooring him instantly.
Throw up your hands, shouted the
brakeman at the same moment ana an
the other passengers in the car had a race
to see who could get his hands up over
his head first. They went through the
car from the last seat to the frst ana
got every fare in cash.
after that Johnny came to the con-
clusion tina it was a waste or time TO
stand upon ceremony. SO the nrst lnt1-
nation the occupants of the remaining
cars got of the advent of the conductor
was the sharp command hurleu az tlle.l
in stentorian tones: 'lnroW up Sou,!
hands, and the sight OF the TWO loaueu
pistols turned point blank upon them.
The conductor would ask each one nov
far he was going, take his money out OF
=. tho SiOJt mar ga And
mt if back, Then he would pass on 70
the next. 1,,,
And that is the story of how Johnny
Hail held up his own passengers. Steve.
at the throttle, was jerking her through
according to orders. They smashed along
through the woods. tore across loheiv
swamps and ratified over shaky Woouel
BRIDGES. Red flames shot out OF tne
]smokestack into the dark night ana the
cars lurched from side to side as they
banged along. 49,.
"Iohnny Hall continued on the road
nancy wears and became one or the most
popular conductors in the stale' anu ~
was onlv the other day that ne mace liz
In ct RIM: and / know that John Han Was
nllcky to the end, for a Drawer man HeveS
ran a train out of Detroit
OUND A FRIEND IN NEED
Pittsburg News: On a recent RAINY
! night after the hour of IL had passeu'
there was a pounding at the door OF an
institution that is maintained for the
rasc,,e of fallen women. 1t awakened q
man living next door, the man who TOLD
T,~t &c ho nrnnpd a wins