The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-28

life, OF the stepmothar who had driven
him from homo, Of the nrat petty thiev-
Ing brought about by hunger and cold.
He went Into dstails Of his Gradual adj
burglary to the Blue Cut train robbery;
his arrest and escape. and then the Hole
In the Wall.
"And there's Just one regret ! have" he
said. with o far-away look In his eyes,
"and IT'S dressed in white and has blue
eyes and 10 about eighteen years old.
guess we all has 'em more or less"
Conndcnce beGets confidence, and
George Murray unfoided thu story Of his
life, little by little. until as they lay In
the brush by the place marked mo. e. he
was finishing the tale of the murder, mix
Ing II with highly-colored pictures of Eva's
beauty And some times ! almost feel
that Id go back and be hanged just to see
her eyes once more" With this confess
sion the time came for them to go down
the track and meet the through express.
They drew their belts q little tighter.
looked over their guns to see that every
thing was In perfect order. and sauntercd
down the railway
Through passenger No. pulled into the
little station OF v on time. The engine
stopped at the tank and opened her thirsty
mouth for the supply OF drink which was
the only excuse for stopping 80 high
toned parsonage at such a little VII
lage.
AS the spout was raised and the fireman
started back toward the cab. men could
have been seen climbing onto the plat
forms from the side opposite the depot.
The engineer gave the whistle q foot,
jingled the bell. opened the throttle and
slowly the train moved forward. As he
turned slightly to take his accustomed
seat he saw two forms slip down into the
doorway behind him.
He cannot tell to this day how he shut
off steam and reversed his engine. nor
why he did 1t. He will tell you that the
engine reversed herself. SO far as he
knows; for his only memory Of that par
ticular moment is that he was looking
down the barrel OF a revolver. somewhat
larger than q cannon ever appeared to
him.
He felt a hand on his shoulder, saw the
man before him jump back. heard the
voice Of George Murray say, my God,
Henry Astroler' and then realized that
the train was being "held up"
George Murray, have you come to
this?' was Astrole's nrst exclamation.
why, amt you dead7" Murray asked
In stupefied way.
II was only winged: but. for Gods sake.
man. are they robbing the passengers?
Evn's on board!'
II the general and a few others Of the
Hole in the Wall gang had been surprised
to find the train at standstill, they were
moro surprised to see two men running
toward the rear Of the train. one with
gun In his hand. the other the fireman or
engineer, they knew not which.
On the locomotive. Bill Delancey had
stopped to say. well. III be dammedr
before he told the fireman to start her up
quick or I'll blow your damned brains out"
But the fireman was game. He opened the
throttle . little and the train began to
back. Delaney shouted go ahead"
with few oaths to make his command
more forceful. The fireman, realizing that
his captor did not understand an engine,
said: Tn only tho fireman and amt 20
sure how to reverse her, but I'll try" his
eye almost sparkling with the humor Of the
remark. He took hold of the lever and,
leaving the lock set. pretended to work
with all his might at throwing II. De-
lancey was in no mood for delay. He won
dered what might be going on behind him,
but his duty and perhaps his safety lay in
moving away from that station. Go ahead
or 60 to hell: you've got one second for
either!'' he yelled. Help me on this lever
then. it's stuck and has to go over" said
the fireman. Juggling away for dear life.
"Bill Delaney must o. lost his head"
the general afterward explained, and IL he
had known just what Bill Delaney did,
he would have had more excuse for the
conclusion. In his haste Delaney actual
ly put one hand on the lever and threw
his weight. against 1t. 1t was the last act
Of his life. for sledge hammer blow from
the fireman's fist laid him against the coal
in the tender and a second blow with a
steel wrench ended his career as a train
robber.
But another scene was being enacted In
the cars behind.
yyVi-A IAA
forms pass toward the rear of the train
He sent his companion ahead to .'get
that engine going" and rushed back. fol-
lowing the two figures. The rear coach
but one was just at the water tank. Into
1t went the two runners and into II soon
followed the general. He was calculat-
ing whether he could determine what was
UP and get back to the express car before
1t was time to break the train at No /.
He did not see all that was taking place
In the sleeper. but took part only in the
final scene.
George Murray entered the car f'rst.
One of the gang stood in the open door
way, his gun covering the two or three
passengers who had not retired. since
they were to leave the train at Rawlins.
One Of these passengers was a woman.
who sat with frightened stare. gazing on
the robber. Murray grabbed the gun.
turned the robber around, pushed hin,
through the door into the arms of Henry
Astrole.
Murray ran down the aisle of the car
to where the frightened woman sat. nick
ed her UP in his arms with a cry that
was almost moan-"Eva, Eva, Eva
was all he said
Just then Henry Astrole grabbed his
arm with grip of iron.
Leave her alone, man, or I'll kill you,
She's my wife!"
The general heard the last sentence. He
had seen Murray thrust one of the gang
out of the door; he now took in the situa-
ton at glance. Murray staggered as IL
about to fall. ',Your wife?" he moaned
rather than said. He looked at Eva as she
fell fainting into the arms of her hrs
band; looked at Astrole with the same
jealous hatred that he had felt that night
over one year before. and then started for
the platform to plunge again into the life
he had chosen to conceal his body and to
his aoY1