New-York tribune., 1900-08-24
THE PASSING THRONG.

Some years ago." said b W EnEelbrizht. OF
Cincinnati. at the waldorf-Astoria yesterday
when lived in this city I had
RESCUE remarkable sxpsrfsnce. At that
FROM THE time had apartment in Fourth
TUNNEL or, rather, Park-ave.. overlooking
che Harlem Railroad tracks, TN
ediately this side Of the tunnel entrance at Fifty
sixth-st. It was cold winter night and I had
turned in about l o'clock I had been abed Just
long enough TO get comfortably 10 sleep, when I
was awakened by a terrible hullabaloo and outcry
in the street AS soon I awake I went 10
the window, and. throwing it open looked out
There was a small knot OF people gathered to-
gether peeriug down into the duet that contained
the railroad tracks, and from the yells and means
coming Up IT evident some one badly injured
tay s upon Ine Tac5s; nasJ1y put on my trousers
Tor the scene For some reason there was a box
the house l fancy-and these 1 slipped into nv
pocket The cook handed me a bottle OF brandy a
left the fat. and put IT away in the same
ceptacle. Once the street I joined throng OF
men, and soon made out that a man was lying on
about him Just then belated train shot by. and
the outcry OF the injured redOubled- Il turned
out afterWard that the caTwheels had just grazed
his shoe. I got 1cwn the track by the ladder
F1fty-ntth-st which the railroad employees use and
when was come 70 the he was in exactly the
what . do. suggested that We carry him TO the
slas ot tne trac6 Out OF ths way OF pa7shs ugls, ans
We did, and Just as We got him to the foot OF the
trsinF and with that they dropped him and al
made rush for the ladder I was last and while
my nerve before had a chance TO use the ladder
and went back TO the injured man
He lay where we had dropped him." continued
the speaker. with one leg across the track. and
groaning pitifully. It isn't far 10
REVIVED BY the wall the sides OF the duet,
BRANDY AND and the wires for switches, sig
MORPHINE. mails, etc. all there, at
least they used TO 50 I got his
leg on the rail and pushed him as close 10 the
wires possible. Then I got behind them and
took hold Of him by the shoulders intending 20
pull him in when the train came along. There
tine bus tbe igbI IN fbe r111gI t5st ba5 caused
the scare never moved. and I went up 70 investt-
gate it. 1t came from q lantern hanging within
the tunnel. I went back and explained this TO
the crowd looking on from the safety Of the street
level, but nary q one would come down 70 nelp
but il a fat failure. and so I went back al
last 70 the man al the side OF the rails The night
was oItteT cold my teeth were chatJerlng, and me
poor devil was like stone then remembered
and gave him good sized drink Then took
one myself and fell 70 chahng his hands In the
P~asartiI r. S@y G3+e, an an ne vas 'T55 - Z ~ ~
him He was a Frenchman. his English being OF
that variety known as pigeon" He called ne his
pTeseryer and all OF things. and then sud
6enigy developed & acute pains in his back There
snarp were they as 10 cause the unfortunate beg
Of brandy and that not Seeming 10 reach ths
spot l administered one OF the morphine pills.
That did the trick, for both eased MS pain and
caused him forget the cold and 70 tell ne rhs
story Of his life. Briefly II was this: He was
shoemaker. named I think John 5rayIinE ana
lved IN Third-ave somewhere with niece, A
man IN Stxth-ave owed him a large sum OF money
gone over and collected ii T5e9 he had eei o
enratsd, and all he could remember, apparently,
didn't seem TO have the faintest idea Of how he
got there
This was the story he told ne between drinks
taken BY both Of US" the narrator went on Fl
nally the pain came back and,
THOUGHT although I feared 70 kill him out
IT WAS Of hand rave him a,o+ra- no.
MURDER phiue pill. with similarly success
ful results a. n the case OF
previous one, At length. after Two hours weary
waiting, they backed a from the Grand Central
Station. some men got on with a strercher. and
my long vigil was over was so sti5 II was all
l could DO 70 climb the ladder. mad idea
OF course, but had idea II serious You may
Judge Of my surprise when the afternoon, on
! any mention OF the accident, I found that he had
/ died at hospital about hour and half or two
/ stated that some unknown person had given him
/ brandy and morphine. and that this had unQues-
| the hospital He was fatally injured BY the fall
ard otherwise the subsequent exposure would have
murdered He had been Batting around low sa-
looms, showing magnificent money as ne called
- - - IN 80 ~
bridge He showed fight, and ne thrown
over; That ne did not tell me this | attribute 70
even the fall and the frghrfu injuries he received
al remembrance OF the tight out or his head one
Of my servants sWOre Af1erTard that she heard
mems voices qlarreIlng on the bridge just oetore
Graytng raised an outcry from ne tracks Women
imaginative creatures. however. and as she did
my theory Of murder took little stock IN IL