The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-05

ago. is in town. having given up his
position in Mexico on account of the
manner in which he says some Of his
fellow railroad men were treated n the
neighborhood in which ne worked
An incident, which seems to have
been the last straw which broke the
camePs back, so to speak, occurred on
the 22d instant, at Fieleras. At about
o'clock in the morning Of that date,
Richard M. Croy. a brakeman, was
killed
Croy had worked as a switchman in
Kansas City, No, and belonged to
lodge No. Il, Switchmen Of North
America, at Kansas City. Having a
hungering for the experience Of rail
reading in Mexico, he went down the
Mexican Central and secured a job as
brakeman. That hungering has led
many an American railroad man into
Mexican jails and unmarked graves,
but it fastens itself upon a man like
the desire to run for Office, and it
works upon fellow until he has to
try it before he can have any peace of
mind.
Croy went out on his first run early
in the morning of the 21st. After 2
steady run for twenty-five hours with
out a wink Of sleep for Croys his train
was obliged to stop at a siding and
wait for another train to pass CrOy sat
down, only for minutes rest, upon
the track upon which the passing train
would run. He was so worn out that
he fell asleep and was not awakened
by the passing train. It ran over him,
crushing his head and breaking his
arms.
He was placed on the train and taken
to Jlmulco. Instead of having medical
attention given him, he was laid upon
a table without even q pillow for his
head, nor his shoes being removed, and
left there while the judge was sent for
In Mexico they always send for the
judge first. He lives in TorreOn, and
did not arrive until o'clock in the
afternoon of the 23d. Poor CrOy had
been dead then twenty-five hours,
though he lived and lay suffering on
that table for thirteen hours before
death relieved him. But the judge could
not have helped him anyway, If he had
arrived Immediately after the accident
It was doctor he needed but the
judge must come first
The body of the dead brakeman still
lay upon the table where he had been
laid when brought from AIierelas. The
judge looked wisely at it, and ordered
the body buried, after it had been mutt
lated in a way too horrible to record.
me body was taken by five AmerI-
cans and placed in a rough box, which
the authorities very generously pro-
Vlded. In fact they were so generous
that the box was too big, and the poor
Croy's body rolled about in it as 1t
a. icing SAAIAed TO a naAQcar Dy MS
fellow countrymen. On the handcar it
was taken up the track about a mile
and buried.
Croy's relatives We're not known to
any of his companions in Mexico. as he
had not been there long enough to tell
anybody anything about himself He
was about % years Of age.
Conductor McCray was so Mortified
by the treatment this man received
when injured that he resigned his DO
sition and left for Ell Paso. He hopes
that the unfortunate Croy's relatives
may be located. so that his remains
may be brought back to his native land
and given a decent burial
Mr. McCray was accompanied by H.
; Hoyt, another conductor, who was
moved TO tender his resignation by the
same incident