El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-28
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE

A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Another case showing the injustice
of the Mexican practice relative tc
railroad accidents has come to hand.
w. ]. Pierson, who has been running
an engine on the Mexican Central be-
tween FL Paso and ChihuShua. was q
victim of the law on the 10th of jan
uary, when he cut a Mexican fireman
leg off at Montezuma, 100 miles south
CT Ell Paso. He is now in Ell Paso and
told his story today for the first time
Mr.. Pierson states that he was going
south and had some switching TO do
at Montezuma. He had waited some
time on the sidetrack for signal to
back I'D and the fireman was watching
on one side of the engine From where
he stood he could not see the fireman
and when he got the signal he moved
ND of course. The engine had moved
only a few feet when he heard some
one cry. He stopped the engine sud-
denly and when he got out he saw the
fireman crawling out from under the
engine with one foot cut off. He had
been under the engine cleaning out
the ash pan and had said nothing to
him about it.
Knowing trouble would result he at
once began to scheme to get away. He
took the fireman to the cahoose and
went on with his train to Chihuahua.
The case was reported to Chihuahua
r., yhan ho frai there
a company of soldiers and numerous
policemen were in the yards waiting
for him. His friends in the yaI1s also
heard of the case and knew what was
coming SO one of them went up to the
end of the yard and took the engine
while Mr.. Pferson got Off and went
back up the track. Another train came
north as soon as the track was cleared
and Pierson caught it and came to
Juarez. When the police in Chihua-
hua failed to find Pierson they wired
to Juarez instructing the police there
Juarez Pierson jumped off and fled to
the river. Several policemen followed
but were too slow and he gained
American soil.
At Chihuahua the injured fireman
swore that the engineer tried to kill
him purposely. He was of good fam
lily who are prominent in Chihuahua
and the officers made every effort to
catch the engineer. For several days
they kept close watch on Persons
house to know if his wife received any
advices from her husband. In a few
days letter came asking her to join
him in Ell Paso. Then the officers, said
Mr.. Pierson, tried to keep his wife
from coming here, but failed on ac-
count of interference on the part of
friends. 3
Finding that Pierson had escaped the
family of the injured man went tn the :
governor and asked for a requisition.
This it is said was granted but of
course will amount to nothing. While
nothing definite is known, Mr.. Pierson
says he heard that the governor said
that no other engineer would ever es-
cape who tried to kill one of his peo-
pie. He said he would call out all the
SOlQleTS IN the state ana paCrOl the Dor
der for a month or catch him. Mr..
Pierson says that would not bother an
American for he could have gone to
before the militia could get out
Of their quarters.
81 am sure the Mexican authorities
are trying to get me in Juarez," said
Mr.. Pierson, "but they will be fooled.
They are watching me constantly and
am convinced that they would take
me over if they could catch me in the
night 1 have had enough of Mexico
and am going to live in the United
States henceforth and forever"
Mr. Pierson has been running from
Ell Paso to chihuahua for four years
and this is the first accident he has
had He thinks the Chihuahua Off
GERS would not care so much abort ar
resting him if it were not for the fact
that the injured Mexican is a member
of one of the best families in the state.
THE WAR AGAINST SCALPERS.
Commencing February 1. the Erie
and the Lackawanna railroads will
the use of unlimited tick