Mower County transcript., 1902-09-17
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the autnmln6o ll OF lS63 Was ordered.
as a aymaster In the United States.
army to take 500, 600 from Cincinnati
to the Army of the Cumberland AZ
ffhattanooga Wheeler's cava l,.vss 1,,o .: ],
at tlaf + time anyWffare ana eve,vw ha,.o
hetween. ne and nv 1esfination ond
nf co1rse if We Ia nnened e moot !, ),
IF tho data ch,n ents. & vUn,,ld ho
90 n r. t,io 4, an oracu and : e,,oat
loss 10 the #I1nite1 States There. 7,,o,.o
hands of o,arrillas roa nino 8 ho;,,+ ~,
| thnnoh nor fnr,.mfida ! hle stn ono,dS -
soldiers <Shnt T. was the nrasaanrcoo3 81
Wheelelr,s "a vySlrV in the repion 5 10
had to nasss that decided the nav do.
nartment -td send the money socr.,tlv
and without a guard. which might he
overnAwered nv snnerior num,,ara
reached Nashville safely and i1e.
posted the safe containing the money
! III the bank. In the evening ft was
taken. out through fine back door sant
ia a train of FREIGHT cars s+andinas =,
the ward Of the Nashville and Chat.
tanooga railroad and slowed a awav nm.
der the coal in the locomotives tender
There were bnt half = dozen cars and
these were emntv. Tim Sullivan an
enlisted man in the -th Ohio infa ntrv
and locomotive engineer who had
been. running on the road since the
captureN of the country and knew the
track we'll, was to carry me through.
He was recommended as perfectly re-
liable, and as 1 did not care to trust
any, one.~ else with the secret I 11ofred
my uniform, put on pair of oyeralls
and acted as fireman. II.
When we pulled out of the Nash
willie station. the locomotive headlight
showed several men standing together
beside the track. watching. our denar-
ture. Sullivan looked 81 mo and WHOM
| asked him il ANYTHING was wrong he
replied, <t.Dnnno. = The: truth. wassJhe
suspected our secret was out. felt
very uncomfortable and wished NV an.
periors had not, sent me without a
guard. However. we were in for it
and must 60 forward. @:..> :. =. Z.
A waok,s raI,, had coa .ad q nf, <,a4+ q
clear sky. a bright moonlight night
50 that we could see almost as well ~
lin daytime. We had no sooner left the
outskirts of Nashville than. Sullivan
put on enough steam to run at for.
ty miles an hour-b big time for a
southern railroad in those ,davs. esne-
cially through hostile country. 5we
did not meet an obstacle or a suspi
eious circumstance till we had passed
more than half our Journey. when We
began to 70 down grade for several
miles, with the pros,,ects of having to
do as much ;up. grade after reaching
bottom We had made about a mile of
the decline when "A brakeman climbed
on the tender and shouted:.
"Theres a train behind. comm like
lightnin'." ~
'How do you know?' asked Tim. 49,
"Seen it III the moonlight" ~ q
'See d headltghtY' II s,:t.s:::.:: So:
There, ain't no headlight LIS
freight cars; must have broke loose. !.
'We1l, there's switch at the bottom.
Well have to make it before they
catch US: p = =, Z: Z. =
He hooked up to the first notch and
threw the throttle wide open.~ The Ell.
gine made a jump, and before we could
say Jack Robinson we were tearing
down the grade at sixty miles an hour,
We hadn't far to go, but the question
was whether. the locomotive would
stick to the rails. She swayed and
pitched and shuddered and shook like
a ship in a gale. Yves hot over bridge
and out where we could look behind,
and there was the cursed train coming
like the wind. ::~.sz: - !. s . .>sss ,@s 60
t'How.far to the switch p l asked.
"'..Bout two mile and a half ~
'Will we. reach It in time ?s*s> s.s
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