The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-01-10

disgust. modification and dlsappolnt-
nent OF Henry Fortune.
When the detective agency was In
.osmod OF the death Of their operative.
and learned that he had met the Pc
culiar and mysterious fate OF 30 many
brakemen. they became more deter
mined than ever TO silt the occurrence
to tho bottom. and sent several Of their
bont men to the section OF the country
between dresson's and Warm Springs.
In the latter part OF February
man claiming 10 be n buyer OF cattle
for n Chicago packing house, put up
at "The Rangers Rest" and, on the
pretoxt OF awaiting the arrival OF Inn
portant letters remained for several
days at the little hotel. He saw that
Whenever crew OF freight trainmen
patronlzed the bar. Carlos would In
varlably place two bottles Of liquor
upon the counter. pushing a square
bottle In front OF where one or more
braksmen stood.
One day whom the opportunity Of
fered the psoudo-stockman filled sew
eral tasks from tho bottles OF liquor
standing on the shelves beneath the
bar. These were sent to Chicago for
analysis. and a few weeks later DUN
my Carlos" was awaiting trial In the
jail At Templeton on a charge OF pol
sonlng. and the mystery OF Dead
Nens Section" had been solved.
A curious story waI brought out at
the trial OF tho vindietiyo half-brSed;
= story too long to here tell In detail.
but which was substantially as fol-
lows:
The aRAlysls OF the liquor In the
several tasks showed that II was all
OF the same cheap brand OF whisky,
but the contents OF one mask was
to have been heavily stepped with
the woolly loco weed. commonly called
crazy Wsed. a plant native to the
Great Plalna region,and which causes
much damage 10 the stock OF ranch
men. The action Of this poison on
man IN small doses Is 10 cause a short
period OF halluclnatlon or mania, ac-
companied by defective eyealght. dur
ing which the affected person is SELF
ed with an irresistible desire to run,
II was the administration OF this de-
coction TO the brakomen OF the Mid
de Division that had caused them TO
run along the cars OF their train and,
being unable 60 see where they were
stepping, Invariably fall TO their
deaths.
Carlos admitted the fact that eight
years back, when the c. and J. was
first built through that region. he was
heating his way on a freight train
from Gregsons TO Warm Springs.
when ne was discovered by two brake
men who threw him from the train.
Until that time he had been possessed
OF HIS full powers OF speech. but no
was so severely injured about tho head
that the portion OF the brain controll-
ing the vocal cords became In time az
fectod, and he finally lost the power
20 Tticulate plainly. The Indian IN
his nature became aroused. and after
ne opened THE Rangers Rest" near
the railway station at Gregson's. he
determined TO become gevenged on all
freight brakemen running eastward
from that point. His devillsh. savage
cunning led him to use the loco weed
as the best means 10 secure that re-
yenge, as ne was familiar with ita Of
feet upon the cattle and horses which
roamed the plains OF Texas. He was
declared insane by the jun which
tried him. and he was sent to the state
asylum for insane criminals for life.