The Florence daily tribune., 1902-02-06

the Middle Division assumed the role
of freight brakeman. For two weeks
he reported mo progress" and then
one night he, too fell victim to the
Dead Mems Section much to the
disgust, modification and disappoint-
ment of Henry Fortune
When the detective agency was in
formed OF the death of their operative,
and learned that he had met the pc
culiar and mysterious fate OF SO many
brakemen, they became more deter
mined than ever to sift the occurrence
to the bottom, and sent several of their
best men to the section of the country
between Gregg ms and Warm Springs.
In the latter part OF February
man claiming to be a buyer of cattle
for Chicago packing house, put up
at THE Rangers Rest" and. on the
pretext OF awaiting the arrival OF i'm
days at the little hotel He saw that
whenever crew of freight trainmen
patronized the bar. Carlos would in
variably place two bottles of liquor
upon the counter, pushing square
bottle in front OF where one or more
brakemen stood.
One day when the opportunity Of
fered. the pseudo-stockman filled sew
eral TASKS from the bottles OF liquor
standing on the shelves beneath the
bar. These were sent to Chicago for
analysis and few weeks later Dunn
my Carlos" wa@ awaiting trial In the
jail at Templeton on a charge OF pol
soning, and the mystery of Dead
Mems Section" had been solved.
A curious story was brought out at
the trial of the vindlctivc half-breed;
a story too long to here tell detail.
but which was substantially as fol-
lows
The analysis of tina liqaor in the
several TASKS showed that 1t was all
of the same cheap brand Of whisky,
but the contents OF one nask was
found to have been heavily stepped with
the woolly loco weed, commonly called
crazy weed. a plant native to the
Great Plains region, and which causes
much damage to the stock of ranch
men. The action of this poison on
man in small doses is to cause a short
period OF hsllucination or mania. ac-
by defective eyesight, dur
ing which the sf'ected person is seiz-
ed with an irresistible desire to run.
1t was the administration of this de-
coction to the brakemen of the Mid
die Division that had caused them to
run along the cars of their train and.
being unable to see where they were
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
beating his way on freight train |
from Gregson's to Warm Springs. |
when he 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 he |
was so severely Injured about the head |
that the portion of the brain controll- |
ing the vocal cords became in time af- |
fected, and he finally lost the power |
10 articulate plainly. The Indian In |
his nature became aroused. and after |
he opened THE Rangers Rest" near
he railway station at GreEsons. he |
determined to become rsyenged on all |
freight brakenen running eastward |
rom that point. His devilish, savage
led him to use the loco weed |
Is the best means to secure that re-
gense as ae was familiar with its ef- |
'ect upon the cattle and horses which
-oamed .hs plains Of Texas. He WAS
declared insane by the 1sry which
.ried him, and he Wa seat 70 the stats
asylum for insane criminals for life