Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-03
SHORT STORY FOR
EVENING HOURS
The TALE OF A SCOOP

Running battle in the streets of
Summitville between citizens and ban.
dts last night. Several people killed.
plan to loot town"
The message came In from an In
diana town late one afternoon. The
office experts on time tables went to
there was just time to catch the ia.
nous Worlds Fair flyer, which ran be.
ween Chicago and Now York The
stan correspondent, with telegraph op.
.ator and an assistant was sent post.
taste to catch that train, with instruc-
IONS to get of at Valparaiso and take
II accommodation train which left
iummitvile halr an hour later. He
vas to get an account Ot what had
happened there and get II INTO the OF.
fee by telegraph before midnight,
without fail.
At the station in Chicago It develop.
I'd that the flyer was not scheduled to
stop until IL reached Cleveland. An in.
torviow with the engineer developed
that the train slowed up at Valparaiso
for some purpose or other and that a
quick man. who was willing to run
some chances. might get off there.
Il guess there won't nobody stop
you boys" said the engineer as he
I'd down at Valparaiso so man can
jump of il he has a mind to-
On the way down through the In
diana sand dunes. with the big mogul
engine doing its fifty miles an hour, a
local timetable was found which
showed that the time Of the accommo.
dalton train had been changed. Instead
OF leaving hall an hour after the flyer
was due IL was scheduled to pull out
Tor Summitville In less than ten min.
utes.
Yes" said a railroad man who hap.
pened to be on board, and the depots
are nearly mile apart. at that"
As the flyer began to slow up at
Valparaiso the three men who were
bound for Summitville jurped off the
rear coach and ran to the station. Not
Il hack or other public vehicle was ia
sight.
Backed up to the depot platform
was q light delivery wagon with a Ian.
Ky white mare ,-hitched to il. The
three men clamDcred into the back of
this wagon and started at a gallop for
the other station. in front OF which the
accommodation train was already
standing. As the old mare started on
4 jump the terrified delivery boy ran
out from the depot and Just managed
10 catch the tailboard of the wagon.
In a minute he was in the drivers
seat Fortunately, he was a. youth
who could rise TO an emergency.
Five dollars II you get us to that
station in time" he was told, and q
peeled hickory switch put added vigor
into the mares legs. Right through
the center of the town went the wild
race. and people hung out Of the win.
dows and ran into the streets to watch
the chase. Every time crossing was
passed the whole outfit bounced high
INTO the air, and "A dollar more II you
drive little faster" some one gasped
as II struck the ground again For
the accommodation train had already
steamed up and was beginning to
show plain signs OF nnpatience.
Boy and mare both did their best
and the three men were just able to
climb on the rear platform OF the az.
commodation train as II pulled out Tor
Summitville.
What happened to the grocer's boy
when he got back with his faded mare
is SIN an unsettled question. Nor 10
the boy or the people who watched
with startled eyes the flight of ,ne
gaunt white mare even now know
what was the emergency which made
the made chase necessary. There
We're three cars on the accommodation
train 10 Summityille. In them there
were perhaps thirty people, all told. A
quick canvass Of the train proved that
not person on board had even heard
of any disturbance at Summitville.