New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
FENT4NS on HIS TRIM
Experiences Of Conductor, in North
eyn Ne7C- York litter Ftasc0.

Rome. y. Y. ia IT, 81 CSpeciaD-'Yes said William
II. TuIIer. OF this city old railroad conductor.
in conversation with a Tribune representative, II
had some interesting experiences when I vas
ployed the old Rome and Waterford read. back
the sixties and early seventies Among the most
interesting. perhaps that with some OF tho
Fenians who left New-TorE f. tho northern part
of the State along in $50. with ragl1 idea that
they could conquer Canada They had heeu cIr-
nished with fun Is through the Irish symDathizsrz
in New-York. Baltimore and Philadelphia They
did not come up all ono Time" but in squad.
perhaps a few days apart. 80 ,hat suspicion Ms
not generally aroused They r"ldozvoIsad In tho
vicinity of Malone. near the extreme northern
boundary OF the State
They a jealous lot. tIh" tAem night
through and although when they left tho u3etropo-
lis they were simply volunteers, when they got
near what they supposed was to ho hghtng ground
they grew ambitious and all wanted 10 be officers
This caused considerable discussion and before
the rank and file know any thing about it tlsir
leaders had absconded takD@ With them all the
available funds. This left three hundred or 50 OF
the men around Malone with no visible means ut
maintenance. They forthwith began 10 rorase on
the surrounding country, and their presence drove
terror to the heart of many farmer. who dared
not refuse their every request for fear Of h4- rs
his farm buildings burned.
When the came they were .IrlTned. bat
later on carload Of arms and ammunition VIA
shipped them. without it, trua nature heiEE
found out by the aIthOrtI.s Hntu the ca E4d
got well up the road Then word waS sent To
the railroad company to hold the car WOrd had
reached the FCniaus Wei, however. either
through spies or syrnpa thizerz u the employ or
the road and it was found necessary 10 shunt
the car down on the line to ChaumJ1.- This move
ment. too. watched b. the men. and they
finally seized a locomotive. after dTlyi1S the en-
efneCr off and attempted - tu ''ha mont after
the car They had but little knowledge Of loco
motives and had the pump: soiT5 81 fast that the
boiler was kept too full To generate steam Ihen
they would have to stop Every little while TO let
the water boil away sufficiently to allow the steam
to collect. Then short distance would ne mace
and another stop would ensue- Finally they
reached Chaumont and coupled to the car and
started back. The railroad authorities tnousn-
they might have met with accident and startsN
men down to Chaumont on A ndndcaF- Inc t.
turning locomotive was met and one Of the rail-
road men got aboard and drew into NatertoNn'
where a sufficient force or railroad men to'A
charge of the car and prevented the FsnlanS H'l
getting any of the contents
shortly after this funds came from New-SeFA-
and it WAS generally supposed that 'P'sS L"-e-
was the sender. with orders In ship thH h-t-'
against whom complaint had been nled with the
State and federal authorities on 10 the matE'E'-
lis. I was selected the conductor TOR the ',d''-
collected all the tickets soon after icdEmS 49,
town, and. after pu1chllS titHl, 49, ~, .nsr,s5
surrounded by a number Of the M Wto 80 80 -
NV Coat DOCKET, where had placed the tickets
and punch and found. mat fiI hth "Tii ,Si,,r, -
fbn Class Of n1sn no in charge. and before
reached Rome in the evening there vas many =
store and freight house which had received q NlS-5
from some OF the PARTY. Crackers. ChesSs ana
other eatahles purloined. and tn one lhSLamSS
a tub o. butter. and a violin were 4iL.oL-55
the SpOilS brought to the train MUSIC Fe!S-C
and the had all the enjoyment poSSlnle- ~
practically regulated the TuurirS nt the JTall u.
they had men guard who would H't =. !.
start until all their comrades had returned iIU-4
their fO-ayS. -
Through one Of the rirgIpaders Of the gang
recovered my properU-- a ftaT had explained lLaI
the DIuI hed tick were Of 20 value 70 the he-,
II was with Il sign nf relief that saw the ~ IL,
nut aboard the waiting Central train When NCL-e
was reached. That the last seen OF the + -
mans this region q.
Mr. Tuer now in his seventy ninth year. 10
still hale and hpaTtl-