The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-18
W. c. DoDsoN.

I crews IrSL expedition fatfed TOT the lack of an engineer, after he had taken the precaution to engage one, and even had he captured train he would have been powerless to run it. Here was Fuller, | knowing almost every foot of the road, and, by a mere accident, with Murphy as | first lieutenant, who was also well ac- | quainsed with the road, and had the fur l ther qualification of being a practical engineer. capable of taking charge of | any locomotive they might encounter should the engineers in charge (some of whom were northern men, reruse to take part in the hazardous game they were playing. To their honor be it said, how ever, not one of the engineers refused | to do lis duty-each stuck to his ma chine and took whatever share of dan ser there was coming to him.
 An Engine Secured.
 At Etowah the pole car was abandoned | and hastily throwing onto a flat car | some rails, spikes and track repairing tools, the Yonah was coupled on pulled wide open, and was soon flying along the track. her new crew getting out of | her, in the language of Uncle Remus, 'all there was In her. : -
 Finding this engine at Etowah, sealed :he fate of Andrews and his expedition. He had laid his plans well, and in his party were several engineers; he had pro- vided himself with schedule of the road knew the time every train was due at every station. and supposed he knew there would be behind him no engine avail able for pursuit till after he had passed Kingston. But he did not know about the iron works engine, as it was priv ate property and not scheduled as 1t did not run on the main line. It Is true the raiders lost an hour at Kingston waiting for trains that were behind time (not eS- tra trains as has been asserted, but even with this delay, but for the Yonah, ample time would have been given to burn the bridges, and run the gauntlet to safety.
 Passing rapidly on to Rogers station, fuller and his party learned that the raiders had stopped there. taking on wood and water, and telling Mir. Rogers, the agent, that they were running a special 1 train under military orders. and that | the regular train and crew were coming on just behind. In fact they were carry | ing a flag signal for train following. Arriving at Kingston, 1t was learned | that the raiders had .ust left, after | having assumed control of all trains | stating that they were carrying ammuni- | ton to General Beauregard on the Mcm- phis and Charleston railroad. They had been detained here almost an hour wait | ing for delayed trains, and considerable
  This does not seem to have eliminated in the refusal of any one to obey their orders except the old switch tender, wto when ordered to open the switch and let them out, refused to obey, and car ried the keys to the depot and hung them up. Andrews, with inimitable coc- ness, marched Into the depot. possessed himself Of the keys, opened the switch, signalled his engine forward and light ly leaped aboard as 1t was passing. These keys were picked up by Murphy on the General after 1t had been abandoned.
 At Kingston there is branch road running from the main line to Rome. Here the Yonah was sent back to Etowah as there were two or three other trains and engines on the side track and main line-all out of time. At this point dis agreement or misunderstanding occurred between the pursuers. Murphy coupled the flat car that contained the rails and tools onto the New York. a splendid engine with large driving wheels, and which he knew to be one of the fastest machines on inc road. The Rome train was on the main line ahead of the New ork and Fuller, impatient of the delay | that would be necessary to clear the , track. Jumped on the Rome engine, called | for volunteers, and was, soon under steam, With several cars attached, filled with miscellaneous crowd. some with l arms and some without Murphy had to run to catch up with Fuller's procession. Having to swap the Yonah for the Shorter Cor Rome engine) was unfortEn- ate, for the Shorter was a weak engine, with low driving wheels and slow, while the Yonah had proved itself a splendid machine, capable of high speed. Knowing that the raiders would have to pass a train 1t Adairsville, some nine miles from Kingston. the pursuers expected to over take them there. and this they probably could have done with a clear track and faster locomotive. But few miles from Kingston they found a pile of cross tics on the track and the telegraph wires again cut Clearing the track as speedily as possible, they moved on a few miles further and encountered a gap in the track-another rail had been removed and carried away. This necessitated the abandonment of the Shorter, and
 The Foot Race Was Resumed.
 This was probably no calamity to Fuller and Murphy, for it enabled them to get rid of a crowd that was wild and entire- ly beyond their control, and an engine that was so slow that the General could have outdistanced 1t in anything like fair race Knowing that they would soon meet a freight train, Fuller and Murphy pushed on afoot advising the crowd to return, which they did. Here Cain also left them, he not being phvsi- cally able to undertake another run. This foot race proved more tiresome and diff fieult than the first, for rain had com menced to fall, the gound was soft and much speed was almost impossible. But they were still game, and plodded on for two or three miles, when they were re- warded by meeting the freight train, drawn by the engine Texas. This was one of the best locomotives on the road had five-foot drivers, and was just out of the shop, where it had been thorough ly overhauled under Murphy's super vision. No wonder that he and Fuller re- joiced. that they had at last
 Drawn a Prize In the Engine Lottery. They were soon oboard the engine they had waved down and stopped, and hastily informing the conductor and engineer of their mission. they were presently flying toward Adairsville. It is related that in going this three miles, and pushing a -l.wI.A tw,A,, &t.ot.-