Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-07-22
St6ty of the General.
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the chase with all who would volun'
teer TO go with him. He had not pro-
Leeded far before he found cross-ties
on the track every two or three hun
dred yards. After passing Kingston
the fugitives punched out the end of
the rear car which enabled them to
drop out ties without stacking up.
Captain Fuller was forced to lose
time in stopping to remove these OBJ
structions. Laboring under these dis
advantages the pursuers redoubled
their energy and proceeded to Adairs-
vile. When he reached point four
miles from Adairsville he found sixty
yards of track torn up, and set out
on foot, calling on his men to follow.
When he had gone half mile, he
looked back and saw none but a"
,hony Murphy following MN. He made
two .-,zries as quick as he could run,
and met the express freight. Having
q gun and knowing the signal, the
engineer recognized Captain Fuller
Knowing that Mr.. Murphy was only
short distance behind, the train
was detained until he came up. He
then took a position at the rear end
of the train, twenty car lengths from
the engine, and started backward in
the direction of Adairsville, without
taking time to explain to the engi-
neer or conductor. When he got
within two hundred yards of the
switch at Adairsville, Captain Fuller
jumped off the train, ran ahead and
changed the switch SO as to throw
the cars on the side-track. He ac-
complished this, changed the switch
to the main track, and jumped on the
engine which had been uncoupled
from the train. He now had only
the engine with the following crew:
A. Murphy, Peter Bracken, the en-
gineer; Fleming Cox, the fireman,
and Alonzo Martin, wood-passer.
He resumed the chase, making Cal
houn, ten miles distant, in twelve
minutes. AS he approached Colhoun,
Captain Fuller recognized the tele-
graph operator from Dalton, lad
twelve years old. The operator re-
cognized Captain Fuller, and as the
engine passed by at the rate of fiji
teen miles per hour, grasped Captain
Fuller's hand held out to him, and
was safely landed on the engine The
operator having discovered that the
wire had been cut, made his way
down to Calhoun, looking for the
break. AS they sped along back
wards as fast as an engine with five
feet ten inch wheels could possibly
run, CaptainFuller wrote the follow
ing telegram to General Ledbetter,
then in command at Chattanooga.
My train was captured this a. M, at
Big Shanty, evidently by Federal
soldiers in disguise. They are max
ing rapidly for Chattanooga, possibly
with an idea of burning the railroad
bridges in their rear If | do not
capture them in the meantime see
that they do not pass Chattanooga.
Captain Fullers desire now was to
reach Dalton and send the telegram
before the fugitives could cut the
wire beyond Dalton. Two miles be.
yond Calhoun the fugutives were sight
ed for the first time and from their
movements they were greatly ex-
cited; they detached one of their
freight cars and left 1t at the spot
where they were discovered. The,j
mad partially taken up rail- but that
or the car did not detain Captain Full
Ter. He coupled the car to the en-.
slne without stopping, got on top of
the freight car and gave signals to
the engineer by which he could run,
as the car in front obscured his view.
Two and half miles farther Captain
Fuller came across another freight
car which the fugitives had detached
AS before, he coupled this on without
stopping, and pushed on to Resaca
where he switched the two cars off
on the siding. Again he started with
An engine only. Two miles north
OF Resaca, while standing on the rear
OF the tender, he discovered in a
short curve Trail diagonally across
the track, and being too close to stop
the engine went over it at the rate of
hfty-fiye miles an hour. After this,
until they reached Dalton, only oc,
casionally were Instructions met
with. At Dalton he dropped the tele.
praph operator with instructions to
put through the telegram at all haz,
ards, and continued the chase. Two
miles beyond he overlook the fugi.
uVes tearing up the track in plain
view of Col. Jesse A. Glenn's regi.