The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-26

he was riding from the south yards
towards the |. c. depot Saturday af-
ternoon late. This was just after
the passenger train No. 121, passed
| the yards. He noticed Augustus,
who he remembers as being very
drunk and wearing a red Hammer
shirt, with the little boy standing
near camp fire around which ne
groes were congregated. The father
waved a quart OF whiskey at him.
Miller rode the engine a short dis
lance further and sent 1t back, con-
/ tinuing his trip afoot. Near the old
dispatchng Offices he met two stran
gers, young men. who appeared to be
drinking. One wore yellow can
| vas coat or jacket. The yardmaster
warned them to look carefully and
avoid danger. as many engines were
running around.
81 saw they were ready for fight
and said little more to them other
than 10 explain that | was an official
and In a position 10 give the orders
on the railroad. Miller stated, This
was the last I saw or heard of the
matter until Sunday morning when |
learned some one was dead.
81 have learned enough, however,
to convince me that the two white
men | saw are the ones who at
tackled Augustus. My weigher, Pat
terson, and Operator J. j. Painter,
were in the yard Office after train
No. 121 passed. They saw Angus
tus and his son pass the Office. Au
gustus sat down a short distance
beyond the Office south of the yards
to rest, He was in danger of being
struck by an engine, and the Office
men started to go out and warn him.
About this time two strangers, an
swering the description of the men
saw, came up and asked when they
could catch a freight train out.
Painter thought they were friends of
Augustus and told them when a
freight would leave. but warned
them not to try to catch Il. They
saw the men headed towards Angus
tus and asked them to get him up
and of the right of way This was
the last seen of the three men and
boy until after o'clock when the
stranger in the canvas coat came
back into the yard Office drunk. He
had big whiskey bottle part filled
with liquor and was much drunken
than when he first visited the office
Painter asked him II Augustus and
son had gone home. lie replied !
that the boy had. but the father had |
not He stated this with a sort of
drunken laugh, but Painter thought
nothing of It at the time"
Louis Augustus. aged s years. the
son. was next sworn. He was fright
ened at the time and was confused |
as to the color OF the men. He stated !
that he thought one was white and
one oolored. lie stated the man in |
the yellow canvas coat was black, |
but Painter, Miller and others say he
was white and also his companion |
The boy stated that he and his father
were returning to the Mcclure home
and stopped a short time at the camp
fire. They went on beyond the yard
office, where his father sat down. He
was carrying his fathers pistol and
shortly after they stopped two stran-
gers came up and one took the pistol
out of his hand and ran into the
woods and hid Il. On returning he
told his father 20 get OFF the track
and his father told him that he was
minding his own business. The two
then began to scufile and the son ran.
This was as much as the lad could
tell. The boy was confused and told
several different stories. One was
that his father on the strangers re-
turn from the woods, stated. "you
S. of a D.. you stole my gun
and | am going to knock your head
off,"
The boy ran to the Mcclure home
and told the family that some men
were fighting his father. A negro
dubbed Fatty" returned with the
boy to the scene but failed to find
anything. No search that night was
instituted but when the father failed
to show up in the morning, search
was begun, ending in the finding of
the body in the water.
Mr.. Frank Andrecht, who married
daughter of Engineer Mcclure,
was walking along the track near
the culvert with the son Sunday