The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-08
WAS 1T MURDER2

'f'+ iAHiia Wears ~ the company
service und lore an excellent character
for sieadmrss. hut was considered
rather tael,arn. lie seemed 10 hc nj
ways Ia the sulks and was. suppose.
II surly temper Before VIC started
one morning he harll, answered amy
remark ! addressed 20 him ami seemed
more surly than usual When the head
guard gave us the signal and Morgan
Turned the handle. we moved slowly
and steadily ont % the station When
we cot well ont into the country. Nor
gan turned 10 me ana said shortly.
More coal"
Now. In my opinion. no more coal
was wanted. as there was quite enough
Ia the fire To keep NJ the usual speed.
However. as "A stoker | was only an
underlinr and must obey reasonable
orders
About an hour after leaving Pad.
dington Morgan stopped suddenly ia
the middle OF sentence ANA said,
"Well. must get 10 work now" Then
he opened the FIRE box door and called
oui 10 nae. "Mon coaly'
/ expostulated with him aud pointed
out that We were going at high rate
OF speed aud would not need more coal
before Blinton. but this seemed Ga ex-
cite him terribly. shovel IL mr. he
roared, with an oath I'm going To
make her travel"
10 satisfy him took az a shoyelfui
and managed e. upset a good deal OF
II before reached the Are box
You clumsy fool lac called out
Here, give II Co mer Aud. snatching
the shovel ont of my hands. ne cram
med ON NJ much coal ms he could get
In.
was beginning to get alarmed aud,
looking out over the well known com
try for | had travelled that Journey
many time before saw that We were
much nearer ca Blnton than we ought
10 be- az that hour
In few minutes our speed Increased
enormously. aud calculated we were
travelling NJ the rate Of seventy miles
an hour thought u was time 20 re
Inonstrats. and. turning 10 Morgan. |
noticed that the Indicator showed full
speed ! called his attention 10 the
fnct aud begged him "a reduce the
speed or we would RON into Blinton
without being able 10 stop
"Ha hnr he cried In reply Stop
YOU Ed make her travel what do YOU
want 10 stop fori Gct On. old wench.
get on Then be burst into hideous
peal 81 laughter A cold sweat or ab.
solute terror broke out on me ms | r..
alized the state ~ things. Here was u
rhying mnniac. far stronger man than
myself. In charge ~ trainfui 81 PEG.
pie. The train rushed on with increll-
bile speed. not steadily AMI evenly. but
With leaps and bounds that threatened
60 east the engine off the line ~ every
yard There was no doubt the man
was AZ mad az n man could bc and
was also master of the situation !
made one effort To reach the handle 10y
which the steam w turned off. bat the
mailman was too sharp for me NO
YOU don't hc shouted lie brought
his shovel down with tremendous
blow on tie rail nc my side lust miss
INK my head " was plain ! conld DO
nothing hy force Would sirntaRem be-
~ any USE
looked ont at the country Fine
was running short We We're not more
thuu twenty miles from blnion June
ton. aud II we did mol stop there the
whole train must inevitably he wreck
ed aud probably not one passenger
would escape unniured and but Few
With their lives ! hooked hnck e. The
train. Outside the windows we're hands
gesticnlating aud frightened, alarmed
faces Al the end ~ the train the
guard was waving red nag Some
thing must be- done and by NE 81 ~
should M be inevitably lost made
up my mud tufned 10 Morgan, with
smile on ny face aud said OLD
boy you're quito right rhis i . fue
pace but Il aiut quite fnst enough
Look here And caught hin ~ h.
arm aud LED INN ~ ihe side ~ the "a
CINE next 90 The double raii See
cried there u nnothet tram coming
M faster theu u.s. eud she viii pass us
We must go faster but lets see nrsi
Who i driving be- Leeu forward and
hook Ceu you see
The poot msniac stepped outside the
tail sud leaned forward "a iook FOR ne
imaginary train when gave him
sudden push aud he fei ~ besp cu
he side rHiis and Was killed Oh The
SPOT With y gasp or relief sprsug
back "a TIE engine and turued or the
steam II wHs uoj q moment 100 SCOT
We were well u sight ~ llinton June
uoo before bad the uHiu property
uuder control pulled ~ 81 the plat
form hl right aud theu tainted
Wheu came TO- vas wing cn i
bench la the waiting foom aud the 10
spcciof WAS standing over me Nth his
uotcbooR Ia bis baud prepared 70 take
down my settlement what I stated
aas thbf the engine du,cr bad gone
mad aud thAf i0 save TIE lives or the
passengers bad knocked BIN on ma
engine inst 10 line 10 gel thc iraiu mi
der control before cumming into the
station This was corfobUtated by the
gnnrd mod several passengers. aud thC