The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-30

A. I'll throw you off the train as she
starts running good and fast.'' In the meantime
when one raised after him like he going to
throw him off. Perhaps he and perhaps he
wasn't couldn't say But thought he was.
And thought if he throw him under the train and
me being the only other colored fellow the train
and witnessing it, they would do the for me.
So when he raised after him began shooting ana
when got through comes down the ladder.
jumDs think. 1t was on the inside track. He said
to me. ''Where is the gum" says Here it ISL
He said let me have it, l hands it to HIM and he
takes the gun and gets off and gets off and pretty
soon heard him whistling up the track When he
come down he broke the gun and he also reloaded it,
He says, We will have to hike says, "All
right" We goes down and climbs over fences and
it was kind of muddy like at the fence. So we
comes out at the depot. Dodges so nobody see US
and we goes back to the track We keeps the track
until we gets to this county road where goes
down. We walked down the road until we comes to
think it was bush kind of like that it seemed it
was man. speaks to him and says sChesey,
what is that?" He says, ~ will go and see.''
He come up and he has his gun that way and he
looks around. He says. 81 won't let nobody kill
u.s." He goes up and comes back and says it wasn't
nothing but q bush and goes until day began
to dawn. said to him, II am tired and sleepy
He says. ''Well find good hiding place and lay
down and go to Sleep In the nighttime
these trees in the road and hanging down low and
says, "Yon's hay stack. Looks like good place
to Sleep" We goes on through the pasture. 1t
was wet and didn't see any place to lie down. 1t
looks like pond up in under the trees. 1t was wet
and we goes up under the trees and it was kind of
high in there. lays down and goes to sleep.
When woke it was morning. says to him-he
never told about being killed by the shoot
ing-I says l am going TO this town. amt going
to stay here. He says we will get ticket for
Omaha. So we goes down to this town and seen
fellow cleaning spitoons on the platform out there.
goes up and asks what is the fare to Omaha.
He says $l.2O. says all right and asks the depot
agent. He said 81. 46. l says give ticket.
The depot agent says. ''Two9' He says. eyes
sir, give US twO.'' He wanted to sit down in the
waiting room and says. ''No, better go out by
the cross-t ties Some ladies might come in here
and perhaps some white people say something to
you.' So we 60 down and sits down the cross
ties and waits about FIVE minutes think it was
He says lett go up to the depot Just he says
that at the same time seen this marshall or police
man coming toward US. .sHere take this gun. - this
bog says and pulls the gun out of his left hand pocket
and says, "Hell, don't want it," He says,
Put it on the cross-te.'' says put it the
cross-tie yourself The officer walks up and
think he says, ''Where are you boys from?' am
most sure it that. He says '.Sioux City,
The marshal says. "All right but have got orders
from the sheriff to arrest every colored man coming
along. There was two brakemen murdered last
night and will have to put you boys in.'' All
right. we says The marshal ask him if you come
in here horseback, autombile railroad. ''He
says, 1--WE come down the railroad track and those
people put off up there. And we goes up and
slept under the trees and come down here'' asked
the marshal to leave go back aud get the money
for the ticket. He says you got ticket already?
showed him mine and he said all right will see
that you get your money back. So on the way going
back to get my money he still carries the gun in his
left hand. He was walking on the right hand side
of the marshal, like here the marshal and 1
was walking here and that him. He dropped
the gun the left hand side of him. think some
men at the depot seen him. As soon as we come up
in the depot.-no l am most sure he dropped the
cartridges down there. We in the depot and
the agent gave the money back for the tickets
The marshal takes up and puts in. Pretty
soon the marshal comes back down and had white
fellow. This white fellow was put in and the mar
shall goes back. This fellow says. Anyone of
you have gun on?'' He says and says "No
didn't" Well he says the marshal says one of