Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-14
EXPLANATION BY A JAP.

}, GL GLSaurenmdnn, machlnlst ana
stationary ryaengineer from Ell Paso, |
Tax, and now with the D. r. G.
with headquarters at Alamosa, recent |
| ly handed US the following letter |
which he found among some old pa
pers at the Durango depot. Mr.. saur-
| enmann said on seeing that 1t was by
| Jap he was interested since he has
handled so many of them that he is
very familiar with their characters
tics He added that he has never
known Jap to steal-they are very
honest.
| The Jap in question was employed
| in cleaning car and found pair
of oyeraIls He put them on shelf
in the coach thinking they belonged
| TO the brakeman. The coach went out
in the morning to Telluride. After 1t
was gone the car foreman asked the
Jap If he had seen a pair OF overalls
and what he had done with them.
The foreman told the Jap to get them
when the car came back. The Jap
promised TO do so, but the coach did
not come back for three days and
then the Jap looked for the overalls
but could not find them. The car
foreman said that the Jap must see
the conductor but the former said he
could not leave al that time. since
on account of specials the train being
late he could not tch for the trains
ri, cod
! the Jap of stealing and threatened
him with the law. So the Jap evil
( dently wrote the letter in an effort
to explain matters.
Durango Apr 25th 1909.
: | Wish Sir did Was 100 Fool Way
/ My lob Every Thing all day all Trou-
bile Excuse Me once l VIII Tell You
about My did Fool Way April lsih
. -O9 This is day Coach tiesa Boy
G.. Hagihara found a old over all But
He thought it is over all o. Brake
Man and He kept in the Coach of
, Shelf r. G. S. Coach so go He
$ don't Take out From thai Coach r.
a G. S. all Tain Brake Man Some Time
= lie Keep any thing in the Coach That
r over all just Same He Thought April
+ 18th over Night Car 4 Man came and
: asked to Me You found a my over
4 all in the Coach No. 260 Il. G 5.
n Said to Him ! No found anything
Y will ask another boy I was answered
to Him and I Get after That the &
" Hagihara | asked To Him He Said
d He thought That are Brake Man and
g He Put it in on The Coach of Shell
p and Next day Car Man Asked TIC
:, Ale Again and / Told Car 4 Mar
I. BOY Said Not Body over all ] thought
g il is Brake Mans | no out | kept or
p Telluride on this Morning So Tel
D. Him and Car 4 Man Told To Me Ther
70 the Coach Come Back You Take ou
p il over all and Give to Me l Sale
all Right If it over all found | GIVE
10 il to You all So This day to Car I
A. Man and Next day What is Matter
a. that Train Just one Coach No. %.
r That all No Came back Coach No
d 260 can not See it over all and
Il Told to Car Man That Way ant
IS Car A Man. This day all week Game
h. asked for Me above it over all Blu
d This Week our Job too Busy to tina
- You Knox any special Car 3 day.
IF Long Stopped Been Here / can No
Care all Train Time and that Coacl
" No 260 come back to be Here Apri
,s 2Sth This Time ] Get in That Coacf
At Seem all in Side | can Not founC
l. Il over all and Car Man Came This
n found Your over all and Car Mar
II Said TO Me You Get Ask Conductor
$ About it | Must Need that over al
d and / Said No that Coach Conducto
d Come in To Morrow Night and Tt
q day one hour 80 Nlineute Late Tha
@ Train No. 5Just Same Time | Gone
IS Working Silverton Coach No. 300.
e Can Not See it Conductor and Trair
e No. lis 2 Hour Late to day Just thai
: Time go p. m This Time Came ca
II 4 Man He said You Seem Conductor
said can No Seem Conductor Car !
4. Man SO Many bad Said to Me Yor
r Get Away and you Came up To Nor
. row d. r. G. Supt. office ! Get Yor
v this Company at Law That all Sc
Is II No tell Lie What is that / car
II tell Nothing TO Car Man Who is
!. Mistake You tell both We Have BAD
(. pay for over all Just one dollar
v don't care he Need over all ! give
h it to Him He No Need So Bad to
d Me that Man our Car Man | don,
/. Say Nothing bad TO Him all so Please
o Mr., flower
| From Coach
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