The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-30

Buffalo on the fastest train in Amer
lea. the Twentieth Century Limited.
hour. and we were compelled 70 ride
on the roof OF the coaches That was
the worst seventy miles / ever travelled
The cinders shot at you like powder
blank cartridge in your face.
I wanted TO see some OF Canada, so
tried TO cross the border AT NIAGARA
Falls. but was arrested and turned
back. incidentally. ] was fined 30,
leaving me only 40 cents. That deter
mined me to go anyway, so that night
tried again and got through Next
morning / was in st. Thomas. Ont Co
ing back to the railroad. after getting
some breakfast. I was accosted by q
detective. He crOss-examiued me. and
I was sure he was going to arrest me.
! knew I had no right there ana
felt cold shivers run up and down my
spine. Then he began to bully me. We
were in a secluded spot. He advanced
his face TO within three inches OF
mine. I raised my hand to the lapel
of my coat.
Hits the Detective.
From there a twist OF the body sent
IL crashing with terrific force against
his chin before he realized that 1 In
tended to strike him.
He crumpled like wet paper and
left him lying there. 1t was my only
escape from Annoyance and possibly
jail. Knowing that ne would telegraph
ahead when he came 20. rode from St
Thomas to Windsor, just opposite De-
trOit. distance Of over hundred
miles. in the icebqx Of an empty refrig-
orator car. 1t was a single icebox and
measured eighteen inches square by
five feet deep. I could neither stand
erect. sit comfortably, nor lie down. 1
was in the car for six hours When !
got out fell flat on my face. It was
several minutes before I could climb off
that car and make off.
From Detroit to Chicago I rode the
mails and went through like creased
lightning. Friday night and Saturday
morning in Chicago I lived at 'HinSy-
/ Dink" Kenna's lodging house. a bum
among buns. On Saturday evening I
hired evening clothes and went to a
/ theatre box party Starting Monday
evening / caught the blind on the over
her down almost 20 Omaha. Unfor-
/ tunately. I missed my way at Missouri
Valley, and spent the whole day before
! 1 got back to the main line of the
railroad at Fremont, Neb. From Ere
/ mont 1 caught an express train TO
/ Grand Island. Neb-, where I was ar
rested along with half dozen other
| 'boes for riding the mail. We were
| turned loose next morning. There the
/ hard riding began. The country IN
| general was the most hostile through
| which have ever Travelled. Three times
I had to run to escape being arrested.
| once, while lying along an embank-
+, ment at Julesburg. I was shot at
don't suppose the shooter tried to hit
that I was an undesirable citizen that
had never met with before. did not
disregard 10.
At Sidney Neb.. 7 met with some
more rouEh-hOuse. While climbing on
to a boXcar I was kicked by SHACK.
or brakeman. and went down the sid,
head over heels. breaking a bone IN
my foot and flattening out another
hobo like pancake. I was too stunned
, to move. Not 50 the other fellow
Erecting himself with a volcano o
profanity, he seized a rock as big a
his fist from the road-bed and hurled /
at the offending shack It took hir
full amidships. and I think did som
damage, judging by the sound Of tn
impact. Then the other fellow. who's
"mOnaker" was "Cincie Fat" grabbe
me by the arm and helped me away.
The next day my foot was so swolle
that ! could not get my shoe off. an
felt pretty badly. When I reache
Cheyenne / rested Il and had Il treated
The doctor said I could not walk agai
for two weeks. Next dav L LEFT 70
Ogden There I had IL bandaged dow
. onto a steel brace. BY that time I'll
swelling had gone down and Il wa
giving me little trouble.
Probably the hardest lap OF the iour
ney viii be from salt Lake to- Rem,
Mondays train robbery will make
4 particularly so. The railroad polio
are searching every train out Of Ogde1
They say that less than ten thousan
4 'boes Will get through between no
Il and the fight They may be right bt
should say that twice that numb,
4 VIII be nearer the number.