Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-10
NERVY FIRE N Al
THINKS Of WIFE
Example Of Real HeroiSm Of
the Rail at Scene Of Southern
Pacific Wreck; Woman Mar
ries Man to Save Him from
Penitentiary,


Especial Correspondence 10 Morning Journal
san Antonio. Texas. March s.
With his right leg smashed 20 a pulp
below the knee and pinned IN between
tho platform Of 4 locomotive and it's
tender. G.. a.. sample, a fireman.
thought only of his wife ana the eff
feet tho news Of his misfortune would
have Upon her, Grooming from ne
cNcruciating pain ne was suffering
he asked one OF the men who were
working TO get him out Of b wreck
age for d piece of paper and q pencil.
lie then wrote the following note to "a
relative.
For Gods sake. don't tell my Wife
81 this accident Tor fear that it might
kin her. but ask f.. f. Beaumont, as
sistant division superintendent OF the
southern Pacific at san Antonio, to
come to Gliddcn AZ once md see me
G. c. sample
Samples engine and another one
met in q hcad-nn collision. 1t is
thought that the sudden action OF the
brakes threw him off his feet and his
right leg between The platform head
Of the engine ana tender. Before he
could extricate il the collision took
place. 1t took several hours before
Sample could be freed. after which a
special train brought him 70 q hos
oital IN this city. His gritty behavior
astoundcd even the physicians.
To save from the pe%nitentiary tho
man whose arrest she mad caused for
the theft Of $1,000 worth of her jew
elry. Miss Sadie Miller OF this city
promptly married him. Some weeks
ago Ralph krauss, the other party in
this stranger-than-fiction romance
asked Miss Miller TO let him have q
look at ou3e rings while the wo We're
out driving. THO woInan consented
ANA the man ~utseundcd. "A few days
afterward Miss Millcd causcd a var
rant 20 Be issued Tor thC arrest of
Krailss, which. after a chase oyer all
Texas and parts Of oklahoma, re-
suited IN the mans apprehension at
-caumcnt when k"ause was
brought ~ SAN Antonio, Miss Millcf
iid her best 10 prevent his being
prosecuted. bus to ihis the state vf'ulo
not listen. The district attorney
blocked every one ~ her movements
Miller then thought Of the circum-
stance tilat as wife uf Che man she
would not hayc to testify against him
and married him "a icw days ago. In
view OF the fact that she WIS the only
witness who could bring about the
onviction "a Krauss, the state has
now decided 10 drop the case.
ltAltS r.. WASH the (otviattb NH
lionaire miner and special financial
agent OF the late King Leopold, has
been greatly benefited by the climate
Of this city since his arrival somc
weeks ago. His physicians ~announce
that the effects OF thc attack % pneu-
mouia have been completely overcome
ana that he viii be able to- he about
o he has already recovered sui
l~icicNtly TO take walks on the tcran-
dab OF the limo residence he has
leased.
According to G.. :. beaverton OF
Austin. The famous Aztec camp at
Mammoth, .Ariz. Is being demolished.
in order 10 make ICON for n mine. II
was az this camp HAT the Aztecs are
said to AVE rested several years be-
fore entering Mexico. where they con-
uuercd the Analpians and Toltccs,
who were then the masters Of tho
country. Although the city they built
was designed to be only temporary.
its remains are still in a good state Of
preservation