Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-03
CONDUCTOR KNOWS
 WHERE COCHISE IS
How the Information Was Scared Upon His
 Brain
(cOurtland Arlzonanl.


 The following account of an incl dent occurring on one Of the South ern Pacific trains was furnished the Arizonan by a passenger who hap pened to be in the car in which the Stirring affair took place. and the man around whom the action center ed will be recognized as Fred Slut ton, president of the Harrah State Band of Oklahoma City. who is now with his -father-ln-law, J. D. Cox. at his valley homestead, about nine
 On the 17th day of this month, the writer was entrained from Fl miles from Courtland
 Paso to Los Angeles on the fast train, the Californian" and was in the last Of eight Pullman cars in which were some six or eight gen tlemen and half as many ladies Our trip was quite monotonous un- tn we. were approaching Wilcox, Arizona. at which time the conduc- tor came through for the first time since leaving Fl Paso. The old, familiar demand for tickets" was heard and responded to by a quiet. well hammered man of about forty years. who sat directly in front of me writer. That august being, the conductor, looked at the ticket for a moment and said. Your ticket reads 10 Cochise. Arizona, and have no such town on my schedule; you will get off at Willeox and wait for the next train The quiet appearing man protested that he was in a hurry to reach the bed a nf Fal~ -4.. short distance from Courtland, on ranch, and was willing to do any thing to get there as soon as possi- ble; that he had a first-clas ticket and had been put on board the train at Fl Paso by the guard at the de pot, and would appreciate it if he could get off at Cochise His argu- ment ayailed not and passengers who tried to intercede were told that he was running the train and knew where he would not stop. and the gentleman was told that he would get off at Wilcox or be thrown off He replied very quietly that be preferred the latter, as he really had no business at that point and his ticket read to Cochise. By this time the train had stopped at Wilcox and the conductor came to our car with his brakeman and the Pullman porter, and, waving his hand, said: Throw that man off the traini" The two men advanced and the quiet man arose in his seat and said If I were you, boys. I would be slow to run into danger while working for a small salary
 
 conductor would throw me off, as he is the man who is running the train; therefore, do not put your hands on me"
 At this the conductor came rapid ly to the front, but fortunately the train started at this moment on its ten mile run to Cochise, and as il neared that point, the argument be came suite heated, the train crew making all kinds of dire threats as 10 what they were going to do, and the coolness of the passenger so aroused the conductor that he used some rather strong language. de claring that he would not stop at the station in question, as it was not on the map, and if the passen- ger got off, he would have to jump At this time a passenger bound for Frisco f6marked that COchise was just ahead. upon which the man with the ticket to that point reach ed for the bell cord, at the same time the conductor sprang at him and came near biting the end off 9 beautiful, pearl-handled Colts pistol, Of large calibre, the trigger of which was fondled by a hand that did not tremble. .(The writer noticsl a splendid Knight Templar ring on one fingerj The smiling man said: