Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-01-05

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I was going through my train one
day: vhena seedy looking man handed
me = ticket on another road. 4 re
fused to take It, Of course. Whereupon
he said that it had been sold to him
for a ticket on my road and had got
to take it. 1'insisted that II he didn't
pay his fare l would put. him of.
:whereupon he: paid TO station called
Arlington. saying that was all l would
get for the whole distance. replied
that he could ride to Arlington, and If
he didn't pay further he would be put
OF at Harkerville two miles beyond
Arlington.
:. The man was evidently playing some
game. l disliked interfering with him
for fear he was intending to get put
off that he might serve some purpose
by doing so. The fellow looked too
respectable for his clothes. However,
the rules were imperative, and when
he refused to pay at Arlington l de-
termined to put him off at Harker-
Vile. When the train stopped / put
my arms. under his and lifting him
out of his seat hustled him to the
door of the car. got him through,
but when endeavored to dislodge him
from the platform he put up an eff
fective resistance. Getting his grip
on the guard rail, he hung on till a
crowd, attracted by the noise, collect.
ed, and my man, though struggling,
found breath to. curse the railroad. its
management and all it's employees
Finally l pushed. him off and signaled
the engineer to pull ahead. l left the
man shaking his fist at me and vow
ing vengeance Looking back from a
distance, I saw him haranguing those
who had witnessed his ejectment. =
The matter troubled me. l expected
that he had some right to ride that ]
knew not of-that he would sue the
company and: would be discharged
for not having passed him. Ordin-
ari1y, this would not have troubled
me, but in this case the man, though
shabbily dressed, did. not look like a
tramp or a man accustomed, to force
himself as a deadhead.
:: There had been an attempt to wreck
one of the trains on the road which
had nearly succeeded. The train re-
ferred to carried a large sum of money
for an express company. and it was
supposed that it was to rob this car
that the attempt had been made.
Running local train myself. did not
take much interest in the matter. for
my train was not liable to be wrecked
for purposes Of robbery. -.
One morning was told that the
gang who had attempted to: wreck
the train had been tracked by detec-
lives employed by the company. and
an arrest had been made. But where
they had been captured I. did not hear.
/ was just starting out on my daily
trip and had no time to indulge my
curiosity by making inquiries, about
the matter. -.
When L reached Arlington was
handed telegram from the superin-
.tendent to stop my train just across a
bridge about 4 mile before 7 reached
Harkerville and take on party that
would be whiting there for me. made
tho stop as ordered and found several
plain clothes j. police, officers armed
with riaas ~ wen as reviewers; guard
Ing q number Of handcnned: prisoners.
Tho q@lcezs put their captiveG aboard
tie train, and after starting went
into the car whers they VEN "a. collect
tSeir fares. one Of TIE omcers, clap
ping Z iand on ny 1hoaher. aid: !
.Dss here. conductor, : .tsw weeks
aeo roo put no on till train for not
paying my fare. ! was Obliged TO- sub
nait, but now / Propose to carry this
whole gang through without tickets or
moe,ey. We're quite prepared for: any
thing that may happen. I" :. z. T.. :. :. u /.
ne man spoke bantesingly. I looked
at bis face and. II. seemed familiar.
Then it 1awned upon me that be was
tho seedy passenger With whom ! had
had the scuf1e. ,ss:. u, s.7 4t4 as:s
Don't you remember mer' he asked.
smiling. @<5:+
81, think I do +! ~ e. :, ,.z...
'You should: You helped me get in
with these gentlemen with bracelets
on their wrists They are the men
who tried to wreck the express some
time ago. They were tracked to Har-
skeryil1e, and the. company sent me
there to gain their confidence. II saw
no better way for an introduction than
to get put of the train. ] stayed e awhile y a'
In Harkervi1le. clirsing you and the The
road, until one Of these men was en-:
.boldened to propose to me another at
tempt at wrecking. x ~ A. :as s=ss
Il He had had a pass in his pocket at
IL tine il put him %, md I'D m
ssStibef now Tor hinlsseeiif md party. But
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