Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-11
Ed SINCLAIRE GETS
THE MONEY FOR
RAILROAD
Santa Fe Company Enriched
BY @82.8S as Result Of III.
forts Of Station Master in
Yanking ROustabOuts from
Horse Car.

Buried beneath pyramid OF
haled hay. horse blankets. mattresses
and junk ~ every description.
roustabout was securely hidden from
peering eyes in horse car, which
arrived In Albuquerque early This
morning from Juares. Mexico. and
left al sac for the east on santa ne
train No. re- ON the alert for stow
awayH. stationmaster I'D Sinclaire
searched the car three times after It
reached Albuquerque. lie counted
noses In the car Every horseman
had transportation ana was entitled
to accompany the ponies. Just be-
fore the train pulled out for the east
Sinclair made "A final search. Some
! thing under the pile Of hay and the
load of Junk brcuihcd a stuffed breath.
Sinclair investigated ana pulled out
from underneath the outfit sorry
/ specimen of humanity. evidently a
stable hand. who was being smuggicd
over the road by his more fortunate
/ pals who were riding on tickets which
stood The ciosest inspection.
The stowaway. nearly al In be-
| cause of the crampcd position he vas
/
the car and being marched away TO
the station. The man IA charge OF
| the horses nterfcred and promised
10 buy transportation FOR the stowas
way. He paid s52.63 FOR ticket tor
him from Albuquerque To spokane
| Wash. the destination OF the horses.
Sinclair declared that the stowa-
way had accepted transportation from
M Puso To Albuquerque without pay
ing Tor u. tie demanded $40 for
back transportation. The hUrscman
refused To come across
Train 30. 10 pulled out of the sia-
tlun. sinclair held onto his stow
away friend aud started toward the
station with him. The hOrscman. "a
cripple. threw off the stOwaway =
ticket 20 Spokane. which he had lust
purchased. Somebody gave the high
ball 10 the hcnd end ana the train
came 60 "a standstill Then followed
"A heated conference between Sinclair
and the man In charge OF the ponies.
The horseman first refused TO pay
the $40 back transportation and SIN
clair started off to jail again WIN
the stowaway.
The train started on It's way east
The horseman then backed down aud
offered To- put up the SO.
| By this tim, Sinclair was a hiock
away on the way to Jail with the stow
luway. Sinclair accepted the $40 and
released the stuwaway. The stow
away ana tho horscman rushed af'
ter the now fast going passenger
train. The stOwaway grabbed
a Pullman ear. The horseman
crippled. could not do likewise. SIN
clair gave the distress signal TO TIA,
train crew. The air was applied Til,
train was once again brought to
stnndstill.
What the engineer said the reader
may guess. Conductor Johnny Quig
les was fuming and the flagmcn wer'
bordering oE nervous prostration. Tive
stops of the train before Il reache,
Tiieras crossing was too much foi
their nerves
To add tu thu confusion, chief san
~ Pc Officcr Zen Williams. who h"'
boarded the horse ear 10 ascertain
the cuusc uf the trouble. jumped OF
the train with two more st0waways
who had concealed themselves Va .
box In the ear. They had boarde'
the train as 4 was pulling out Of th'
station. These two hoboes were taxi
en- To jail
However. Sinclair mad his SAGA
transportation money for one stoWn
way. lie turned the cash over ca thl
ticket agent and called IL day
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