The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1913-10-17
TRAIN ATTACHED
ENGINE CHAINED

Kimball, Oct. 13.-Intense excite
ment prevailed in this city Saturday
over the attachment, under an exc
cution, of a special stock train on the
tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway company.
The train rolled in about / 80 p. m.
Some stock was to be loaded at this
point, and while the engine was en-
gagged in spotting cars for the pur-
pose, along came the county constal :
lie, A. FreelanC and after serving a
notice of levy on the agent and SER
wants of the company, chained down
engine No. 394 TO the rails. Soon af-
terwards, and presumably on orders
from headquarters, the engineer of
the engine which had thus been lev
led upon, took pick and fnrcibly
broke the lock on the chain which
the officers had used TO fasten the 10.
comotive to the rails; whereupon the
said engineer was arrested on wal
rant sworn out by the officer on the
ground of obstructing an officer in tie
performance of his legal duties.
After returning TO again rake char
ge of the engine the officer discover
ed that the fireman had removed it
against his orders and was using it to
shunt cars on the main track. The
fireman. after refusing to halt and
obey the command of the officer, was
then also arrested on the same charge
as the engineer.
Special deputies were sworn in at
this time TO take charge OF the en-
gine which at the instance of the fire.
man and conductor had pulled a
string of cars i'm mediately oyer a city
CT ossing and left them standing-the
fireman being arrested and taken
from the cab just as he had passed
over the crossing with the cars. A
bout 500 people had gathered about
and were Tow swarming around the
depot grounds in mere curiosity of
what would happen next.
The services of the mayor and four
aldermen were next called into play.
The mayor gave orders to the city
marshal to arrest the constable and
the attorney, Emil j. Woerth, at
whose instance the execution was is
sned and served, but no papers were
produced showing any offense charged
so the latter officer and attorney re-
fused to be arrested. BY this time
the streets were crowded with human
ity, and in the Office Of Ii. O. Smith,
justice of the peace, in whose court
the judgment was rendered which
caused all the turmoil. standing room
was at a premium. Loud and bolster
Gus talk was heard from some of the
cattle men who were being delayed
in loading their stock for shipment,
and all on account of the company's
unwillingness to pay the Judgment
which had been rendered against it.
One stockman, Charley Sanders, rode
up to the engine with his charger,
dismounted and entered the cab, and
caused the engine to pull the cars at
tached to it about 800 yards ahead of
where they stood.
In the meantime the city authorit-
les were demanding to know who was
in charge of the train, and demand
ing that the blocked crossing be
cleared. The engineer and fireman
were now under arrest and the en-
gine was in charge of two deputies,
whose ears were deaf to the city au-
thorities' demands. Finally after
about four hours of excitement, the
like of which has never been seen in
this city, the local agent of the rail
way company asked the attorney of
the creditor if he would not be salts
fled with a levy on box car, and re-
lease the levy on the engine so that
they could proceed to load stock, and
failing in this, the agent paid the
amount of the judgment in full. The
engineer and fireman were bound ov-
er TO the next term of circuit court of
Brule county on giving bonds in the
sum of $3.50 each.