The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 30, 1888, Page 6

DOWN TO DEATH | the first words of Brakeman Arm- QUANTRELL'S MOTHER. favorite occupation—flogging. al 7 ae He was bleeding then from very narrow bench w; brought out, | : tS : in the forehead where he | She Will Probably Visit Vernon Coun- | 22d soon the pl: aI vith ‘ive Donble | oe Five Meu Killed in a Do' in dashed against a tree in his tye s ks, while the d looked on | Wreck. i | perilous leap for life, and his face = and counted the lashes, smok a — Ided by escaping steam. But | It is reported that Mrs. Quantrell | cigar. The birch rods were of ex-| A Rock Island and Wabash Train | 1. a5 instinctively true to his duty. | the mother of the famous guerrilla. | ceptional size, I will pay the highest market price in Cash ‘ aaa aa | He rushed through the cloud of will visit aeeee ae age. they were kept i for all kinds WOOL offered. . F ; - ; steam on to the Wabash track and, |and be the guest of John Hall. of Jas to make the Details ot How the Double Horror Oc- ae Givikie: Rete . = " . presunait Save varie tia almost blinded, waved frantically the | Sheldo ____ | the tenth lash _ Wool Sacks Furnished on Application. Save Lives. red light of danger at the approach- Discus probable visit. a | and nothing was k 5 ee jing train. It was thus that the | citizen of said: “I oftert | Fi i At 4 o'clock Wednesday morning | ¢abmen on the Wabash transfer saw | met Qu g the war. He | batches, to five. ten , AN: ANI a Rock Islaud freight train of twenty | him, as the moon broke from the rift | was of medium height and uot very }and when the torture was over a} Q : | NORTH MAIN STRE , BUTLER, MO. March 30, M’FARLAND BROS. cars, running outward on the Han- nibal and St. Joseph railway, at a rate of nineteen miles an hour, crash- ed through a trestle into a deep ravine a half mile east of Randolph. heavily made. His eyes were blue and his hair not very dark. He came of a black mass of clouds, as the blood trickled across his face and into his almost sightless eyes, while he signaled his last train. At the rear end of the train where great pool of blood would to mark the spot. After every such scene we had two or three comparative peace; a soothing intlue reins west from Maryland in the early part of the war. His brother had been killed in Kansas by a federal compa- nce on theldirector’s At the same moment Wabash trans-| the caboose stood uninjured upon | ny and he went to the scene of the] nerves. Soon, however, he would | fer No. 1580, west bound, warned | the track, Conductor John W. Rodg- | murder to make a personal investi- | become himself again. When he | only in time to save the trainmen’s ers, immediately after the crash | gation. To ascertain thepartieulars | was drunk and his left mustache} Keep the Largest Stock, Atthe Lowest Prices in, lives, thundered down the parallel | thought of the Wabash train. ‘*We | and spot the men who did the kill- | was drooping and limp, or when he ——— track and plunged with the uproar | must do what we can to save it,” he | ing, he joined the company under { went out shooting and came home of a hundred thunder crashes into} said, and rear brakeman Royston | the name of Hart. It was not long | with an empty bag, we knew that the sinister gulch. stepped out on the Wabash track. } before he obtained the desired infor-| the same evening the rod would be The a Island engine, No. 2 arness and Saddlery,:| .™ 59, | “I will stop the train,” he answered, | mation: set at work.”--News. had barely crossed the ravine when | swinging his red lantern about his| He became well acquainted with Es the bridge gave way and the engi-} head. He ran down the track to-|the men who committed the mur- No Fool Remedies for Him. ( neer and fireman escaped with slight | ward the ravine and conductor | der and told them that there was a Brown: “I can tell you what will | GR | injuries. The falling cars dragged the engine half way back and it hung over the gorge with its iron front ; j eure WV. re eo] rich old rebel over in Jackson coun-} cure your cold, ty, Mo., who had plenty of money, sand if they would Dumley. You take a big drink of flaxseed tea to-night at 9 o'clock and go to bed.” Rodgers, who watched the red light twinkling in the distance, saw it sud- denly disappear. Then there was a | mules and neg projecting into the air and with the | second crash which made the bluffs go, he would help them rob him. Dumley: “Nonsense; Tm on iny | STAI rails twisted about like iron serpents. | on the north echo and re-echo and | There were eicht of the men and | Way to seea doctor now. When I} 4 The Wabash engine was broken in | awoke the sleeping people at Ran- | they ali consented. They soon reach- | ™ sick I don’t take fool reme- | fragments and the cab was reduced} dgiph. ‘The brakemen had risked |ed their destination and Quantrell | dies.” Plows; to aheap of splinters. Twenty cars. | their lives to save the train and both | told them] up to the Dumley later. i almost annihilated, filled the ravine }| were Jost. house and inspect the situation. The | have got a severe with fragments of wood from side} Engineer Ben McClelland, of the Jaen remained behind, and the lead- Physician, | to side. From the bluffs skirting Wabash transfer leaped fromthe cab | er went to. the Morgan's | Very bad, particularly ai tl the bottoms a roaring torrent swept | yhen he saw the red light way hous He call and told | Of the . Had it lon Spoor 1er Patent Collar! down the ravine and toldin its angry } most in front of the engine. Fire-| him that his crowd would be there Dun accents the cause of the disaster. man Luther Dawson attempted to |at tiv o'clock to rob him and that Physici: : the head or| —PREVENTS CHAFING Over the scene the shadow of } do the same thing and stepped on | he a: eather in |! the chest | ER breaking clouds fell like a black cloth | gy6 ey gine step just as the engine | tl Tneet Dumley: “It's got me both ways, | | on two distorted faces. These start- plunged through the weakened and {t , | doctor. | c ed from the heap of debris into the | jyoken structure into the ravine. He . said Quan- Physic “Um; Jet me try your | night like shapeless masks. They loosed his hold and was thrown al = ihe lead sand the lungs. (Doetor siezes. Dumley with nN Mivineesen Neck, has two rows ot stitching, will hold Hames in were the faces of Brakemen E. C.J most thirty feet, landing insafety on | moment I step into the door, fire} What is known in Graeco-Roman place better than any other collar. WH}; Armstrong and Y. Royston, who | the oy i es ae wrestling parlance as the grab-him- A TAY ES FR’ gs : y , » opposite side of the ravine. Head Sar 8 &S< ; x WA/ &s fj lost their lives while attempting to})}pakeman A. MeHuch and rear d-chuek-him-over-your-head i f flag the Wabash train. Half covered mad eeuacran him hold aud listens mtently for | \ \ 1 up by water and pinned to the bed ie ea nu ininutes. Um; appetite good?” | | | | : | | Hi) of the ravine by heavy beams por- tonductor W. } *“Dumley: *Fairish.” i { { { . i} tions of the bedy of Emil Strohm, a Jp Rockwell an thei cn Phy : “Um; sleep well.” } | | | 3 H | tramp, could be plainly seen. His boas eup at the head Dumley: ‘Havent slept a wink ! y | \ | | | 3 right arm, red with blood, was thrust Mournful cries rose from thie of the eight men, and when the door |for two nights; neither bas my | = : ‘ 3 }) through a heap of debris and his tist vine when the upro: was reached he stepped « ite.” | Soleagen +) was clenched tightly as if invoking heed uel nen Physician: “Wife troubled | ‘ ‘f curses on the fates which had made astern sky \ ee Gold. toot? | a Jt him a social outcast and brought | ,, Ly, but the fors foarte Nese oy a Dun Vee troubled rth | j him to such an end. All day long, ri, only a short distance away, made | into the woods, and the next day mine.” | Wat 1} while the morbid crowds gathered the depth of the ravine very black. | Quantrell found ertelling Physician: “Um; let me feel of | ‘ || and the wreckers worked at the top | Phe stream at its bottom was still | him of the mur brothers | Vouutongue=—er— Wslouldvsny, Bee Prevents braking at end of chp, and loops of the ghastly heap, the arm pro- emptying vast quantities of water | shot him. your tongue snd feel your pulse. | ml ‘ jected and at nightfall the body had from the highlands into the river “Morgan Quantrell a Um; yes; pulse feeble and tongue from tear ine out. ae not been ee . The trainmen, regardless of danger, | horse, a gold watch and 500 in| coated. Where did you get this | At about 5 o'clock inthe afternoon sprang into the heap of steaming de- | 1 nd the daring career which | cold?” ik if e = eure = es taken from the bris with lanterns, but their search | made him so noted v coinmenced. Dumley: “I went over in Pennsyl- | t i ya is debris. George aa ge of the was in vain. Finally the cries be-| He soon found men ready to follow | vania last week and I think I got it | SOUTH SIDE SQUARE BUTLER mo it Hannibal = aaa 8ST neath the debris ceased. Nothing him. They were just as indifferent | there.” ; : a0 ee oles aon ity, a ormer } was heard but escaping steam, the | to death as their leader. He wasvery | Physician: “Um; yes, people can't ae pa e em It was cries of night birds and the monot- | kind to them. and they would follow be too careful abou ing to Penn-! Hibelieved then that the two Rock onous rippling of the water through | him into any danger.” sylvania. Throat sore? 7 Island brakemen, the Allegheny City iho mined ents: — Dumley: “It’s getting sore, doc- | ¢ tramp and the Bevier miner made up Life Ina R n Prison. tore 4 p ithe complete list of the dead, but at ate Salen Herb Pills. A Russian army officer who was Physician: “Um; taken anything 7 \¢ fs 11 o'clock an unknown man was] an Ware yellows qe “pastipated | condemned to “kartoga” for an as-| yet?” | | s found beneath the Rock Island en-} appetite, look out your liver is out of |sault eommitted in a moment of Dumley: “No.” | 5 ‘gine’s tender. Benjamin Norris, a ee pone boson oko Bee oe excitement, and who was fpardoned| Physician: “Um; well, Mr. Dum- i colored roustabout from Chillicothe, fyou. Price 25 cts. by the czar after several years’ de- |], -night at 9 oclock. y ke a} $ 0 z 3 > 3 ey, to-night at 9 oclock. you take a BUY Your who was stealing a ride on the 3tt yy Pyre & Crumry, Agent- | tention, described the Opega prison, big drink of hot flaxseed tea aud go | é abash train, barely escaped death. where he was confined. as follows: to bed. In the morning I think you Half a Dozen Villages Involved. Denver, Colo., May 22.—Suits have He was taken from the debris and “For smoking and minor offenses | will be all right.” ent to the Wabash hospital in this b 7 ae aa of that sort. a prisoner could be Dumley: (gratefully): “Thanks, | iH. me pe as een begu D e ; ; : \ ity. Engineer C. W. Velsir and 5 a he . e United States made to kneel for two hours on the | doctor, how much?” | z a court acainst ninetv-seven farmers. = ‘Firemen C. J. Snyder of the Rock ane eae BY meas even “armers- | bare, frozen flags. The next punish-| Physician: “Two i sland train were slightly injured. = a a aa = San Luis valley. | ment for the same minor offense was | —New York Sun. : 4} It was 3:58 by the clock in the cab | © “82s ot aimed by = Datch the black hole—the ‘karzer’—the Dum! 2 eer id the Rock Island engine when En- | CO™P8HY cattec the United States | warm one and the cold one, under- one pe a ee igaee i itineer C. W. Velsir pulled back the Freehold land and Immigration com- round. witha temnpenntire abi lending me Brown, about 2 month | {h ottle and the train rumbled away | P8"Y- The Dees involve half'a doz- ing point. In both prisoners slept oo ole BOOTS AND SHOES ‘rom Randolph toward Kansas City | ©” villages, including San Luis, the on the stor nd the srowsa ret oepeciyely): etme fi f sas y eee c the sto nd the aie ere Bs | ireman C. J. Snyder was throwing | CURtY seat of Costilla county. The ced th pleas es S A - > * wee = = = miev: “Yo: vere a little { ; ‘shovel full of coal into the furnace caer pouens ” ot tor were puns Pia. wn WSR Gea tik fl iy #rhen Head Brakeman E. C. Arm at re - ee : Hfteen | eo. 4g after which ther ue i : * Won F eink have box ddd AS PA 4 i 4 ‘trong stepped from the coal tender aa or BOR SOLeInOr were literally dragged out into day- seas Hee panei Eu ues oe “ i: $500. iS eran as ivins 2 = ale . = 5 to the cab. Just at that moment | *” : Lit iii grant Me enema light and th en di d to th and is to import horses from th bhe engine rattled upon the fatal | ™*"* ee) CIES es Reaubien by the wh and suffering are nited States Lord Rosebery Where you car es repres k * batle and the men felt it shaking | S°Ve™@°r of Mexico for a team of Ghtae conan mport two < Hawk trot- rie G 5 e : shaking ie aD Ss onfine- i to se pneath them. “Leap for your horses and a buggy. fo Sn Ghee peieeenen. di, ee ee a convince ; > shouted Engineer Velsir, as A young man propo std for the | Prison was 30 per cent per annum. at Bae Leg =e Cruon a Bip reversed the lever. The en hand oii As she | It must not be thought that those Ane 3ain en siuneay : hed the east bank of the r: i i ee ° ace es rele : ee zi pes pee r ted he “I await your | on whom rane ies of this kind were | ysed Electric bitters v most happy ; jst as the men sprang from the ¢ vith bated breath.” The girl eted were hardened desperadoes. | results. My brother was very low = os 1 Tt ” . = } ee - op ae etic: : Pd J 'rEw ahs pis ere was a roar behind them like | who is a good deal of a humorist,| We incurred them if we saved a| with Malarial fever ; Jaunnice fee Ie EE ; ie ecuar geofa = of artillery, a Well. Mir. 2 will have | morsel of bread from dinner for the | but was cured 6; use of edicine. Am satisfied it sav- tch was found ona Cats Bue Sera Sy hing | SUPPer: oF i ed his hfe.” er another - | Cave Ind., says, He : . : Hhee. Just as Napoleor | One. fo in eves he wouid have e always bravest in ti |months in s onfinement in | been for Electric B . so were the railroad men who | one of th < cells. and came out! ped from the wrecked Roc blind nd train. the director went we ally began Sn NP Ne