MADMAN ON AN ENGINE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 14

MADMAN ON AN ENGINE.

i'JJt- etniggla)foi' life an, engimwlriver'?and '■}s. :.i'egTo":Xstdker, -who' "had', suddenly :gone ! :orazy , the. train. "Basidashing > alongjatV-SO.jiilee Jan' 'hour, it;was:neEJLHOTidian.iMississippi; on the ' Mobile'randi , Ohio''.railr(iad;' , 'and \theietrng-r' .gle,eiided: : in;the.death of. the 'madman. , '■'■

stober.jw.holwos'a powerful .mi|ktto,;had, .beenithrpwing coal on.the'nre; vwhen suddenly - he dropped- his. shovel' and' attacked the ;,driyer,-; screaming ,'otit he: was giringto put' him in. the furnace.. ..The lat;tor,: who .was■: sitting- ofi;'his; boi,Vkeeping ;a ';■; ■look-out', ' with '■ hie.iKanoV\on' : the -ky<x, : .thing to stop■:the-onrash.; of.'the train'.;,,;.: :,Tho•;.mulatto; grappled'with, him. aid floored';him',-.' strugifle, vSnsued;-the driwsr fighting.f«jif;Ms life' in ."ih'e-'swaying.':oab of;tho-;unguided.engine. :(Pwioe. the negro got "the .'driver dowaand '.'th'ruet • hdm towards;the' , open '.door 'of--the furnace";': but finally. % the {.driver, i' in ■ • 'on access .'of.strength, , hnrled the:'madman . ;'engineivtrnd;, then.!iri :hia. exhausted istale-■: pulled-:.' the;;lever 'and .Bteppei,>.the.'.train,;, ;■■ iliFhiin; ;the.' train .lia£as'vweiit';!T>ack; to ;look; for. : the : stoker 'they.;.fpnndthe .■was , - dedd:-withvhia neck ;bwkeE.i'V;^,;;.v';W;V^';';c; , ;': .■..1^;.',■..■;••■■,■.•,.;