TIED TO THE RAILWAY TRACK.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3544, 4 August 1920, Page 6

TIED TO THE RAILWAY TRACK.

i Georgé NT.’ Underwood, of C:lrroliton, MO,. was tied to a. railroad track. ‘south of Excelsior Springs on the _night of June 17. His left arm and

‘leg were severed by a. Wabash train five minutes after the bandits had left him.

Underwood, describinghis terrible experience. said he volunteered assistance when he saw two men stop a large touring car and began tam-*;pel-ing with the exfgfine. The men, he said, forced him into the car, took his watch with 70 dOIS., and took him to "the railroad track, where he was tied.

«while I wzis struggling to escape” Underwood said, ‘"‘l heard the rumble lot the approaching train. Then the !-headlight appeared and swept over ‘me. I tried to scream, but the rags ‘in my mouth throttled my voice. The itrain was coml'fig on, and I felt my ‘mind was going. The mental torture [seemed to be overwhelming. As the ‘engine came within a few rods of me ‘I threw all my strength into another ‘attempt to escape My right hand iwas free at last, and I tore the gagf from my mouth, screaming. Then I‘ Hossened my right leg and swung‘ ‘partly free from the track, but my‘~ left foot and hand Were too tightly] bound to be released. !

“Something seemed to sting my en-' Lire‘ body. I could not hear my own voice above the roar of the train as it chopped off my foot and hand. I suppose I fainted for a moment, but soon I was screaming again. A farmer came from somewhere and helped me untie the baubed wire which was still partly strung -around by body.