N&W in 1910--Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive???

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"Interest in the uneven race seemed to take the breath from the people, who as in every case of the kind, wanted to see the prisoner get away, no matter what he was charged with."

What do you think that was all about?

Mike Weeks
Greenville NC


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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
March 3, 1910
 
JUMPS FROM TRAIN AND OUTRUNS BULLETS
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Italian After Shooting Clerk in Hand Escapes From Officer Who Arrested Him
    Thousands of people have read of shooting scrapes in this section, but yesterday morning at St. Paul about two hundred people had a chance to see a human target running as fast as he could from an officer who fired four shots after him while several were shouting for someone else to shoot.  Fortunately for the Italian, no one else had fire arms and he made good his escape for the time being.
    The Italian, who will have to be nameless as he left without divulging his identity, was arrested at Dante where he had shot a clerk in the hand.  Officer Kelly of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio police was taking the man to Lebanon to the county jail and was seated in the Norfolk and Western first class coach when the Italian, who was handcuffed on one hand, asked to be allowed to go into the smoker.  The officer agreed to this and walked behind the prisoner until he reached the platform, when the man made a flying leap from the train and started on the run before the officer recovered from his surprise.
    Immediately pulling his gun the officer went after the Italian, while all of the passengers in both the Norfolk and Western and Clinchfield trains put their heads out of the windows to see what was going on.  Interest in the uneven race seemed to take the breath from the people, who as in every case of the kind, wanted to see the prisoner get away, no matter what he was charged with.  Four shots were fired at the man, but when the train left the place the man was still uncaptured.
    The sight, said passengers on train No. 2 yesterday afternoon was a thrilling one and everybody expected to see the running Italian drop every time the pistol cracked, sending a leaden messenger after him.
    The shooting occurred 9 o'clock yesterday morning just as the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio and Norfolk and Western trains had met at St. Paul, the junction point between the two roads.
 
Gordon Hamilton

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