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Show I II I I II IFA ' ; FA FAMOUS OUS , - h y yHEADLINE HEADLINE HUNT HUNTER4oc9t HUNTER HUNTER"Tiuo R 4oc9t 4oc9tHill [ Hill "Tiuo Tiuo "Two Two " Kinds of Men llIen illen " By FLOYD GIBBONSTODAY'S GIBBONS GIDBONS GIBBONSBODAY'S BODAY'S BODAYS TODAY'S TODAYS ' yarn comes from Samuel Brown of Dorches Dorches- Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester - - ter , and ' I'll Ill ' ' tell you the truth , I don't dont ' know of anybody anybodywho anybodywho anybodywho who has ever had a more terrl terrifying ymg experience than Sam Samhas Samhas Samhas has . You remember that old Civil ClVll war marching song that starts out out"John outJohn , "John John " Brown's Browns ' body lies a moldenng moldermg moldering m in the grave " . Well , sir , . Sam Brown could have envied his namesake John Johnat Johnat Johnat at one stage of his adventure . . He could have WISHED his body bodyu bodyIsere bodywere u Isere ere moldcrmg moldermg moldcring in some peaceful gra\c gra c grave grn : \ c , . instead Instcad of being beingBURNED beingBURNED beingBURNED BURNED ALIVE in blazing blazmg gasoline gasolme and scorching scorchmg paint and andwhIte andwhite andwhite whIte hot metal . You know , people have sat up nights mghts for months at a n time trying to tofigure tofigure tofigure figure out somcthmg somethmg something that's thats ' meaner than a hit and run driver , and none noneof noneof noneof of them have had any success yet . . . Hit and Run Driver Did It , . It ' was Tvas .as as . a hit and run driver dnver that started Sam Bro\/n Bro n Bro\m m BroTm \ / off of ! on his ad- ad adventure adventure ad adventure - venture , , but mean as he W'lS WlS w'is wis w ' ' s , , I think he'd hed ' have come back if I ! he'd hed ' really reallyknown reallyknown reallyknown known what a horrible hornble fate he had left Sam to suITerIt sufferIt suffer suITer sufferIt It happened on the he twentieth of June 1936 Sam had been out in inOhIO inOhio inOhio OhIO on a bus business mess trip and he was on his Ius way back to his home About Aboutlour Aboutfour Aboutfour lour four o'clock oclock ' that afternoon he drove through the little l1ttle town of CherryValley Cherry CherryValley CherryValley Valley , , NY N Y , , about 18 miles east of Syracuse He had hardly passed passedthrough passedthrough passedthrough through the town-had town had town - had just reached the open road on the outskIrts-when outskIrts when outskIrtswhenhe outskirts - whenhe he saw . , through his rear vlemIrror view vle\/ vle vieTt \ / mirror , . another car coming commg up behind behmd hImSam himSam him himSam Sam was going gomg : about 25 miles an hour . The other othcr car- car carwellSam carwellSam car-well car well - well-Sam well Sam - - Sam couldn't couldnt ' ' tell how fast it was going gomg , . but it seemed to tohim tohim tohim him that it "as as was " as just eating up the road . Just a glance-that's glance that's thats glance - - that's thats ' all allSam allSam allSam Sam got of the other othcr oilier car ; . Then Thcn he took his eyes off oft the mirror mirrorto mirrorto mirrorto to pay attention to the road ahead of him . He drove along another few hundreg hundred hundre $ yards-and yards and yards - and suddenly there was wasa wasa wasa a crash The other otiler car , passing passmg him , had hit Sam's Sams ' left leU rear fender . Car Headed for the Ditch . Sam felt the impact-felt impact felt impact - felt it plenty He saw the other car shoot past pasthImand pasthimand pasthim hIm-and hIm and - and then he was wrestling with his own steering wheeL HIs HIscar Hiscar Hiscar car was skidding sklddmg ' Heading Headmg for the ditch at the side of the road roadl ! In Inanother Inanother Inanother another second it was in m the dltch-turnmg dltch turnmg ditch-turning ditch turning ditch - - turning overt overtSam over ' Sam felt the car going gomg , but he was powerless to stop it it . . Over it itwcnt itwent itwent wcnt went , and suddenly , Sam found himself turned topsy turvy WHEN HE HECOULD HECOULD HECOULD COULD COLLECT COLLrCT : HIS WITS AGAIN HE FOUND THAT THE CAR WAS WASON WASON WASON ON TOP OF HIM , AND HE WAS PINNED , HELPLESS , BENEATH BENEATHTHE BENEATHTHE BENEATHTHE THE WHEEL WHEEL"Can "Can Can " you imagine imagme my terror , " says Sam , . "I I " thought of myfamily myfamily my myfamily family , who were expecting me at homc--of homc of home-of home home - - of my daughter , . whom Ihad Ihad I Ihad had just left back in m Ohio . I began to wonder if it I were injured andif andif and andif if so , . how badly . I was still half stunned and my body seemednumb seemednumb seemed seemednumb numb . . There might be any number of things thmgs wrong with mewhIch mewhich me mewhich which I couldn't couldnt ' feel because of that numbness . " And then Sam looked up toward the front of the car and forgot all allabout allabout allabout about possible injuries in the apprehension of injuries mJurles whIch-I whIch I which-if if which - if ! he hedIdn't hedidn't hedidn't hedidnt dIdn't dIdnt ' get out of that car-were car were car - - were sure to come . From rrom under the hood came a wisp of smoKe In a matter of ' 6t seconds secondsit It grew to a thick cloud and then , SUDDENLY BURST INTO FLAMEThe FLAME FLAMEThe FLAMEThe The engine engme was burning THE CAR WAS AFIRE If Sam didn't didnt ' get getout getout getout out from beneath that imprisoning Imprlsonmg steering wheel he would be roasted roastedal1ve roastedalive roastedalive al1ve alive in a matter of minutes mmutes mmutesFrantIcally minutesFrantically minutesFrantically Frantically , Sam tried trJed to move He couldn't couldnt ' Says he ' ' "In In " addition to the steering steermg wheel which was pinning plnnmg plmmng mychest mychest my mychest chest , . all the boxes bo\.es bo.es bo .es es : \ . and suitcases I had in the car had fallenon fallenon fallen fallenon on top of me when the machine machlne turned over . "The The " only thing thmg I could move was my left hand handLuckily handLuckily Luckily the HornVorked Horn \ Worked \Vorked Vorked . "I I " 1 groped around with it It-found It found - found the horn button button-pushed button pushed - pushed it ThankGod Thank ThankGod ThankGod God it worked"The worked"The worked worked"The "The The " horn let out a long , steady blast"I blast blast"I "I I " 1 kept my free hand on that horn with all the strength I could couldmuster couldmuster couldmuster muster . . It i\ i ias was vvas \ as my one chance"If chance"If chance chance"If "If If " I couldn't couldnt ' attract someone's someones ' ' attention m in the next couple minutes minutesI I would be burned to death"In death"In death death"In "In In " those moments I thought some pretty hard bard things thmgs of theman theman the theman man who had put me into mto the posItIon-and posItIon and position - and left me there to dIea diea die diea a horrible death " The horn brought help Three men heard it , and ' I'm Im ' ' giving you youtheIr youtheir youtheir theIr names because becnuse Sam thinks thmks they ' deserve credit for the brave thmg thing thmgthey thingthey thingthey they did They are Charles O'Donnell ODonnell ' and Patrick Colhns Collins of Syracuse Syracuseand Syracuseand Syracuseand and Charles Hamilton of LakeportThe LakeportThe Lakeport LakeportThe The whole front of the car was a roaring mass of flames fiames when they theyarrIved theyarrived theyarrived arrIved The fire was creeping creepmg under the car toward the gas tank and andan andan andan an explosion was due any minute But they broke the glass m in the thewmdshleld thewindshield thewindshield wmdshleld windshield and started work to get Sam outBut out outBut But HisVallet His \ Wallet \Vallet Vallet ValletVas \ Was \Vas Vas Burned Up . It was nip mp and tuck Sam was wedged m in there pretty tightly . Tbe The Tbeheat Theheat Theheat heat was blistering bl1stermg the pamt paint on the body of the car-and car and car - and blistering bhstermg Sam Samand Samand Samand and the men who v/ere v ere were / trying trymg to rescue him , . too Now they had the boxesand boxes boxesand boxesand and suitcases oft off of Sam's Sams ' ' body-and body and body - and in m another moment they werepulling were werepulling werepulling pulling him out bodily through the broken windshield wmdshield . , As they dragged him bun lum out , . Sam's Sams ' wallet fell from his ills pocketand pocketand pocket pocketand and dropped back inside the burning car . That wallet had $245 245 $215 215 $215in $245in $ z.t5 zt5 z.t5in . in it 1f , . but it was never Dever recovered . Before anyone could reach for It it , , , the gas tank , full to the cap , ex- ex exploded exploded ex exploded - - ploded with a roar and a sheet of flame fiame That was the last thing thmg Sam saw sawThen sawThen sawThen Then he lost conSCIOusnessThe consciousnessThe consciousness consciousnessThe The three men dragged Sam aside and started working on him When Whenthey Whenthey Whenthey they finally brought him bun hum to , . all that was left of the car was a blackened blackenedsmoking , smokIng iron frame Sam had the suit he was wearing wearmg , but nothingelse nothmg nothing nothmgelsenot nothingelsenot else-not else not - - not even a hat"But hat"But hat hat"But "But But " here I am nm back home again , , " says Sam 5am , "alive alive "aIlve aIlve " to tell the thestory thestory thestory story of two different d1fIerent kinds ktnds of men- men menThose . - . Those who risked rJsked their lives IJves to save savemeI saveme savemeI me-I me I - - I can never repay them for lor what whnt they did for lor me-and me and me - - and the one who whomocked whoknocked whoknocked mocked knocked ! me into mto the ditch and left me there to dIeII die II " IIWNU -WNU WNU Q-WNU Q < ; > - 0 - WNU Service , . |