Show bright policemen tien during the early period of the work on the panama canal many persons persona were injured by jumping on and off trains in motion on the panama rall rail road there were on the zone police force many west indians who were trained and capable men but incurably literal an was issued to tho the force borce to arrest any person found juiia jumping on oil or off a train in motion and the next day two west indian policemen brought into a police station a white man who was struggling Il to break away from them what have you arrested him for asked the police sergeant who basou was on duty for jumping on and off the rear of a train sah one of the policemen re plied piled the blamed fools cried the arrested man im the brakeman youths companion |