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Show SOLVE MYSTERY Of CMfMLf. Man Who Had as Many Lives as a Cat Laid Low. Special agents of the Oregon Short Line Friday morning unraveled a ifivstery in Davis county, accounted for four men strtck by the fast trains, laid lew a phantom track walker of Ccnterxllle and brought relief re-lief to many engineers. For several nighia the fast train crews arriving in this city have reported re-ported that -J man was struck near the C'enterville station, that the air was applied and the train slopped ami hacked to the spot but no trace of the injured man could be found. Tho air being applied by the startled engineers en-gineers to the swiftly moving train caused the passengers to be toppled over, t.i say nothing of the delay, the acthn on the nerves of the cn-ginemen cn-ginemen and (he wrath of the passengers. pass-engers. So the secret service men of the big system were put to work on the case after four men had been reported ns being struck. The detectives scnt to Centerville and from a small boy graJually learned the secret. At dusk it has been the custom of a crowd of boys tu move in a body to the railroad track, rpoii the approach of the fast train they would place upon the end of a limg polo a straw man who would seemingly move up the hank, and be struck by the engine. Before Be-fore the train could be slopped and backed up the boys would disappear with their burden. The parents of the hoys nre alleged al-leged to have promised that the dangerous dan-gerous practice will be slopped but owing io trie criminality of the pro ceedlng and tho fact that the sudden stoppage is liable to result In very serious damage to persons and property, prop-erty, the matter is being very carefully care-fully investigated and the bovs may have to pay pretty severely for their fun. It Is possible that the laws relating re-lating to attempts to wreck trains can be applied in this case which would mean a jail sentence for the perpetrators I |
