N&W in 1909--Passengers

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
December 5, 1909

RUSHED INTO TRAIN FLEEING FROM ARREST
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Not Known, However, That Officers Were After Man Who Created Excitement on No. 17

    Train No 17 furnished quite a little excitement when it arrived in this city last night.  As a general rule the train steals in and unloads its passengers with less fuss than any other train which arrives or departs in Bluefield. Not so last night.
    When No 17 pulled into Ingleside a man who gave his name as Amazon* Lacey ran into the train, shouting that they were after him.  He slid into a seat and hid himself behind the cushions.  Not satisfied with that protection he pulled down the curtains, saying that they were going to shoot him.  The conductor on the train telegraphed Bluefield for instructions and the police met the train and took the man off.  At first it was thought that he had been drinking, but investigations showed that he was sober.  He claims that he got into some trouble with a magistrate at McDowell, W. Va., and that a felony warrant was issued for him there.  In his lucid moments at the jail last night he said that the police were after him.  Whether or not the man is guilty of any felony is not known here.  It is thought that he simply was acting under the impression that someone was after him.
    The case will be investigated by the local police and if the man is in need of medical attention it will be secured.
    One of the passengers who was on the train says that he heard a man crying murder just as the train pulled in, but thought that it came from a little back of Ingleside.  It is not thought that this man's case was so bad as the man who was taken care of by the police, but it is likely that both have good imaginations.
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*Microfilm blurred.  Best interpretation shown.

[According to a 1915 Official Guide No. 17 was a local that originated in Lynchburg at 1:15 p.m., arrived in Bluefield at 7:35 p.m. and terminated at Welch at 9:50 p.m.]

Gordon Hamilton
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