t)egan to totter and soon fell from the platform…

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E. W. Leachperson

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a.k.a. Leach, the conductor

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nd  Pullman  conductor  run  out 
of  the  Pullman  car,  and  following  them  was  a 
man  with  a pistol  in  his  hand,  and  to  the  horror 
of  those  in  sight  they  saw  the  pistol  leveled  on 
the  conductor  and  fired.  It  was  seen  at  once 
that  the  conductor  was  shot,  for  imediately  he

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t)egan  to  totter  and  soon  fell  from  the  platform. 
After  falling  he  was  dragged  200  yards  by  the 
bell  rope,  which  had  in  some  way  become  wrap- 
ped around  his  arm.  When  he  was  reached  he 
was  about  dead,  giving  only  two  or  three  groans. 
The  train  was  still  running,  and  would  not  have 
stopped  had  not  the  hostler  of  the  engine  that 
brought  in  the  Memphis  train  realized  the  situa- 
tion and  blowed  the  “down  whistle,”  upon 
which  the  train  pulled  up.