NP, HT 4/3/1865

From the Houston Telegraph
 
April 3, 1865
 
   When the {Houston & Texas} Central Train was coming down, last Thursday, they found some obstructions which had been placed on the track, between Hockley and Cypress. They were discovered in time to prevent a serious accident. As the cars came to a halt, Mr. Burton, the conductor, instantly unshipped some horses, which were mounted by some cavalrymen, and the country in the immediate vicinity scoured. The result was five German boys and two German men were "scared up," out of the grass, flanked right and left, and compelled to surrender. Whether all, or a portion only, of the prisoners were engaged in the nefarious design, remains to be seen. They were brought to this city for trial. Mr. Burton deserves much credit for his generalship in this instance. The only reasons assigned by the boys for this act, was that "the cars had killed their cos." These are the facts as related to us.

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