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Jersey City. It was night, and a very dark night at 

 that. One of the passengers was found to have lost 

 his ticket. The conductor refused to accept his ex- 

 planation. He must pay his fare a second time or 

 leave the train. He refused to submit to the outrage. 

 He was hustled to the platform; but no effort was 

 made to stop the train, which at this moment swept on 

 to .the open bridge which crosses the Hackensack river 

 on the outskirts of Jersey City. Another push from 

 the ruffians in charge of the train, and the man was 

 thrown to the floor of the bridge. The momentum of 

 the train made it impossible for him to secure a foot- 

 hold upon the bridge. He rolled helplessly over the 

 side and into the river, where he was drowned. There 

 was no one to blame, in the opinion of the officials of 

 the road, and every effort was made to prevent an in- 

 vestigation and " keep the matter quiet." No one was 

 punished. The murdered man had dared to refuse to 

 pay twice for his ride, and his life was forfeit to the 

 company. 



Another instance is that of a man who embarked 

 upon a train in a neighboring State, and was too drunk 

 either to pay his fare or to answer the questions of the 

 conductor. The train was stopped, and he was thrust 

 from it, at a considerable distance from any station. 

 In his helpless condition he staggered on to the track 

 and fell upon it in a drunken stupor. An hour later, a 

 train, following that from which he had been ejected, 

 ran over him as he lay on the rails, and killed him. 



In the State of Vermont, not long since, an old lady 

 and her daughter, believing that railroad tickets are 

 " good until used," took passage on one of the night 

 trains on a certain road, and, securing berths in the 



