He Was A Scout

Plttsbure Times. "Died, in Pueblo, Mexico, March 3, 1885, James Z. Young, formcrly of Baltirnore." Tlrs notice, which appoars in the Balliinore Snn of to-day, records the close of a life which was full of adventures and romance. Captain James 'L. Young was a native of England, but came to Balt more when a boy. His first employment was in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad compauy. He was for some years a baggage-niaster between Baltimore and VV heeling. But he possessud a dar'ng nature, which dangerous enterprises attracted. The spirit of adventure led him west while still a young man, andhebeeame an intímate friend and comrade of the great Indian scout and hunter, Kit Carson. One of Captain Young' s feats at that time was a ride of 220 miles from Fort Laramie to the nearest military station, which he made on horseback in three and a half days, unparalleled speed over such a route as he traveled. In telling the story of this ride to his friends he said his half-wild coursers flew like the wind over prairie and through forest. He rode down three horses in making the run, taking the saddle and bridle off the exhausted steed and transferring them to another which he caught. The seeond horse gave out as they reaehed the bank of j a small creek, on the opposite of side which he saw horses grazing. He had to earry the saddle over on his own shoulders, wading the creek, and catching a fresh horse. Captain Young's friends, to whom herecounted the adventure, do not recollect the object or further circumstances of the ride. The time was about 1856. Soon after he was captured by the Comanches, and lived with them three years, conforming to their Indian ways and making himself a popular favorito until a chance to escape offered, when he bolted. The beginning of tho war found him in Texas. He had had enough of exciting times, however, for a few years, and it was not till the last year of the war that he abandoned pursuits of peace and bccame a Texas ranger. After the war he went to Mexico, and for over eightsen years past he was the steady and reïiable traveling inspector of the Mexico and Vera Cruz railroad. At the wreek of a train fourteen years ago, by the breaking through of a bridge near the City of Mexico, which was a terrible accident, attended with great loss of life, he saved many women and children, piunging into the water and snatcning them half drowned from the wrecked cars in the water. He contracted rheumatism and other ailments by his exposure on this occasion, and his health was never robust afterwards. About six years ago the train on which he was running wasattacked by robbers. A dozen or more greasers as the Mexicans are called, got aboard in the City of Mexico, and a few miles out they sl:pped the englne from the passenger and baggage cars, stopping them, and plundered from tho express car 868,000 in silver. They killed the conductor and left Captain Young for dead, fclled by a wound on the head from the butt of a musket. At another time the train robbers made a noose of a telegraph w re around his neck and were about to hang him. He was sure nis jitsi uuur uau come, anu wnen tney taunted him with fearing death in that way he told them it was all one whether he "was hanged or shot, for death soon comes to all." The robbers admired his stoicsm, and spared hls life. The captain of the band is now, it is said, in a good poaition under the Mexiean goverument, train-robbinghaving been uearly put down by the present government, and there being less proflt and saiety in it than formerly. Captain Youna: left a Mexican wife, to whom he willed his property, and his mother and brother, W. H. Young, live at Painesville, U., the brother being passenger conductor on the Fainsville & Yonngstown railroad. He was formerly a conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio betweeu Baltimore and Washington, anct he ha i raüroaded in India and África. He has just returned from Mexico, which he visited on the death of his brother.