. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . )y the rebels. He was thenliving ;it Mt. Airy. Thi^. (confederates raided the place and two of Stuartscavalrymen rode up to the Diffey homeand asked for him. They pretended thatthey were Union soldiers and had animportant message to deliver. Mrs. Diffey recognized one of them,^Billy Dorsey, who was a formerschoolmate. While she stood in the doortalking to them, her husband kneelingbehind her directed that she state thathe had left during the afternoon on aspecial train and would not return forseveral days. During the conversation Mr. Diffeyand a telegr
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . )y the rebels. He was thenliving ;it Mt. Airy. Thi^. (confederates raided the place and two of Stuartscavalrymen rode up to the Diffey homeand asked for him. They pretended thatthey were Union soldiers and had animportant message to deliver. Mrs. Diffey recognized one of them,^Billy Dorsey, who was a formerschoolmate. While she stood in the doortalking to them, her husband kneelingbehind her directed that she state thathe had left during the afternoon on aspecial train and would not return forseveral days. During the conversation Mr. Diffeyand a telegraph operator, Edward Masonor Charles Damon, climbed through atrap door and hid between the ceilingand roof. The Confederates believed thestory and went away disappointed, as theyhad been previously informed by aSouthern sympathizer that Mr. Diffeywas at his home. Before leaving they compelled roadsupervisor John Hipsley, track foreman. ALEXANDER DIFFEY THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 15 John C. Duvall, Charles Etchison, JohnCline and several other employes of theCompany to tear up the rails and tiesand throw them down a ninety-footembankment. While this was in progress AlexanderDiffey and the operator left the house andwent over the hills to Plane No. 1, wherethey came up with several trackmen witha hand car, which took them safely overthe single track to Marriottsville. Herethey got in touch with Baltimore and anengine was sent out to bring them fromthe danger zone. Alexander Diffey is said to have enjoyedthe distinction of being the first employeelevated to an official position. He alsofired the Mt. Clare, the first enginebuilt at the shops bearing that had six sons and two of the boys died at Mt. Airy at anearly age, but the others lived to learnthe machinist trade at Mt. Clare. Laterthey left for the west and have since died, while one is nowliving in Kansas and the o
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