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There were other passengers that Conductor Beb might have been interested in. At Eger, Truksa's wife got on. He pretended not to know her. At other stops along the line, more people boarded the train, including the wife and children of Engineer Jaroslav Konvalinka, up ahead in the cab. Some of the new passengers seemed nervous. Two or three sat down in Truksa's compartment, others near by. A few, as if by accident, sat down near the hand brakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Comrade Beb Takes a Trip | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

...Franzensbad, Truksa got out to stretch his legs on the platform. At the same time Engineer Konvalinka got down from his cab and slipped between the tender and the baggage car, shutting off the airbrake line (this meant that no one would be able to stop the train by pulling the emergency brake). As Konvalinka got back into his cab and started the train, Truksa followed him into the cab. He whipped out his pistol and trained it on the fireman, a Communist, and ordered him to lie face down on the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Comrade Beb Takes a Trip | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

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