Few years back when I was still in Starkville, bunch of people in and around Louisville got caught brewing the white lightning. Twas meant to be my reference.
John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 - April 30, 1900) was an American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). On April 30, 1900, he alone was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi on a foggy and rainy night. His dramatic death trying to stop his train and save lives made him a folk hero who became immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African American engine wiper for the IC. Due to the enduring popularity of this classic song, he has been the world's most famous railroad engineer for over a century.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_0-0" class="reference"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></p>