Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-26
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/ q Terri bic s0uae IN n zEaEIroud CnF-E5na-
senEsrH Feuned Up gFitt a4Hnatie.
I LoHdon Bapor gives narrative Of q terrible
scene wish lztsly occurred ir a rail- 77av ear On
the read from Liverpool t5 London. u.6sr, fvo
passengers were attacked by 3 main1su ana had
8 uarreT escape With their lives. The story is
as .ol0Es:
Two tTsvelsrs, 1fr McLstn and : lfr Yor
land, took seats in g seco1d-cass eauisgs bv the
F'zidsy nighs express from Liverpool 70 London
iH The same compartment were Is m0ody-l0oking
1rsh1lan and 81 elderly woman. The Iri5hman
sst bT oHs windoWs The w0Dlsn near the oshsr,
and ths fW1 msa between. Until fhs train had
passed Bielcblsy the ssdssa passenger vas hardly
noticed hy the ctssrs Is is Tue that be has
new ard agaiu talked 30 himself sonswhat
dsgceiT, and sossaed 20 b. ftTsstsHiug az iuvisi-
be fee. &r. Mclean and df WoFlaud glanced
st him, and then eorsiauad iz friendly chat
Nov, i 50 happened shat sha nan had been in
ss1o. and vas Tap.dly growing i1sans again 4
Wld noii1n was iasE acq-iEing The strength of
hIsd iass. The two men in fsniiiar chat yvers,
IN hfs mind, thieves, planning hsW ttey could
rob him, and be was resolving to be The first ia
the feid
TbsTs was sons method IA BIZ madness. f-r
Re postponed the sxecatan of his ProisCs anil
he iraia had isiriy started on its last run %
L1-s7u. A. soJlf ~ it let's efc1lsv fh7 14r-
aisc, drew q lz8iss and stabbed Mr. Werlau3 il
fEs head Ae dreW 5sCk his arm &C. ressss Tie
sE-oks, WhUa ar 2eLzs,l, Eh0 seems to have
asd his wits z5out bill. kn)cE q hin back MO
hz za2t SrrtHging Fp, he mzaae made az
0sH ar dsEh-st BE asw iuFaus bic Fnriaud. ant
bors ha vas t9slsd again - EcLsen, who
gTip7af his ilraat and MS armed bsad, gBd a
csoss combat began. Alt tha tma i5 3 trsn aaw
raUid ? throaEH tHa county,. TIE woman ait-
lir & near sire yTiadoF had dlns ali she could 70
sisTm tte ariyrr ~ HzaB,i9g Her screams 0u tre
rCruTnE siT, sEd now l4V iusaHstals from the
-Esetl tsTr-r The ms7usu dTsw ths blaze
o be knife thrsugs sbe Singers Of Mclean, and
thrust with it wildly.
WCraud had now reTaiued hi5 ssuscs and he
at cnea eEtsred iHt1 the Csubas getting behind
5he -aadu,sur and lhrsWiug him i5Hn The ma
macs Ye.l5 we're souesT than those Of ihs we
Hasn, tbsy were eostiuusus, bat neither gusTd
or driver beard t=am. And so the traE-Sy c5ntfu-
ned one lsng aet, aTaTiaF maniac held d3wn
BY I'VE ms1 AZ e0Fssed with blo7d. Egbtsd by
s-dim lamp and tas gray dawn. For forty long
Hailes this scene Iss.cd, seen by none except
th1Bs engaged 10 t-e strife, pu'ii ticket coliee-
tor, hastily spenirg the dl1-, saw tae two gash-
ed and bagzard men bending over the exhausted
mailman on the bI0o1s.aiued 3o1r
Stree the Frsneh police found TIE body Of q
murdered judge iu a railway cariags, nothing
80 tsrihle has oceHrs5. OF coarse tee mad
nan, for hs mast have been mad, was taken be-
fors . maEi1trsss sHd there he gave as reason
Ter his e0aduCt, tho explanation ws haFe airssdy
nsnLioRsd-hs thought The two usn gFers shout
TO rob aia- he turns out % bo an Irish school
master, Michael Lyons BY name, coniag 70
Lsudan on mixed orrand Of business aud
pleasure lit i5 ssii chat be has been eonfued
IL AZ asylum for ysar, and, Of coarzs, every
iEquiry viii be made iuts his past life sud char
sster Heis nov Ia th3 Backs c1untv isiL