New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-01
A STRUGGLE WITH A MADMAN
PASSENGERS FRIGHTENED ON A TRAIN.
RIDING FROM KANSAS CITY TO CHICAGO IN FEAR
OF THEIR LIvEs-PoLICEMEN KILLED AND

RIDING FROM KANSAS CITY TO CHICAGO IN FEAR
OF THEIR LrvEs-PoLrcEMEN KILLED AND
WOUNDED.
CHICAGO, May 31.-Passenger train No. 6 on
the Wabash st. Louis and Pacific Railroad arrived here
to-day an hour and half late, in charge Of mailman
Out Of the twelve fifteen men-oficers and civilians
who finally secured him. officer is dead-shot
through the body another probably fatally wounded,
several other persons injured, and the lunatc
himself lies in tho County Hospital mortall,'
wounded with three bullets in his body.
Shortly before noon the policeman at the
station in Poks received the following dispatch dated
at Chenoa, ILL.,:
al have insane man my train.
who has possession OF one car. The
police In Kansas City Jacksonville Peoria were all
afraid to take him. Please send ten twelve policemen
out on No to take him when we arrive in Chicago.
They had better In citizens clothes They will
have to look sharp or some one will get hurt"
This signed by Putnam, the conductor Of the train
The train which left Kansas, City last night, was
due here at $50 p. There was difficulty in
starting the relief train directed in the dispatch
and 1t was decided to meet tho train at the depot
Officers Casey Ryan, Murphy Rowan, Walsh. Strenning
Dohney Barrett and Keenan, In uniform and Smith,
Terry, Arnstein, o'Brien and Laughln in civilian
clothes, under the command OF Lieutenant Laugh,
made up the squad which arrived at tho depot ten
laycd By Intellectual efforts to capture the lunatc. the
police were forced 10 wait more than an hour.
The officers were anything but reassured by a
dispatch from n suburban station, warning them
that the maniac well armed and
would resist arrest desperately. little later
the train in sight and the police separating so as
to form two squads, awaited her arrival As the
train approached the whistle sounded a number
of warning notes In quick succession People hanging
halfway the car windows 10 gestlculate
wildly TO the crowd. Before the train had come to
standsti dozen passengers jumped tho ground and
fed. looking back with banched faces.
Officer Barrett was the first to observe the lunatc.
Barrett was standing tho end OF tho smoking
Themadman with garcd mt him from
the 'front.' platform Of the chair the length Of one car
distant Barrett turned half round and stopped Instantly
but too late ball from the lnnatlcs revolver struck
him 10 the side, causing wound from which he died in
few minutes. The officers after removing their
wounded cOmradc, began fusilade through
the windows OF the smoking car,
where the Inadman had taken refuge. He ran out
on tho platform fired couple OF shots into the crowd,
lcaped from the train and dashed down Fourthave.
Officer Laughn started in hot pursuit at him the unatic
fired the last shot IN his weapon but without effect He
then stopped there and awaited Laughlins coming The
two grapplol the officer trpped his prisoner and they
both fell, the madn1a mcanwhle beating LAughIn nh
mercifu,y on the head with hls revoVcr: inc inc
officer was In citizens clothes and was set upon
mstOok the officer for the prisoner The rest OF the officers
fan to ad 11ughlim the maniac was secured, taken
first cell and then To- the hospital 10 have hts wounds
dressed When he realized that further resistance was
useless the prisoner grewcalm and said quite nationally
that his Louis Reaumc. that he was thirty
three years old, aud the way to his home In De
trot from Denver.
The ranme that when the man boarded the train nj
Kansas Cty he remarked that people were after him to
lynch him. and that II left alone lie would moest
no one. At III Psso. ILL.,. he became violent and
revolver In had ordered the tGainmcn TO cease making
some changes I'm the makeup OF the train. The passen-
gers oil cft the chair which the mailman made M
headquarters aud were locked into the others. No
one dared approach the lunac and after he had ex
changed several shots with the city marshall ne ordered
the train % proceed aud from there to Chicago MS VIII
WAS the only law Obeyed.