Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-01
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. A MURDEROUS MADMAN Captures A Train In The
 West. TINE PURSUIT OF GERONIMO. A Loud Cry For Riel's
 Execution. THE FUNERAL OF VICTOR HUGO. A Great Strike Of Iron
 Workers.
THE FUNERAL OF VICTOR HUGO.
A LUNArIo ON A TRAIN.


 Filled with Liquor and Armed te the Teeth A Travelling Agent Bar rfcades Himself in a Chair Car and Makes the Ride From Kan- sas City to Chicago one of Deadly Peril For she Passengers.
 CHICAGO, May 31.-A strange story of murderous hallucination which resulted in the death of one and possibly two persons developed here this afternoon upon the ar rival of the Kansas, City express over the Wabash road. Before the train was due the city police had been telegraphed that an in sane man had cleaned out the reclining chair
 car shortly after the train left Kansas City
 and held the fort successfully, thwarting any attempt of the train hands and the authori-
 ties along the route to secure him. Lieuten-
 ont Laughlin, three detectives. and ten po-
 licemen were on hand when the train ar
 rived at 3:30 p. m. and a fierce battle ensued
 during which Con Barrett, policeman, was
 killed outright. The crazy murderer was
 secured after the most determined resistance
 and is now at the hospital suffering from two
 wounds in the back which are believed to be
 fatal.
 When the train left Kansas City Saturday at 6:30 p. m. Louis Reume, 8 travelling agent
 for the American Eagle Tobacco company of
 Detroit, was passenger. There were in all
 about twenty passengers on the train. Reume,
 who was evidently the worse for liquor, had
 large flask of whisky which he paraded through the car during the first few hours of the trip trying to persuade passengers to
 drink with him. When his offers were re- fused he became sullen and finally at about
 o'clock he retired to the chair car, with
 out, however, going to sleep. There were that car and these left when Reume's strange antics became too obvious. As soon as Reume was the only occupant of the car he evidently determined to remain and he resented all persuasions to the contrary by hourishing huge bowie knife in one hand and firing revolver with the other. When ever the train stopped Reume retreated to the washroom, firing out of the win dows of the closet and threatening to Between stations he walked the aisle watch ing the doors of the &car. He never slept a moment At Peoria, where the train changed conductors, J. O. Haselton of James town, N. Y., passenger agent of the South srn Kansas railway, who was on the train and knew Reume, made an attempt to quiet the madman, but he had to beat a nasty retreat as he was greeted with a demoniacal yell and the threat, stIIl shoot you, as well as any other. J The threat was followed by two shots iron Reume's revolver Some bananas prepared with morphine were thrown into the car and Reume ate them, but the drug was not strong enough. By this time the authorities all along the line had been notified and at El Paso, Ia., the marshal made an attempt tc secure the maniac About g dozen shots wore fired by both parties, but without effect An effort was then made to sidetrack the train on which Reume held sway, but he compelled the terrified train hands at the point of his revolver to desist from further interference. At Englewood Valentine Shuck tried to board Reume's car, not knowing the state of affairs. He was warned by bullet which grazed his throat without infiicting serious wound. At Twen- ty-second street Reume took the platform and at Twelfth street returned to the washroom, f Ing occasionally through the windows IS soon as the train reached the Polk street depot the police under Lieuten ant Laughlin rushed for the car, the rear end of which was literally riddled with bull | let's Amid flying missiles Reume dashed l frem the car firing shot at Policeman Bar ! reGG, WnO aCb0IQpI0u lO DOhIu tIS CdI, | him instantly Reume, followed by howl | ing mob headed by the police, ran ur Fourth avenue, receiving two shots in the back At the corner of Fourth avenue and l Polk street Reume faced his pursuers. The mob scattered, but Lieutenant Laughlln l jumped at Reumes throat and terrible hand | to hand struggle ensued, during whict | Reume buried the butt of his revolver in the l brave officers skull. During the scufie l Amos Lyons a negro who mistook Laughlir | for the maniac, hit the officer terrible blow with brick, but the officer held on and Reume was secured
 At the armory he refused to speak except ! by nodding when the questions put to him l were correct. On his person were found { 1 cartridge belt for sixty shots, fifty of which l were gone, and forty four -calibre revolver | of the navy pattern. From papers found or 1 his person it appears that Reume lived at 5t Antelope street, Denver, last year. Passen | ger Agent Haselton says Reume recently lived l in Osage county, Kan. and is ugly charac 1 ter even in his sober senses. Reume was ! born thirty-three years ago at-Grosse Isle near Detroit, of French Canadian percentage 1 He is said to be married and the father of { one-y -year-old child. George Thompson, ot l Detroit, is one of his near relatives. Reumt
 is at present Q0:30 p. m.) in dying condi | ton at the hospital. R. F. Brown ano | Fred s. Wheaton of the palace cal | company, who were among the passenger l during the terrible ride, say that Reume was so circumspest in his defense of the car he 1 monopelized that capture was out of tht | question during the trip. Conductor Will | liam Putnam had to give up all attempts be- | cause he was fired at as soon espled by