Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-01
A PRENZIED MURDERER.
a MAD MAss 5 DESPERATE DEEDS
a Detroit travelling Salesman Creates
Great Sensation on a Wabash
haifroad Train.

CnIcass0 MAJ H.--A sIfanye story VI mar-
lsarh 1T aue AID pes.iblg to persons, de-
gel0yed here thls afternoon upon The arrival
II the k4asas CITY express, Wabash road
Before lhe train Eas das ths caty police ha.i
been telegfaQhed mat an insane man had
cleaned out toe reclining chair ear shortly
AFTER the tram lett Kansas City, and held the
tort successfully thwaTtIag aDy attempt OF
ths tram h.nlis snd authorities along the
route % secure han Lieut.. LAaghlin. three
detectives and ten policemen ~ere On hand
when the tram arrived sc $50 b. IA fierce
battle ensaed. 11ri1g xhich Con barrel, a
policeman sas kIlled ogtFI sht. The crazy
uIrdsrer Eas secured after most de-
Eeruliued struggle aud - loN at hospital
suffering frou tsO 3ounds ia the back, which
are believed ~ te fatal " hen the train left
hansas City saturday ulght al 60, Lous
houme, Is travelling agent for the American
EAzis fohacoO Works, Of Detroit,
xas one 0f the passengers. Ihecs were
about twenty people on The train hsume, Who
sss evidently the worse for liquor, had A
task 0f whisky with which he paFaded the
ears trying ~ psrsuade tho Passengers 10
drink WiIh him. When his Offers were re-
lUfalIlE
o sleek retired ~ the chair ear, Without,
however. gong %. sleep. There we're bat
three % four passengers besides him IN that
ear. These left when ksams's strange antics
became tOO obvious. A soon as kcume was
the sole occupant of the car, he evidently
determined lo remain such, aud resisted All
persnlsion- ~ the contrary by hourishlng a
huge bowie knife ia one hand and rrIng
with the other frOn a heavy six shooter.
Whenever the train stopped az stations
keuIno rotreated to the wash room firing out
of tho windows OF the closet aud threatenln :
- Kill any one that would come near the car
Between stations hs walked tho
aisle watching the doors OF the sleeper
aud passenger coaches, between which the
chair car va. run. He never slept a minute.
At Peoria. where the train changed conduct
Ors, j. %. hAzelton, Of jamestown, y. Y,
a passenger agent OF the Southern Kansas
railroad, Who va on the tram, and knew
kogme. made an attempt to quiet the mad
man down, but Hazeltou had 70 beat a hasty
retreat, 6ecau-e ne was greeted wItha de-
mOulacal yell, and the threat I'm shoot you
well ~ any other" The threat was fol-
lowed by two shots from Reume's revolver.
Some bananas prepared with morphine were
thrown into the car. keume ate them, but
the drug VA not strong enough. By this
sine the authorities all along the line had
been notified. Al FL Paso. H., the Marshal
About dozen shots We're hred
b both parties without avail The effort
then made TO sldetrack the car. % which
the mad man held sway. The sleeper was
detached. but then keume rushed out on to
the platform OF his car aud compelled the
terrified tram hands al the point of ms re-
vOlver % dezist from further interference.
At EBglewood, Valentine Shuck tried TO
board keume's ear. not knowing the state of
Affairs. lie wa warned OF by a bullet
which graized his throat without inflictlng a
-ersOus wound. At Twenty second street,
Rsome took the platform. and az Twelfth
street retired TO the wash-rOom. firing Oc-
easionaliy through the windows. A soon IA
the train reached POla street depot, the
police under Lieut.. Laughlin made rush
for the csr. The rear end of il was riddled
with bullets. Amid dying missiles, keume
dashed from the tram. firing shot at
Policeman Con Barret. who attempted 20
board the car. killing him instantly. Reume,
followed by hOWling mob headed by the
police. ran up Fourth Avenue. receiving two
shots in the back. AZ the corner Of Fourth
avenue and Polk street Reume faced his
pursuers. The mob scattered but Lieut..
Laughlin Jumped at the mad mans throat
and q terrible hand tO-hand struggle ensued.
during which Reume buried the but of his
revolver into the brave officers skull. Dur
tng the scuiila Amos Lyons. 3 negro who
Wl~tNnN AAa-Niln Tor tlt maniac. Dit the
officer a fearful blow with a brick-bat. but
the officer held ON and Reume was secured.
At the Armory he refused 10 speak. except
bv nod5ing when the questions put 10 him
we're correct Nn his person was
found cartrigs belt for sixty
shots. ~ which fifty we're gone. and forty
two-calibrs Colt revolver Of navy pattern.
From papers found on his person Il appears
Reume hVed as ~ Antelope street. Denver.
iast year. Passenger Agent Hazeltine says
Reums recently lived ia Usage County.
Kansas. he Is tD ugly character. even in
hfs sober senses. Reume WIS born thirty
three years ago az Crosse Isle. near Detroit.
being Of French Canadian parsntage. tie
b. said to be married. and the father Of a
child a year old. George Thompson. OF
Detroit. is one OF has near relatives,
keume IL az present. 9..0 =. M, IN
a dying condition At the hospital K. +
Brown. 2i2S Wabash avenue, Of this city. and
Fred :. Wheaton. of the purchasing de
partnent of Pullman Palace Car Company.
Who were among the passengers during the
terrible ride. say Reume acted 40 circum-
spect iu defense Of the ear he monOpolzed
that capture was ont If the question during
the trip. The conductor. Wm. Putnam. had
- give ap All attempts because he WAS red
ar a. 1nnu "a n-utafi nv Eaurna