The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-06-03
MASTERING A MADMAN.
Fearful Scene at n Denot In st. Louis

ASftAh0i H'Ceuc III u Dc!bOl III 81. LOUIS.
CHICAGO, May 31.-passcngcr train
No. 6, OIL the Wabash. st. Louis and Pa
cific Railroad. arrived here to-day an
hour and a half late, in charge of II mad
man. Out Of twelve or fifteen men, Of
ticcrs and citizens, who finally Sccurcd
him. one officer is dead, shot through
the body, another probably fatally in
iurcd. several citizens badly hurt and
the lHnatic himself lies in the county
hospital mortally wounded. with three
bullets in his body. Shortly before
noon to-day the station policeman Mt
the Wabash, st. Louis an:l Pacific depot
on Polk street received the following
dispatch.
"CnENoA, ILL.,, May 81 have an
insane man on my train who has posses
sion of one Car. The police at k,nSas
City, Jacksonville and Peoria were all
afraid to take him. Please send ten or
twelve policemen out on No. l to take
him when we arrive in Chicago. They
had better come in citizens clothes.
They will have to look sharp or some
one will get hurt. (Signcd,) Putnam,
Conductor No. 6.
"No. g." which left Kansas CITY last
night, was due at $50 y. NJ. There was
difficulty in starting ont No. l, as d.
rectcd in the dispatch, and it was leci-
ded 70 meet the train at the depot, eight
officers, Casey, Ryan, Murphy, Rowan,
Walsh, Strcning Dohney. Barrett and
Keenan,, in uniform, and Smith Terry,
Amstein, O'Brian and Laughlin, in citi-
zens' clothes. under command of Lieut..
Laughiin, made the squad which arriv-
nI 1t thn flnynf Ism, ,,i,rt,, lr... A..
train was due. After considerable anx-
ious speculation as to the condition Of
things on board No. 6, the officers were
finally anything but reassurcd by n dis
patch from u suburban station warning
them that the maniac was well armed
and would resist desperately.
= little later No. & came in sight, and
the police separating SO as to form two
squads, awaited her arrival on either
side Of the track. AS tho train ap-
preached the whistle sounding II mum
Der Of warnings in quick succession.
people hanging halfway out Of the car
windows were seen to gcst;culnte wild
ly to the crowd. Before the train had
come to q stan1still Il dozen passengers
jumped to the ground and fed, looking
behind with blanchcd faces.
Officer Barrett was the first to observe
the lunatic. Barrett was standing near
the rear end Of the smoking car. The
mailman with lcvr.!cl revolver, glared
at him from the front platform Of the
chair car. the lcnght of one car distant.
Barrett turned half round and stopped
instantly, but too late; II bail from the
lunatic's revolver struck him in the
side, and in five minutes he was deal.
One look at the maniac was enough to
satisfy any n that while his ammuni-
ton lasted he would not be taken alive.
Seeing this, the officers, after removing
their wounded coInrade, began a fusi-
ladc through tn" windows Of the smok
ing Car. whore the mailman had taken
refuge. After u minute or two he rush.
ed out on the platform, fired n couple of
shots into the crowd. lraped from the
train and dashed down Foarth Avenue.
Officer Laughlin started in hot pursuit,
and tho lunatic fired the last shot in his
weapon at him, but without effect. The
maniac stopped then and awaited Laugh
Inns coming with glcamin geycs and
frothing mouth. They clinched, the Of
ticer tripped his prisoner and they both
fell, the mailman meanwhile beating
Laughln numerically on the head with
with his revolver. The officer was in
citizens clothes and was set upon and
terribly pounded by an excited colorcd
man, who mistook the officer for tho
prisoner. The rest Of the squad arrived
shortly and the maniac was secured,
taken first to n cell and then to u hospi.
tai to have his wounds dressed.
When he realized that further resist
ancc was useless the prisoner grew calm
and said qnite nationally that his name
was Louis Rcumc, that he was 33 years
old and en- route to his homo in Detroit
from Denver.
The trainmen Of No. 6 tell n thrilling
story of a trip from Kansas City. When
the man boarded the train ut that place
he remarked the people were after him
to lynch him and left n lone he would
modest no one.- At FL Paso. ILL.,. he be-
came violent and revolver in his hand
ordered the traininen to cease making
some changes in the train. The passen-
gers all left their chair car, which tho
madam made his headquarters, and were
locked into the others. No une dared
approach the l~uhatic, and after he had
exchanged several shots with the city
sha!, he order the train to proceed, and
from there to Chicago his will was the
only law oooyrl.