Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05
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Passenger train No. 6 on the Wabash,
ST. Louis and Pacific Railroad arrived
at Chicago on Sunday an hour and
half late, in charge of maGman. Out
of the twelve or fifteen men-ofticers
and citizens-who finally secured him,
one officer is dead shot through the
body; another probably fatally wound
ed. several citizens are injured and the
lunatic himself lies in the hospital NOR
tally hurt, with three bullets In his
body.
Shortly before noon dispatch was
received from Chenoa, ILL.,, from con-
ductor Putnam, saying he had an insane
man on his train, who had possession OF
one car, and that the police at Kansas
CITY, Jacksonville and Peoria were all
afraid to take him, and asking ten or
twelve policemen to arrest him when
they arrived in Chicago. Nine officers
i'm uniform and five in citizens clothes,
under the command of Lieutenant
Laugh, made up the squad. The train
was delayed, as was subsequently
learned, by Intellectual efforts to capture
the lunatic. After considerable anx-
ious speculation as to the condition OF
things on 6oaad No. 6 the officers were
finally anything but treasured by a
dispatch from suburban station, warn
ing them that the maniac was well
armed and would resist desperately.
A little later "No. 6" appeared in
sight and the police separating so as TO
form two squads awaited its arrival on
either side of the track. People hang
ing half way out of the car windows
were seen to gesticIlate wildly to the
crowd. Before the train had come to
standstill dozen passengers had
Jumped 20 the ground and fled, looking
backward with blanched faces. Officer
Barrett, who was the first to observe
the lunatic, was standing near the rear
end of the smoking car. The mailman
with leveled revolver glared at him
from the front platform OF the chair
car, one car length distant. Barrett
turned half round aud stopped instantly,
but he was too late. a ball from the
lunatic's revolver struck him in the side
and i'm five minutes he was dead. One
look at the maniac was enough TO satisfy
any one that while his ammunition
lasted he woIld not be taken alive.
The officers, after removing Barrett,
began "A fusiade through the windows
of the smoking car, where the mailman
had taken refuge. After a minute or
two he plunged out on TO the platform,
fired couple of shots into the crowd,
leaned from the train and dashed do WI
Fourth avenue. Officer Laughiin
started in pursuit and the lunatic fired
at him the last shot in his weapon, but
without effect. The maniac then stop
ped and awaited Laughlin's coming
with cleaning eyes and lrothing
mouth. They clinched, the officer trip
ped his prisoner and both fell, the mad
man meanwhile beating Laughlin un-
mercifully Oh the head with his re-
volver. The rest OF the squad arrived
shortly aud the maniac was secured.
When he realized that further resist
ance was useless he grew calm and said,
quite nationally, that his name was
Louis Reaume, that he was thirty-three
wears old and was en- route to his home
in Detroit from Denver.
The trainmen tell L thrilling story OF
the trip from Kansas City. When the
man boarded the train at that place he
remarked that people were after him to
lynch him and that if left alone he
would modest no one. At Ell Paso, ILL.,,
he became violent and with revolver in
hand ordered the train men to cease
making some changes in the makeup
of the train. The passengers all left
the chair-car, which the mailman made
his quarters, and were locked into the
others. No one dared approach the lu-
matte, after he had exchanged several
shots with the City Marshal he ordered
the train to proceed and from there to
Chicago his will was the only law
obeyed.