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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-04
4 DYNAMITE DEMON
FiendiSh Career of Barrand,
''the Man from Peru"
He WRECKS TRAINS FOR FUN
His Strange Mania for Destroying Human
Lite-A Wizard in Learning, He Puz-
zles Experts and Swans.

Wrecking trains with dynamite is the
favorite pastime of A1ine Louis Barrand
IT may seem a singular amusement, but
Barrand enjoys it more than anything else
in life.
He is never so happy as when sitting
upon some elevation al the edge Of a rail
road, watching an express train coming
laundering down the track right upon the
dynamite cartridges he has placed there.
But his JOY knows no bounds when the
engine explodes the cartridges, and the
scene Of horror that ensues causes his eyes
TO blaze with pleasure.
This pastime of his is by no means theo-
retical either. He carries it into effect at
every possible opportunity. Over and
over again has he been caught in the act
and many year of his life he has spent In
prison.
He is no stranger to the insane asylum
either. II is a wonder why he was ever
liberated when once securely behind the
bars. for his passion is q dangerous one.
A man who habitually travels with a
trunkload of dynamite one would think
ought 10 be kept in close confinement. Yet
this man has been liberated from Black
WELLS Island, from Flatbush Insane asy-
lum. and from au insane asylum in France.
He is crazy beyond doubt. His reasons
for blowing up I aims are freely given
whenever he is arrested.
Just for fun,'' is his answer, and he
seems TO think the whole affair magnitl-
cent joke
Barrand is now in jail at Belvidere, n. j.,
for wrecking the Lehigh Valley express,
near Kennedy, on September 9.
He has many aliases Louis Ramel is
one, but he is best known as "The man
from Peru" Other names under which
he has travelled are Henry Evans, L. d.
Barran and Henry Decourcelles, His right
name is Aline Louis Barrand.
This man has wonderful history 1t is
checkered all over with the most atrocious
crimes, If crimes they can be called, for
there can be no doubt that he is not respon-
sible for his actions.
his STRANGE CAREER.
Barrand was born in Switzerland in 1916
When he was only five years old his parents
came 10 this country and made New York
their home. While still a boy he showed
remarkable aptitude for learning, and soor
picked up not only several languages, but
thorough knowledge Of the details of 9
number Of mechanical trades. This kncwl
edge has proved Of great use to him in his
fearful schemes for wholesale slaughter il
later life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-04

Back to America he came at once and
began q career of crime that has scarcely a
parallel. For ten years he practised his
profession OF dead beat, spending his time
alternately in jail and in clover For Bar
rand had peculiar faculty for ingratiating
himself with wealthy people and bleeding
them by the cleverest kind of swindles.
Every time he was liberated from Jail he
changed his name and began his career
again. Both in New York and in Concord,
n. H., he worked his games, posing now as
q French nobleman, now as a scion of
noble English family, and now as politi-
cal refugee from Russia. The best people
received him gladly into their houses-and
repented of it. jail had no terrors for him
He would spend year there and quickly
resume business under another name as
soon as he got out.
WHERE DID BE LEARN 1T ALL!
Though it cannot be learned that he ever
attended college, he has so vast fund of
information upon every conceivable sub
ject that he was able to palm himself off
upon expert machinists as an expert, and
often gave them pointers. To doctor he
showed himself the possessor of knowl-
edge Of surgery that astonished to a
lawyer he demonstrated his familiarity
with the most delicate legal questions A
business man took to him at once from the
keen insight into commercial and financial
affairs that he showed. In short, he was
all things to all men, and was never any
thing but an expert.
After term in prison he reappeared as
Henri de Courcelles, introducing himself as
the director of the San Juan mines. at
Areouipa, Peru. This earned for him the
title of 1.-The man from Peru" He inter
ested capitalists in his mines and obtained
money from them simply on his represen-
tations of what there was in them.
One of his widest escspsdes was in 1878,
when he donated s., 900 to Lafayette col
lege. This he gave in the form of check
on q bank in distant city. President Cat
tell, of Lafayette college, to the wealthy
and highly intelligent scholar he seemed.
The college conferred upon him the honor
airy degree of LID. But the check was
dishenored and Barrand was arrested. He
was sent to jail where he developed symp
tons of insanity, and was then transferred
to the Flatbush asylum.
He got out Of there some way, but his
insanity was not cured by any means. Ir
fact association with lunatics seemed u
have developed it in an extraordinary man
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At an early age he developed symptoms
of insanity, and in 1866 he was sent to
Blackwelrs island. There he stayed for
year. His parents went to France and took
him with them. On their arrival there they
had him placed IN an insane asylum. He
was then twenty-one years old, and his in
nate shrewdness enabled him to effect his
escape.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-04
AMUSING PROBLEMS.
How To Please Host and Keep His Guests
Interested.

Every one will admit that the good diner
out. the one who knows how to tell good
story, sing song and introduce topics of
conversation that shall be of general inter-
est without being personal, is most de-
sirable person at party.
A lady was kind enough to tell me l had
saved her dinner from fiat failure the
other evening simply because | remem-
bered 10 repeat some paradcXes and puzz-
ling problems which set everybody talking
old as the hills, but go the rounds of the
newspapers from time to time, and every
body might know them if they needed
what they read"
AN APPARENT PARADOX.
cit was very amusing to listen to the dis
cussion which ensued when l asked, How
can ship sail faster than the wind?'
"Evsry yachtsmar knows that a ship can
sail faster than the wind; that is to say, il
the wind Is blowing ten knots an hour a
ship may be making twelve or fifteen knots
nm hour. Now, IL is obvious that II the
ship is sailing before the wind it cannot, al
the utmost, travel faster than the wind
itself is blowing; as q matter Of fact il
will travel much more slowly. If, on the
| other hand, the ship is sailing at an angle
with the wind, it seems at first sight thai
! the wind must act with less effect than be-
| fore, but more quickly than the wind Itself
is blowing.
''This is paradox which few, even O.
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HE KNEW EVERY ONE TOO WELL.

A story is told of him during his resi-
dence in New York, prior to 1878. He went
up the Hudson to Tarrytown and threw
his clothes into the river late at night
Then with piece Of shirt wrapped about
his loins he made his way to the residence
of a wealthy New Yorker out ere He
frightened the servant who answered his
ring, but succeeded ia meeting the master
of the house. To him he said that he was
French noblemau, he had been waylaid
by highwaymen, stripped and robbed of all
he had.
The wealthy New Yorker suspected that
he was a fraud, and, in order to test him.
! took him in and questioned him closely
about Europe and various people he knew
there The owner of the villa had Just re
turned from a tour in Europe, and was
almost as familiar with Paris as with New
York Bat he was no match for Barrand.
who soon showed that he knew more in a
| day about European men and affairs than
his host did in a week.
So Barrand was received as an honored
guest. He was given clothes, introduced
| into the best society, and lent money until
he could communicate with his bankers in
France. He obtained 500 from hia host.
One day he disappeared entirely and his
! host has not seen him since.
About this time, and after brief term
in Jail, Barrand conceived the brillian,
! idea of creating himself the financial rep
resentative of the Brazilian government
Under this alias he did some amusing
things. One of them was to go to Phila
delphia and order lot of locomotives for a
railroad he said the government was build
ing in Brazil. His technical knowledge oil
machine construction and his familiarity
with the country through which the rosf
was to go completely imposed upon the en-
CINE builders. Barrand drew detailed plans
of the ten locomotives he wanted. These
were Of q peculiar design, and the makers
were surprised at the ability he displayed
He furnished them with an elaborat,
description Of the route, and they actually
started work upon one OF the engines. Tht
master mechanic and the expert de
signers were completely taken in as they
found that be knew just as much about th,
subject as they did. They discovered even
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ner, lOr III was only Inen, aIler leaving the
asylum, that he became field. Two days
after escaping from Easton jail in 1S79 he
had what he called fun on the steamer
Drew. He boarded her at New York and
went up the Hudson nationally enough.
HOW his EYE sHoNE.
There was a large crowd of people on
board, among them being many women.
When everyone had retired to their state
rooms and supposedly to sleep, Barrand,
with the hellish light in his eyes, opened
his stateroom door and exploded large
quantity of gunpowder. The report awak-
ened everyone onuboard. OF course there
was panic. The vessel was slowed down
and everyone thought she was sinking
In the midst of it all Brrrand stalked
around enjoying himself. His eyes gilt
tered with Joy as he saw the frightened
women and pale-faced men. That was his
idea of happiness. He was arrested at
once and put in irons. The captain had
hard work to prevent the enraged pas
sengers from throwing him overheard
Wnen asked why he did it, he replied non
chalantly
II wanted to see the women running
around in their night-gowns."
He was tried and sentenced to seven
years in Auburn prison, and served the
full term.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-20
Pays the Penalty Of Venturing
Into the Columbia.
UNCERTAINTY AS TO RESULT.
United States Receiving Ship Vermont
Sinks at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Torn Open by an Unknown steamer
British Ship Malaysia, From San
Francisco With wheat and Twenty
Eight Men, Probably Lost.

ASTORIA. March 1o.-Thc Canadian Pa
cific Company's large steamer Batavia
grounded this morning near Long Point.
in the Columbia river, about six miles
above Astoria. The tug Astoria went to
the steamers assistance, but was unable to
get her off, 1t is thought it will be neces-
sary to tighten the vessel before she can be
fioated The tide has fallen five feet and
the ship is still sitting upright, showing
eleven feet of water forward and fourteen
aft. Opinions of pilots are divided IS TO
the kind of bottom the ship rests on. tits
claimed that the immense amount Of iro,l
in her hull and the great number OF
bulkheads in the steamer will save the vcs-
sci, even should she be resting on the
rocks.
The Batavia has aboard 135 tons of -four,
and left down the river yesterday bound
for Vancouver. The Batavia is an iron
vessel and was built at Glasgow in 1881.
She is owned by the Guion line, and ID one
of the three ships chartered by the Cans-
dian Pacific company TO run between van-
couver, b. c., China and Japan. The Bata-
via is $50 feet long, 80 feet 8 inches beam,
and has q tonnage of :, $40. She has four
cylinders, two high pressure, one interme-
diate and one low pressure, with . nomi-
nal horsepower of $50, but develops over
1,l00 horse power. She carries eight boats
and crew of about sixty men. When
empty she draws eighteen feet. She is In
command of Captain Hill, formerly mas
ter of the Danube
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She Murdered Her Sister.

WORCESTER, Mass, March l9.-The fa-
nous Lii Hoyle murder mystery of Sep
tember, 1890, has been explained through
a confession made by Alice Hoyle to her
aunt, and by the latter given to the pub
lie. The two girls were sisters and both
loved the same man. This man, Thomas
McQuaid, seemed to show preference for
Lii, and this made Alice mad. Alice said
in her confession that McQuaid had told
her that he would marry her if they could
get Lii, who was in delicate condition,
out of the way. This was done by the
girl, her uncle. MeQuaid and another man,
the confession goes, and the body disposed
Of After the deed was committed, Alice
lived with her uncle and aunt, who con-
cealed the crime. Some time after the girl
eloped with her uncle, and her aunt, in re-
venge for that, made the crime public.
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Railroad Notes.

F. A. Burnap. the new ticket clerk at the
Columbia & Puget Sound depot, arrived
from Portland yesterday and was shown
the office by Agent Tonkin.
superintendent Dunn, of the Seattle
Lake Shore & Eastern, went to Sedro yes.
terday, and will inspect the work on the
new line to Sumas City.
General Manager C. J. Smith, of the Ore
gon Improvement Company, returned from
Portland yesterday morning.
superintendent Bush. of the Oregon I'm.
pfoyement Company, returned yesterday
from trip to Olympia
A. G. Barker, general agent at Portland
for the Chicago d Northwestern, was in
the city yesterday
Secretary T. J. Miner, of the Seattle
Montana, left yesterday for trip to Den
yer.
A. Chilberg, the Northern Pacific ticket
agent, is in Montesano.
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Moore was told by Ford that lac had ar
ranged for Rev. Mr.. MAXWELL 10 make them
man and wife. They talked over their
plans. and there was some slight dispute.
Before Ford went away tina; night he gave
Mrs. Moore a firm check for $40 and note
for the balance of $l72 ne owed her. On
Sunday morning iie drove mp To the house
to get his valise and told her hr would be
hack on Monday. That was the last she
heard of him. Paymcn, of the check was
afterward refused
Mrs. Moore was seen nj her home on
Gamble street. Her eyes were red with
weeping. and she had evidently taken
TO heart very much the conduct of the
man who had deserted her. When asked
II she had heard anything from Ford she
said no; that there were u great many in
quiries about him. but she did not know
where he was or anything about him. The
last she had seen of him was on sunday
morning, when he said he was going TO
New Westminster, and would be back
next day. She suspected nothing wrong
till Thursday, when man came TO take
away his furniture Mrs. Moore was in
clined TO take lenicnt view of his COLI
duct, except what he did on Saturday.
She knew of no reason why he should have
gone away. except that business troubles
had unsettled his mind. for she said he
was Of very nervous, excitablc DISPOSE
tion.
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SUICIDE OF AN ACTOR.

Three Women Left to Mourn the Death
of Henry Avcling.
NEW YORK, March 19.-Henry Aveling.
an actor we'll known in the profession,
committed suicide at the Sturtevant house
yesterday. He left some letters in which
ne beqeathed everything he died possessed
OF to William Shelton, of the s'Jim the
the Penman" company He asks Shelton
to prevent Miss Mitten Willett from ap-
pearing at any of his obsequies. He
left another letter, addressed to
an actress named Clara Thompson,
saying: I've could not live as we wished,
and 60 now into the great futurity. Find
me there, my darling, it you can" A let
ter was found among his effects signed by
Marguerite Benson, demanding that he
make some provision for her subsistence.
She is an actress with whom he came to
this country from England in 1873, and
they passed as man and wife. In 1887
Aveling married Miss Mitten Willett, and
they lived together until within a year,
when she began divorce proceedings on
the ground of insufficient support and in
compatibility of temper The Clara
Thompson referred to said she had no
knowledge of the intended suicide.
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To Cover the Entire System Of
the Union Pacific.
GREAT IDEA OF JAY GOULD.
All Lines Will Be Consolidated and
Interest Charges Reduced.
Annual Meeting and Election Of the Ore
gon Short Line-General Dodge, Of
the Union Pacific. to Inspect the Pro.
posed Route to Puget SQUAD.

New York, March 19.-[Special. THE
Tribune is able to announce that the man.
ayers of the Union Pacific have under con-
sideration a plan for the creation OF q
blanket mortgage to cover the entire sys-
tenn owned and controlled by the COM
pany, similar to the consolidated mortgage
which the Atchison, Topeka g. Santa Fe
used upon its reorganization. Details OF
the plan are unavailable, as many
are incomplete, while others de-
pend upon the negotiations now in
progress. Jay Gould is giving his
attention largely to the work necessary to
carry through 50 great financial opera
ton, and accountants are preparing
exact schedules of the bonded indebted
ness and other liabilities, while lawyers
are examining into every question OF law
which might arise in executing the
scheme.
The purpose of the mortgage is to effect
the solidincation of all branches of Union
Pacific, provide for floating debt and ar
range means for a settlement with the gov
ernment. Necessarily such a comprehen-
sive scheme requires months to perfect,
and it will doubtless be a long time before
the officers of the Union Pacific
will be willing to furnish in
formation as to the particular points.
In fact, many details must be the subject
OF long discussion, and detail today may
be overthrown tomorrow by the discovery
of new conditions. The question Of set
tlement with the government on direct
obligations of the Union Pacific Company,
is one which must remain in the balance
until negotiations can be re-opped with
congress.
Mr.. Gouid's skill in financiering is so
we'll known that no doubt is entertained
by his friends that the operation he has
in hand will succeed. 1t is impossible
to figure, however, upon the possible
saving of interest rates that might
be effected by the successful exec1-
ton of this project as it is yet in
somewhat chaotic state. The import
ance of the work that Mr.. Gould and his
colleagues have taken up, in its bearing
upon Wall street affairs, is obvious, but
while that feature of Mr.. Gould's plan
must be from the necessities of the case
the last to be perfected, the provisions for
prior liens and amalgamation of the debts
of leased lines may be arranged and car
ried out at an earlier date.
1t is not yet decided whether or per
cent. shall be the rate on the new CONSOLE
dated mortgage bonds. The full decision
will depend largely upon the condition Of
the money market during the negotiations
that must precede the exchange Of the un-
derlying investments.
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WASHINGTON CRY, March 19-The re-
port of I.ieutenant-Com Bicknell
upon the wreck Of the United States
steamer places the responsibility for tho
loss OF the Galena and Nina upon the on
GERS of the ting, who failed to respond to
orders from the Galena when the breakers
were seen. High praise is awarded to
Ensign Field for his energetic and
courageous services, and TO the crew for
the discipline maintained under trying
conditions.
VINEYARD HAVEN, March 18.-There 10
no change in the condition of the stranded
United States vessels at Gay Head and
Cuttihunk
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THE WRECK FULL OF CoRPsEs.
Horrible Spectaclcs That Divers Lock
Upon In Gibraltar HarbOr.


Upon In Gibraltar Harbor.
GIBRALTAR, March 19.-The accounts
given by divers who are engaged in work
on the wrecked steamer Utopia of the
terrible sights they witnessed on the
vessel still further increase the appalling
character Of the catastrophe. These men
say they found the matches and chart
room of the Utopia closely packed with
the bodies of the unfortunate passengers,
who had become wedgcd into an almost
solid mass in their frantic afforts to reach
the decks.
Owing to lack Of accommodations in tho
naval hospital here many Of the crew and
emigrants who were rescued have been
compelled to encamp on the glacis-
Captain McKeague, of the Utopia, has
been arrested for wrongful acts, improper
conduct, negligence and mismanagement,
and released on bail.
Two British men-of-war's men drowned
yesterday while helping to rescue passen.
gers from the steamer Utopia were buried
today with military honors.
A revised official count Of the lost and
saved passengers on the ill-fated Utopia
shows that $50 souls were on board. Tho
saved include 80 steerage passengers, 2
saloon passengers. 8 Italian Interpreters
and "a Of the crew.
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ANorHER BLOW TO oUR NAVY.
Unknown steamer Tears = Hole In the
Receiv1ug-Ship Vermont.

Receiving Ship Vermont.
New York, March 19.-Just before dawn
this morning the receiving-ship Vermont,
lying off the dock at the Brooklyn navy
yard, was run into by an unknown steam
er, ocean bound. The Vermont at this
writing is full of water, and it is feared
she will sink. The crash tore . hole
twelve feet square in the bow. The col
liding steamer rebounded, and, again
crashing into the Vermont, tore her side
along the water-mark, ripping her
open. There was . lively panic
on board. The sailors were
sent spinning from their hammocks and
the officers from their hunks. Nobody was
injured, but much of the interior furniture
was damaged. The unknown steamer
veered around and made with all possible
speed for the lower bay.
As soon as the marines got their senses
together the first launch at hand was
started out in pursuit, with the sailors
armed for duty. The steamer had the
start for twenty minutes. and up to this
writing nothing has been heard either Of
her or of the launch. When the collision
occurred the steamer was hailed by ths
sailors of the Vermont, but the crew OF the
vessel refused to disclose her name.
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TAKEN BY THE GREAT NORTHERN.
Transfer Of the Westminster Southern
Railroad Effected.
NEW WESTMINSTER \

New WESTMINSTER, March 19.-TSpecial.l
&C. X. Larrabee, H. Y. Thompson and J.
]. Donovan, of the Fairhaven & Southern
railroad, arrived in the city last night and
met President Douglass and the directors
of the Westminster Southern railroad, to
complete all matters in connection with
the transfer of the Westminster Southern
charter to the Great Northern. The meet
ing lasted from 10 a. m. to p. M, without
recess, and every detail was concluded
during that time and the charter of the
British Columbia portion of the line was
formally handed over to Mr.. Larrabee.
The Fairhaven people pay back the $780,
600 advanced by the directors of the West
minister Southern when the first contract
was made with Nelson Bennett, and pay
besides small sum which recoups to the
directors the expense they have been put
to in connection with the deal. Larrabee
and party left Liverpool for Fairhaven by
a special train this evening. 1t is under
stood special agreement has been
reached concerning the new town of Liver
pool, which is the British Columbia termi-
nus of the Great Northern.