The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-22
NEW WORLD.


The New York Central mail train, No O, was
wrecked near Rome, n y. early TUESDAY
morning for %,ot PURPOSES spsn the sf
house and obtained wrench ana crow-bar
with which all the spikes and flshplates from
Two opposite rails were removed. The two re-
leased rails were left In their places on the
Track. As the train comprising four mail fears
and three sleeping ears came along ut the rate
If about 40 miles an hour. the locomotive LETT
ihe track. bounded over the ties and fell side
wise into the ditch Il feet deep on the south sue
Of the track. The first two mail cars snot by
the engine, the first one landing fully 70 feet
from the point where the engine left the track.
The second and third mail cars came together
in "v" shape and the wreck OF the engine
Inv in the open space between them. There
we're about 80 passengers in the three
.leepers and not one of them was hurt. But the
engineer and one other man was lkliled ana u
we're injured in the first part of the train. -Four
Young men have been arrested on suspicion OF
wrecElng the train. They are J Watson Hi
dreth of NewYork, Fred Bristol and Herbert
Plato OF Rome, and Theodore Hubbard. Hi
dreth had made confession duplicating the
other three Their object was robbery but they
yot nothing. A yellow covered history of the
exploits of the James boys was found IN one OF
Bris0l's pockets.
Ruined by Rum.
A case as sad as 1t is remarkable comes to
light at Futonyille, n ", in the arrest OF Ed
ward Wemple, ex-State Comptroller, represen.
charge of incendiarism. For year past he has
been drinkinglheavily and doing nothing else.
He has been seen in the vicinity of half doz-
en- different fires within few momentslof Iheir
breaking out. Tho first one was IN the rooms
of the Board of Trade Of which he was presi-
dent and with which he WAS lmad because
it wouldn't rent rooms i'll his wife's block when
itchanged its location. For several weeks nc
was in the house of Herbert ii Fonda, q neigh
Dor of Wemple, but was quickly suppressed. IL
was kindled with carefully cut block that cor
responded exactly with others found In Wem-
found on the Fonda premises. Tracks from the
scene of the fire to Wemple's house were also
found. He meets the charge apparently with
sOdden Indifference.
Murder for Insurance.
Henry II Leonard, a prominent merchant OF
Wichita Kan, was murdered there sunday nignt
Franklin Williamson, and his divorced WIG, Irene
williamson have been arrested charged with
the crime Leonard had n policy for So,OOO IN
the improved Order of Red Men which hadtbeeh
assigned to Mrs Irene Williamson. In thelnouse
blood was found on the carpets and furnlture
and Oh Mrs Wilamson's dress. Orvillc vii
hanson and the woman have made statements
duplicating Frank NJ Williamson. lie protests
his innocence and accuses the woman OF con
.piracy against him. Mrs Williamson says that
her former husband dealt Leonard the blow
while the latter was in bed, using a piece OF gas
pipe as a weapon She claims she pleaded Tor
Le0nard's life.
Maryland, Two. Has Lynch Law.
James Goings, a young negro, begged looa
sthe residence of Hamilton Geisbort, near
Frederick, Md, Saturday afternoon, AFTER cat
ing yOracOusly, he assaulted Miss Lila Jones,
aseryant who he discovered, was alone IN inc
house. In overcoming the girls resistance the
negro broke her nose and cut her with razor.
He was arrested and held for a hearing. rev
hours later he was taken from the jail by q mop
and hanged to q tree. As theileaders OF the MOD
reached the stout side door Sheriff Zimmerman
raised window and fired his revolver, but no
one was hart. He also rang the jail bell 1or rs
N>tance, but none came.
Boy Confesses Probably Falsely.
From present appearances New York mas
found the most stupendous and monumental
Ilar Of the century in the person of jacob ber,
eshem. This fourteen.yearold boy conlessea
that he was the murderer of of William hrauel,
Tue restaurant keeper who was found nacheu
70 death with Ratchet at his home in that city.
There is nothing but his confession to prove
Young Bercsheim's guilt. and the authorizes
nave begun to believe that the confession was
lie IRON beginning to end. II this proves 10 pe
the case it will probably be the first instance on
record f Of person placing his life In JEOPARDY
for the mere sake of telling q lie. The case il
unique.
Another Revolt i'm Venezuela.
VA, mother 9th revolution has begun in veneznela
with DR. Rojas Paul1as the leader. There are up
rsngs in several different States, though tne
soyernmen. claims that they are of little i'm
pOTtance. The revolt is against Gen and Presi-
aent lraqun Crespo who overthrow PRESIDENT
lalaca by successful revolution In ieSz,
hough he has since been regularly elected LOT
aterm OF two We rs. II has been asserted tnat
Ne led his revolution in the interest OF Dr
hGlas Paul. But when he was firmly estaD.
nsied in power DR. Paul was exiled. since
s S Ut Paul, II reports are TO be credited, mas
"een necessarily plotting Crespo's overthrow,
n,akng headquarters on the neighboring Dutcl,
SAINT OF Curacao, being abetted by Punuo anu
~her wellknown Venezuelans.
WE'VE OF the - rioters against negroes as
,menihgheld Valley, ILL.,, nave been convicted anu
s sn oe sent to prison, and the 18th goes TO re-
pnlh school. Seven of them are Italians, tnree
,,oes, one Frenchman, one German and one
American
reported,
IA "A school building at Grenada. British West
es IN which 80 children were packed,
S -ughi hre last week and was burned to the
Sunni ~. Thirty one children and one teacher
t seI &C. burned to death. The fire was believed
@a ., incendiary origin, and two boys WING
,nsnoeda evcrely punished by the teacher apu u
authors of the crime.
NV 4, Friday at the home of Thomas
inv ih, peddler Elwyn, who had been drink
VIZ sa Decauseiof domestic trouble and wnose
drsn "sd leit home, killed himself and two cnii-
cp,s. ghes aged six and Thomas aged hve,
81, sas ,neir Threats from ear 10 ear. Inc eia-
"" FOUND their bodies when he came nome.
r.i,,tiassss train No. 5. on the Great Northern
mIlae =. was held up By armed robbers eight
aar ,iasa y Cloud, MINI, at 10 O'Clock tues