Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-11
A BAD TRAIN WRECK
-Four Persons Killed and Seventeen
Injured In Virginia.
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN TEXAS.
4 Man Fatally Wounds Two People and
Kills Himseif-A Prisoner Declines TO
Live on Bread and Water
Earthquake In Idaho.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov. 5.-The
Chesapeake & Ohio vestibule express,
known as the 4. +. ", from Cincinnati
to Washington, was wrecked near Old
Shadwell, five miles east Of this place,
at les yesterday afternoon Four per-
sons were killed and II injured. 1t Is
reported that the body OF an Italian
child is under the wreck, but this can
not be confirmed. The engine left the
track on a sharp curve and was hurled
against rocky hill. All Of the cars
except the dining car and the Rich
mond sleeper were derailed. Two cars
plunged end-foremost down the steep
embankment and one Of them went
into the Rivanna river. The day pas
senger coach and the express car were
badly wrecked. As the locomotive
plunged from the rails and overturned,
Engineer Duke was hurled from the
cab and crushed under the engine, be-
sides b,ing terribly scalded by escap-
ing steam. lie was r, scued by his fire.
man and the conductor. Late last
night IL was stated that the accident
was caused BY the breaking of an axle
of the forward truck Of the locomotive.
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN TEXAS.
DALLAS, Tex, Nov. 5,--At seven
o'clock last nighta terrible and bloody
tragedy occurred in cottage house at
the corner OF Germania and CASTOR av-
enues, East Dallas, where Mrs. Emma
Smith kept small boarding house.
There boarded with her two men
James Boswell and James Barton.
Boswell walked into Mrs. Smiths
room and shot her in the throat. The
man turned on Barton, shooting him
twice in the body then blew his own
brains out, falling dead. In a state
ment the eight-year-old daughter Of
Mrs. Smith said: Uncle Jim Boswell
came into the room and said to me:
Mamma loves jim Barton more than
she does me- He then shot mamma
and also shot Mr. Barton, and then
ran into the yard and shot HIMSELF
There IL no doubt Mrs. Smith and Bar
ton will die. They were sent to the
city hospital. The triple killing
caused great sensation in the neigh
borhood.
STARVING IN JAIL.
FOND DU LAC, Wis, Nov. h-Sheriff
Shaefer has prisoner at the county
Jail who absolutely refuses to eat food
and who is slowly starving to death.
His name is B. G. Murphy and he
claims to have been a former student
at the state university. He was ar
rested last spring on criminal war
rant and is to be tried at this term OF
the circuit court. About ten days ago
he became unruly and he was put on
bread and water Murphy declined to
eat bread and water That was eight
days ago and up to this morning he
had not tasted food. The prisoner says
he will starve to death before he will
touch the bread and water that is
placed before him. Sheriff Schaefer
says that unless Murphy conforms to
the rules he will be kept on no other
food than that offered.
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
PocATELLo, Ida, Nov. "a severe
shock Of earthquake at 800 yesterday
morning was felt the entire distance
from Silver Bow TO Monida, Mont,
and at seven o'clock second shock
was perceptible, but not so severe. At
Divide, Red Rock, Lima and Monida
windows ratified dishes fell to the
floor, flower pots were thrown from
their stands, lamp chimneys and other
glassware suffered destruction, clocks
stopped aud buildings were made to
sway and crack, At Dillon, especially,
vas the first shock severe.