The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-01
AN UNEXPLAINED MURDER
IVIFE AND BABY SHOT AND FATHER
 COMMITS SUIC1DE.

 A Letter Found in tho Bedroom-Two Men
 Rob New Hampshire Man and Throw
 Him in Front Of Train-A Miraculous
 Escape From Death.
 West Buckton,, Me, April 30.--News was received here this morning of double murder and suicide at Bonny Eagle. small village two miles from here. The bodies of John c. Lane, a infant child were found in bed at their home, bullet from revolver having ended the life of each.
 A letter written by Lane, which was found in the room, stated that he had decided to kill his wife and infant child, but did not state the reason. This can- not, at present, be even surmised, as Lanes neighbors state that he was a Temperate, peaceable man, and the fam lily lived in apparent happiness to- gether.
 The bodies were found by a neighbor, who, on failing to find the members of the family about the house as usual, looked into the rooms, and in the cham ber occupied by MT. and Mrs. Lane, the bodies were found. A bullet hole in each body disclosed the manner of death.
 Lane was about thirty years of age, his wife a year or two younger and the baby was a year old. Lane was a nephew of John Lane formerly pro- prietor of the United States hotel Port land. By the death of the latter the nephew became possessed of some means. He owned a small farm here, which he operated himself. Word of the tragedy was at once sent to Port land and Biddeford, and the coroner, who resides at Biddeford, started at once for the scene.
 Salmon Falls, N, H., April 30.-What appears to be a desperate attempt at murder, after robbery had been com snitted, was disclosed early this morn ing when train hands of the Boston and Maine railroad brought to the station IcfGy J. DulLOIu tl MduCllSSlcIJ IN. G1, whom they had picked up in an un- conscious condition by the side of the track at point about a half mile from here. The man was severely in- jured about the head and was badly bruised.
 A physician was called, under whose treatment the man revived sufficiently to tell a story to the effect that he had been attacked by robbers, relieved of his money and then had narrowly es- capped death by being thrown under a passing train. His story was to the ef- feet that while walking on the track at few minutes past midnight, re- turning to Dover, after having spent the evening with friends here, he was accosted by two men, who demanded his money.
 Upon his refusal to give it up, they seized him and went through his pock- cts, taking $200. Just at that time a train was heard approaching, and the men held Dufford until the engine reached the spot when they gave him a fling towards 1t. His head came in con- tact with the cylinder, and he was thrown to the track. His head was OdulS 11uIl, DuI It lell lar SlOuSH IrOi1l the rar to avoid further serious in- jury.
 The train hands saw him fall The train was stopped and they picked up the injured man. He was brought here, where the train hands said they had seen two men running away from the scene just before the engine struck Duff ford, but could tell nothing more about the affair The injured man had suffi- ciently recovered to leave for his home this afternoon.