Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13
AN EXCITING CHASE.
A Murderer, Run Down by Blood.
hounds, Kills Himself.
An iowa MANIAC and HIS Gun.
Shoots at Everyone In sight-A
Fatal ExpIOsiOn-Train.
men Hurt.

with all the exciting elements Of
bloodhounds and mob Of 800 persona
in pursuit was concluded yesterday
when Assassin William Baker was run
to earth. At the supreme moment,
when 1t appeared the mob would tear
their victim to pieces, the desperate
man blew out his brains with the
same weapon with which he Tuesday
assassinated his brother, George
Baker, and his brothers wife. The re-
mains of the murdered couple were
found in their residence near town
Tuesday. They had been shot by an
assassin, who fred through the win
dow. Not clew was left except the
footprints of the supposed assassin in
nearby field. The prominence of the
murdered couple brought out several
hundred people, who formed into
posses and hunted the whole county.
The tracks of the supposed murderer
were guarded until midnight, when
bloodhounds were secured and put to
work. Two great Russian hounds
took the trail at once. Several hun
bred excited people followed the ami
mails, the men armed with all kinds of
weapons. Some were mounted, but
many were afoot. From the window
where the fatal shots were fired the
dogs ran to a prairie, along ravne
and straight to barn on the premises
of the brother Of the murdered man.
A muffled report was heard within the
structure as the crowd drew near and
the building was completely surround
ed by the mob. With drawn revolvers
dozen men rushed to the doors Of the
structure. Within, lying on the floor,
was the dead body Of William Baker.
AN IOWA MANIAC AND HIS GUN.
Dies MONIES, Ia, Jan. 6.-An insane
man named John W. Stone yesterday
afternoon entered the shoe store of c.
l.. Kahler, stepped up to Frank L.
Kahler, the son Of the proprietor and
deliberately shot him in the abdomen.
Stone then turned on Clifford Childs,
who took to his heels and escaped.
The third victim was Arris, one Of the
partners OF the firm, who was shot
through the left arm. Stone next ran
toward Earl Smythe, a clerk in the
store Smythe lodged him and, while
the maniac was trying to take aim,
Smythe jumped on him and tried to
dsarm him. A desperate struggle en-
sued in which two shots were fired,
neither of which did any damage.
Smythe succeeded in holding the ma
MAC until the police came and took
him away. Stone was undoubtedly in
sane at the time of the shooting. No
other motive has been discovered.
A FATAL EXPLOSION.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Jan. 6.-Three
men were killed at the Avondale mine
of the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern Coal company yesterday by ter
rife explosion of gas and driver boy
was badly burned and otherwise in
iured, but will recover The explosion
took place in an air way off the main
slope The men were driving this air
way. As soon as the explosion was
heard a rescuing party was sent down.
All were alive when found, but the
three victims died during the day
The cause of the explosion is not
known.
MICHIGAN TRAINMEN HURT.
MANIsrEE, Mich, Jan. 6.-The rear
end of a Toledo, Ann Arbor e North
ern freight train rushed down Church
hill and dashed into a Manistee IL
Northeastern freight engine standing |
on the crossing taking water. Con-
ductor Jones is dying and Engineer
Andrew Fritzell and Fireman Ercott,
of the Manistee & Northeastern, suf-
farad mora mr. less injuries.