Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-01

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was in the room with her "Lool
at those men in that carriage
They are fighting or having
game
Following her pointing finge
with her eyes, Rhoda Brown als'
distinctly saw those men for al
instant They were wrestling, sh'
thought. She could see then
waving their arms"
About one mile from Brighton
the express drew up at Preston
Park for the collecting of tickets
When the ticket collector came
and threw open the door of one OF
the first-class carriages he drew
back with a cry of amazement. In
one corner was passenger, pale
and exhausted, his features and
dress smeared with blood. He
had no hat, his clothes were torn,
and his tie and collar had appar-
emily been wrenched forcibly from
his neck.
IL have been murderously at
tackled and fired at" he said. SIS
there a doctor near? l am faint.
Can you get me some water?"
Some water was brought, while
the station officials consulted as
to what was best to be done, and,
as there was no doctor handy, it
was suggested that the stranger
had better go on to Brighton
only a minutes jOurney-and two
of the officials were put in the car
riage with him.
Before the train started the
stranger got out for moments
air upon the platform. AS he
walked up and down the platform
one of the porters noticed piece
of gold chain hanging out of his
shoe, and, STOPPING down, he
seized it and dragged out gold
watch.
"That is mine," said the stran-
ger. 81 put it there for safety"
And the porter handed the watch
to him.
In a few minutes the three were
at Brighton, and, proceeding to
the stationmaster's room, the pas
senger told his story.
He was, he said, Alfred LEROY,
and he lived at an address in Wal
lington. He had entered the train
at London Bridge, taking his
place in a first-class carriage with
two other passengers, one of
whom was an aged man of medi-
um height with slight gray wills
kers, and dressed in dark clothes.
The other was a fresh-complex-
toned Individual of about 40, with
dark whfskers, no mustache, and
dressed in a dark-g suit. Mel
they of these persons spoke to
him as he entered the train, and
as they arrived at the tunnel,
after leaving Croydon, he saw a
flash and heard a report of fire
arms. Springing up from his seat,
he was felled by q terrible blow
on the head, which rendered him
unconscious until he came to Pres
ton Park.
81 have been robbed and nearly
murdered" he protested. "YOu
must do your best to catch these
two men,"
He could give no further partic-
ulars and could not guess what
had become of his assailants, and
the police, having been sum
mOned, accompanied him to the
hospital, where his injuries were
seen to. They were superficial,
and there was nothing to account
for that prolonged insensibility in
the carriage. While the doctor
was attending to him the detec-
tives searched his clothes. They
found few shillings in his peck
cts, some pawn tickets, and sew
eral HanOverian sOvereigns-
fash coins often used by tricks
ters for the purpose of impressing
unsuspecting people with an idea
of wealth. LEROY protested that
he knew nothing of these. His
assailant must have put them in
his pocket.
An examination of the railway
carriage revealed signs of terri
bic outrage having been attempt
ed or perpetrated in it. There