Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-16
CRAZY ACTS
Of An |TAL.
IAN TRAVELLER
Jumps From Moving Passenger
Train. Terrified by Would
Be Murdssers.
Assswsh b csmmit su'eid:: While !. ~
CITY lsl..-1sIk eatienslly on
0stlaay SuhIes,s.

IL Appetite Gagliam, an Italian, VIII,
&c confined at the city jail, the ob,ec
OF vendetta; has his mind become
unbalanced or 10 he merely irrationa,
from too liberal indulgence IN ths
fluid that is wont to paint stranrs
landscapes on the human brain? are
questions that the city authorities
are unable to answer. Their belief
y that the mans mind Il unhinrcd.
though he taiks nationally enough
wnen declaring that men are pursuing
MN with intent to murder him, Terri.
lied by this belief he Jumped from No.
! passenger train while II was soinr
az fnil speed coming into the Iaa Va.
gas yards Yesterday afternoon. Also.
wnlie confined in the city jail last
night ne made desperate attemnt -
nang himself BY means of his sns.
penders.
When Gagliam made his lean for
NE Yesterday afternoon he was Inn.
mediately pursued by Santa re orr.
Ger ". i. Paris The long lers M
the officer enabled him .speed,ly M
run down hts man. who was taken q
the city jail.
dagllam Is powerfully built man
eq6 se q 'TrfUSigK EId
II was leaxtj ~ sthA Atrhxker N sII
going toE lhs AnESlss linn n
Serted tnsf he wss golnG ~ th mel
Of his brother. who was, be s6id,
well to do resident Of Los Angeles /
Al railroad ticket VA found n 4 pCck-
etbook On HIS person when he wasI
searched, bearing ont thin statenaeat4I II
Gagliam was under the deiualon thatI i
his pursuers were on the same train L
with him and seized the opportunity
of escaping his fancied murderers DyI
jumping OF the train AZ II slackened
speed upon arrival In Las vegas
yards. The Santa Fe policeman saw the
man leap from the moving train and
then run OF "a fast a. possible. Of'
ficer Paris took to his heels in pur-j
suit in the belief that something was
wrong with the man, and after hot
chase succeeded In capturing the
queer acting passenger. 0agliam r.
sisted arrest and It was Al the ofn-
Ger and another man who entered IN
the chase could do to overp0wer him.
He was docile enough when he found
that escape was impossible and made
NO further resistance.
Conductor Stevenson, on whose
train. the Italian wax passenger.
called at the Jail In the evening 70
! see the prisoner and was escorted =
the cell by city Marshal Ward. Gasp.
ing sounds we're heard .issuing from
the cell IN question a. they approach
| ed which caused them to hasten their
steps. They found the demented man
down on his knees. leaning with hts
elbows on the lower cot. His lace
was black and hts breathing was -
bored. A pair Of broken suspender1
was found dangling from HIS neck. In
dicating m attempt at self-destrtic
| tion Oagiiam haA tried 70 hang him
SGJ4 with tu6 AM4RruuStFs nNS sss@s sss@s
we're not strong anongh to hear hi'
weight and snapped - two IS IN
crucial moment. I3ad the nlen ~!
been discovered then A. sniGht hav'
made another and more snccsesfl
atteInpt t0 shuttle off,
when Gagiiam was placed into Gus
. tody he did NOT have and weapon y
! his hand. o. wss first reported In tn
{ railroad yards. but : clasp knife wa
found IN his pocket. The blade wa
2 about four inches long and had = kee
! edge. The city authorities were VI
!. able 10 learn what the name OF IN
4 man was until they came across a
naturalization papers. The ltslian ha
very little money with him. only abou
I, enough to meet personal requirement
Q on the trip.
IL Mr.. Ciddio wHs interviewed regar'
Z Ing the case this morning BY ~
~ rS.,syc llo Ala mt know whether tk