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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
LIKE WHANe THE MILLER.
Maine Farmer Ruins Himself In FLU
tile search for Cola

tile Search for Gold
If faker. who made a precarious Nv
ing selling patent cure-alls in the DAYTIME
and holding second-sight seances at night
hadn't put up three years ago at the
home of Samuel Gordon, then well-to-
do farmer near Macwahoe, Me-, the
chances are that Mr.. Gordon would be
prosperous man to-day. Instead he is
dead. his farm has gone to ruin and his
children are scattered through the West.
When the faker put up at the Gordon
home he said he would give the owner
a second-sight seance for his keep. More
to accommodate him than anything else,
Gordon consented. and that night in
vited in the neighbors. After some weird
incantations the faker went into what
appeared TO be trance and told of a
spot IN the woods not far from Gordons
home where vast amount of Indian
gold, taken from white men more than
two centuries ago, lay buried lie was
tar from exact in locating the spot, but
he did mention a peculiar bowlder. and
the eutire community was so impressed
that they secretly set out next day to
find the place.
N0Iuoh lound WITHIN week a bowl
der resembling that described by the
faker and bought the property upon
which it was situated. TO do this he
was forced to mortgage his farm, but
this he did cheerfully, as he had great
faith in seances. He then began to dig.
The more he dug the more determined
he became TO locate the wealth and the
more he neglected his farm duties Rut
though he dug long and faithfully he dis
covered nothing more valuable than
stones and earth.
His children believed their father had
been fooled and sought to persuade him
to desist, but their efforts amounted to
nothing, and finally, one by one they left
home, saying that they would return
when the gold fever was over. After
that Gordon lost his farm and his health
failed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Submarine Safety Device.

One of the features of the recent sub
marine tests at Newport was an appa-
ratus for the escape of occupants of
disabled craft under water. 1t is like
diving dress in appearance, with head
piece and jacket. In the jacket is a
copper flask filed with oxylite, which
generates oxygen. Before cloIng the
glass face visor, the wearer places
tube in his mouth connected with the
flask and the moisture from his breath
ing acts on the oxylite so as TO pro-
duce fresh air to sustain life. 0xylite
was discovered by a Frenchman, but its
application to this purpose was made by
the makers of the Octopus. The test
was made in hogshead of water, but
was not entirely successful. The Octo-
pus and Lake made new records recent
~, When their crews stayed under the
waves for twenty-four hours.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
DEAS )A';2Ez57S
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SNsA~

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 TO 500; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $500; sheep, fair to choice $500
to 1913; wheat, No. ?, 96c to 97c;
corn, No. > 52c to 54c: oats, standard,
47c to 49c; rye. No. .. Soc to SIC; hay,
timothy, $i4.00 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $500; butter. choice creamery, pc
to 23c eggs. fresh. 14c to lie; potatoes,
new, per bushel, 95c to S1.25.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to 5000; hogs. choice heavy, $500 to
S640; sheep, common to prime, $500 to
S5.25; wheat, No. ., 94c to 95c; corn,
No . white, 53c to Ole; oats, No. >
white, Ale to Acc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $6.25;
hogs, 500. to $500; sheep, $500 to
1925; wheat, No. >, 97c to 99c; corn,
No. ,, 52c to 53c; oats, No. 2, Acc to
47c; rye, No. 9, Sic to S3e.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs. $500 to $685. sheep $500 20
$525 wheat. No. . S1.01 to $1.02; corn.
No. ? mixed, soc to Sic; oats, No.
mixed, 45c to 47c; rye. No. 2, Sic to Sac.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50 hogs,
Fh.OO " FOs~p NANSP. paw " 9''stDs
wheat, No. 2, 9Sc to 99c; corn, No. 3
yellow, 55c to 56c oats, No 3 white,
4Sc to soc; rye. No. 2, sec to SIC.
Observation-Disclosures, No. northern,
$1.O1 to STOP; corn, No. g. SIC to SAC;
oats. standard, 4Sc to 49c; rye, No ],
SIC to Sic; barley, standard, Toe to 76c;
pork, mess, $l620.
Buffaio-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00 to $3.50; hogs fair to choice, $500
to $6.45; sheep. common to good mixed,
$500 to $500; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50
New York--Cattle. S400 TO S640;
hogs, S4.00 to S6.75; sheep, $500 to
$6.25; wheat, No. red, 99c to 500;
corn, No. ,. 60c to 62c; oats, natural
white, SIC to 53c; butter, creamery, pc
to 25c; eggs western, 15c to lie.
Toledo-W Wheat, No. , mixed. 97c to
Csc; corn. No. mixed, DOC to SIC;
oats. No. 2 mixed. 47c to 49c; rye No.
2, 7Sc to 79c: clover seed. prime. 1925.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Notes of Current Events.

Judge Charles II. Woodruff lately APP
pointed to the Maine Supreme Court,
never had picture taken.
William Quinn, chief of police of
Greenville, Miss. committed suicide in
the presence of his daughter.
Sam Moor, a negro charged with poi
soning two men and two women, all ne
groes, was arrested at Roanoke, Va.
Mike Markovitch and John Toutzbat.
employed in a sand bank at Youngstown,
o., were smothered to death, being caught
in a cavein.
The National kedico Psychological as
ISOLATION. which has been in session at
the jamestown exposition, decided TO
meet next in Cincinnati, o.
Captain Harry Bowen, who has been
hiring strike breakers for the steamship
combine in New York, was attacked and
beaten by striking longshoremen. Grain
handlers struck in sympathy with the
longshoremen. Longshoremen extended
the strike to Montreal
Attorneys for Charles G. King. the al
legged Scotland. S. d., bank wrecker. APP
pearcd before Judge Garland of the Unit
ed States Court at Sioux FAILS, s. d..
and asked that the amount Of Kings
bond be reduced from $4,000 to $1,000.
Judg. Garland consented to reduce the
bond to $500.
Secretary McGarr Of the New York
State commission in lunacy at Albany.
in communication with the authorities Of
Illinois relative to the system for the
care Of the insane in operation in his
State. is in receipt of letter which
states the New York plan viii soon be
adopted IN Illinois.
Moses u. Webber of Salem, Mass. the
Oldest survivor Of the crew of the Con-
stitution, was 81 years old last week He
served on "Old Ironsides' when il Still
carried its original battery of forty-four
guns.
Fifteen men are known to Le still
alive who served as Confederate Congress
men-John Goode and Roger A. Pryor,
Virginia A. $. Colyar. J. ID. G. Atkins,
Joseph b. Heiskel, and John v. Wright,
Tennessee; Hiram r. Bell, Georgia; Hen
nv C. Jones. Florida: James L. Pugh,
Alabama s. B. Callahan. Indian Terri
tory: J. A. p. Campbell, Mississippi: $.
II. Ford, Kentucky; w. II. Tibbs, North
Carolina
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
RAT THE WORST OF PESTS.
Millions Lost TO Farmers, Says a
Government Report.

The great destruction wrought by ro-
dents is pointed out in statement is
sued by the Department of Agriculture
on Methods of Destroying Rats" 1t
declares that IAN infallible method of ex-
termination of these rodents would be
worth more to the people of the United
States in a single decade than the De-
partment of Agriculture has cost since
its establishment" 1t is asserted that
the brown rat is the worst mammalian
pest in existence, and adds: IF for each
COW, horse, sheep and hog on the farms
of the United States the farmers sup
port one rat on grain, the toll levied on
the cereals by these rodents reaches the
enormous total of $100.000,000 year.
Their prolifcness is the chief obstacle to
their determination. Three filters of ten
each are produced every year, and one
pair, breeding without check and without
losses by death, in three years will be
represented by ten generations, number
ing 20 LA, 392 individuals. The eleventh
generation, due at the beginning of the
fourth year, would number over 100,OOO,-
000."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Horses scare in the West.

The scarcity of horses and men in
the West is one of the most noticeable
features in the progress of industry, says
ST. Paul dispatch TO the Boston Tran
script. Good draft horses, which eight
years ago were worth only $40, are now
selling at $500 to $500 each; a good
team is worth $500. These horses are
needed ir the lumber woods and on rail-
way construction, but not enough can
be had. Men to work in the woods are
being paid $40 a month and board A
mar with a good team commands wages
of 50 day hauling lumber and logs
Never before have the wages been so
high or the prices of horses so great as
now.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

In an opinion rendered by Associate
Justice Brewer of the Supreme Court in
the case of Kansas VS.. Colorado, the con-
tention is made that Congress has no
power, after creating a court, to limit its
judicial power. This is the position taken
by former Senator Spooner in his debate
on the rate bill in the Senate. Justice
Brewer says that the judicial power of
a nation extends to all controversies jus
tifable in their nature, and when this
power was vested in the courts of this
nation it must be held to embrace all con-
troversies arising within the territorial
limits of the nation, no matter who may
be the narfies thereto
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

A fourth of the business section OF Leb-
anon. Kan. was destroyed ~ FIRE. Loss
estimated at $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
SOME rnc-r.AR LEG1sLAr1ssr.
Freak Laws Are Passed by Kansas
Lexislafure.

The publication of the laws of the re-
cent session of the Kansas Legislature
revealed some peculiar things. Lincoln's
birthday was nRde legal holiday, but
no time is fixed Tor the Law to take effect.
One new law says olly lawyers may be
elected to the Office of county attorney.
In the days of the old farmers alliance
farmers were considered qualified for this
job. In Haskell county, for instance,
there is only one resident who is law
yer, and he will have to be elected county
attorney. under the new law. 1t will also
be impossible legally to hang anybody in
Kansas in the f. ture, for the law repeal
Ing capital punishment was included ia
the session law publication. One of the
freak laws is In relation to burglar equip
ment. 1t provides that any person found
with nitroglycerin, dynamite or any tools
or implements adapted for breaking into
safes in his possession is liable TO arrest.
Under this law a man might be arrested
for having a stick of dynamite to be
used in blasting a we'll. or if a vault
door in the State house should get out of
order and the State should send to Chi
cago for an expert with a kit of tools to
open the safe the man could be thrown
into Jail the minute he landed in the
State.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
NIGHTMARE HABIT AIDS THIEF.
Woman Holds Husband When He
Attempts to Pursue Burglar.

Because he was subject to nightmare,
David Ordway of Lakewood, a Cleveland
suburb, lost jewelry valued at $500 the
other night He was awakened by a
burglar in his room, and. hoping to fright
en- the thief, he yelled at the top of his
voice. Then he started to get up and
chase the midnight invader, but just as
he was making flying leap out of bed
his wife, aroused by her husbands
screams, seized him, thinking he had
nightmare. Burglars Burglars y
shouted 0rway while trying to free him
self from his wife's grasp. But she held
on with deathlike frmness. The thief
escaped with two diamond rings and
diamond stud.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

Wall street was surprised Thursday to
learn that the directors of the Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific roads had au-
tborized new issues of S75,O00,00O bonds
for the former and S36.O00,OO0 of pre-
ferred stock for the latter.
The Burlington Railroad Company has
issued from the general headquarters an
order requiring all conductors employed
on its 5000 miles of road to remove their
whiskers by certain day or explain their
failure to do so. 1t has also ordered that
white vests and ties shall be worn. The
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Going after Fertilizer Trust.

The Department of Justice has decided
to begin action against all the fertilizer
companies in the various States on the
charge of belonging to a combination in
restraint of trade, and the suits will be
brought in the several States where the
different companies are doing business.
This is to overcome the contention of the
Virginia concern which demanded a pre-
liminary hearing before being ordered out
OF the STATE.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
POISONED CANDY FOR WIDOW.
CONNECTIONS Intended to XIII Are
Sent Through POstofffce.

1t has developed that postoffice inspec-
tors were investigating an attempt made
some time ago to poison Mrs. Rebecca
Weyersmiller, widow of Columbus, O.,
by means of candy sent through the mails.
The box containing the candy was post
marked Columbus, but the recipient be-
lieves it was placed in the mails by a
woman living in another city. When
Mrs. Weyersmiller opened the box she
noticed that some of the original pieces
of the candy had been removed and 9th
ers substituted. Fearing to eat the can
dy, she had it analysed and one piece
was found to contain enough poison to
kill two persons. Mrs Weyersmiller is
said to have received threatening letters
which indicated jealousy ON the part of
the writer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Forgcry detected. Ends Life.

Arrested on a charge of forgery by of
ficials of Salem bank. james s. Gar
vim. graduate of the Yale class of 1902.
who was principal of the high school in
TopSield, Mass. killed himself by taking
cyanide of potassium. Garvin was 2S
years old and of attractive appearance
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Hughes vetoes Bill.

Gov. Hughes of New York vetoed the
bill to compel the payment of the same
salaries to women school teachers of
New York City as are paid men, on the
ground that it involves great principle
of the economic policy of the State
which has not received sufficient consid-
Grafton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
FOUR DIE IN LONG BRANCH FIRE
Children and Servants of Cigar Man
ufacturer Perish.

The bodies of four persons were found
ia the ruins of the house occupied by
Walter Schiller, secretary of the United
Cigar Manufacturers Company, which
was burned in Long Branch, n. ]. They
were Ruth Schiller aged IA, and Marion
Schiller, aged 10, daughters of Mr.. Schif-
fer, and lilly Monthon and Mary DiIter,
domestics. In attempting to rescue her
children Mrs. Schiller was SO severely
burned as to be in a critical condition
and Mr.. Schiller suffered severe burns in
fighting the fire. Two guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Schiller, B. Citroen and NJ. Breicer,
were also seriously burned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

Interests controlling the thread indus
try have advanced the price of thread IL
cents a dozen spools and dealers through
out the country have received formal no.
tice of the increase. The Clark o. n T.
of Newark and the Coats and Brooks
companies of New York, the largest max
ers, are in the combination. Retailers
say the price will be put up l cent a
spool.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Italian Aeronaut Ki,Jed.

The King and Queen of Italy at the
festival of the Italian constitution wit
messed the fall of a member of the engi-
neers corps when the balloon in which he
was ascending as a part of the festival
program was struck by lightning, torn
asunder, the gas ignited and basket and
aeronaut dashed to the ground, 400
meters below
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
big storms in southwest.

A series of violent storms. electrical
and cyclonie in character, swept over
Houston, Texas. The country for miles
is covered with water. Traffic is almost
completely suspended on railroads and
street railways are greatly hampered.
Many houses have been wrecked or wash
ed away by Buffalo bayou, which has
passed all previous high water records.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Three Women Hurt by Explosion.

The mother, wife and daughter of a
Mount Vernon. \. Y, hotel-keeper who
refused to pay $500 blackmail to the
Black Hand Society were injured badly
by the explosion of a dynamite bomb
placed in stove by an agent of the
BLACK Hand.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

The Chicago Chronicle, property of
John r. Walsh, went out of existence
with Friday mornings issue. A brief
editorial announcement explained that
the paper with this ISSUE would sus-
pend publication. The reason given for
suspension was that the publication of
the paper has not been profitable of
late"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

switzerIand's proportion of lunatics
holds the record
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

The sentence of the Savannah court in
the famous Greene and Gaynor case, in
volving a 100000 fraud In government
contract work in Savannah harbor, was
affirmed in an opinion handed down by
the United States Circuit Court of APP
peals in New Orleans. The sentence is
four years Imprisonment each and fine
aggregating $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
wife,s Suicide Kins Husband.

Mary i. Burns, fearing that she would
become insane, committed suicide by
turning on the gas in her loom in ST.
Louis. William Burns, her husband, is
supposed to have been asphyxiated on
returning home several hours later, as his
body was found in another room. The
couple were childless and come from Car
lyle. Ill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Monument to JEFFERSON Davis.

A lasting memorial of Jefferson Davis,
the chosen leader of 1.-The lost cause" and
the first and only president of the Con-
federate States of America, was unveiled
in Richmond, Va. as the GROWING fea-
ture of the annual reunion of the Con-
federate veterans
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Declares. Against College sports.

President Eliot of Harvard. in an adj
dress before the Association of New York
State Colleges at Cornell, Ithaca. " Y,
declared modern college sports are inn
moral and dishonorable to a large degree
and said his own college would be better
off without any athletics whatsoever.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
seeks death AT Wife's Tomh.

j. NJ Case. aged - years. wealthy
resident Of Wichita, Kan. who went 10
Topeka in order to place floral Offering
on the grave Of his wife. attempted sui
eide by cutting his throat with dan
pocket knife. He is now in critical
condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

Frederick Skif Field. son Of the late
Eugene Field. the poet. is the most re-
cent Young man TO indulge in an automo-
bile romance that eliminated in matri-
mony. The young woman be married is
Miss Anna Hid. member of the Ia
Sale theater stock company N Chicago
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Attack Missionary 4. Cb,n.,

\ dispatch from Hongkong says that
Mr.. Pollard, a Methodist missionary at
Chao-Tung-Fu. has been beaten merci-
loSsly by the Chinese. His lung was
pierced by a weapon. The missionaries
are flocking into IIongkong from the
Swallow and Pakhoi districts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Lover to Be EIectrocuted.

A verdict Of murder in the FIRST degree
was returned BY the jury in the case of
John Saloy, charged with numbering his
sweetheart. Sarnia Vargo. - years old.
in Cleveland The jury did not recon
mend clemency and Saloy viii De sensene
ed To the electric chaiz.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Double Tragedy In Cleveland.

Mrs. Martha Roberts, Is years old,
was probably fatally wounded by her hus-
band, William Roberts, twelve years her
senior. in the home of her mother in
Cleveland. Roberts then turned the re-
volver upon himself and fred bullet
into his brain, dying almost instantly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

Owing to the strike in the Union iron
works of San Francisco. that company
has turned over the cruiser California for
completion at the Mare Island navy yard.
The Navy Department has consented TO
complete the vessel on condition that the
contracting company shall pay the cost of
such completion. which, it is estimated.
viii not exceed per cent of the contract
rrice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

Three lives were lost and thousands OF
dollars damage was done by IRE which
started in the Newark. y. j.. Turn
yerein Hail. on William street. Joseph
Hoeneke. janitor of the haIl. his wife
and a child were burned to death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
stea1s 500. pestro,. 10000.

Charged WITH arson and embeZzIlng the
funds of his employers, the United
States Express Company, George p.
Decker was arrested in Newport News,
Va. Decker confessed that he set fire to
the Federal wharf at Old Point Comfort
after robbing the safe of the express COM
pany of $50 The wharfhouse was de-
stroyed, with its contents, the loss being
estinla ted at $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

Jesse James. son of the noted bandit
OF thar name. was graduated from the
Kansas City School of Law Friday even
inS. receiving the highest grade Of any in
his class of thirty-eight. He viii practice
law in Kansas City,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
seven Die In rrollcv Cra.h

F. O'ConnelL II. NJ Billings. w. c.
Allen and William Sala were killed in a
rearend collision on the Cleveland and
Southwestern Traction road at Elyria.
Ohio. Thirteen persons were injured.
Three of the injured died the same day.
Five others are expected to die.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

Encountering wreck on his first run,
George Paul Kramer, 3S years old. pas
senger conductor on the Iron Mountain
railroad. was frightened to death when
his train struck a light engine near TIC
IA, La. No one was injured by the
wreck
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
E,x wbeeI Bur.tx, ono pend

The bursting of large fly wheel at the
Creighton power plant at Tarentum, Pa
killed Engineer Frank NJ. Geiger. seri-
ously injured Calvert Hazlett, his assist
ant. and hurt several other employees
The building was wrecked.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

Near Americas. Ca. Charles Grant. a
prominent farmer. shot and killed a negro
tenant who had assaulted him with a
brick. Grant had reprimanded the ten
ant Cor negleeting his crops.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Woman Free OF Murder Charge.

In Fargo. \. H.. after a consultation
between Judge Pollock and States At
tornsy Barnett the court decided TO dis
miss the case of Mrs. Cramer. charged
with the murder of her husband She
ordered her 16-year-old son TO shoot his
father. who was instantly killed Two
iuries disagreed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
wilhelmina, out of her private purse

Wilhelmina, out of her private purse,
will also entertain the delegates as
body. Beyond these official functions
there will be much private entertain
ing by the Dutch aristocracy and
among the diplomats themselves.
Minister Hill is extremely anxious
that the ceremony of the laying of the
corner stone of the palace Of peace, to
which Andrew Carnegie has subscribed
S1,500,000, shall take place before the
conference adjourns.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Robbed of $4,000. Kills self.

August L. Schoenberg of Philadelphia,
aged - years. committed suicide by
shooting himself through the mouth in
the waiting room of the depot hotel in
Chadron. Neb. The loss by robbery of
about $4,000 from his grip on the train
is said 10 be the cause of his act