Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-20
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

hold up OF Great Northern passenge
train No. 8, between Colbert and Mea,
shortly before midnight last night
Twelve persons were injured when The
engine and mail car run wild" dow
the track by the bandits after they hat
rifled the mails, and collided with tn,
remaining cars of the train?
The bandits detached the engine anC
mail car from the train and ran then
down the track considerable dis
tanee. then after the registered mai
had been opened sent the engine back
TO collide with the standing cars.
The conductor saw the wild cars
coming down the track at twenty
five miles an hour and when they
were considerable distance away
placed tie on the track in an en-.
deayor 10 stop their wild flight The
engine and car were partly stopped by
The lie but plunged into the standing
Noaohes. There was a frightful crash
and the passengers in all the coaches
were thrown from their seats. most OF
the injured being hurt by glass from
broken windows. There were injured
persons in every car.
Ten thousand dollars is the reward
offered for the train robbers this
morning.
SEACATECAS, Mex, May 17.-Ren-
dered insane by the appearance of the
Twin brother of his victim, who he
believed was the ghost of the man
he had murdered, Antonio Agulliar fell
10 his knees, pleading for mercy and
babbled the story of his crime. Until
that moment the murder of Eustia
Aguillar had been veiled In mystery.
His twin brother, Juan. who had been
absent from home for years returned
70 the city yesterday and accidental
~ met Antonio. The latter did NOT
know of the return of Juan and when
he saw him on the street, his resem
blance to the murdered brother was
so striking that he thought the spirit
Of the man he had killed had returned
TO haunt him. Frustrating himself he
begged to be killed and in his rawlings
related the details of the murder. He
was taken into custody. and is believed
TO be hopelessly insane.
PORTLAND, Ore, May 17.-Be-
cause, it is alleged. his girl wife gave
him skim milk instead of cream, John
ID Rosclair is said to have cleaved her
head open with heavy knife used
for cutting salmon. Rosclair surrend-
cred to Sheriff Hancock at Hillboro
The sheriff is authority for the state.
ment that the man confessed.
The tragedy occurred Saturday
morning in the lonely mountain home
of the couple. According to the al
legged confession, after the woman was
dead, Rosclair removed her bloody
clothing and destroyed all trace of
the affair. Settings things to rights
about the house he waited until 10
O'Clock at night and then come to
HIllboro, where he surrendered him.
SNii w INC sheiil carry ouHudS Hoill'
ing.
According TO his alleged confession
Rosclair and his wife had just seated
themselves at the breakfast table
Rosclair asked for cream for his mush
and found fault with Mrs. Rosclair be
cause she gave him skinned milk.
A quarrel ensued and Rosclair, accord
ing TO the alleged confession, took the
knife and struck his wife several
times.
ATLANTA, Ca, May 17.-George
Burge. carpenter out of employment,
returned to his home near this city
early today. and. entering through a
rear window, went to his wife's room
and stabbed her to death. He then
went to the room of his stepson and
after a desperate struggle stabbed and
seriously wounded him. Burge then
made his escape.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 17-An,
gered because his wife, from whom
he had separated, was about to begin
divorce proceedings, A. Gerson attack
ed her. and stabbed her five times with
pocket knife. He then held her
prisoner. Gerson was arrested. He
refused to talk except to say that his
wife stabbed herself with pair of
scissors.
NEW YORK, May 17.-After having
given up all hopes of ever seeing land
again, Captain Aronson and his crew
of five of the British steamer Roanoke
which went to pieces twenty-five miles
OFF the Azores on March 26, arrived
here today on the Fabre liner Gallia-
Loaded down with cargo of salt
from Santa Pasio. Spain, for st. John,
n. B.. the Roanoke ran into a hurri
cane when $50 miles off Fayal which
cut her canvas into shreds. AS the
Roanoke sunk Captain Aronson and
his men got away in a small boat
They rowed twenty-five miles into
Fayal through raging seas, the work
requiring three nights and three days
In that time they passed two steam
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