The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-06
Man Believed to BeC.L.Cal-
lihan at County Jail for
Safekeeping, Where He
Tried to Suicide.
MAN WAS SUDDENLY.
AWAKENED ON TRAIN
Jumped to His Feet and in
the Presence of the Horri-
fled Conductor Leaped Out
of a Window.

His mind blank AZ far ~ his name
and past actions are concerned, but
whose effects show him to be G. l.. Cal
lihan, an agent Of the Farm and Fire
side Journal. jumped from = PennsyL
vania passenger train last evening
about 7:45 at Campbellstown. O.. was
picked up, taken to this city and plac-
ed in the city Jail, to all appearances
a raving maniac. Later he was remov-
ed to the county Jail. and between ele-
ven O'Clock and IL. O'Clock. cut his
throat with the handle Of a tin cup. in
flicting a cash an inch deep and two
inches long on the left side Of his neck.
His physical condition 10 not serious.
The conductor and, train crew Of
train No. ~. which the man boarded
at Cincinnati, ticketed to Eaton. Ohio,
state that the man acted strangely
The man was asleep when Eaton
was reached and did not get of. As
the train neared Campbellstown the
conductor. remembering that the man
should have gotten OF at Eaton, went.
to him and touched him on the shoul-
der and told him he had passed his
station.
Was Not injured.
Callihan started to his feet and
plunged through the window. while the
train was going about IS miles an
hour. The train crew. Mortified. stop
ped the train, went back and picked
up the man. His head showed three
small cuts, and the hair had been cut
from his head by the contact with the
roadbed.
Shouting and bowling at The top of
his voice, he was brought to this city
where he was handed over to Omcer
Menke. Menke brought him to the po-
police station where he was locked up.
His correspondence was addressed 10
C.. L. Callihan, showing he haA haen
sent from Cincinnati to Eaton to ~
sumo charge Of the affairs Of tho Farm
and Ffreside Journal in that town.
His credentials were signed in Colun-
bus, O.. and other records showed him
to be from Versailles. Ky. The police
of these two cities know nothing about
the man.
'Callihan was placed in the south
cell at the city jail and at once jumped
to the top of the small cells. preparing
to leap to the cement floor beneath. q
distance of about eight feet. This plan
was frustrated by an omcer placing
him in the small steel cell. His howl
ing and raving., and 1t times incoher-
ent mumblngs, resulted In his being
placed in the padded cell at tho coun-
ty jail, about eleven o'clock, a. It was
feared he would attempt to kill him
SELF
As the padded cell 1t the county Jail
is in bad condition, having been torn
up by several of the recent inmates.
Callihan about midnight was placed in
small barred cell He asked for .
drink and was given . lineup Of water.
He ratified the cup for some time. &C.
cording to other inmates Of the Jail.
but in q short time grew quiet. Finally
one of the other inmates Of the jail
looked into Callihan's cell. and he was
lying on his back with blood flowing
from q wound in his neck. He had torn
OF the handle of the tin-cup and with
the ragged edge OF the st-aightened
out piece OF tin. had inflicted Z RAGGED
| wound in the side Of his neck, about
an inch deep, and two inches long.
First aid to the injured treatment
was given him, and physician dress
ed the wound today.
DR.. Marvel. the physician who treat
ed the man when he was brought into
| this city on the passenger train, stated
his injuries were not serious, none Of
them necessitating even bandaEe.
He stated that the man in lucid In
terval, told him he had had similar at
tacks before, and that his mind would
be a blank for some time, his memory
afterward returning
The man is about 30 years old, II
dressed neatly in = grey suit, and car
! ries a small handbag with another suit
of clothes.