The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
Let Us All, AS Peace
Lovers, Be Very Thankful
That Somebody Lied!

We have heard it remarked that no
news is good news.
A preference for good news may ex-
plain why some people take an evening
paper other than The Times.
4 But that is neither here nor there.
What we want to interest you in is a
dispatch which reached this office Fri
day, to prove that news, upon occasions,
Isn't news at all.
The dispatch came from Lima, Ohio,
at 1915 p. m, and read:
LIMA. o. July 1l--Bandits who were
foilsd In an effort to hold up the fast Broad
way express Of the Pennsylvania railroad,
near Monroeville, Ind, today discharged
several loads Of buckshot at passengers rid
~ ing on the observation platform at the rear
Reports reaching here said that r. j.
Wood, Of Pittsburgh, was seriously injured
and that others sustained wounds. Wood
was hit In eight places
This was what the telegraph editor
Immediately seized upon as some rea
news, but it was modified somewhat al
1O:40 when another dispatch was re-
ceived, reading as follows:
kas LIMA, o.. July 1.-two persons were
painfully injured when an unknown man
fred Q shotgun Of buckshot into group OF
passengers ON the rear platform OF the OBJ
servation car OF the east bound Broadway
y limited, the Pennsylvania railroads 20 hour
SS train between Chicago and New York, late
yesterday. The shooting took place near
Naples. Ind. The passengers did not see
the man. but as soon as the report of the
~ gun was heard, young man employe OF the
n railroad from Pittsburgh and young wo
N man en- route to Philadelphia cried out that
they had been wounded. The train was
stopped In Lima 10 minutes and Dr. j. b.
Vail attended the victims. They were un-
x able to describe the man who did the shoot
Ing. ~ the train was moving too rapidly.
officials Of the railroad absolutely refused
TO give out the names Of the wounded per-
sons and detectives declared there was no
evidence Of an attempt to hold UP the train.
While there was an apparent DISPOSE
ton in that second dispatch to hedge, it
didn't begin to compare with the appar-
ent disposition in the third dispatch to
hedge some more. The third one, reach
ing US at 10:46, read:
CHICAGO. July 14---In an official state
ment issued today by the assistant general
passenger agents office of the Pennsylvania
railroad, regarding the reported attack on
the Broadway express, near Naples Ind, il
was stated that a small boy fired load of
shot at the observation as il sped past
1T was just boyish prank" the railroad
official said. "A boy was sitting on the
fence He fired the shotgun at the passen-
gers on the observation PLATFORM r. j.
Wood, Of Pittsburgh, stenographer for Gen.
erRl Freight Agent Connolly. OF the Penn
ayivania road, one Of the passengers. was
3 lift In the leg by one OF the shot No one
else was injured. far as reported TO US
Tho boy Is being sought BY officials al
IS though the train was going so fast il must
y have been mile OF two beyond the spot be-
fore anyone really knew what had hap
pened.'
Only shattered fragment of what
Z promised to be 4 corking sensation re-
manned by this time, but at 1851 tn,
whole thing dried up and blew away il
I, ne following final word:
FORT WAYNE. Ind. July 14--Pennsyl
~ yunia railroad officials here denied today
q NJ 1hnt an attempt had been made to rob the
T<I1n1Ght Chicago 10 New York express near
Ak ~ md, and said that the story had
UVn nom an incident that involved small
a. -. 4 oh0lsun and squirrels
e. 80 small boys shot Mt a squirrel
ula ~ gsesins near Naples, Ind"
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