The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 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
diGpe*eh which reached this Office Fri
day. to prove that news, upon occasions,
knit news 1t all
The dispatch came from Lima, Ohio,
~ 1O:l6 p. m, and read:
LIZA. O.. July ll--Bandits who were
q enljo6 n an effort to hold up the fast Broad
% go expfess OF the Pennsylvania railroad.
81 noSs Nonroeville. Ind today discharged
N n6Vo9al loads Of buckshot at passengers rid
81 ~ O the observation platform at the rear
Reports reaching here said that r. J.
wood, Of Pittsburgh. was seriously injured
81 ma that others sustained wounds. Wood
Ms hit In eight places.
This was what the telegraph editor
immediately seized upon as some real
news. but it was modified somewhat at
1O:40 when another dispatch was re-
csived, reading as follows:
LIlGA, O.. July 1.-Two persons were
II 1ainkully injured when unknown man
"A 1red . shotgun Of buckshot into gloup OF
ske passengers on the rear platform of the OBJ
sA ooevAtion car Of the east bound Broadway
umitod the Pennsylvania railroads 20 hour
~ tain between Chicago and New York. late
yesterday. The shooting took place near
4aples. Ind. The passengers did not see
II tho man, but as soon as the report of the
Nam Was heard, young man employe OF the
x fnl1foad from Pittsburgh and young wo-
81 man On route to Philadelphia cried out that
Tiny had been wounded. The train was
fsputoppsd In Lima Is minutes and Dr. J. B.
u Van attended the victims. They were un-
4 3 able to describe the man who did the shoot.
y Ing. - the train was moving too rapidly.
Ofncials Of the railroad absolutely refused
TO give out tho names Of the wounded per-
cons and detectives declared there was no
evidence Of an attempt to hold up the train.
While there was an apparent DISPOSE
tion in that second dispatch to hedge, it
didn't begin to compare with the appar-
emit 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 car IL sped past.
"lt was just boyish prank" the railroad
official said. "A boy sitting on the
fence He fired the shotgun at the passen-
81 gers on the observation platform. r. j.
sH Wood. OF Pittsburgh. stenographer for Gen
eral Freight Agent Connolly, of the Penn
". sylvania road, one Of the passenger was
hit In the leg by one Of the shot. Nc one
else was injured. SO far reported TO us
~ Tho boy "a being sought by officials, al
though the train was going so fast IL must
~ have been mile or two beyond the spot be-
fore anyone really knew what had hap
~ pened."
Only shattered fragment of what
{ promised to be corking sensation re-
. kained by this time, but at 1851 the
I whole thing dried up and blew away in
ne following final word:
NJ FORT WAYNE. Ind. July 14-Pennsyi
vanla fnilroad officials here denied today
~ III a attempt had been made to rob the
11nsGnt Chicago to New York express near
Ind and said that The story had
IN IN Incident that involved small
= cnotgm and squirrels
<<I mnu boys shot at a squirrel as
nn - pessins near Naples. Ind"