Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1899 — CRAZY ENGINEER RUNS TRAIN. [ARTICLE]

CRAZY ENGINEER RUNS TRAIN.

Pnlls the Throttle Wide Open on a Steep Grade. John Hamilton, for twenty-five years an engineer on the Illinois Central, went suddenly insane on. Tuesday last and attempted to wreck his train. Opening the | trol over the < engtne! HamUtof* who°is y , ay ng at nis dome in