Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1900 — SHOT BY TRAIN ROBBER. [ARTICLE]

SHOT BY TRAIN ROBBER.

Railroad Detective Fatally Wounded Trying to Arrest Hold-Up Men. * John Jackson, a detective far the Missouri, Kansas and. Texas Railway frotu Sedaiia, was shot through the head by au unknown man at Holden, Mo. Supt. D. Hardy of the Missouri Pacific Railway had learned that an attempt would be made to rob the express car on the east-bound Missouri Pacific train for St. Louis. A posse was organized •in Sedaiia, under epmmand of W. 1. Cunningham. a secret service officer of the Missouri Da eifie Railway, and: left on a special train for Warrensburg, where the sheriff and special officers were taken aboard. Supt. Hardy’s information was that the hold-up was to take place near Doran. When the train reached Holden the officers were informed that the suspected men were at a resort, and it was decided to arrest them then, as it was believed enough evidence had been secured to bring about their conviction. The marshaUbf the town, another officer and Jackson started to make the arrest, saying they did not need qny assistance. Jackson entered the house. One of the men fired and a ball passed through Jackson’s head just over the right The. offieer returned the bandits’ shots, but he and his companions, of whom there were about six, escaped. Later one of them, badly wounded, was captured. sailors murder officers. Crew Mutinies In the Pacific, Kills Captain and Other Officers. Mail advices -toiLot a tragedy on the New Zealand brigantine Ethel, in • the Straits Settlement. She sailed from Broome, western Australia, about the end of November with a cargo of lumber and lias been posted as missing. A telegram received, by the Governor of the Straits Settlement from the British eoasuLat Batavia to tlie effect that the vessel had been, scuttled by part of her crow, who had mutinied ami murdered the captain ami owner, John Alfred Riddle, together with his son. the mate, the carpenter and of the crew. The mutineers, who numbered thirteen, after they hail landed at Adult, had a quarrel among themselves, as a result of which, when they reached Maceassar, one of them informed the Dutch authorities, who arrested the mutineers and seized the valuables and other property they had stolen.

MISFORTUNE FOLLOWS TRAIN. Illinois Central Has Bad Luck with First Chicaga-Sioux City Special. Misfortune overtook the new palatial train of tbl; Illinois Central on its first run from Chicago to Sioux City. The trouble began almost from the time the coaches left the Twelfth street station, and at Tara Junction, lowa, while the train was running slowly because of a train in front which had the right of way, an engine and caboose crashed into the rear of the train. There was a baggage car and a coach attached to the rear sleeper, which were running 'empty for service between Cherokee agfk Sioux Falls, S. D., and these were wrecked and the coach set on fire. The sleeping cars were filled, but owing to empty cars no one was hurt. ..... « :— ® «=»-—■-, X r - • WITNESS IS HYPNOTIZED. Unable to Testify Against a Prisoner Charged with Murder. F. D. Dinsmore, charged with the murder a l Mrs. Dinsmore and Fred Lauer, was placed on trial at Kearney, Neb. The prosecuting witness is Mrs. Lauer, wife of the murdered.man. The basis for the crime was the love of Dinsmore for Mrs. Lauer. The woman maintains that she is hypnotized by Dinsmore, and seems absolutely incapable of testifying against the accused. She tells a straightforward story away from the prisoner, but when confronted by him she seems speechless. Victim Pounded to a Pulp. In New York Frank Merino, a janitor, hacked his room mate, Genie Lueani, to death with a hatchet. When it was all over the only explanation the murderer would give was that he was the boss of the flat, and that Lueani had gone to sleep in the middle of the day, when he should have been doing some work about the place. Anti-Trust Law Void. The Illinois anti-trust law of 1803 was declared unconstitutional by Judge Kohlsaat in the United States Circuit Court in Chicago. Because of the section which exempts from its provisions the agriculturist and stock raiser, the court held that the statute'is tainted with class and special legislation. One Killed, Niue Injured. One man was killed, nine were injured and the steel department of Phillips. Nimick & Co.’s mill on West Carson street, Pittsburg, was completely wrecked by the explosion of a battery of four large boilers. The cause of explosion is not knowu. Japan Building Stenmers. A Japanese concern lias just turned out u 12,000-ton steel twin-screw steamer, the Awa Mam, which, according to United States Consul Harris at> Nagasaki, is equal in every respect, including cabin accommodations, to the best class of Atlantic steamships. Man Burns to Death. At Minnie, Ind., the livery burn of Boor «& Munsliower was destroyed by fire. Cecil \Veekly, a cab driver, was burned, to death, and forty-seven horses were also burned. Adjoining buildings were damaged by falling walls, and the total loss will "be about $25,(J00. Goebel Takes the Oath. \\jilliam Goebel was declared Governor qf"Jvenfucky by a quorum of the Legislature at Fraukfort. Within thirty minutes nfter the adoption of the board of control's majority report the oalh'ol office was administered to the almost dying man as he lay upon his bed. Ground to Death in the Machinery. , Henry Jlunip, while cleaning a doughmixing machine in Trait’s bakery at Toledo, Ohio, wars caught in the slowly revolving machinery and before assistance could reach him he was ground to fragments. Plans for Trotting Races. The nine cities which were included in last year’s grand trotting circuit will be in the program again the coming season. The meetings will begin at Detroit July 30. Driven Crazy by Wnr New*. James Jnbb, an Englishman residing in New Britain, Conn., went crazy over the reverses of his countrymen in Africa, and after breaking into a neighbor’s house, cut bis throat with a carving knife. i