Show i ir MAN r WOMEN Drunken Drunk ri P J R land Train Woke Up U l and d Began Shooting il IN IM CHAIR CAR MURDERER HAD BEEN IMBIBING VERMOUTH T D Denver enver nver Tune 22 In a 11 shooting af at try friy 1 ry which occurred In haIr car No Ui 15 of passenger train No 5 west westbound westbound Westbound bound on the Chicago Hoe Hock Island PaoJ c railroad about 1030 last ht between Dresden and und Selden In Kansas T B Topp ropp a tailor of St StPaul t tPaul Paul Minn lInn was and amI Mrs rs Mor Morris Morris Morris ris Olsen of Marshall Minn and her sister Mrs rs Harry were W wounded The shots wore fired by John Bella an Italian barber en tn route rout from Boston to San Francisco who had boarded the at Chicago Choa o Thursday night Before Core the shooting bogun most mo t of or orth th tiP were Yere Cosine in their chairs thair anti and no warning of 01 their danger Tim wu given them They Th 7 were ware awakened fron their slumber by b yells and shots Five Fhe shots were Yere fired tired in rapid succession by Sells Bells as he walked through the tho aisle from the front to the thu rear ar of ot the Ule car taking accurate aim at atO ato ore O I passenger after att r another Three Persons Hit Hith The h first shot struck Mrs Olsen on the left SIde ide of her face tace the tho bullet passing through the Jaws and coming ou Cu on tho the left lert side Mrs sis els sister elster ter sitting opposite her was hit in the shoulder with the second bullet Th h Mr fr wounds are arc not fatal After being shot both women rushed to the th smoking car ahead and a majority of ot tho ho male passengers followed as quick quickly ly as possible tumbling over one an another another another other in their haste to escape e ap Bells third bullet passed paRsed through Mr heart Ho lie was found dead later in his seat beat Ills His facial expression was calm aim and from his position I it seemed Reene that he was sleeping when shot hot I By Dy this time no other men remained in the car ear except Charles A Gilliat of at Denver D nver an of the Ule Griff GrIffen en Wheel company and D R n Slawson Of Pueblo Cob folo closed in on Bell Deli Bellan and an wrenched his revolver from his hand band but not before two moro more shots had been be on fired neither of which hit anybody Before being overpowered Bells drew drewa a razor and with this he fought des desperately A porter from the tourist car ear armed arme with a 11 billy finally succeeded Cd d in m knocking the tho razor out of tho Italians hand and Bells was then seized f and an bound by Gilliat Slawson the porter and others The train crew stayed out of the Ue car While the dis disturbance disturbance was waa in progress At Goodland Kan Km Bells and a tray trav traveling tra eling companion Patsy also an Italian were removed from the train and locked in Jail Bells was ac accompanied companied by his wife and four tour chil children children dren and by his wife and five children Tho The women anI their children ildren con on 1 their journey to San Francisco Mrs Irs said the two men had been drinking vermouth all day yester yesterday yesterday day dar About 8 they fell tell asleep At t 1030 1020 Mrs said Bells awoke and began to protest pro est wildly that th t some one was trying to rob him Then he rushed rush d up the aisle and began shoot hoot shooting shooting hootIng ing man who was killed was mid dlen ed and well dressed The only means of identification was his rail railroad railroad railroad road ticket which bore the name of C romp ton The body b dy was left at Goodland and the two women were taken to a hos hospital hospital hospital pital there Mrs Olsen is a young oung bride Her Ht r husband was not on the train having s gum ne ahead at Arriba I Colo Cob |