Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-17 | Page 21 | Confesses Attempt to Wreck a Train

CONFESSES ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN Auburn Cal Cal Dec 16 Ralph Booan a witted half Russian has confessed to Sheriff McAulay that ho attempted to wreck an Overland O erland Southern Pacific train last lat Friday Frida night b by turning a switch swich at Zeta will w be ex examined ox- ox b by a lunacy lunac commission H lie contends that ho lie owns half of the I Southern Pacific railroad and that he i has bias a right to wreck his trains whenever whenever when when- ever he pleases The Tho wrecking of the passenger train wn was averted by the timely arrival of nn an extra freight the engineer of which found the tho switch open