TRAIN OUTRAGE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10128, 26 October 1910, Page 5

TRAIN OUTRAGE.

AN AT PEAL THAT FAILED.

SENTENCE INCREASED,

Received October 25, 10 a m. LONDON, October 24.

William Simpson, the perpetrator of the train outrage between Marlborough road and .Swiss Cottage stations, on the Metropolitan railway, on 10th August last, and who was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment, appealed against the severity of the sentence. The Court, however, increased the sentence to fifteen years.

(The unfortunate victim of the outrage was Mr T. W. Frost, of Ruislip, a suburban garden city, who had earlier in the day travelled up to town on business. Mr Frost, who was a first-class reason ticket holder, entered Baker street station about two o'clock, to return home, taking the 2.15 "non-stop" train to Aylesbury. Shortly after taking his seat, he was joined, by a young man, who, according to the inspector who examined the tickets, sat in he corner immediately opposite to Mr Frost. He appeared quite calm and collected, and not a word passed between them before the train started out. After passing through, St. John's Wood station, and when nearing Marlborough roacl, a signalman in his box at the entrance to the tunnel observed that one of the carriage door 3 was being opened. He immediately telephoned to the signalman at Swiss Cottage station to stop the train, as he feared something wrong had happened. The train was accordingly pulled up just before leaving the tunnel, on the Swiss Cottage station side, and when it came to a standstill a passenger in a first-class compartment told one of the portei's standing there that he had heard shots fired in one of the adjacent carriages. Ihe porter then entered the next compartment and was confronted with a horrifying sight. He found Mr Frost lying on his side, groaning, with two large wounds in his chin. All he could do at the time was to point to the cpen off-side door, indicating that his assailant hsd escaped that way.