Outrage on a French Railway.
An attempt was made to murder ouo of the keepers of tho Versailles Mt^eum, named Cnllomb, in the midnight down ti-iii non Wednesday n'ght. His (>-econdcl.iss) follow pas-engers on leaving Paiis where a young woman and a num, both perfect; strangers to bim. The young woman alighted at Viroflay, and Collomb was do/ing, when he felt a violent blowon the forehead. Ho had a struggle with his fellow passenger, who was armed with a life pieserver. He was thrown down, struck twice, and was half unconscious, when hi* assailant opened the carriage door, and tried to draw him out with him. He mustered Strength enough to give a kick, and the man jumped out. The train was at full speed, and the sodden ground shows that the man fell at full length. A passenger in the oext compartment heard, tho struggle, and saw him leap down, and he is believed to have been seen on Thursday morning, a few miles off, with his waistcoat on his arm. Collomb gave information on reaching Versailles, which was only 200 yards further on, and was a c sii*ted home. He declared himself upable to account for the outrage.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2192, 27 July 1886, Page 3
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200Outrage on a French Railway. Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2192, 27 July 1886, Page 3
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