ANOTHER RAILWAY TION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10407, 3 April 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)

ANOTHER RAILWAY TION.

A GENTLEMAN FOUND SHOT AT CHARING CKOSS.

Silortly before midnight on Saturday, February 13, news was recoived of a shocking discovery which had been made in a first-clasa compartment of a train at

Charing Cross Station of the South-Eastern Railway. It appears that it train left Graveaend at twenty minutes to ten, and arrived at Charing Cross a few minutes before eleven o'clock. Upon arrival at the terminus all the travellers alighted, and nothing unusual was discovered, but a few minutes aftor eleven o'clock a young lady noticed a gentleman lying across one of the seats of a first-class compartment. The face was pallid, and the young lady called the attention of some railway servants to the gentleman. Tho guard of the train, with Inspectors Chandler and Whitely, opened the carriage door and found that the gentleman was unconscious. There was a bullet wound in the forehead, and a revolver was. lying on the floor of the compartment. It was evident that the gentleman had been shot, and, from the scorched nature of the skin, it was apparent that the revolvor had beon held quite

close to the man's head. A great commotion was caused at tho station by the discovery, for the news quickly spread, and the fact that the occurrence came so quickly after the murder on tho South-Wosterii Railway addod greatly to the excitement. The wounded man was taken to Oharing Cross Hospital. He was found to be in a most serious condition, and but faint hopes wero entertained of hU recovery.

BBSDLT OF OVEUSTDDI.

Numerous letters and papers wore found in his pockets, also a second-class season ticket botweon Putney and Waterloo. From a card-case found upon him, it was ascertained that his name was Ma«on, and that he resided at Clarendon Houso, Putney. At two o'clock in the morning the father of the wounded man arrived from Putney. He wont to the ward in Charing Cross Hospital, and remained by his son's bedside until the last. Particulars have been obtained which seem to throw a peculiarly sad and painful light upon tho occurrence. Tho young gentleman is only 19 years of age. His mother is dead. Ho has received an excellent education, and has recently studied for a Civil Service examination, in which ho succeeded, coming out at the top of 11 list of nearly 300 candidates. It is probable that the hard study that preceded this triumph hai led to mental aberration, and to the sad sequel described abovo. When tho father discovered the condition of his boy ho was almost overwhelmed with grief.