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The West Virginia News
Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
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Frank Hale allegedly sabotaged a freight train's air brakes at Lick Run on April 27th to visit a woman, then shot at brakeman W. J. Bunch before escaping; he is now jailed in Clifton Forge awaiting trial.
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Frank Hale, white, is now locked in the Clifton Forge jail, awaiting trial upon two serious charges. He is charged with sticking the blade of a pocket knife into the air tube of air brakes on a freight train April 27th and with firing two shots from a revolver, which he pulled from his pocket, at Brakeman W. J. Bunch, when the brakeman demanded what he meant by stopping the train in any such fashion.
On the 27th of April, according to a statement of C. & O. Railway Detective A. M. Richardson, Hale was riding an east-bound freight train, and when the train reached Lick Run, he jabbed the blade of his pocket knife into the air tube, in order to stop the train so that he could get off and see a woman, to whom he was paying attention. Naturally the freight was brought to a quick standstill, and when the brakeman attempted to make Hale account for it, Hale fired at him and escaped.
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Lick Run
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April 27th
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frank hale is locked in the clifton forge jail awaiting trial on two charges: sticking a pocket knife into the air tube of air brakes on a freight train and firing two shots at brakeman w. j. bunch. hale escaped after the incident.
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Frank Hale, riding an east-bound freight train on the C. & O. Railway, jabbed the blade of his pocket knife into the air tube at Lick Run to stop the train so he could get off and see a woman. The train stopped suddenly, and when Brakeman W. J. Bunch demanded an explanation, Hale fired two shots from a revolver at him and escaped.