A.R. ROBERTS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
December 3, 1897

Somewhere out on the Mojave desert a crazy man from Arizona is 
wondering, unless he has already succumbed to the heat and thirst. 
At an early hour this monring A.R. Roberts jumped from the Santa 
Fe overland train which arrived here a little before noon.  He had 
become suddenly crazed and clad only in his underclothes and 
wrapped in a sleeping car blanket, he made his way to the 
platform of the Pullman and leaped to the sands, landing on 
his feet. He was seen to speed away evidently laboring under 
the delusion that he was beng pursued by deadly enemies. The 
train was stopped and a search party organized.  The blanket 
the poor fellow had taken with him was found at Siberia seven 
miles from the place where he leaped from the car, but not a 
trace of the maniac could be found.  Conductor Hallahan when 
he found the blanket, called up a gang of section men, started 
them out on the trail and then brough the train into Los 
Angeles.  Unless the man be found in a few hours he must 
surely perish.

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