The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-08
Mayors OFFICE OF rHR CRY OF PHILADELPHIA,
March 7, 1874 )
A MANIACAL MURDERER.

Terrible Tragedy In . Connecticut Work.
shop-several Men Shot by a Discharged
Workman In Revenge-Atte mpted Sui
eide.
NEw HAVEN, March 7, 1874.
A bloody ana most rrghtful tragedy occurred a
little before noon to-day in the borough Of Walling
ford, thriving manufacturing village twelve
miles north of this CRY, which resulted in three
men receiving bad wounds, which may occasion
the death Of TWO OF them and the jeopardizing the
lives OF dozen Others
THE HISTORY
Of the aair is follows For the past two years
a young man named John Anderson, a native OF
Sweden and aged about twenty three years, resId-
ing with his wife and child at No. SO Ashman street,
in this CITY, has been employed in the carriage
wheel mandatory OF Hall Parmelee, in Walling-
ford. By industry, fidelity and good workman
ship he won the confidence of his employers, who
finally gave him a contract to make wheel
rims and in this work he had several men en-
ployed under him, and did prosperous business
Last week Anderson informed his employers that
he desired to throw up the contract and they as
sented to his so doing and employed Alfred Nor
ton and man named Netteton to I'LL his place.
This put Anderson in bad blood, and he left the
shop in anger and went to Hartford and COL
lected some money and then returned TO his home
in this city, where he spent sunday put did not
tel his family what had occurred. On Monday he
returned to Walling!ord, and on Thursday went TO
anger being directed mainly against Norton, whose
brains he threatened to knock out. He freely In
dulged in wild threats q vengeance against him,
company. For this conduct he was arrested, 10
compel him to give bonds to keep the peace,
Church paH s for his nsRs
on Friday Anderson returned to mis-
in THIS g ana his family Of
language, oarhs and threats of vengeance. so that
the family were greatly frightened. This morning
alter rising he commenced to talk again OF his
trouble, and nourished about pistol and
threatened to shoot those, he claimed had
wronged him. He took tue early morning train to
Wallingford ana spent most Of the forenoon look
ing for Roswell Morse, the grand juror who issued
the warrant ior mis- arrest: he did not find him,
and, in view OF what TRANSFERRED soon alter, 1t is
supposed he designed to shoot him.
AT THE SHOP
wheel shop which Is near the railroad depot, hold
ing In one hand six-bsrrelled loaded Smith &
se SeIUb loaded revolver Of the same
pattern. 4e had them both cooked, and as
he entered the door he declared in an r ex,
at work on this floor, Mr. Edwin Gale. and he i'm
mediatey fired at MIN, but the ball new WIDE OF
the mark and Mr.. Gale escaped unframed. The
desperate man then rushed up stairs into the
wheel room, where fifteen or twenty men were at
work stu holding his reviewers. one in each
band, he ran suddenly toward Albert Norton, and
when within six feet Of him
The charge missed Its ann and was buried in
wagon upon which Mr.. Norton was at WORK. Mr..
Norton quickly turned and ran, when Anderson
fired second shot, winch lodged In Norton's
shoulder ntictiDg bad flesh wound. Then Ander-
son turned and tired upon another workman near
/ him, named Horatio Han. The bullet took effect
/ In the temple, near the ear, and Hall fell to the
floor. exciaiming, ''rm shot; lor Gods sake, get
! doctor soon you cant" Anderson
! then rushed upon f. II. Ives, the treasurer Of
! the company, VINO fed down stairs, pursued by
! the assassin, VINO fred two shots at him, without
] eneCt. Anderson then returned the second
| floor and shot himself In the upper part OF the
! head, making a wound from which the blood freely
nowed. 1t did not prove serious enough 10 disable
menced to fire indiscrminateiy at the worKmen
who had left the upper story, but his aim was wild
and he hit no one.
COVERED WITH BLOOD,
ne ruSned out OF the shop TO the platform IN 'front.'
and, craving a knife, cut his throat from ear to
ear and dropped upon the platform, where he lay
several minutes lie then succeeded In getting up
and went toward the depot, still fiOurishing the
reviewers. His irightul appearance caused gen.
eral stampede Of persons about the building ex-
cept the depot master, Mr.. Edmunds who went
TO MIN and helped him back To the factory, where
he raved so badly that three men were required to
hold him. Soon after he fell into stupOr. 1t Is
thought he cannot live.
MR. HALL
was taken 10 Hoeys HOTEL where at last account t.
he was III a delirous condition. with slight pros.
poets OF recovering
THE MURDERER.
upon examining AndersOn's revOlverS it was
the factory. He worked about i've years ago in
the New Haven Wheel Company's factory, in this
city, and whle there assaulted young lrisnman,
Iellow workman. with a wheel spoke, and
pounded MIN until he was unconscious. He was
known then as a man OF extremely violent temper.
In WallingfOrd the AFFAIR OF today has created the
most Intense excitement and the deepest SYM
patty for Hall and Norton