, 1879-02-27

lie FnFtllleA Himself In n 0Arret, but Ia
Finally Captured by Arrln1sllnE Him with
Chlorofnrm nn.l Throwing Ncd-rcppor IN
Ills Eyos.
ttrr<spoHde0cs Dfsroff FIRE. 1ftfs
FLINT, Feb. n4.-At about o'clock last eyet,-
Ing tnau come 81 or 40 ycnrs Of age called nt
the residence OF chnrlrs Smith, q prominent
business annu, md resident Of the Third Warti.
IN this city, and was INSTANTLY recognized by Mr..
Smith, who Ind met lin Bonlc years since In
Shiawassca County. 1Eis name Is Shelton n,
Thonpso,1, whose father Is farmer, aud resides
about one mile from tile Village Of Coruunn.
After greater part of the evening Ind been
spcnt in conversation (Which, Oh the part Of The
stranger, was of rnmbllny na.ure) Mr..
Smith showed him to q room and
bnap him goodnight. After few
1nomcnta Ind elapsed tho stranger agaIn made
his appearance md calling Mr.. Smith as!le pro-
cceacd to nns1ato his troubles, which wcrc nf o
domestic i,aturc claiming tilat lie was M out
east and was deprived Of The blessings Of homo
md friends. Durng Ills conversation he be-
came botstcrous, ard claimed that be would
soon nut au cnd to himself. All attempts on
The t,art Of Smith 10 console ind quiet him
proved futile, uiltl be saw tliut some :hlllE must
be done to save himself as'.l family from the
injuries they might receive from thr hands Of
ono wn was seemingly unuccountab'e for what
At tiis iuncturo AR. llasl, a gentleman who
was stopping ut tho house, wins called III, ald an
nttcmnt wis M1atlo to pcrsuat'o tie MANIAC to
lelve the premises, but ho stnhhornly refused
TO 10 so, aill taking large 1uck-knife from li!s
pocket Le opened The biado, Then opened Ills
clothing, and vowcd he would take Ills own llfc.
lie was persuaded to put up tt,t weapon, and
soon Sheriff Phillips. With Deputy Miller, ar
rived, mud ut ouce set about tle Task Of re,noy-
!ng him from the premises. Finding TINT coax-
llE nni talking would 10 no good, they deter
mined on bringing inatn force to bear, mud 0enK
strung, uhlc.bodtct men, tl'ry seized hold Of
him, but hu WIS seemingly endowed With super
human strength, anil hurled them 10 tue lloor,
ct the same tlme ktek!n. Mr.. Phillips severely In
tile pit of the stomach. Here Miller rallied,
md, making desperate plunge. wifh one A5n.
thrown from HIN, receiving scvcrn injuries.
which he pad hut little attention to. hut aet to
work to pface htnsalf in better attitude for
defense, at which 5anetn!ts S!,,,,d! the parties
some plnu 10 capture him. llo ut o,lce
LETT t1iu roou, and passing up"salrs en.
tered garret. aMl, sci1!nE boxes, trunks, cte.,
proccedcd 10 intrcncA himself. Another NJ
tetnpt wAs luA1o 10 capture hta'. wltlc le dc.
frnlied h!lnsclf With large cane, which hu had
wrcstru from one Of tie ottlceta llu hroku tho
Windows IN this apartment Ii, fragments, utter
which hu took down n eliot !lca-ltus ~ the roou',
fastened u to the door-knuu, tleA It to SOME
thing securely, atll then replaeed the boxes,
trunks, ctr., against ths dour, nnd awaltHd MI
other attenlpt At an antrauCe; An attempt wes
to stupcly him, but. owing to the windows being
bruI;ett, 10 cllcct WIS produced.
Al tho tttlu OF writing, II j. nj. MBEdny, the
nadman hoads the fort, aud arrangements nre
being naao u pass strsuiu Of Eas into ths
rootsi, hoping to render him unconscious, md
thereby captuso nlsn. Gteat excitement pre-
Yatls, and il, imsuense crowd IL watching ths