Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-13
TINE FREAKS AND TmE CAPTURE %
4 lUNATlC.

An occasional correspondent at Port
Madison has written ~ the narrative
following:
PoRr MADISON, w. T., Sept. II, 1882.
On Saturday last young man calling
himself George Zi9ler, hailing from
Victoria, came to this place on the
steamer Augusta. He seemed to be a.
sane .: any person when be came
ashore, but after he had gone to bed at
room, said he wouldn't stop in the hotel.
somebody was after him to kill him. Mr..
Hoffman, the clerk, gave him back the
money he had paid in advance for his
bed, and pretty soon ZiRler was tramp
ing back and forth ON the street. calling
out to somebody to 'catch tho line. ""all
aboard" "oome out here and will fight
any one Of you single handed" etc.,
pounding fences with club as he went
along "a piece Of fir about four feet long
BY two inches square.) About IL O'Clock
hs saw light In the sittinQ-rO0m of
Mrs. N. AcCallum. He came to tho
door and demanded to be admitted, say
ing, six or seven mon are after me to
kill me. want you to hide me-" Mrs.
McCalium told him ITO 20 away; you
cannot come in here" Said be, II must
o3me in; OPEN the door," He pushed on
the door with all his might, and tried to
kick in the panels. She told him he
should not como in. and il he did mot 20
away Immediately he would get hurt.
Just then he spied lot of plants ON tho
far end Of tho platform, among them .
Qeranium about four feet high and a
large lily. "Ah, said he. there they are,' -
and he commenced striking them with
his club, swearing at them all tie time.
He completely demolished the plants
and the flower pots. When Mrs. No
Oallum heard him at work ON them, che
thought she would step into the dining
room, open the window looking toward
the hotel and call for help. She started
to do 20, but lust a. she arrived ct the
window, Zigler, with his club, smashed
in the window In the sitting room,
jumped in, and AZ abe turned to meet
him, he seized her by the arm and told
her lot Of men were going to kill him,
and she must hide him. Said she,
Come this way" leading him to the
kitchen door, intending to show him a.
far a. the woodshed, them jump back
and bolt tho woodshed door, and the one
leading from the kitchen to tho dining
room, thinking she could get asaiotauce
before ZiQleI could got into the house
again. But he saw Q light In q small
room between tho dining room and the
bedroom, left there to throw enough
light into tho bedroom % ahe oould -
that the children did not got uncovered
during the night, and he jumped into
this little room and sho followed him.
shutting the door leading into the bed
room, put her back against e, put her
hand behind her and clipped chs catch,
% the knob could not Be turned. and
to1d him 10 ct out Of that room, g ahe
had three small children aaloep there.
He said he didn't care II there wenD 500
children there. that she must hide him.
Just then he spied . closet, and asked IL
any men wore there. She said, mo-"
laid he, 'hide me; don't decisive me-.
They arc going 10 kill me-" Just then
N. Holman made his appearance
IN tho dining room, having jumped
through the broken window IN tie fyunt
room. Zi9ler, seeing him, cried, 'sthere
they are now" and damned the door
leading into the dining room, bolted Il,
and told 4rs. 4cCallum, "for Gods
1Ake to hide me from them." He turned
again to the closet. She unboltsd the
dining room door and jumped out,
Hoffman looked In. 2ig1sr struok s
him With his club, hitting him ouoo.
when Hoffman levsled him BY . power
ful blow fair In The eye. cloeing Il CON-
plstely. They bad short light In thls
room l6xl0 Ssse) dinzsaneine slosline
hanging there, and furniture tying
around - though etxuek BY Kansaa
cyelceA NnAlly Holman had him
6oond, and be, IN company With Deputy
Sheriff Beeton and o6her1, whom Ma
4oCAllum had by this time summoned.
look zielsr 70 JAIL He had his exami.
nation On Aonday befoTD Judge Lom-
lard and d.. Morgan, and Dspuiy 6her-
u Bea4on took hin b SteilAcoom. ZiQ-
ler eot pretty ha1ly hurt The nan vSo
him think ~ had planned this
nd Int beeause III. 0oCallnm vao
Nag. So they showed tl,e poor crank
% morey. The men oho vofo there at
~ ~pisaie" ny Mn. MoOallum 1ooaned
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