New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-11
A LUNATIC'S BLOODY WORK.

PANIC AMONG WOMEN AND SHibpnH-> DAA4'-'N-
HISTORY OF THE MANIAC.
"Oh! Look at that mani He must be crazy !!
was the exclamation uttered by a woman in front
If Johnson's drygoods store No. East Four
teenth-st. at 400 p. yesterday. Her words drew
the attention of many other women to a
Frenchman. dressed in ragged. PANT
bespatered working clothes, who was walking
along the street. He looked like mailman MS
head was inclined forward so that his chin rested
ON his breast and his black eyes wore n demoniacaI
glare as they peered from under the brim OF black
soft hat He went with nervous, uncertain gan,
swaying from side to side and swinging his arms
wildly. Fourteenth-st at that point was
crowded with persons, mostly women and
children as is usual on pleasant afternoons
Al least fifty women were in front of Johnsons
store and as many more were in front OF the Palais
ROYAL. adjoining Many of them were standing III
small groups. either engaged in conversation OF
looking AT the goods dsDa yed III the show-whoo"s'
Those who were passing in and ont OF the Stores VI
were walking along the street, were ooiieeo u
thread their way slowly between The severa groups
The Frenchman had approached from the uiIec-
ton Of Broadway. When be was IN 'front.' Oh Joh"-
sons store his progress was inpeded by the throng'
and the loud remark of the young woman who first
noticed his strange actions caused many we'll
dressed persons to stand directly in his way and
s+are nj him. lie tried 10 make his way
,bronoh the crowd at the same Tim"
,rnttering some unintelliglhie words IL
was plain that he resented the presence
or the persons near him. As the women anu
children closed about him he Suddenly drew from
his coat-pocket pair Of sharp-pointed carpenter
conpaSses and began to strike nght ana lclt' MS
bloyrs were struck nj random at first while he
bowed himself until his up!ilted right arm was above
Llshcad Ina few seconds he had struck and wounded
uybo we
Miss Louise Checker. of No. 400 West Filty-drst-
S.; Miss Mary Stolzenberger, of No. APP East
Ninth-st. and Miss NJ. Il. King OF No. Az East
FIny-seventh-st SO quickly had the wounds been
inflicted that it difficult TO ascertain after
wards which bad been STABBED
first In moment women and children
were flying in all directions, screaming
and crying. No were near the maniac
when ne began his attack Terror took possession
of all who had witnessed tho stabbing. Some ran
into the stores and closed the doors behind them.
One tall woman. who wore a black silk dress,
warded of blow with her parasol and fed toward
broadway knocking over a smaller woman who
stood in her way. A girl was seen run
ming away and holding her LETT wrist
as if it had been injured, but
her name and the extent of her hurt were not
known Children fell and were dragged along the
sidewalk by their parents beyond the reach of the
insane man.
TRYING TO BREAK INTO STORES.
For few moments the maniac looked about nm
as if bewildered at the connection lie had caused
Then he made a dash at the front door of Johnsons
store 1t was fastened. He tried the door Of the
Palais ROYAL with the same result, and then
started toward FIfth-ave At The curb-stone of the
avenue he met Miss Pauline Fielder and Mr.. Mui-
Igan, Of No. $50 West Sizteenth-st. They had
noticed persons running away ron the stores I'D
front of them but they did not know the cause
until the Freuchman came upon them lie struck
Miss Fielder in the breast with the
steel points of the compass and then passed
on quickly, while she fell back into the arms
of her companion Crossing the avenue he met
Thomas Worth, of No. 666 Lexington-ave.,w who was
walking in company with his wife, daughter ard
little SON. Mr. Worth and the boy were behind the
others and none of them had seen Miss Fielder
stabbed. The Frenchman went past them so
Quickly that Mrs. Worth thought he had only
brushed against her, but she felt sharp pans
in her side at once. and she soon knew that
she had been stabbed, She cried out to her hus-
band, who caught her in his arms. Near the place
where the Worth family were stood Mrs. Mary
Hanley. the wife oil a policeman, with her two
small children. The mailman rushed at her and
dealt her murderous blow in the breast. Then he
ran back across the avenue toward a crowd which
was gathering in front of the Palais Royal. Men
were there by that time, however, aud he retreated
CAPTURED AT LAST BY MEN.
A short thick-set German With ford complexion,
trpped up the Frenchman and fell upon him.
Several other up, seized the arms ana legs
of the maniac and held him fast. The colnpasses
were wrenched away from hun. Policeman Charles
A. Hanley of the Fifteenth Precinct, whose wife had
been stabbed, ran up at the moment and took the
prisoner into custody. Other policemen haStened TO
the spot soon afterwards, and the demented man
was dragged off struggling, toward the Mercer-st
police station Haney did not know for nearly an
hour afterwards that his wife had been injured.
She had been carried into a real-estato office
at No. 2 West Fourtecnth-st. to await
the arrival of an ambulance. The ex-
element in the street great after the arrival
of the police. Surgeons and ambulances |
were summoned from the Ncw-Iork Hospital. bnt |
time elapsed before all the injured women |
were found.
EFFECTS OF THE MANAGES BLOWS.
Large crowds collected about persons who had |
seen the stabbing and in front of the building whco
the surgeons were examining the wounds. Mrs. |
Sozenberger was led into Johnson store but as her
wound was not serious she soon went to her home |
iu a carriage Miss King carried up stairs to a |
room over the store where she RENAME until her |
friends arrived with u coach t. take her home. !
Miss Checker, whose wound in the shoulder !
Slight. walked to tho hospital unasslstcd. aud she !
went homo in % street-car soon afterwards. Miss |
Fielder went into the hallway OF the Pallis loyal |
There a surgeon probed the wound III her breast
and said IL not dangerous Her lIlend
aftrrward supported her to the hospital, where she
renamed only short time. Mrs. Worth was car |
ried INTO the house of Mrs Stewart at No rs f1fth-
ave Her wound was considered dangerous ana HE |
PHYSICIANS had some difficulty IN preventing her |
froIn becoming nsensblc. While BE remained IN
s .as hSi' on aG the sidewalks %1 snd on the
steps Of adjoining houses waiting for information
about her She was removed 10 the hospital ia an
ambulance but her husband took her home later in
ihe ntternnnll. Mrs UanleY. whose homo is at No.