The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
SHOT BY AN INSANEMAN
MARY ANDERSON'S GRAZ ~
LOVER COMMITS MURhER.

George Lloyd of the FlstHu.h Insane.
Asyia,n-He plans whoIa{ al. Murder
and His own Suicide, but Arrested.
New York dispa1h.l
DIR. George w. Lloyd, the Assistant
Superintendent of the 4atbush Insane
Asylum, was killed by "a mes d Dough
srty. Mary Anderson's cAzy lover, who
had been generally regardc~->-. axha rm-
less crank. Dougherty escaped hyom
the asylum about two months ago Wy
means of false key. Since then he has
been frequently seen on Broad way In
this city. and occasionally at Flatbush.
He appeared there with a big revolver
on Sept. %, and by threatening tho
life of superintendent Fleming got
| his clothing which he had lett
behind when he escaped. He was seen
| trudging through the mry grounds or
| the ASYLUM late this afternoon. tie
walked up the wide stone steps or the
main entrance TO the asylum. placed his
backthorn stick and his cloak IN the
hallway, and appeared suddenly upon
the vision OF four startled men In the
Office on the right OF the corridor. They
were DR.. Lloyd. DR.. Thomas j. McGreal,
the druggist OF the institution, young Dr.
Edwin w. Ashford. of Washington, who
is experimenting the taking of the Fed
eral mortality census in Brooklyn, and
| Drug Clerk Schneider.
The specialized crank stood, barehead-
ed in the doorway of the Office. with a
| big, brand-new. gistening revolver in
each hand. His eyes were cleaning
with the light peculiar 20 a dangerous
| lunatic, and the young physicians in
| stantly recognized that they were in ex-
IRENE peril. Their first thought was to
pacify the mailman by soothing words,
| and then overpower and diSarm him. He
stood i'm the doorway for a moment
| garing at the frightened men, and then
said in savage tone: "Nhere is DR..
Fleming?"
DIR. Lloyd nervously fingered the paper
before him and answered. "Dr Fleming
has just put on his coat and hat and gone
out. 4"
Dougherty remarked gruilly, still glar-
ing at the young physician, 81 don't be-
| leve It,"
Then he walked TO the door Of the
pharmacy, which adjoins the office on
the north. and backed in, covering the
four men with his revolvers. ale is not
in there, anyhow" he said. DR.. Nc
Greal, white as plaster, stood directly in
range of the weapons. with his back 10
the unatic. 1t was only a few seconds
that Dougherty was behind him, but he
says IL seemed like half an hour Dough-
erty moved toward DR.. Lloyd, who was.
still sitting at his desk in the middle OF
the room. The Doctor said. in concili-
atory tone, looking calmly into the muz-
zles of the two self-cockers: "DOugherty,
you ought To be ashamed of yourself TO
want TO hurt DR.. Fleming; he has always
been good friend of yours.
The lunatic said nothing. He coolly
walked up 20 the Doctors chair, placed
the muzze of the large revolver (Which
is nearly "a foot long, almost against the
Doctors left side and fired The bullet
pierced the young physicians heart and
went clear through his body. He threw
up his hands. arose convulsively from his
chair. and exclaimed, "Oh. Dougherty!"
While he was topping. with his life al
ready gone, the assassin sent another
bullet through the Doctors neck.
Dr. McGreal ran through the corridor
into the street and shouted "Poice!"
There are no police within half mile OF
the asylum. but the druggist didn't think
of that i'm his excitement. As Dough-
erty passed DR.. Ashford in the hall the
young Washingtonian noticed that he
was remarkably cool. He still held the
rcvolvers i'm his hands, and as he went
out OF the door he warned DR.. Ashford
to keep back. But DR.. Ashford is a
man of nerve. and. although unarmed,
he determined 10 follow Doughcrty aud
have him arrested. For nearly three
quarters Of mile he kept less than a.
block behind the murderer on a deserted
road.
Every now and then Dougherty would
stop, point his weapons at his plucky
pursuer, and warn him back. But he
kept right on when Dougherty resumed
his fight, sticking his pistols in his hip
pockets. Dougherty stopped a moment
at the Kings County Hospital, near the
asylum, and inquired for Dr. Arnold,
whom he also intended 10 shoot.
Dougherty was finally arrested after
crossing the Brooklyn bridge. The po-
liceman who captured him took him
around TO the Oak Street Station and
turned him over TO Acting Captain Ga
han. to whom he unfolded his plan of
wholesale murder. He intends To kill
ten or a dozen people, beginning with
Dr. Fleming. DR.. HOyt, the Secretary
OF the State Charities Board. was also to
be a victim. He snuffed out the promis-
ing life young DIR. Lloyd because DR..
Fleming wasn't around.
He is said never 10 have been violent
except on the occasion of Mary Ander-
sons return from Europe. and then he
raved about the hallway at night until
Night Clerk Waddell had 10 call in two
policemen to quiet him. He would stand
for an hour at time in the hotel din
ing-room surveying portrait of Mary
Anderson.
From a letter written TO Louis Spader,
a guest at the hotel. il seems that
Dougherty contemplated suicide after
his campaign OF murder. He said il was
not worth while TO ship his body TO his
home at Olcan, Cattaraugus County,
y. Y.
Dougherty gained wide notoriety by
his mad infatuation for Mary Anderson.
He followed her TO Europe and disturbed
her here and in other cities while she.
was acting by his attentions. He met
her once when she returned from abroad.
and was arrested for the effusiveness Of
his devotion