Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-16
KILLED By "A LUN ATTIC.
JAMES b. bouoHERTY BECOMES
Al MURDERER.

Mary Anderson's Insane Lover Shoots 70
Death DIR. Lloyd, Of the Flatbush Asylum
He Had Planned to XIII Several 0thassA
People Ills Arrest.
fss New York dispatch.
DR.. George W. Lloyd, the Assistant
Superintendent of the Fiatbush Insane
Asylum, was killed by James d Dough-
erty, Mary Anderson's crazy lover, who
had been generally regarded as harm
less crank. Dougherty escaped from
the asylum about two months ago by
means of false key. Since then he has
been frequently seen on Broadwa in
this city, and occasionally at FlatDnsh.
He appeared there with a big revolver
on Sept. g., and by threatening the
life of Superintendent Fleming got
his clothing which he had left
behind when he escaped. He was seen
trudging through the miry grounds or
the asylum late this afternoon He
walked up the wide stone steps of the
main entrance to the asylum, placed his
blackthorn 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 DIR.
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 q
big, brand-new, glistening revolver In :
each hand. His eyes were, cleaning
with the light peculiar to dangerous
lunatic, and the young physicians In
stantly recognized that they were in ex->
treme peril. Their first thought was to
pacify the mailman by soothing words,
and then overpower and disarm him. He
stood in the doorway for a moment
glazing at the frightened men, and then
said, in savage tone: "Where Is DIR.
Fleming?"
DIR. Lloyd nervously fingered the paper
before him and answered: CDR. Fleming
has just put on his coat and hat and gone
out"
Dougherty remarked gruf1y, still glar-
ing at the young physician, 81 don't be-
lieve 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. "He is not
in there, anyhow" he said. DR.. Nc
Greal, white as plaster, stood directly In
range of the weapons, with his back to
the lunatic. 1t was only a few seconds
that Dougherty was behind him, but he
says it seemed like half an hour. Dough-
erty moved toward DIR. 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. I"
The lunatic said nothing. He coolly
walked up to the Doctors chair, placed
the muzzle of the large revolver (Which
is nearly 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, ooh, Dougherty!"
While he was topping. with his life al
ready gone, the assassin sent another
bullet through the Doctors neck.
DIR. McGreal ran through the corridor
into the street and shouted @Policel"
There are no police within half a mile OF
the asylum, but the druggist didn't think
erty passed Dr. Ashford in the hall the
young Washingtonian noticed that he
was remarkably cool. He still held the
revolvers in his hands, and as he went
out of the door he warned DR.. Ashford
to keep back. But DR.. Ashford is Q
man Of nerve, and, although unarmed,
he determined to follow Dougherty and
have him arrested For nearly three
quarters of mile he kept less than
block behind the murderer on deserted
road.
Every now and then Dougherty would
stop, point his weapons at his plucky
puFsuer, and warn him back. But he
kept right on when Dougherty resumed
his fight, sticking his pistols in his hip
pockets. Dougherty stopped moment
at the Kings County Hospital, near the
asylum, and inquired for DIR. Arnold,
whom he also intended to shoot.
Dougherty was finally arrested after
crossing the Brooklyn bridge. The POI
liceman who captured him took him
around to the Oak Street Station and
turned him over to Acting Captain Ca
han, to whom he unfolded his plan OF
wholesale murder. He intends to kill
ten or dozen people, beginning with
DIR. Fleming DR.. Hoyt, the Secretary
Oh the SJdGe CuaTlGleS BOARD, was also 10
be victim. He snuffed out the promis-
ing life young DIR. Lloyd because DIR.
Fleming wasn't around.
He is said never to 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 to 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 letter written to Louis Spader,
guest at the hotel, it seems that
Dougherty contemplated suicide after
his campaign OF murder. He said 1t was
not worth while to Sap HI, body to his
home at Clean, Cattaraugus County,
N. Y.
Dougherty gained wide notoriety by
his mad infatnation 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.
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