Connecticut western news., 1891-12-10

sell Sage. the well known broker. with dy- narnite. Sunday another dangerous crank came to light. He is Oscar Weyrauch, fifty years old, bookbinder In a threatening letter sent by him to Conrad Harris, re- tired wine merchant, Saturday, he de- mands S500 within two days He adds: "If you don't take notice of this my re- quest, you will be the next to follow Russell Sage, and will blow your brains in the air without l hurt anybody else"
 It May Go Hard with Him.
 Mir Harris promptly turned the letter over to the police and it resulted in the mad mans capture. He submitted quietly to ar rest, but said it would go hard with Harris if ever he secured his release. Harris says he first met Weyrauch fourteen years ago in Hesse, Germany Weyrauch was wealthy bookbinder at that time and a prominent citizen. He has since squandered his for tune in wild dissipation Harris said he had helped the madman at various times, but recently excluded him from his home. Wey- rauch was committed to the Bellevue insane pavilion
 A Band of Bomb Throwers.
 No new light was shed yesterday on the identity of the crazy dynamite thrower who tried to slay Russell Sage His singed, trunk less head, with it's wild, staring eyes, was recognized on Saturday as that of crank who had bothe1ing Museum Lecturer Horne, but his name is still unrevealed. The ma niac's supposed accomplice, William D Southworth, was arrested yesterday by In spector Byrnes, but upon being shown the horrible face in the pickling jar at the morgue said that he had never seen it be- fore. Horne identified Southworth as one of the fanatics he had met i'll the company of the dynamiter, and Southworth admitted acquaintance with Horne.
 By this link Inspector Byrnes pretty near ly establishes the fact that the bomb throw CT and Southworth belonged to band of lunatics bent on waging war on capital and capitalists. Both men wore the badges of their order and their talks with Horne were identical in incendiary character.
 What Scout Horne Knows.
 When Captain Harry Horne, the scout lecturer, and William D. Southworth the crank, were brought together, Hornes at once recognized Southworth as one of the companions of the bomb thrower. South worth was introduced to him by the man whose head is in the morgue. Southworth and several others, he said, were waiting at the foot of the stairs in the museum when the dynamiter presented letter to him
 The scout said: II met Southworth sew eral times. They told me that they liked me as a lecturer and offered me $50 to give lecture for them, or $2sO for two lectures. Each of the cranks wore a badge-a shield and three letters-'G. A. L.
 .'They told me that the subject of my lec- ture would be that railroads should be con- trolled by the government and that a per Son should be carried on the railroad at the same rate as freight. They talked about Jay Gould and Russell Sage, and how they would be bombed if they didn't attend the lecture, but said that would not be asked to throw the bomb.
 ''There are ten or twelve of these cranks, and they are all after me. The 'G. A. L.' stands for grand army of labor" Chief of Police Crowley of San Francisco telegraphed Inspector Byrnes that Southworth was sup- ject to crazy spells, and often applied at the city prison to be locked up during his mad ness, as he feared that if at liberty he would kill some one