The evening world., 1891-11-30
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Roru's PISTOL AND THE SPENT BULLETS.

RoTH's PISTOL AND THE SPENT BULLETS.
Adolph Il. DICK, OF Dr. MacArthur's Church,
was abreast OF the shooter, but he stood as II
rooted TO the pavement.
Charles j. Doran, Just emerged from st.
Patrtcks Cathedral, saw the Shootlng. ana
when the assassin fired the second time, at a
distance OF fifteen feet from Dr. Hall, Doran
ran towards him, seized his free hand and
bent his fingers back with Il demand that he
sexton Richard Burton, who had lust let
Dr. Hall out OF the church, his son, Thomas
burton, Hector Levine, or 232 East Fitty-
third street; Charles b. Hogg, OF 5S East
Sixty-tirst street. and Charles II. Pierce, OF
7l0 Fifth avenue, surrounded the man ana
disarmed him just as Policeman John +. Tap
pin, OF the fifty-frst street squad, arrived.
Al the station the prisoner said he was John
q. Roth, q real estate broker NJ 29S Ave-
nue. A.
The pistol Ind three empty chambers, and
ploded cartridge shells. The prisoner was
locked up over night. but his utterances
plainly Indicated disordored mind.
AstartiinG coincidence was that in closing
his text TOR his aftcrnoon discourse would bc
prepare to meet tny CODY
Roth was examined In Judge Grady's
private room this mOrn!ng lie Is man OF
medium height, with lons hair OF moiasses
candy color, comLed straight back IRON a
high, knotty brow. He has gray eyes, that
He said he was forty seven years old, was
born IN Germany, and had been In America
nineteen years lie waived examination.
DR.. iial,feclined TO discuss the anair iur-
ther than1o say that Roth was al one time
IN attendant AZ his church; ; that the man
seemed to be full OF delusions and had writ
ten several lnc0herent letters TO him. Some
Or these were In German and the pastor had
not read them TIN since the shooting, he had
hunted up one doCed NOV. II, In which Roth
said that hc Intended to shoot HIN.
The letter related that 10th had come H.
tending To shoot the doctor. sunday, Nov. IL,
as he emerged ircm church, but that the
doctors vie was leaning en his arm and that
that Roth would let the doctor live fourteen
days ana would then shoot him;
IN his cell Roth, who was clad IN suit that
had once been fine. but Is now threadbare,
talked TO an EVENING WORLD reporter He
said:
I'll am an American citizen, and have TO
night for my liberty. That Is why had to
shoot DR.. Hall. am glad DID not kill him.
never fired pistol before, or ! should have
aimed better 10 wound him.
For thirteen years there has been con-
spiracy 10 keep me In poverty. There are
other men besides DR.. Han In II, and must
shoot them, but ! cannot tell their names
and chemical ideas by pocket Instruments
upOa me In my nome. my offices, wherever 1
ain. day on night, have marks and pimpies
ON my shoulder that show II was electricity.
IL Is working now, over you. Your head Is on,
but you thinx IL Is On.
II wrote 10 give DR.. Hall fourteen days TO
prepare for his runerai or TX matters ny.
They killed my sister Emile In Europe I'm
January, 1883. they kept letters away from
me aJ the POST Oflice l was hOriiiied when
learned that Mrs. A. \. stewart was inter-
ested In mc, Tor knew that when Judge III
ton heard II he would persecute me. ! wrote
four weeks ago 20 President MacLean, OF the
Police Department, that ! should shoot DR..
Hall. visited Headquarters later. but could
not see Manlean."
Clearly Roth Is insane. He issued crazy
circular in 1856, IN which he complained that
MRS. stewart intended Request OF $500, 1000
for him Ia her VIII. but Bishop Potter, Judge
Hilton and others had conspiied To keep him
out ot II, as Judge milton had prevented her
from marrying hrm before she died.
With the circular were Instructions for
sixteen illustrations, nll full or insane de-
luslons-
Ills poor little room a. POS Avenue A Is
Uttered wish paaors written full OF crazy, in-
comprehensibIe things.